How To Use Distraction To Manage Chronic Pain
Is the Pain All in Your Head? Sometimes people think that pain is all in their head. In part, they are correct. Pain is sensed in the outer areas of the body through specialized nerves called nociceptors and is then interpreted in the brain. How much attention the brain will give to those pain signals depends on what else is going on at the time. If you are in a crowded area with many things you need to pay attention to, such as an airport, you may feel the same pain differently than if you are in a quiet room with no other distractions....