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Meeting Pain With Awareness Elizabeth Maher
Mindfulness for Pain
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Introducing Mindfulness for PainWhat is mindfulness
How can it be used for chronic pain
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Reactions to Pain
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Thoughts
JudgementsNegative thoughts about the pain and ourselvesAnxious thoughtsDepressed thinkingBrainstorming ways to soothe the pain
Scouring for solutions
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Feelings
AnxietyDespairAngerfrustration
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physical
Tense upLie downRestMove/keep still
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Lifestyle
Reduce activityReduce going outReduce spending time with others
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Mindfulness
Kabat-Zinn MBSR programme 1979Originally created to help those experiencing chronic painNow also those experiencing stress, anxiety, chronic health conditions
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Mindfulness Definition
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Mindfulness Definition
moment-to-moment, non-judgemental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we become more in touch with our life as it is unfolding.’
Myla
& Jon
Kabat-Zinn
,
Everyday Blessings; The inner work of mindful parenting’,
pg
24
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Paying more attention to Pain
Awareness & thinking are different capacitieslearning to relate to
our
pain differently
curious about the intensity of
our
pain
let go of goals and expectations
engage with the pain just as it is
Healing in awareness
More accurate perception of pain
Make room for distressing emotions
Disentangle from unhelpful thoughts
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Mindfulness Exercises
Mindful breathingBody scanLeaves on a stream
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Pain
Pain that comes out and presents itself
chronic
pain
uninvited/unwanted bodily
sensations
Distressing emotions
Life adjustments/changes/events
Grief/loss
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Suffering
You used to live a life that you loved…now your life is devoted to trying to keep the pain at bayPutting life on hold
Disconnection from life
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Suffering
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Mindfulness for pain
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F.L.E.X
Feel it
L
et it Be
Ex
pand awareness (make room for it)
Ex
ecute (choose workable response)
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