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Verbal “Expressive Writing”
10 Jun 2017

Verbal “Expressive Writing”

by David Hanscom | posted in: Stage 1, Stage 1: Step 2 | 0

Freely writing your thoughts and immediately destroying them has been the starting point for almost every person I have seen heal. My concept of why it is effective is because humans cannot escape their thoughts, this process allows you to separate from them. The reason to destroy them is be … Read More

expressive writing, foundation, starting point, verbal, White Bears
Anxiety
7 Nov 2016

Anxiety

by David Hanscom | posted in: Stage 1, Stage 1: Step 1 | 0

  The ability to process anxiety in a healthy way is critical to maintaining your quality of life. It is even more important for someone who is experiencing chronic pain. Anxiety is a reflection of your body chemistry changes when you are in an arousal state. Your senses are heightened … Read More

anxiety, suppression, unsolvable, untreated, White Bears
Be All that You Can Be – or Just Be
16 Oct 2016

Be All that You Can Be – or Just Be

by David Hanscom | posted in: Stage 3, Stage 3: Step 4 | 0

Chronic disease is rampant amongst teenagers. A 2014 paper out of Indianapolis demonstrated an 830 percent increase in hospital admissions for pain in adolescents over a seven-year span. In the vast majority of patients, a cause of the symptoms could not be found. I gave a talk at a high … Read More

ANTS, Be, golf, keeping score, performance, teen chronic pain, White Bears
Thought Suppression and Chronic Pain – White Bears and ANTS
6 Apr 2013

Thought Suppression and Chronic Pain – White Bears and ANTS

by David Hanscom | posted in: Stage 1, Stage 1: Step 2 | 0

  Trying not to think about something will cause you to think about it more. All of us know this phenomenon but we don’t know how to deal with it. The most deadly emotion we suppress is anxiety. It is a survival response and our whole being is repulsed by … Read More

ANTS, neurophysiologic disorder, NPD, thought suppression, White Bears
Write and Don’t Stop!
28 Apr 2011

Write and Don’t Stop!

by David Hanscom | posted in: Stage 1, Stage 1: Step 2 | 0

  There are over 1000 research papers that document that expressive writing in some form is effective for improving both your mental and physical health. I have been adamant for a long time that you should write down just negative thoughts – not positive ones. That has also been the … Read More

circuits, emotions, expressive writing, neuroplasticity, space, train, White Bears

 

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