Recent content by Dr James Alexander

North Star- to answer your querie, i would have to say that issues which still create a visceral charge for you (noticing a reaction to the memories in your body) is a good indicator that you are still carrying 'stuff' around the experiences. However, it is also possible for people to be...

You're welcome North Star- this is actually a pretty old thread, so its great that its been re-ignited.

thanks for your kind words again Herbie. I also look forward to seeing your demonstration on a You Tube clip.

Becca- i think that memory reconsolidation is the new mind/brain frontier. It is likely to have been the backbone of effective therapies ever since humans have been healing themselves and each other psychologically, but has only recently been understood and demonstrated. As my (much) earlier...

yes- that would do it. I wasnt aware that had happened.

yep- great suggestion! Plum for PM

no worries Plum- i know you well enough to know you are a person of the highest level of compassion for anyone's suffering, regardless of what they do for a living. I also share your weariness for politicians- if we leave saving the world up to them, we are seriously sunk!

yes, well... apart from his virtues or otherwise as a PM, the man is suffering. I believe JFK suffered enormously from back pain as well, and was on a heavy regime of addictive pain killing injections. The pressures on these people must be huge- no wonder part of them goes pffft! Sadly, they...

welcome to our Brave New World. Unfortunately, in addition to potential good, the potential for manipulation is also extreme.

hello Robert. There is not much in contemporary life that can rattle us, both psychologically and physically, like car accidents (apart from combat experience). Sorry to hear you were in a serious one. Your circumstances are complicated by the brain injury which you picked up as well...

Guava- in the absence of demonstrable physical causes which could explain the pain, i'd be pursuing the TMS line. Sounds like you are also quite stressed (perhaps by life in general, but also by the pain)- in which case doing some regular relaxation exercises/soothing guided imagery/meditation...

Guava- yes, i also have plenty of popping and cracking in my neck, but fortunately, no pain. Around 7 years ago i fractured 3 vertebrae in my neck and picked up 2 disc bulges in a surfing accident (hit my head on a sand bar in shallow water). I never had the cracking etc before hand, but have...

This is what i wrote about Moseley in 'The Hidden Psychology of Pain' (p.370) Biological scientists, David Butler and Lorimer Moseley present a very sound explanation of the physiology and neurology of chronic pain. They go into the physical ‘nuts and bolts’ details to a minute degree, but also...

Forest- i agree, Moseley is thoughtful and appears to want to join the dots with psychology in the equation, but i suspect his own mechanistic bias makes this a bit difficult (i quote him in various places in my book as i think his observations about neurological sensitisation are an important...

Birdie- as Moseley is an Australian 'pain expert' i sent him a nearly completed draft of my book, 'The Hidden Psychology of Pain', over a year ago. I got no reply- no interest from him at all. His approach to chronic pain is referred to as the neuromatrix model. While it is quite fascinating to...