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Consciously limit these sensations to the impaired part. Compartmentalize the pain. Encapsulate it. Recognize that the rest of your body as a whole still works fine. Don't permit pain and sickness to dominate your entire attention.
Allocate some part of your energy to manage this compartmentalization, and direct all other - free - energy towards more productive purposes.
It also helps to judge impartially WHY we experience a certain disability of our body, and what we want to learn from this, - to quickly and purposefully conclude the lesson. This might just be the crucial step towards a fundamental healing. Practical Tip: And never underestimate how attractive pain and painful feelings can be for you, though most people would probably vehemently deny this.
Yet how often do we enjoy telling others of our sicknesses and hardships or show great interest in their misfortunes and troubles. How often do we dwell on hurt feelings like 'They'll see how little they accomplish without me!, or heroic sadness like 'They never notice how much I am doing for them!'.
Pain is a stimulant ! If we lack positive experiences or stimulation, dwelling on pain and illness may just infuse our life with the very excitement and drama we crave. An entire movie and news industry is making huge money off this exact craving.
Yet dwelling on pain or sickness neither removes their original cause, nor does it help us to find a way out of our predicament.
