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Reframe Pain as Healing vs Injury
When you feel pain, first ask whether it likely reflects ongoing tissue damage or the normal sensations of healing and recovery. Use that interpretation to decide how alarmed to feel and how to respond, rather than treating every pain signal as a new emergency. This helps reduce unnecessary fear and can keep you from overreacting to benign recovery pain.
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“I teach people to think of the pain and categorize it. Does the pain mean that if you put weight on this, you're going to re-injure your ankle, for example, or does it simply mean that your body is healing and the pain is a sign that gradually things are getting back to normal?”
huberman · Essentials: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. David Spiegel · Nov 27, 2025 · 27:16 · open ↗
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