Mental Skill for Injury Recovery
Post surgical mental skill experiment: shorter protocol
1. Breathing exercise (same as always)
2. “Experiencing injury area” – less symbolic spontaneous images, increased actual awareness of injured area
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Post surgical mental skill experiment: greater awareness
Same as yesterday, except some higher awareness of the injury itself. “Experiencing the injury” was not so hard, although still somewhat formless.The lifts are still a problem. Experiencing the squat was again unsuccessful and insisting on it resulted in an ugly accident imaged scene (one I never had, falling facedown). Benching again was easy and better than yesterday. The deadlift was different: although I managed to approach the bar, grab it and start sumo-lifting it, the experience immediately became observer-like.
I failed to mention that until Monday I had a hard time with what I can only understand as a post-surgical depression. I managed to keep the breathing exercises every day, but depression and a weird disconnected feeling came in waves. Monday was the first day I went back to the gym and used machines for some resistance training. If for that or because surgery meds just wore off, I feel pretty stable since then.
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