Comments on: Will You Be Helped By Guided Imagery?

By: Prof S

Prof S — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:52:42 +0000

All of these are learned skills but it takes time and lots of practice. Years ago when I had severe tension headaches (blinding pain), I went to a headache clinic and learned visualization and biofeedback. After a while I could literally lower my blood pressure during a headache. I could relax the muscles in my shoulder and next so the spasms went away in 15 minutes. I could “will away” the pain in my head. It was amazing. I got out of practice and I appreciate your article so much because now I’m inspired to put some time in each day to re-learn these techniques.

By: How to Cope with Pain

How to Cope with Pain — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:12:59 +0000

Ed, I agree that these are skills – the more you practice, the better you get at them. Breathing exercises, relaxation, visualization, guided imagery – even hypnosis.

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:53:57 +0000

Thanks for this post. That’s an interesting study. I would like to add that people can be taught to visualize. I did not think I could create mental imagery when I first started practicing. The more I worked at it the better I got. And of course the more powerful it got.