Headache And Migraine Pain Relief Through Self Hypnosis
Even though our brain itself is insensitive to pain, many areas of the head such as the scalp, face, mouth and throat have nerve fibers that are sensitive to pain and which can ache. Headache - or cephalgia - generally is used to describe any sort of pain that would be felt in one or several of these sensitive areas of the head.
Headaches can be split into two types: Primary headaches, to which stress headache, cluster headache and migraine headache belong and which are not caused by any disorder; And Secondary headaches which are associated with a disease.
Headaches are the most common disorder of the nervous system. Everyone will suffer from them at least once in their life, but for 55 million people in the United States, it is a chronic experience. According to the World Health Organization, one in 20 adult suffers from recurrent headaches, with females being more at risk than men.
Headaches can be greatly handicapping and may be detrimental to the lives of people who have to go through them. Work ability is lessened for these people, which can be detrimental to their financial situation.
The ability to socialize is also diminished as the suffering, or the fear thereof, may make people more ill-humored. Some people who have migraine may even have to always pay attention to what they eat, what they see, and even what they smell, as certain strong or unpleasant sensations may be hurtful.
Since headaches are seen as such an ordinary, trivial condition, the persons who suffer from them on an everyday basis also have to endure the incomprehension of their friends and relatives. This social barrier may also prevent people from trying to get medical attention and getting the treatment they need. But before it can be treated, a headache needs to be “identified”.
We have seen before that there were two main categories of headache: Primary and Secondary, each subdivided into many other subtypes. Their symptoms may change as well as their causes and, obviously, how they should be treated. This is why they need to be identified by a physician in order to receive good treatment.
Stress headache, also referred to as tension headache, is the most usual sort of primary headache and is responsible for almost ninety percent of headaches. It is usually seen as stress-related or related to muscular and skeletal problems in the area of the neck.
Tension headache is usually momentary and may last from a few minutes to a few hours, but may persist for numerous days in the most severe cases. It is usually described as a constant pressure, usually on both sides of the head, or encircling it, at times also affecting the neck.
Migraine is kind of different and is reckoned to almost certainly have a genetic cause. Migraines occur when the brain releases pain causing inflammatory substances, that spread around the nerves and vessels of the head. Migraine usually happens once a month and persists for a few hours, accompanied by symptoms like nausea and intolerance of regular degrees of light and noise.
Cluster headaches often occur frequently and do not last long. They are also very painful. They happen in clusters of six to twelve weeks and every 1 or 2 years, usually at the same period of the year. The pain is extremely strong and affects all of the head, usually starting with the eye, and then affecting the forehead, nose and mouth. It is much rarer than other kinds of headache and usually affects the male population.
Headaches are usually treated with over-the-counter pain medications such as aspirin, ibuprofen or paracetamol. A doctor could also tell you to avoid some usual causes of headaches such as noise or some sorts of foods.
Caffeine, Magnesium and Vitamin B2 have also been regarded as effective in order to treat migraine. Drugs however are expensive and can have negative side effects, particularly for people who have to take them on a regular basis. This is why you may want to consider a different way of preventing and fighting the various kinds of headache.
NLP and Hypnosis were indeed proven to be working and will help you to dissipate pain in any part of your body, including your head, as well as trying to be more relaxed meanwhile. Stress is one of the first causes of headache, and specific hypnotic methods have been developed to dissipate both stress and headaches quickly.
People who suffer from migraine or cluster headache can usually feel the first symptoms before the pain really occurs, and could learn self-hypnosis techniques to get rid of them before they hurt too much. Hypnotherapists who understand how handicapping a headache can be have invented these techniques.
Hypnotherapy is a drug free modality and will help you to find the relief you were looking for. Headache is a serious affliction with various variations, affecting millions of people worldwide. Learn to overcome it and to relax with the soothing method of self-hypnosis.
Alan B. Densky is an NGH certified Hypnotherapist. He has created a very effective headache relief hypnosis program. His Neuro-VISION self hypnosis site also offers a free video self-hypnosis blog, Free MP3’s, and a comprehensive hypnosis article repository.
- Alan B. Densky, CH
