Tests to help choose the innate abilities that have the better chances for long term success.
The person with chronic pain has some innate abilities but would like to know how you might test them to help determine which ones may be best for long term use.
The person with chronic pain has some innate abilities but would like to know how you might test them to help determine which ones may be best for long term use.
My name is Eugene Irvin.
Let’s presume a case where the person has the following abilities.
1:
Visually imagining colours with eyes closed. These are blue, red and black.
2:
Visually imagining objects with eyes closed moving away until they become very small but don’t disappear.
3:
Being able to slow respiration by breathing diaphragmatically.
They do not know which abilities might be the best candidates for successful long term use with the person’s chronic pain management.
The question is:
Is there a simple list of different types of testing that would help with rating an innate abilities chances for successful long term use?
Yes. There is a link to 7 different TYPES OF TESTING. This is just my list. Every person could generate their own list.
In the link there is a contents list and if you want more detail on the items it will be in the link.
One may just choose one type of testing or more than one of the 7 types of testing. There is no right or wrong way of looking at this.
These types of testing can be applied to people’s abilities for long term use with other issues apart from chronic pain.
This entire project is about taking something which may sound good, and then trying to take it apart with constructive criticism. Your thoughts and especially extra inputs are appreciated.
There is a link to my list of innate abilities. Innate abilities and resources here are synonymous. This is only my list.
Thank you
TYPES OF TESTING
What TYPES OF TESTING can we do to determine if an innate ability may be okay for long term use?
This is just my list. Everyone could generate a list with differences.
The word `Resource’ is synonymous with`innate ability.’
Contents.
1: Increase the stress levels when testing with a therapist in the clinic.
2: Use a range of distractions to mimic real life in the clinic and determine how the resource is affected.
3: Use a range of challenges: direct and indirect to mimic real life in the clinic and determine how the resource is affected.
4: Test with a therapist in a public environment. In the clinic some weaknesses with the resource may not be apparent to the therapist.
5: How much of a resource’s testing can be repeated by the client without the therapist being present?
6: Testing the resource in untried situations/ scenarios/ environments without the therapist being present?
7: Real world testing of the resource.
The following are in no fixed order.
1: Increase the stress levels when testing with a therapist in the clinic.
- Use anxiety/stress-provoking situations – real or imaginary
- Use crisis situations-real or imaginary
- A multitude of different ways that stressful situations can be designed. It depends upon things such as the person’s imaginal skills, the person’s level of rapport-trust with the therapist as to how much stress can be structured in, a person’s ability to achieve negative emotions and so on.
Relevance with long term control:
Use of resources in real life is commonly done in stressful environments/ scenarios/ situations. If you do not test a resource under different stressful conditions, you do not understand how effective the resource will be in the different conditions.
2: Use a range of distractions to mimic real life in the clinic and determine how the resource is affected.
- Do not assume something is a distraction because it may be to the therapist. Check with the person.
- Distractions can be positive or negative. Negative means the distraction may be stressful for the person.
- Combinations of distractions. For example: Unpleasant music and a cold fan blowing on the person.
Relevance with long term control:
A distraction is anything which may hinder a cognitive, physical and/or emotive process. This occurs all the time in real life and especially over long intervals of time. If the resource is adversely affected by distractions, then it may not be a suitable resource for long term use.
3: Use a range of challenges: direct and indirect to mimic real life in the clinic and determine how the resource is affected.
Relevance with long term control:
Direct challenge resistance is one way of testing the limits of a resource. This occurs all the time in real life and especially over long intervals of time. With people’s abilities, something or someone is always challenging whether the resource is `up to the task.’
4: Test with a therapist in a public environment. In the clinic some weaknesses with the resource may not be apparent to the therapist.
Comment: In the clinic the way a resource would respond to real life scenarios may not be apparent to the therapist. The characteristics of this `public environment’ have no limitations.
Relevance with long term control:
There must be a very clear distinction between clinic trialling and more real life environment/ scenario trialling. Anything long term means the resource will be used in a public environment.
5: How much of a resource’s testing can be repeated by the client without the therapist being present?
Relevance with long term control:
Long term use for a resource means the person must have a high level of self control with the resource. If the resource’s presence depends upon the therapist’s presence, then it is of little value for long term usage. This type of testing is a measure of the person’s potential self control with the resources used.
6: Testing the resource in untried situations/ scenarios/ environments without the therapist being present?
Relevance with long term control:
Long term uses for a resource means an endless number of untried variations of scenarios/ situations/ environments may present themselves. The type of untried may be only slightly dissimilar to what has been trialled and is successful or it may be totally different. This type of testing is a measure of the person’s potential self control with the resources used.
7: Real world testing of the resource.
Real world testing means the trialling is done with the same set of variables as would occur in the person’s real life. The therapist may or may not be present.
Relevance with long term control:
This is not testing in unknown types of scenarios. These are real world scenarios that would definitely actually occur. The temptation not to test in the real world is always present because it is not as convenient and may involve scenarios where there are a number of persons present.
RESOURCES LIST
Are we fully aware of the range of potentially usable innate abilities in the mind-body field?
Innate abilities and their Submodalities
Everyone will have a different list to the one presented here. This is simply my list. Each of these resources has the potential to be used in different ways. I see the same resources being repeatedly used. A large number of resources appear to be neglected. I do not see any structure which would assist me in being creative as to how those neglected resources might be used.
There are 29 resource topics and 197 resource divisions
There is no mention of parameters here.
Modalities List
Real=There is real sensory input from the topic mentioned.
Not Real= There is no real sensory input from the topic mentioned. Whatever is being perceived is from the clients’ imagination.
- Motor simple-light
- Motor simple-relaxation
- Motor simple-rigid
- Motor simple-heavy
- Complex motor
- Motor complex- verbalising
- Motor complex- writing
- Imagination-analgesia/ anaesthesia
- Imagination-auditory
- Imagination-balance
- Imagination-dermal
- Imagination-fatigue
- Imagination-hunger
- Imagination-kinesthetic- proprioceptive
- Imagination-pain
- Imagination-secretion
- Imagination-smell
- Imagination-taste
- Imagination-thermal
- Imagination-thirst
- Imagination-touch-pressure
- Imagination-visual
- Imagination-time distortion
- Age Regression-Progression
- Amnesia
- Cardiovascular
- Gastrointestinal
- Respiration
- Emotion
Modalities and their Submodalities
Motor simple-light
Motor>simple>light with actual movement
[Any parts of the body which can be objectively tested for lightness. One or more at the same time.] Motor>simple>light with no actual movement.
[Can be any part of the body as there is no movement. For example: `light brain.’]
Motor simple-rigid
Motor>simple>rigid with observable physical demonstrations
[Any parts of the body which can be objectively tested for rigidity. One or more at the same time.]
Motor>simple>rigid with no observable physical demonstration of rigidity
[Can be any part of the body as there is no movement. For example: rigid brain.]
Motor simple-relaxation
Motor>simple>relaxation with observable physical demonstrations
[Any parts of the body which can be objectively tested for physical relaxation. One or more at the same time.]
Motor>simple>relaxation with no observable physical demonstration of relaxation
[Can be any part of the body as there is no movement. For example: relaxed brain.]
Motor simple-heavy
Motor>simple>heavy with actual observable physical demonstrations
[Any parts of the body which can be objectively tested for physical heaviness. One or more at the same time.]
Motor>simple>heaviness with no observable physical demonstration of heaviness
[Can be any part of the body as there is no movement. For example: heavy brain.]
Complex motor
Motor>complex>coordination
[Any parts of the body which can be objectively tested for levels of movement coordination. One or more parts at the same time.]
Motor complex-verbalising (talking/ singing)
Motor>complex>verbalising>speed of verbalising increase
Motor>complex>verbalising>speed of verbalising decrease
Motor>complex>verbalising>difficulty with verbalising
Motor>complex>verbalising>volume of verbalising increase
Motor>complex>verbalising>volume of verbalising decrease
Motor>complex>verbalising>verbalising coherence
Motor>complex>verbalising>verbalising flow
Motor>complex>verbalising>loss of
Motor complex-writing
Motor>complex>writing>speed of writing increase
Motor>complex>writing>speed of writing decrease
Motor>complex>writing>difficulty with writing increase
Motor>complex>writing>difficulty with writing decrease
Motor>complex>writing>automaticity level [Clients’ level of conscious awareness of what they are writing and/or about to write
Motor>complex>writing>legibility
Motor>complex>writing>coherent
Motor>complex>writing>loss of
Imagination-analgesia/ anaesthesia
REAL
Imagn>real inputs>analgesia/ anaesthesia
[Range of possible subdivisions is vast]
NOT REAL
Imagn>no real inputs>analgesia/ anaesthesia
[Range of possible subdivisions is vast]
Imagination-auditory
REAL
Imagn>auditory>real>auditory appearing near/ distant
Imagn>auditory>real>auditory changing speed slow/faster
Imagn>auditory>real>auditory distortion
Imagn>auditory>real>auditory ability to focus on one auditory out of many
Imagn>auditory>real>auditory decibel level increase/decrease
Imagn>auditory>real>loss of auditory
NOT REAL
Imagn>auditory>not real>auditory appearing near/ distant
Imagn>auditory>not real>auditory changing speed slow/faster
Imagn>auditory>not real>auditory distortion
Imagn>auditory>not real>auditory ability to focus on one auditory out of many
Imagn>auditory>not real>auditory patterns such as strobe/waves/rhythmic/ erratic
Imagn>auditory>not real>auditory decibel level increase/decrease
Imagn>auditory>not real>loss of auditory
Imagination-balance
REAL
Imagn>balance>real>increase
Imagn>balance>real>decrease
Imagn>balance>real>loss of
NOT REAL
Imagn>balance>no real input>increase
Imagn>balance>no real input>decrease
Imagn>balance>no real input>loss of
Imagination-fatigue
Imagn>fatigue>physical increase
Imagn>fatigue>physical decrease
Imagn>fatigue>cognitive increase
Imagn>fatigue>cognitive decrease
Imagn>fatigue>emotion increase
Imagn>fatigue>emotion decrease
Imagination-hunger
Imagn>hunger>increase
Imagn>hunger>decrease
Imagination-dermal
REAL
Imagn>dermal>real>part to total loss of dermal
Imagn>dermal>real>misperception of dermal
[A real dermal stimulus may be misperceived as tingling, hot, cold, etc]
NOT REAL
Imagn>dermal>not real>misperception of dermal
[A not real dermal stimulus may be perceived as being tingling, hot, cold, etc]
Imagination-kinesthetic/ proprioceptive
REAL
Imagn>kinesthetic/ proprioceptive>real>part to total loss of kinesthetic/ proprioceptive Imagn>kinesthetic/ proprioceptive>real>misperception of kinesthetic/proprioceptive stimuli
[A real kinesthetic/ proprioceptive stimulus may be misperceived as tingling, hot, cold, etc]
NOT REAL
Imagn>kinesthetic/ proprioceptive>not real>misperception of kinesthetic/proprioceptive stimuli
Imagination-pain
REAL
Imagn>pain>real>misperceptions of pain stimulus
[A real pain stimulus may be misperceived as being increased/ decreased/ tingling/ hot/ cold/ etc] Imagn>pain>real>partial to total loss of pain
NOT REAL
Imagn>not real>pain
[No pain stimulus of any kind. Range of possible subdivisions is vast]
Imagination-secretion
Imagn>secretion>real>part to total loss of secretion
Imagn>secretion>real>increase
[An example would be a piece of food in the mouth producing more saliva than normal]
Imagination-smell
REAL
Imagn>smell>real>sensitivity to smells increase
Imagn>smell>real>sensitivity to smells decrease
Imagn>smell>real>smell distortions
Imagn>smell>real>focussing on one component from many
Imagn>smell>real>part to total loss of smell
NOT REAL
Imagn>smell>not real>sensitivity to smells increaseImagn>smell>not real>sensitivity to smells decrease Imagn>smell>not real>smell distortions Imagn>smell>not real>focussing on one component from many
Imagn>smell>not real>pure smell
Imagn>smell>not real>combinations of smell- previously experienced or unique
Imagn>smell>not real>part to total loss of smell
Imagination-taste
REAL
Imagn>taste>real>sensitivity to tastes increase
Imagn>taste>real>sensitivity to tastes decrease
Imagn>taste>real>taste distortions Imagn>taste>real>focussing on one component from many
Imagn>taste>real>part to total loss of taste
NOT REAL
Imagn>taste>not real>sensitivity to tastes increase
Imagn>taste>not real>sensitivity to tastes decrease
Imagn>taste>not real>taste distortions
Imagn>taste>not real>focussing on one component from many
Imagn>taste>not real>pure tastes
Imagn>taste>not real>combinations of tastes-previously experienced or unique
Imagn>taste>not real>part to total loss of taste
Imagination-thermal
REAL
Imagn>thermal>real>hot>increase
Imagn>thermal>real>hot>decrease
Imagn>thermal>real>cold>increase
Imagn>thermal>real>cold>decrease
Imagn>thermal>real>hot>misperception
Imagn>thermal>real>cold>misperception
Imagn>thermal>real>part to total loss of thermal.
NOT REAL
Imagn>thermal>not real>hot
Imagn>thermal>not real>cold
Imagn>thermal>not real>hot>increase
Imagn>thermal>not real>hot>decrease
Imagn>thermal>not real>cold>increase
Imagn>thermal>not real>cold>decrease
Imagn>thermal>not real>hot>misperception
Imagn>thermal>not real>cold>misperception
Imagn>thermal>not real>part to total loss of thermal.
Imagination-thirst
Imagn>thirst>increase
Imagn>thirst>decrease
Imagn>thirst>swallowing difficulty
Imagination-touch-pressure
REAL
Imagn>touch-pressure>real>increased sense of touch-pressure
Imagn>touch-pressure>real>reduced sense of touch-pressure
Imagn>touch-pressure>real>misperception of touch-pressure
[Light feels heavy/ heavy feels light/ tingling/ warm/ cold/ etc]
Imagn>touch-pressure>real>part to total loss of touch-pressure
NOT REAL
Imagn>touch-pressure>not real>increased sense of touch-pressure
Imagn>touch-pressure>not real>reduced sense of touch-pressure
Imagn>touch-pressure>not real>misperception of touch-pressure
[Light feels heavy/ heavy feels light/ tingling/ warm/ cold/ etc]
Imagn>touch-pressure>not real>part to total loss of touch-pressure
Imagination-visual
- Eyes open may change the meaning to clients. Always be aware of the large difference between eyes open and eyes closed. Belief may be stronger if client experiences a visual with `eyes open.’
- Imagined means the persons’ visualisation is of something which is not real, it is a `figment of their imagination.’
- A reader may think that a visual appearing near/ distant should be on the same line. The way each of these submodalities might be used however may be quite different. You may want to combine in a meaningful way an imagined object coming nearer and that imagined object moving into the distance. Thus two distinct usages of each of those submodalities may be combined in such a way to enhance the effectiveness of each of the individual submodalities.
- Many times there are no clear boundaries between the categories. It is only meant to be a rough classification. Every person would have their own list which may differ considerably from this list.
REAL
Imagn>visual>eyes open> real external sensory input>visual focussing on one component out of many
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual appearing near
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual appearing distant
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual changing speed slower
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual changing speed faster
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input >visual ability to focus on detail
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual activity level
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual brightness reduce/magnify
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual micro/normal/magnify
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual distortion of how it would normally look Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual movement types rotating/rhythmic/ erratic Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual image types shapes/ textures/ patterns/ 2D-3D/ angles
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual colours black/grey/white
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual colours pure red/blue/green/yellow/violet
Imagn>visual> eyes open> real external sensory input>visual colours mixtures
NOT REAL
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual appearing near
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual appearing distant
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual changing speed slower
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual changing speed faster
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual ability to focus on detail
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual activity level
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual brightness reduce/magnify
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual micro/normal/magnify Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual distortion of how it would normally look
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual focussing on one component out of many
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual movement types rotating/rhythmic/ erratic
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual image types shapes/textures/patterns/2D-3D/ angles
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual colors black/grey/white
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual colors pure red/blue/green/yellow/violet
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>visual colors mixtures
Imagn>visual>eyes closed>loss of visual
Negative hallucinations: Imagined with a real input
Imagn>visual>eyes open>real>suggested real items missing from conscious perception completely
[Can be one item or the entirety of real visual sensory input; e.g., an entire furnished room is now seen as being completely empty]
Positive hallucinations: Imagined with no real input:
Imagn>visual>eyes open>real>suggested real items now present even though missing in reality
[Can be one item or the entirety of real visual sensory input; e.g., an empty room is now seen as being completely furnished]
Combinations of positive and negative hallucinations
One item is removed completely and replaced with something else.
Imagination-time distortion
Imagn>time distortion>lengthen time
Imagn>time distortion>shorten time
Imagn>time distortion>lengthen time>categories>physical
Imagn>time distortion>lengthen time>categories>cognitive
Imagn>time distortion>lengthen time>categories>emotion
Imagn>time distortion>shorten time>categories>physical
Imagn>time distortion>shorten time>categories>cognitive
Imagn>time distortion>shorten time>categories>emotion
Age Regression-Progression
Age regression>timeline>within real life span>categories>physical
Age regression>timeline>within real life span>categories>mental
Age regression>timeline>within real life span>categories>emotion
Age regression>timeline>within real life span>categories>situations
Age regression>timeline>outside real life span>categories>physical
Age regression>timeline>outside real life span>categories>mental
Age regression>timeline>outside real life span>categories>emotion
Age regression>timeline>outside real life span>categories>situations
Age progression>timeline>within real life span>categories>physical
Age progression>timeline>within real life span>categories>mental
Age progression>timeline>within real life span>categories>emotion
Age progression>timeline>within real life span>categories>situations
Age progression>timeline>outside real life span>categories>physical
Age progression>timeline>outside real life span>categories>mental
Age progression>timeline>outside real life span>categories>emotion
Age progression>timeline>outside real life span>categories>situations
Amnesia
Amnesia>type of amnesia>spontaneous
Amnesia>type of amnesia>suggested
Amnesia>specificity of amnesia
Amnesia>type of system used with amnesia>physical
Amnesia>type of system used with amnesia>cognitive
Amnesia>type of system used with amnesia>emotional
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular>heart rate increase
Cardiovascular>heart rate decrease
Cardiovascular>blood vessel size increase
Cardiovascular>blood vessel size decrease
Gastrointestinal
Gastrointestinal>discomfort increase
Gastrointestinal>discomfort decrease
Gastrointestinal>hyperactivity increase
Gastrointestinal>hyperactivity decrease
Respiration
Respiration>type of breathing>thoracic/ abdominal
Respiration>rate of breathing>fast/ slow
Respiration>depth of breathing>shallow/deep
Emotion
Imagn>emotion increase
Imagn>emotion decrease
Imagn>emotion positive increase
Imagn>emotion positive decrease
Imagn>emotion negative increase
Imagn>emotion negative decrease
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