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Pain

🧘‍♂️🍃Meditation/ Mindfulness Exercise:

I want all of you to close your eyes take 5 Deep Healing breaths in utilizing your diaphragm as you blow the out all of the restrictions that life puts on you I want you to imagine that you are blowing it out through a straw. (As you do this take note of the weight lifting off of your chest, and the feeling of relaxation that slowly takes hold over your body. Listen to the sounds around you, feel the air on your skin is it cold or hot? Is it windy, calm, raining? What smells can you smell?)

🪞REFLECTION:

After you finish this breathing exercise I want you to KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED and say the word PAIN aloud. I want you to listen carefully to how you say it. I want you to feel how that word makes you feel. I want you to reflect on this and then come back here and tell us all your findings.

Does it make you sad, angry, frustrated, confused, or are you indifferent? Why do you think that is?

⛹️‍♂️Challenge Activity:

Paint an image of how pain makes you feel or Draw one or if you prefer working with clay as a medium use that, it does not have to be good, it does not have to make sense to anyone other than you. We do not explain what we do here. This place is about expression. So express yourself however you choose...... Take a photo and share with the classroom so we can support you on your Journey to Paint Your Pain Away!

Basic evidence

Pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, evoking a complex, multi-layered response across physical, emotional, and cognitive systems.

The responses evoked by the experience of pain include:

1. Physiological Responses

Autonomic Activation: Pain triggers the sympathetic nervous system, leading to a "fight-or-flight" response. This includes elevated heart rate, increased blood pressure, and dilated pupils.
Reflexive Withdrawal: An immediate motor response (nociceptive reflex) is often evoked to remove the body from the harmful stimulus, such as pulling a hand away from a hot surface.
Sensitization: Repeated pain can lower the threshold for future pain, causing the nervous system to become more reactive.

2. Behavioral Responses

Vocalizations: Crying out, moaning, or gasping.
Facial Expressions: Common cues include grimacing, squinting, or tensing the brow.
Protective Actions: Guarding or "sparing" the affected body part, such as limping or cradling an injured limb.

3. Emotional and Affective Responses

Negative Emotions: Pain frequently evokes feelings of fear, anxiety, anger, and frustration.
Suffering: A broader psychological state often involving catastrophizing (magnifying the threat value) and feelings of helplessness.
Empathy in Others: Observing pain in someone else can evoke an "empathic response" or "emotional contagion" in onlookers, sometimes activating similar brain regions as if they were experiencing the pain themselves.

4. Cognitive and Attentional Responses

Attentional Bias: Pain has an "interruptive function" that shifts attention away from other tasks toward the painful stimulus.
Impaired Functioning: It can disrupt concentration, working memory, and mental flexibility.
Learning: Pain serves as a powerful motivator to learn about and avoid dangerous situations in the future.

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Paint Your Pain Away

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