Visualization Techniques for Migraines, Headaches, Pain and Increasing Breast Size

Positive thinking is both boring and annoying. That's just a fact. Have you ever ran across people who are actively trying to think "positive" all the time? Taxing, aren't they?

There are, however, ways to use "positive thinking" for good. If it's in small enough doses, it's not going to hurt anyone. Just like a spoon-full of ice cream is not going to make you fat. Like, for example, in visualization techniques that can be used to overcome pain, gain better athletic performance, improve mood, etc.

Visualization techniques are not that complex. Sometimes, however, one might want to see an expert to learn and properly utilize them. Anastasia Stephens is a medical herbalist and hypnotherapist at London's Hale Clinic. She illustrates the benefits and potential results of visualization in following examples:

Tissue Growth:

A study in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis suggested that women could increase the actual size of their breasts simply by imagining it. Thirty-five women attended hypnosis sessions in which they were asked to visualise images of their breasts pulsating, with warm water flowing over them, helping them to grow. After 12 weeks, 84 per cent of the women's breasts had grown, by an average of 1.3in. A stunning 46 per cent of them needed a larger bra size.

What to do: The study raises the possibility that you could use the mind for tissue regrowth of all sorts – especially to help healing. If you are bruised or injured, vividly imagine the area immersed in a healing white light. In this light, see your tissue becoming "vitalized" and growing back until the area is fully healed. Repeat two or three times a day.

Pain:

The simple act of relaxing before a medical procedure could bring a whole range of benefits. In a study at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, hypnosis-induced relaxation was given to 200 breast cancer patients who needed a biopsy. After 15 minutes of hypnotherapy, which included suggestions for relaxation and pleasant mental images, the women needed less anesthetics during the procedure. They also reported less pain, nausea, fatigue and emotional distress afterwards.

What to do: Before a stressful event, spend 10 minutes consciously relaxing each limb of your body, allowing each area to "melt" away stress and to become heavier, calmer and more peaceful.

Headaches:

In a study at University College London, migraine sufferers reported a decrease in the intensity of their headaches after being trained in guided imagery, though electronic monitoring devices showed no change in migraine activity.

What to do: Breathing deeply, imagine your headache wash away as a stream of cool blue light or fluid runs through your head, dispersing the pain and calming the whole area down.

For more examples, like IBS, Immunity and Breast-Feeding, check the article link bellow.

All good advise and some of it can be even tried at home. Provided my gentle readers already know at least elementary relaxation techniques, of course.

However, yours truly has always had a beef with "Visualization". It does imply that everyone is capable of visualizing, as in seeing more or less clear pictures in their minds. What about people with tactile or auditory sensory predicates? Or the ones that have a mixed internal sensory processing? Seriously, it's like modern psychology has never been invented. Alternatively, it might mean that proponents of Visualization might not have studied it too seriously.

With that said, the visualization techniques are still worth trying even in this, rather rudimentary form. Just on an off chance that they will work for at least some of you, my gentle readers. In the quest to overcome our shared pain, the more tools we have to deal with it, the better off we'll be.

link: How to think yourself better