An interesting article on the BBC website here talking about how children can imagine pain away using visualisation and self hypnosis. I have mentioned before how we have taught our 2 year old to give us the pain when he hurts himself and we throw it away. It works a treat, even when he burnt himself on a hot BBQ. It goes like this:
1. Can you give me the pain? (holding hand out)
2. He takes the pain and ‘places’ it in my hand
3. I ask whether I have it, he says yes
4. I throw it away telling him it is going far away out the window, down the road….
He now does this automatically himself without any intervention from us – but he as added a cute sound when he throws it!