“The pain is inescapable, and resistance as a defense only makes it worse; the whole system is jarred by the shock”
This is what I was telling my son about getting a shot – if you tense up you make it worse. This week I have to go to the dentist, and I know from experience that if I try to resist it, I’ll only draw it out and make it worse.
Excerpt From: Alan Watts & Deepak Chopra. “The Wisdom of Insecurity.” Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011-11-16. Apple Books.