Master Your Mind: Techniques to Reduce Chronic Pain Naturally

Master Your Mind: Techniques to Reduce Chronic Pain Naturally

Turn Down Chronic Pain Naturally: Mindfulness, Self-Hypnosis, and the Brain’s Pain Gate

Health psychologist Mary Catherine George explains how chronic pain—especially common with aging—can become a brain-based, multifactorial experience shaped by perception, culture, emotion, and repeated signaling (central sensitization), rather than a simple body-to-brain signal. She describes the 1965 Gate Control Theory of Pain, noting how non-painful sensations, fear, attention, expectations, and descending brain signals can open or close pain “gates” in the spinal cord. The episode focuses on two scientifically supported, low-risk tools—mindfulness and self-hypnosis—that can reduce the unpleasantness of pain, strengthen prefrontal regulation of fear responses (amygdala), and activate the brain’s pain-suppression system (periaqueductal gray), supporting natural modulation via endorphins and serotonin. She encourages brief daily practice, mentions MBSR and VR-based pain programs, and shares accessible resources for learning.

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