The ‘Havening’ Trick for Chronic Pain ⚡️ (Part 2/4)

13 Mar 2026 · 2 min

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This content was created by Theresa Byrne. This content was uploaded by Theresa Byrne. This is a YouTube video titled "The ‘Havening’ Trick for Chronic Pain ⚡️ (Part 2/4)" (metadata timestamped 2026-03-13). The excerpt is a first-person account by a single speaker (labeled SPEAKER A) describing intense facial/eye pain consistent with trigeminal nerve involvement and describing coping strategies they use—box/controlled breathing, forced sighs/yawning when possible, and Havening (a tactile PSTD-related technique involving patting)—including doing these techniques hourly during prolonged pain episodes (32–56 hours). The content reads as a personal/informational discussion about managing chronic pain.

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So when the pain is spiking and it throbs, it throbs. This last one was for 32 hours. The one before that was 56 hours of straight electrical throbbing pain through my eye. The trigeminal nerve hits a cranial nerve that hits all these different spots. So I would walk around and calm myself and breathe in and out. Do box breathing, controlled breathing. And I have to tell you, it was really hard to do decent inhales because when you're in pain, your body seizes up and it makes that relaxation really hard. I can't yawn because my jaw won't let me, but if the pain allows you, you can yawn or you can force a sigh. Also, I'm doing this, and I would walk around and do what's called Havening. Havening is a new technique, thought-filled TFT technique, that was developed about 10 years ago to help people through PTSD. And I would just walk around and pat myself, and literally I would have to do this every hour on the hour all night long and most of the day. Now, these are some of the easier versions of what I needed to do. And there are some other things that I found along the way that helped me deal with the pain. One of the things that I started doing was