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Pain is Really Strange

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Answering questions such as how can I change my pain experience?, what is pain?, and how do nerves work?, this short research-based graphic book reveals just how strange pain is and explains how understanding it is often the key to relieving its effects. Studies show that understanding how pain is created and maintained by the nervous system can significantly lessen the pain you experience. The narrator in this original, gently humorous book explains pain in an easy-to-understand, engaging graphic format and reveals how to change the minds habits to transform pain.

1. Introduction: Pain is Really Strange. 1.1. Acute vs chronic. 2. What is Pain? 2.1. Am I safe? 2.2. Perception begins and ends with neurons. 2.3. Your brain makes mistakes: Chronic pain as fault in the alarm system. 2.4. History of pain: Descartes vs Aristotle. 2.5. Pain is complex. 3. It Is Not About The Tissues. 3.1. Common tissues explanation for pain. 3.2. Tissues optimise their healing within a few months. 3.3. There may be loss of function and some new ways to move, but why should that be painful? 4. How Do Nerves Work? 4.1. Nerves are little agents with their own agenda. 4.2. Bad news travels fast and we get sensitised. 5. There Is Something You Can Do To Change Your Pain Experience. 5.1. Be creative. 5.2. Learn the skills to feel your body more. 5.3. Find ways of moving without fear. 5.4. Understand how the alarm system works. 5.5. Do not use language that messes with your head. 5.6. It is not your fault. 5.7. What can you do differently to change the pain habit? 6. Notes and References.

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