THERAPEUTIC IMAGERY WORKS WONDERS
All you need do is make clear, vivid images and, if possible, “feel,” “smell,” “hear,” and “experience” these images in your mind.
If you do know what actions your body should take, it’s fine to visualize this happening. For example, you might visualize the arteries in your head dilating during Stage 2, or constricting during Stage 3. If you aren’t sure exactly what arteries look like, symbols are equally effective. You can visualize arteries as a rubber hose, and smooth muscles as fingers clamping down on the hose and restricting the blood flow through it.
Although several popular visualizations are given later, no standard programming exists for creative imagery. You can simply make up your own visualizations and reinforce them with autogenic phrases that best fit the particular headache symptoms you wish to alleviate.
Avoid phrases that use the future tense, such as “My headache will have disappeared by next week.” Instead, use the present tense and phrase all suggestions as though your headache had already disappeared.
For example, “The pain in my eye (or temple) has already disappeared. As the ice numbs my headache pain, I feel perfectly comfortable and free of pain. Every vestige of headache pain has already disappeared. I feel very comfortable and at ease.”
All phrases must be strongly positive. Avoid negatives such as “I will not,” or “don’t” or “I won’t” or “I will try to.” Employ only strong, active, positive phrases and talk as though your headache or other symptoms had already vanished.
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