So far as I can tell that place of no pain only comes only when I finally fall asleep. That sleep only last a couple of hours and then I am back at it. Here is something I learned from my neurologist when discussing this subject of pain. There is your tolerance to pain and there is your memory of it. They are separate. I have a very high tolerance to pain other wise I would either pass out from it or I could die from it. The memory of my excruciating pain is where my brain is stuck. It has accepted this as how I should feel it all the time. I have read a lot of research on this and it is a very complicated subject. There have been a lot of very smart scientists working on why this happens but so far no real answers. If someone did discover why they would win the Nobel prize. As far as trying to separate yourself from your pain, good luck on that. I read a long time ago about certain monks who could do this but I don’t understand how. I have been practicing meditation for sometime and I can stop my thought process for about 3 or 4 minutes and I have experienced some relief from pain but that is very hard to do. Your mind always wants to think. Thinking is what causes stress and too much stress causes and increases your pain. Really very hard to get around any of that. With having Central Sensitization Syndrome it is almost impossible now to meditate. I still think that anyone who doesn’t have my medical problem can reach some pain relief this way. It is a natural process, there no side affects, and it won’t cost you a thing to try.