04/22/2026
Does your pain feel predictable now?
Morning comes… and you expect it.
You move a certain way… and brace for it.
The day begins through the lens of pain.
When pain lasts long enough, the body and mind can learn patterns around it.
Expectation.
Fear.
Tension.
Habit.
This can keep the nervous system reactive and make pain feel like it happens automatically.
That does not mean it is imaginary.
It means learned patterns may now be part of the picture.
This video explains how awareness can begin changing that cycle.
Chronic pain series:
https://hypnotherapyvictoria.com/overcoming-chronic-pain/
Free mindfulness training:
https://www.hypnotherapyvictoria.com/free-self-help-mindfulness-series/
Counselling Victoria:
https://www.hypnotherapyvictoria.com/counselling-victoria/
Hypnotherapy Victoria:
https://www.hypnotherapyvictoria.com/hypnotherapy-victoria/
Have you noticed pain happening more from expectation than movement?
Arne Pedersen Hypnotherapy Victoria
Mindfulness-based counselling hypnotherapy
Victoria BC — online & in person