Hot water bag filled with hot water. Activity of the day: Hot water bottle🔗

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PROCEDURE:

Explain that we are going to do an experiment to focus on our pain and make it go away. Tell them we are going to touch the heat, and because of the focus on our fingers and the heat, we will see how much longer we can handle it until we feel no pain at all. Everyone puts their fingers on the hot water bottle without moving or removing their fingers. First it feels hot, but as we focus the pain goes from intense to rather enjoyable or not even noticeable.

What is Phantom Pain?

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There have been recorded instances of 'phantom pain' which is pain in a part of the body that does not exist. Once in the Second World War, a soldier's leg had to be amputated because it was badly damaged. The strange thing was that when he became conscious again he was still complaining about the pain in the leg. He was covered with a blanket so he had no idea that the leg had been removed. The blanket was removed and he was shown that his leg was not there anymore. He was shocked! Further research then showed that each part of the body is related to a certain part of the brain.

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When a certain part of the body feels pain, the corresponding brain center shows activity. In this case, the related brain center was still vibrating in the same way it was vibrating when the leg was a part of the body. There are many such instances of people who feel pain in the empty space where their limbs were amputated. This is called 'phantom pain'.

Goal :

To distinguish ' phantom pain' and take responsibility to make it disappear.

Ask questions regarding the general topic of pain.

• v Explain the different aspects of pain and what they mean. ask questions regarding pain, whether physical, emotional and mental.
• v Make sure they understand the differences. What is pain?
• v Give examples of the different types of pain. What does phantom mean? (Something that does not exist).
• v Have you ever seen your mind do something just out of memory?
• v What is an example of 'phantom pain'? What happens in the brain when there is pain?

Pain can be disappeared by putting our awareness on the local area of pain. Conclusion: