thinking - Back in Control https://backincontrol.com/tag/thinking/ The DOC (Direct your Own Care) Project Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:59:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Video 16/19: “White Bears” https://backincontrol.com/video-16-of-19-suppression-chronic-pain/ Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:46:18 +0000 http://www.drdavidhanscom.com/2011/07/video-16-of-19-suppression-chronic-pain/

I talk about how the suppression of negative thoughts associated with chronic pain can really fire up the nervous system.  Dr. Daniel Wegner from Harvard published an elegant paper in 1987 demonstratng the impossibity of trying to suppress thoughts. I’ve talked about it before in White Bears and ANTS.   BF

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I talk about how the suppression of negative thoughts associated with chronic pain can really fire up the nervous system.  Dr. Daniel Wegner from Harvard published an elegant paper in 1987 demonstratng the impossibity of trying to suppress thoughts. I’ve talked about it before in White Bears and ANTS.

 

BF

The post Video 16/19: “White Bears” first appeared on Back in Control.

The post Video 16/19: “White Bears” appeared first on Back in Control.

Related posts:

  1. The Evolution of Chronic Pain
  2. Degenerative Disc Disease Isn’t a Disease
  3. Video 14/19: Chronic Pain: Pain Free is Not Only Possible, it’s Probable.
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