In Alan's words from Day 2:
"our brains never developed a system that can perfectly distinguish one type of danger from another...This means that sometimes our danger signal can get activated by mistake...Remember, pain is a danger signal too."
Therefore:
"when we sense a psychological danger, our brains can misread the situation and respond with pain. It’s simply another case of our brains activating the wrong danger signal. This is how we can develop pain even if there’s no actual tissue damage."
Day2 link: http://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/day-2-the-nature-of-pain.16429/ (New Program - Day 2: The Nature of Pain)
And from Day 4:
"Pain is a danger signal, and in the case of TMS, the belief that the pain is dangerous is the only thing keeping it going. If you can truly embrace that this pain is not dangerous, it deactivates your danger signal and the pain stops.
If a fire alarm goes off, you’re not focused on turning off the alarm, you’re focused on putting out the fire. The alarm is just the signal.
Likewise, TMS is a danger signal. You don’t need to get rid of the pain, you simply need to address the fear.
Fear is the fuel for the pain."
Day 4 link: www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/day-4-breaking-the-pain-cycle.16459/
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