Guided meditation can alleviate cancer pain by interrupting the communication between pain sensations and the brain. Pain serves as a signal that something is wrong in the body and is transmitted to a specific area of the brain through the peripheral nervous system and spinal cord. When we consume painkillers or receive injections, the receptors that normally reach the brain are temporarily blocked, leading the brain to focus on the pain. Unlike painkillers, guided meditation reduces or even eliminates this response without any negative effects.
When you focus on an injury, you feel pain, but when you're engaged in other tasks, the pain diminishes. Cancer patients, accepting the incurable nature of their disease, often endure prolonged pain. Guided meditation offers long-term distraction, enabling patients to resume normal activities by shifting their focus away from the pain.
Guided meditation doesn't cure cancer, but it can significantly improve the patient's quality of life, desire to live, happiness, and hope by eliminating the pain.