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Apprentice |
I've known that meditation can be good to help one cope with pain, but meditation doesn't work for me--I just end up thinking about the pain. So, I bought a rosary and learned the Hail Mary. I'm not Catholic, but I thought it might help. I was bought up in a Protestant denomination with few memorized prayers. When I pray from my heart it becomes a "why, why, why" tearful rant. So, for my last ER visit, I said the rosary while waiting on the doctor (I was about to lose my mind out of pain and frustration). My oh-so-Baptist husband said, "Don't pray to Mary!" I said okay, I'd go back to what I'd usually do. After he listened to me chant "Eff word, Eff word, Eff word" for a couple of minutes, he said, "Let's say some prayers to Mary, okay?"<snort> I'll have him Hail Marying with me shortly.
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Guru |
 Mel, I hear you. |
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Supreme Guru |
That's interesting, Mel. Several years ago, I decided to buy a rosary too. My problem is my mind wandering during prayer or meditation. I ordered a custom-made Anglican rosary, which is shorter than a Catholic rosary. I wanted it to me made of all natural materials, so I had it made with amethyst and carnelian beads and bronze findings. Amethyst becuase it's supposed to be the crystal for healing the head and carnelian because it's supposed to be grounding. I find that handling the beads during prayer or meditation does help my concentration. Also, if I sleep with it under my pillow, I sleep better. I'll attach a photo. BTW, we have a forum member who makes rosaries. I think it's Michelle.
 Teri Robert Lead Expert, MyMigraineConnection terimmc@helpforheadaches.com
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Maven |
What helps me when I pray for relief is writing down my prayers, So that way I won't get distracted. I love to write and so that has been very beneficial to me.
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Master |
I'm Catholic. I decided to offer up all this pain and suffering for the Holy Souls in purgatory rather than to ask God to make it stop. He wasn't saying 'yes' to that prayer anyway!
 Purgatory must be empty by now.  The only mind work that has ever stopped pain is a visualization thing I made up in my tiny years. Still, all these decades later, it has never let me down to the extent that I can keep it up. I would pretend that my body was a white wall, and that the pain was a steady stream of little black ants coming through a pinhole in the wall. As long as I could keep up my concentration enough to pretend to put my finger over the hole to stop the ants, the pain would stop. But whenever the ants would come back through the hole, the pain would start again. Only works for pain, though. Doesn't touch any of the other components of migraine, unfortunately. Poor little thing I was! No 5 year old should have to deal with migraine. 8'] http://stormlaughter.blogspot.com/ http://stormlaughter.deviantart.com/ basilar-artery migraine, MAV, BPPV, migraine with and without aura, cluster headaches, but no tension headaches! W00t!  |
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Guru |
Wow, that is some visual. I might give that one a try!
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Master |
You were quite a creative 5-year-old! I wish I could get my adult clients to use visual imagery that effectively!
Robin
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Grasshopper |
I practice Buddhist meditation & use a mala (malas are rosaries without the cross on the end... missionaries saw monks using them in prayer in the East & brought them back to Europe).
I really like what is called a "Metta Prayer" or Loving Kindness Prayer... you can say it for yourself or all beings... May I be free from suffering & the root of suffering. May I know happiness and the causes of happiness. May I know happiness free from suffering May I dwell in peace, free from attachment and aversion. When I went thru a really awful shoulder surgery last year, I just repeated the first 2 lines of this prayer to myself over & over- free from suffering & happiness & it's causes --- it really helped. The true prayer is to insert the words "all sentient beings"- meaning all people (and animals)... but to shorten it I often just say "may we all be free from suffering, may we all know happiness"... same thing. |
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Maven |
Teri,
That's beautiful! What a wonderful idea. I have an amethyst necklace that is one of my favorite things in the world. Who knew it was head-healing! Thanks, Laura
LauraSue. (I'm 54, have had severe migraines for over 4 years due to menopause, plus I have fibromyalgia. I take Imitrex plus Anaprox as an abortive and am working with my migraine specialist to find a preventive. I keep a detailed migraine diary and have made significant lifestyle changes to reduce my risk of migraines.) MENOPAUSE COUNTDOWN:  |
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