
The Worst Is Over

Here is just a partial list of some of the functions we can influence with Verbal First Aid: Pain Heart rate Respiration Blood pressure Bleeding Inflammatory response Itching Contractions Bowel motility Smooth muscle tension Sweating Allergic responses Asthma Rate of healing Dermatitis Dryness of mouth Immune response Glandular secretions Emotional
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there is one magic sentence that opens the door to rapport in acute situations: The worst is over.
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Trujillo taught the man the “control room technique” to help manage his pain, showing him how to dial it down to a more comfortable level. (See Chapter 8 on pain management for more information.) Three days later, when he visited the man in the hospital, the patient reported that he no longer needed his pain medication because “it’s on zero,”
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a person having a heart transplant might be more likely to survive if his emotions were taken into account,
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The late Corbin Harney, a Western Shoshone Nation Spiritual Leader, was world renowned for his activism in defense of the future of the Mother Earth. Asked about mind/body wisdom, he explained that simply using an herb or a pharmaceutical part of an herb is not nearly as effective as using the herbs backed with a belief system. “If you’re going to
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Reminding people of times in which they were happier, stronger, more loving can bring those times into the present and, with them, some of the qualities they may have forgotten they had. When you encounter someone suffering emotional or physical distress, and you can facilitate a positive age regression, you can begin to use Verbal First Aid in
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A threat requires instinctive action, not analysis. (This is also the basis for military training.) Due to this hardwiring, genetic programming, a person who knows Verbal First Aid can readily assume the role of authority in an emergency and provide the victim with mind/body tools that stimulate the healing process.
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An altered state is like fertile soil.
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“When you work with a person, you work with a community of individuals,” Trujillo says. “Providing comfort for Tom provided comfort for his entire family.”