Step 6: Cope with Procedures
You'll want to use step 2 (Focus Tool) and Step 3 (Solve Problems Creatively)
to help with lengthy and perhaps uncomfortable procedures. But let's face it.
You may just need a good mental escape.
To help time pass imagine yourself engaged in a pleasurable activity, perhaps
a sport. Smell the air and become aware of the sights and sounds. Maybe you'll
want to go to Disneyland--go on the rides and eat popcorn. One patient was playing
a great game of golf in his head during a procedure and discovered that he wasn't
ready for the procedure to be over because he was "playing so well."
(How's that for a turn-around!)
