Re: [TMIC] OT:Using Imagery to Relax

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:02:24 -0700

Psychology is my minor in college and I took a health psychology course last semester and imagery was one of a few ways that you could rid yourself of pain.  He tried it in class.  He started talking about the beach and how the sand felt between our toes, watching the waves, etc... I'm a paraplegic who is in pain every day but just deals with it and just goes on.  I live at the beach in Maryland and used to go everyday before I got sick with ADEM.  I just thought of how much I missed it and wanted to go again.
 
I tried this same thing last night.  I'm on my last day in the hospital recovering from a flap surgery on a pressure sore I've been suffering from for a year.  I've tried every treatment but besides the point.  I've been in pain in the last 6 months that was dibilitating on it's own and when you are in that much pain, I don't care, that is all you can think about.  I tried it last night because I had one of those pca pumps for pain with dylantin med in it.  It was great.  No pain. Well my IV needed changed, the next one lasted a day and now I am out of veins.  I am in pain again, except its not just where the sore was but my whole bottom of my thigh because he opened it up and moved all the muscle up to close the tunnel of the sore.  I tried the imagery last night and it didn't work.  I'd like to meet someone it does work for, I mean REALLY work for.
 
Stacy
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Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT:Using Imagery to Relax

LOL


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>> Begin by closing your eyes and taking deep, measured breaths. Imagine
>> that you are in beautiful surroundings - either >someplace you have
>> visited or someplace you conjure up from your imagination. Focus on
>> bringing all the elements of the >scene to life: the colors you see, the
>> sounds you hear, the scents you smell. Bring the images into focus...
>
> ..feel the chaisse lounge, taste the perfect margeruita, see the
> beautiful young women with their long blond hair, blue eyes, tanned skin,
> tiny thongs barely concealing their robust bodies... feel yourself lifted,
> flying through the air, landing in the cool water, slowly drifting  down
> below the surface, unable to breath...
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> That's how it always ends for me.
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