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Back pain isn’t just for the elderly in this day and age, as many of us slave away in an office all day in chairs that may as well be made of cold metal.
Cracking knees, joint pain and constant migraines is something that’s no longer a stranger to us as our bodies betray us.
But there’s something you can do to stop it all, and it’s a godsend.
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According to TikTokers (hear me out), there’s a ‘declassified’ CIA technique which is the answer to all our problems.
Stephanie Forlini posted a viral video back in 2021 sharing a section of a 1977 document from the US’ intelligence agency which she says, ‘stops pain’. Have a look:
She went on to read out a method developed by the Monroe Institute of Applied Science as part of the CIA’s Gateway Program.
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This training system focused on brainwave output and involved changing states of consciousness to escape restrictions of time and space.
Stephanie tried one of the techniques and claimed it worked!
Showing a section which aims to ‘reduce pain signals’, she said: “So you’re going to look at or visualise the part of your body that’s in pain and you’re going to repeat the number 5-5-5-1-5.
“When you do these two things the pain signals will slowly reduce until they are no longer important.”
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The technique in the declassified workbook of ‘daily tools’ is listed ‘for use in your physical walking life’.
Stephanie, who suffers from chronic back pain due to a car accident, claims that this is the method which worked for her and she’s adamant that she’d ‘never play about this’.
However, she’s not alone in her praise about the section.
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One person backed her up in the comments: “I been having a back pain for several weeks and I just try this just to f**k around AND IT F**KING WORK, I’m shock.”
Another put: “OK WTF! I’ve been experiencing excruciating lower back pain, I suspect it might be a slipped disc, doc’s appointment is tomorrow, this JUST worked for me.”
With one also writing: “Oh okay, not me with chronic joint pain having the first 30 seconds without back pain in like a year.”
Another joked: “CIA just released the new cheat codes.”
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However, one person claimed that nobody in the comments remembered the ‘placebo effect’. comment: “Ppl act like they don’t know about the placebo effect.”
The ‘declassified’ documents are intended for those involved in the Gateway Program, and if you’re suffering with pain, it’s obviously a better idea to consult your doctor than TikTok.
But it’s pretty cool, nonetheless.
Britt Jones