People all know that pain is unbearable, and the same intensity of pain stimulation has different responses to people in different physiological and psychological States. Some feel a little pain, others feel unbearable. Medicine believes that the human body's response to pain stimuli is obviously influenced by psychological factors, and actively adjusting psychological state can alleviate pain.
Pain is closely related to people's emotions. When the mood is stable and the attention is highly focused on a problem other than pain, that is, the state of ecstasy, the feeling of pain will be alleviated accordingly. The war environment is life and death. Faced with the threat of death, the soldiers are fearless. The pain at this time, even the injury of amputation, will not bring them great pain.
Pain is closely related to people's understanding. Because everyone has a different understanding of pain, even if the pain response intensity is the same, everyone feels differently. For example, for the pain caused by injections, some people have received the threatening education of "injecting without listening" since childhood. The consciousness of pain caused by injection is deeply rooted in their minds. When you really have an injection, the tension and fear will follow, and the feeling that the injection really hurts will be verified.
Pain is closely related to people's character. A determined and stubborn person has a strong tolerance for pain. During the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yunchang was able to endure the pain of curettage without anesthetic. People with weak will and gentle personality are relatively sensitive to pain. Some people cry out in pain even if they have thorns on their hands.
In clinical practice, medical workers summarized the following methods to relieve pain:
Take a deep breath to relieve the pain when breathing, then exhale slowly, inhale slowly, and breathe slowly. When breathing, close your eyes and imagine fresh air slowly entering your lungs.
Self-suggestion analgesia When the patient has unbearable pain, it is necessary to understand that the pain is a protective response of the body, indicating that the body is in a state of adjustment and the pain is temporary. Through self-suggestion, patients can enhance their determination and confidence in fighting the disease, and the feeling of pain will also be alleviated.
Relaxing and relieving pain Relaxing muscles will reduce or block the pain response and play a role in relieving pain. There are many ways to relax muscles, such as sighing, yawning, taking a deep breath, closing your eyes and keeping in good health.
Music relieves pain patients can relieve pain by enjoying their favorite music. Patients can sing while listening, or close their eyes and listen quietly, and make their hands and feet move gently with the beat. This can not only distract attention, but also relieve tension.
Transferred analgesia can distract patients' attention to diseases through various forms, such as watching TV, telling stories, talking to each other, reading books and newspapers, etc.
When stimulating the healthy skin to relieve pain, it can stimulate the healthy skin on the opposite side of the pain area to distract the patient from the pain in the affected area. If the left arm hurts, you can stimulate the right arm. Stimulation methods include massage, squeezing, cold compress and cooling oil.
In a word, psychological factors can not only cause or aggravate pain, but also eliminate or alleviate it. Use one or more of the above methods correctly to endure pain, and you will certainly receive satisfactory results.