I know, I know, everyone's always saying "think positive!".
Well, lately I've come to realize that negative thinking is quite powerful in its own right.
When something aches on me, I can tell myself firmly, "That DOESNT hurt" and it doesn't for a little while. If I feel a hunger pang, I can tell myself, "NO, you aren't hungry." and I'm not- at least for a half hour or so. And if I see something yummy, I can tell myself, "I don't like those anymore," and the yearning dies.
If the poison ivy rash on my leg starts to itch, I glare at it and think, "That does NOT itch." And it doesn't.
If I'm sleepy and I need to be awake, "I'm NOT sleepy!"
I've found I can be in an almost constant state of denial about moods, feelings & injuries, even sunburn! I refuse to be sick. I refuse to have a cut get infected. I refuse to fall to pieces when things go badly.
I don't know what ramifications this will have on my psyche- but it's quite likely that I'll be able to deny any bad effects as well!
Negative thinking.
The way to go.