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Evidence of a study published in the journal Pain reveals that people with chronic pain who learn to divert the focus away fromtheir ailments may sleep better and experience less day-to-daypain. Research leader, Luis F. Buenaver, Ph.D., an assistant professor ofpsychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins UniversitySchool of Medicine says: "We have found that people who ruminate about their pain and havemore negative thoughts about their pain don't sleep as well, andthe result is they feel more pain. If cognitive behavioral therapycan help people change the way they think about their pain, theymight end that vicious cycle and feel better without sleeping pillsor pain medicine." Buenaver, and his team point out that the function of a majorneurological pathway is to associate negative thoughts of pain withhigher pain through disturbed sleep. Around 80% of people sufferingfrom chronic pain experience sleep disturbances.
Earlier studieshave demonstrated that people whose sleep patterns are changed havea higher pain sensitivity, says Buenaver. He continues saying that it is also known that those who frequentlyfocus and think negatively of their pain report they experiencemore debilitating pain, a phenomenon known as "paincatastrophizing". It has been discovered that pain catastrophizingis a more reliable predictor of worse pain and pain-relateddisability in comparison with depression , neuroticism or anxiety . Buenaver and his team enrolled 214 people who were, on average, 34years old with TMD or myofascial temporomandibular disorder, aserious facial and jaw pain, which is often thought to bestress-related. Most participants were white and female.
Allparticipants first had a dental exam to confirm TMD before theywere asked to fill out questionnaires, which included questionsabout their quality of sleep, depression, pain levels and emotionalresponses to pain, as well as whether they ponder on their pain ortend to exaggerate it. The findings revealed TMD patients had a direct link betweennegative thoughts about pain, poor sleep and worse pain. Eventhough sleeping pills and painkillers may be effective, accordingto Buenaver, these patients could achieve the same benefits or evensucceed them by having cognitive behavioral therapy. He continuessaying that the same may apply to people suffering from otherstress-related ailments that have no clear underlying pathology,for instance fibromyalgia , irritable bowel syndrome , as well as neck and back pain and some forms of headaches , and states: "It may sound simple, but you can change the way you feel bychanging the way you think." Buenaver and his team are currently investigating whether olderadults with arthritis and insomnia can benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.
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