Do I Eat to Deal with Physical Pain?

31. January 2009 by Patricia.

I had a root canal last week. It wasn’t fun but I have a fabulous dentist who sings to me. I kid you not. When he gave me the first injection to numb my mouth, he sang a soothing song. With the second injection, he took me, through visualization, on a peaceful journey along a beautiful beach. Now that’s a dentist in tune with my inner child! I felt no pain and no discomfort at all for the next couple of days. But on the fourth day I must have bitten down on a cracker in the wrong place and the repaired tooth started to throb. Before I consciously acknowledged that I felt the discomfort, I found myself walking towards the kitchen in search of food.

And in a flash I got the connection! It’s almost like I heard this internal mantra, “Don’t feel pain - eat!” This awareness made me smile. In the moment, I realized that food was not going to help me. What would help? Verbally expressing the discomfort I felt. Asking myself how much pain I experienced on a scale of 1-10.  [I came up with a 5 – not so terribly bad!] And, I decided I would call the dentist first thing in the morning to have my tooth checked out. But I did not eat to deal with the discomfort. And I call that freedom! http://www.newparadigmcoaching.com/

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