S2E39 The Comfort Scale, Tracking Made Better For You
Description
Today's short and sweet podcast that's about flipping a pretty standard practice that many people in pain do on their own and/or are directed by their healthcare providers to do, Tracking Symptoms, to one that's one that will develop increased health + wellbeing.
There's research that shows that tracking symptoms has a dark side, increasing distress, anxiety and symptoms. And from my expereince, tracking can hamper healing and brain rewiring.
In the episode notes I'll link to articles and studies as well as the image of The Comfort Scale. But I want to encourage you sink into your creativity and develop a way of tracking comfort that feels best to you. As with anything in mindbody practices, letting yourself be in process and explore with curiosity.
Articles -
https://www.wired.com/story/why-tracking-your-symptoms-can-make-you-feel-worse/
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_overcome_your_brains_fixation_on_bad_things
https://medicalfuturist.com/the-dark-side-of-health-trackers/
Roger's version of The Comfort Scale
https://hypnosishealthinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Comfort-Scale.pdf
If you make your own version, I would love love love to see it!
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