Subtracting Insult from Injury

When a bear eagle whale elephant camel and other creatures experience pain they react sanely. Instead of getting hysterical they find a safe calm place to heal and be gently settled which fosters their natural restorative pain-relieving endorphins and potent immune stimulators to be released into their bloodstreams. Without a pharmacy medical clinic hospital surgeon or psychotherapist they instinctively lay still and start to heal. Humans on the other hand add to their anguish by entering a fight fright or flight mode which should only be reserved for life-or-death moments. We spook ourselves and compound the problem at hand by thinking things such as: Crap always happens to me. God must hate me. I bet this pain in my armpit is cancer. These pains will never go away. Im just a loser. If they force me into less pain meds I cant make it. Break free from those thoughts and discover an endorphin paradise with the insights in this pain-relieving guide. Dr. Alan Cooper explores why humanity has lost its natural pain-abating ability and how trusting our gutsliterallycan help us overcome our fears pains and personal traumas to heal ourselves.