Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 1 Issue 2, (I August 2016) | Page 15

Emotion and Pain
(Pain....is it really just a physical infliction?)

Forgiveness and Gratitude must be practiced by all (irrespective of age) in abundance
as they help oneself.
Pain....is it really just a physical infliction? If yes, how come it keeps coming back even
after the best of medications, surgeries and/or other medical treatments done for the
body? If it is purely physical, why is it that the pain aggravates when we feel low or
angry or irritated? Why is it that doctors advice us to stay away from worries, tensions
and negativities to get well sooner?
It has been scientifically proven that individuals feel no or less pain while happy and
the pain increases with stress/tension/sadness etc. This would mean that if we can let go
of our stress, worries and/or any other kind of negativity, our pain too will vanish. Now,
does this mean that one should not consult a medical physician? Not at all! Diagnosis of
pain is of utmost importance and so is its medical treatment. But, when we work on
emotions, the pain reduces instantly and permanently. It also helps in reducing the time
period for which medication has to be taken.
(I use EFT (Emotion Freedom Technique) Tapping – commonly known as “Tapping”
to calm down clients and slowly get them deep into hypnosis.)
While hypnosis is one of the most beautiful and permanent methods to help, quite a few
clients are skeptical about it. In such cases, I use EFT (Emotion Freedom Technique)
Tapping – commonly known as “Tapping” to calm down clients and slowly get them
deep into hypnosis.
Tapping also is one of the most useful techniques to tap away pain and aches by
addressing the emotions beneath the pain. In this technique one can choose not to
describe their emotion or events he/she has had in the past. Hence, this also gives the
individual a sense of security by maintaining confidentiality. I have been able to help a
few clients of mine relieve their pain by using EFT and a combination of hypnotherapy
and tapping.
My colleague, Suman Prakash having chronic pain in her knees (due to arthritis) and
left heel has been on medication and pain killers for the past 8 years. Just about a year
ago she was talking about how the knee pain restricted her movement and how she can
barely set her foot on the ground due heel pain. We spoke about hypnotherapy and
tapping and she wanted to try tapping for pain relief (since she was not sure of
hypnotherapy). We began with tapping that lasted for an hour at the end of which she
was devoid of any pain. However, the pain came back after a couple of days and this
time the pain in her heel was “back with a vengeance”. Suman was not ready to give up