I just thought of this yesterday after I had spent hours with a migrane. While this was certainly not the worst pain I've felt it was to the level where I couldn't quite think straight. To deal with pain like this I close my eyes and say over and over in my head "it is only pain, it is not real". This allows me to have a focus on something else (and I REALLY have to focus or else it doesn't work). It seems to allow me to block the pain momentarily, though I still feel the cause of it. With the migrane, it would stop the pain, but I would still feel the extremely uncomfortable pressure in my head, kind of like when you get a tooth pulled; the area is numb to the pain, but you still feel it. Still, the moment I stop putting 100% focus into this, the pain overwhelms me again.
I'm wondering if this is a common method of dealing with pain? Is there a name for it? Do you do it? If not, how do you deal with pain?
I'm wondering if this is a common method of dealing with pain? Is there a name for it? Do you do it? If not, how do you deal with pain?