In this TMS battle, is it ever appropriate to give positive reinforcement to the pain itself if it's 'behaving'? So for instance, if you're being active with not a lot of pain, is it productive or counterproductive in terms of making new neural pathways to think or say to the "monster", which is how I think of the subconscious, "Good boy! Keep it up! Nice job! You're letting ME handle the feelings instead of distracting me with pain and fear."
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Does this make sense? Positive reinforcement for pain/subconscious?
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HongKongLouie
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It's very appropriate and recommended to give your mind positive reinforcement when you do normal activities! SteveO actually talked a lot about whenever he would exercise afterwards he'd have some sort of treat (like a dessert or beer) so his mind would begin to associate rewards with increased activity. Giving a physical reward is a little easier than trying to come up with neural pathways by speaking to your subconscious, but youll just have to try different things and see what works