Now, would it make sense to go to a doctor to get a strong painkiller so that you could keep your hand on the hot surface?  No, because pain is your friend.

When it is a hot surface and a burn, it is easy to see the connection.  When it is a recurring headache, or low back pain, we may not make the connection so easily.  But if we just assume that our body is trying to signal that something is wrong, we can look to see how to put it to rights.

Smoking, drinking, and drug use (including prescription drug use) are often substitutes or treatments for resolving painful issues in our lives.  Some people eat too much, and others fill their lives with activities so the pain may be softened or ignored.  The only problem with this approach is the often unpleasant side effects which show up.

The unpleasant side effects extend beyond the obvious.  They can include allergies, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation or diarrhea, arthritis, essential hypertension, heart palpitations and arrhythmias, asthma, hyperthyroidism, insomnia, psoriasis and even chronic snoring.  While all of these can be treated medically, none of them are resolved without clearing up the underlying issue.

Many of the situations to which we react with fear or anger, are not actually threatening to us now.  In many cases, we react with a conditioned response.  That is, at one time in our lives, usually when we were children, something happened that was too big and too threatening for us to handle.  So we did whatever it was that we did, and we lived through the situation.  Since that response worked, it was embedded in our minds as a successful strategy for dealing with that kind of problem.  So now, when something happens and it reminds us (unconsciously, of course) of that old situation, we run that old program to deal with it.  Only now we are adults; we are aware of the pain of the complications and side effects of that behavior, and we want to suppress that pain.

Since 1950, and especially since the mid-seventies, many new approaches to resolving internal conflicts have been developed.  These include NLP, Time Line Therapy®, and EFT.  These are gentle and effective ways to interrupt conditioned behaviors and to resolve the old fear or pain.  They are done rapidly and are rapid acting, because they do not involve a lot of talking about who did what to whom.

Other emotionally painful experiences, such as guilt, shame, and even grief respond well to EFT, NLP and Time Line Therapy®.  Even smoking, eating, and drinking habits can be relieved with these approaches.

When the underlying pain is recognized for what it is, a signal that something is hurting the self, then the symptoms do not need to be suppressed, because they can be relieved by resolving the painful issue.  In many cases, these resolutions can come in one session.  Progress will always be noted after one session, even if there is more to do.  Most issues are resolved within a week, although addictions may take longer.

There is another source of pain which can easily be resolved.  A vitamin D deficiency can cause generalized musculoskeletal pain.  The pain clears up after the deficiency is resolved.  This was recently reported by the Mayo Clinic, and a summary can be read here.
 

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