I let myself focus on pain as just a sensory signal, like pressure or a focused sense of touch. By completely welcoming the pain signal as information I can of

I let myself focus on pain as just a sensory signal, like pressure or a focused sense of touch. By completely welcoming the pain signal as information I can often quiet the discomfort component. I assume that since pain functions by being a signal to avoid, completely reversing the avoidance interferes with its normal function - in a good way. Would love to know how that was actually playing out in my circuits