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It makes total sense that you're wondering about these things. The key to beating doubt isn't to deny it or will yourself to believe otherwise, but to explore it all scientifically. Let's see what the results of the test say. With respect to the numbness, if the tests indicate nerve compression that fits perfectly with the anatomy of how the symptoms are playing out, we can give nerve compression more credence as the source. But chronic pain does not correspond to nerve compression anyways. Nerve compression more typically leads to numbness, according to my research and top doctors in the mind body field. Your last statement is probably the most telling to me of all -- and I mean this in an encouraging way. It reads just as doubt always does: I want to believe it is mind body but I have a secret suspicion that it just isn't. That's just a fear. It's not inherent reality. Based on your symptom presentation, the way doubt is operating, and the frequency of such symptoms in mind body experience, the chances are extremely high that it is all mind body and it is highly unlikely that mind body issues just so happen to be happening at the same time as a compressed nerve problem. More to say and I'm happy to talk about it with you, but those are my opening arguments against doubt!

@ Thank you for your thoughtful reply. Yes, there is so much doubt. Increasing numbness is most concerning, but the pain has become almost unbearable, thus possible medication. I’m trying to last the week, but losing hope. I’ll try to wait on the nerve tests.

The pain is mind body for sure. That I can pretty much guarantee. But it doesn't matter what I think...only what you think! So let's work on that. Would you like to work with me on this so you don't just have to wait out the pain? There's a lot we can that can often help lessen pain quickly in the work that I do.

Thanks for reading the book and cheering me on, Rudy! I agree that it's so important that the people in the mind body field come together as much as possible to give a coherent narrative of what's going on and why. Otherwise, doubt has a lot of room to play! I hope my book helps bring down incidences of doubt in the practitioners in the field, too, as that would help sufferers keep their own doubts down so much. I will check out Bonnie Lester. Thanks for bringing her to my attention! Sending you my best, Rudy!

Thank you for the deeply kind words, Anni. I appreciate the recognition and enthusiasm for what I'm doing. It keeps me going:) I am so excited to discuss this book with all of you and look forward to hearing what you think!

Thank you so much, my friend! Both Bessel van der Kolk and Joe Dispenza are mentioned in my book. This is definitely going to be right up your alley:) I appreciate your support of me and the book, but also your being part of this community working together to spread the word about why people can recover and master these symptoms. And my book shows just how to do it! Sending you my best and can't wait to talk the book over with you.

Thank you so much! I would love to hear your thoughts about it. And if you like it, leave a positive review on Amazon to boost the book's visibility. Sending you my best!

Reminds me of Professor Tokayer’s wise inquiry, “What are you doing while you do what you do?”

@@LisaMorphopoulos Great quote! It makes me think maybe mind-body healing is like baseball. As Yogi Berra once said, "Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical.”

Thanks, Rob! I appreciated you being at the event and supporting me and my book. The movement continues to take big steps forward and we're thinking the right things while we do it!

That's a great one, too! Thanks for being at the event, Lisa. I would love to talk with you about what you think of the book when you get a chance to read it!

Ha! Yogi Berra had a lot of classics. And was obviously a math whiz:)

Thanks, Kassim!!!

Thanks for your support of us both, Darleen! We miss you and hope to see you soon. Sending you my best!

Yes to both! Kindle should be available tomorrow and the Audible version in maybe 4-6 weeks. I have to record it first!

@CrushingDoubt thank you! 💗

My pleasure!

Thanks, Tom! I'm glad the cover is passing the initial test (I love it, which is a good start) and confident that what's inside delivers even more:) It will be available on Audible, but I need to record it first. I start that this Friday, actually. The audio version won't be available for 4-6 weeks, I would guess.

Thank you for these deeply kind and inspiring words, Hillel! I had Dr. Sarno very much in mind when writing this, hoping that my book can continue the amazing work that helped save my own life. And I included everything in here I wished I could have had/heard in my own recovery and that I want all of society to know as well. Looking forward to seeing where the conversation takes us!

​@@CrushingDoubt The fact that Sarno was the one who saved your life aligns with my understanding that you have developed and continued his legacy. Even though I haven't read the book yet, I fully believe that its impact will be tremendous, even if it takes years. It will require many follow-ups, but this is a historic moment worth marking-especially regarding the topic of doubt, from my perspective.

@@hillelpaley6813 Dr. Ratner's focus on doubt is a significant difference in the Mindbody world. Good to see you Hillel.

Thank you so much, Hillel. I appreciate how you see what I'm planning to do...many years of conversations ahead from the point of this book launch and I look forward to it all. These are the conversations that can really change the trajectory of chronic pain and other symptoms doctors haven't been able to resolve well. This is for all of the sufferers out there!

Thank you for these kind words, Darleen! I'm excited to have the book launch today so people can get the information they need, literally right at their fingertips!

Thanks, Darleen!

Thank you, Lynne!

Thank you so much! I will:)

Thanks, Darleen, and I totally agree. Kassim speaks from the heart and, knowing what he's been through, I'm so honored to know him and proud of him that he took the step to share this.

@CrushingDoubt I am always inspired when Kassim shares.

Same here:)

Thank you, Helen! Here's to your power!

Thank you, Elise!! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it once you've gotten to read it!

Thanks, Helen. I was shocked by so many of the things I learned as I got better from my back pain (and since). And nearly ALL of it...nobody I knew had any idea about. The science and logic is all there and we're working to get misconceptions and disinformation under control so people know what's what. I hope you'll come to my book launch on January 30th and buy the book. It has a ton of information about this and much more. Sending you my best!

Thanks, Rudy! I hope to see you at this coming Q&A and at the book launch the following week:) I'll get you the necessary information!

@CrushingDoubt look forward to it Dan Ratner AKA Pain detective 🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍

My favorite nickname:)

Happy to help with this, Lynn. Did you get the answers you needed on this at the Q&A? As I'm sure you know (but it will help to hear it again to practice and reapply), in most ways this is the same as any other mind body symptom. Bring down doubt for long enough and you'll then be able to use emotional awareness and adjustments to help manage it.

I very much enjoyed talking to her and hearing about her work.

Very interesting ideas about this all. I would be happy to continue the discussion. It's been a while since I watched my own video (this one), but I was curious if there was something in particular in it to which you were responding and wanting to highlight the fight or flight (stress) response. Let me know!

@@CrushingDoubt The fight or flight response can happen and at the same time the person does not recognize that they are reacting to stress. This happens if the threat that is made is concealed. There are conditions that have to be set up first before a threat can be made in a concealed manner. However the big problem for the person is that they feel a higher emotional charge at the same time as some idea is being presented to them mentally. Yes ESP/ telepathy. It requires close relationship. If the person perceives an idea and at the same time feels a higher emotional charge they may mistake their emotional charge as being acceptance or agreement with the idea. A person can be influenced in this way to accept the idea and thus react to it. So for instance, if the ideas indicates some danger, such as an idea that something they just touched or just ate may do damage, then their reaction will ignite the immune system to clear away the damaged cells. But if there is no real damage then the immune response will do damage. And to show you how the very same concealed threat can be used in a vastly different way I will explain to you the love at first sight cheat. In the love at first sight cheat the same threat is used but the idea presented is vastly different. If it is a man that is being influence then the woman that wants to trap him will appear before him and the idea is "Oh isn't she wonderful". If it is a woman then the man who wants to trap her will appear and the idea presented is "isn't he gorgeous". So the person being trapped believes that they are strongly attracted to the person who walks in front of them and they just noticed. It shows how much a person can be affected when they don't know that they are really reacting with a fight or flight response to some danger posed.

I think the most important things you're highlighting here are: 1) how much stress we all experience outside of our awareness; 2) how much our unconscious experience interacts with the unconscious experience of others; and 3) why a sense of danger drives so many mind body symptoms. Once we know the brain (and mind) affects the body profoundly, we can consider all of what that might entail! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

That is a common medical diagnosis trying to explain the situation, but it is mind body. Many doctors just don't know about or believe in the mind body process, so they look for the physical effect that explains what is happening. But they are confusing cause and effect. The oil glands don't function properly at those times because of mind body experience, as opposed to suddenly (and randomly) beginning to cause dysfunction. I wish these practitioners believed things make sense more than they do, because they are willing to accept (and spread!) very random theories that stretch all believable thinking once the mind body perspective is even considered. I hope this helps!

@ I see thank you! Ever since this started my eyes have grown red vessels, I had to drop out of contact lenses and use eye drops throughout the day, if I want to believe it’s mind body should I stop using the drops, wear my contacts and fully believe in mind body, or is there a different approach you recommend?

If you feel your belief in the mind body experience is quite strong, I would go ahead and behave as if it is mind body. If you have any experiences that raise your doubt, you can take it a bit slower and work through the doubts. The key is to begin to think of it as a mind body process but to make sure you don't raise your own doubt. If you can proceed with confidence, do it! If you're still not sure, do the cognitive work of asking questions until you feel sure. Come join my Thursday Q&A this week at 6 PM EST or email me through my website, which is listed in this video. There's many ways I can help you have the confidence you need to alter the symptoms effectively, but you're well on your way!

Narcissists really do require us to have that clarity and hard line stances, don't they? I always found it to be so shocking that anyone lives the way they do, so I kept getting roped in. Now I am almost always able to catch the game they are playing and not enter into it. I agree with what you said here and thank you for watching!

So glad to hear that! Thanks you for watching:)

Glad you found what you needed in this! I know how important it can be to get validation about the specific issue you're having. Let me know if you need any more information!

It's crazy making. The best we can do is to recognize it for what it is, pay no further attention to it, and trust that there is no need to question what we already know inside. Hard stuff, but at least you know you are not alone in having such experiences!

This is from one of my recent Q&As, though I am not finding which one just yet. Look at the ones from October and November and match up the shirt and you will have found it!

Glad this was helpful, Hillel! I would love to have more discussions with her. Will keep you posted!

Not sure I follow. Can you say more about what you meant?

Thanks for sharing this story, Scotty! It's pretty incredible how many of us have some version of a similar story. The difference between people who read and accept what Sarno had to say versus those who either never hear about his work or can't accept it is a world of difference. I'm glad you got relief!

Hi Linda- I'm sorry you've suffered for so much and for so long (including in not having the help you needed to recognize this wasn't the typical experience). The good news is that your case is no different than any other, in terms of your ability to get better using mind body methods. It doesn't matter how long it has been, whether the onset came from worries about the back or seemingly out of nowhere, or any other factor. As long as it is mind body -- the structural findings they've shared as possible diagnoses have all been shown to have no correlation with pain in the best medical journals in the world -- it is resolvable through my system. Let's talk more about it if you're open to it. You can contact me through my website, which is listed in the description for each of my videos. I would love to help you find relief. Sending you my best, Linda!

Thanks for sharing this. It's pretty clear that such ideas are worth exploring for many people. I hope they do studies on the topic so we can learn more. I will check out that book. Thanks again for bringing it to my attention!

I know many people swear by intermittent fasting. I actually do that myself to some degree. I don't eat until lunchtime and then stop right after dinner. Seems to help with weight gain, especially. But we're all still learning about the various things that can help in so many ways. This was an interesting discussion for me, to say the least.

Thank you for the kind words and I am glad you reached out! That doubt pattern you're identifying is a helpful one to get clearly in your sights. Of course, doubt is using it to convince you the pattern will simply continue, but one way that it won't is if you gain new strategies for the moments you experience. My system has three different ways of dealing with symptoms (I call them the three columns) and many action steps within each. As you noted, even just voicing the doubt helps because now you can fight it in plain sight. I can help you fight doubt more effectively and also help you recognize what causes new onsets and upticks and how to calm them, which would help break the pattern. You can contact me through my website, listed in the description of this episode. I would love to be of further help to you!

Thanks for watching and I'm glad this perspective resonated! I can't remember what I said in the video at the moment, but I know if I were to answer it (then or now) I would say that structural things all heal. A structural injury or illness can lead to doubt, though, and that is where it could be seen as "both", even though it isn't! Most things are mind body and structural issues tend to resolve quite easily and along expected timeframes of recovery (most within a week to ten days). Let me know if I addressed your question or doubt, but I wouldn't worry much about there being true combined types of symptoms. Anything that lingers without a clear and major medical issue (very rare) is mind body.

@ thank you. Mine doesn’t refer to “pain”. I have other symptoms such as long covid/POTS. Which I do think are mbs. What’s holding me back is I fear MS but my mri was clear. The symptoms are so similar. That’s what I was meaning. Thank you for replying!

Mind body symptoms are so crafty, aren't they? They can use any existing pathways in the body, and they are also meant to be very convincing, so it's very easy to have doubt and worry. But nearly everything is mind body and given your other symptoms, it's a slam dunk that it all is. I'm happy to talk more, though, if I can be of help. You can find my website in the description of this video and contact me there as needed. Sending you my best!

@@CrushingDoubt thanks! Sent a message in the contact section of your site

Thanks! It doesn't look like I received that message. Can you send it again? My apologies for the inconvenience.

There's absolutely no way to ignore agony. I've been there and I know you can't think of anything else when in such pain. What you most need is actual symptom relief. My system organizes how to stop agony, not how to ignore it. I would love to talk further about this and I'm certain I can help you if you want to give it a try. You can contact me at the website in the description for this video. Or let me know what you think here. Hang in there. We can get you relief. Sending you my best.

I find it often helps to hear others recognize and talk about the very issue you're having, so I try to bring up specifics quite often (and across a widespread amount of symptoms). Sounds like this was encouraging to at least hear about, The next step, as you noted, would be to do the doubt column work so you can be convinced this is a mind body experience and nothing else. After that, we can go looking for the emotional cause. I'm here and ready to work with you as needed!

@ thankyou. Ive worked with Rita who uses & knows “doubt” work. I need to let go & symptoms drag me back in

Rita is fantastic. Glad you've got doubt work on your mind as you push back against symptoms. Symptoms will indeed try to drag you back in. I find the columns help me stay organized to understand each symptom moment so I know the quickest route to relief at each moment. Let me know if I can be of further help. My book comes out January 8, 2025, as well, so hopefully that can be a resource to understand the different mind body moments.

@ will def get your book I like the columns system. Makes logic

Thanks so much. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it all!

I'm so glad! Thanks for watching and let me know if I can be of further help. Sending you my best!

Thank you! I totally agree: Not a chance that's a coincidence. Now we just need to find the right interpretation of what the body's message is!

This is something I am looking into. It sounds like there are a lot of ads on these, though when I watch them, it seems I can just skip past them. Will consider how disruptive they are, though.

Thanks, Cheryl. It's called Crushing Doubt: An Advanced System for Mind-Body Pain and Symptom Relief. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it!

Same column! Fear is the emotional form of doubt. Question whether the fear is warranted, get it articulated, and we can bring the fear down with a good handle on it.

Hi Linda- So glad you found the podcast. The best way to get more information from me is through my website. Search the same name as the podcast and the website should show up. Respond here if you're having any trouble finding it (RUclips won't let me list it directly here, sadly!).

The book title is Crushing Doubt: An Advanced System for Mind-Body Pain and Symptom Relief. Can't wait to share it with you all in the next six weeks or so!

Hi Ellie- There are many ways I can help with this. My book is coming out in late November or early December and will certainly have that information, but there are two other resources that can help: 1) On my website (search Crushing Doubt), I have mind body guides and the Three Columns Guide provides direct instructions for all three columns, including the power column; and 2) I have a power column group where I can help you directly on it all in a cost effective way. I also have live Q&As most Thursdays (not tonight, but next week) where you can begin to get these questions answered. You can contact me through my website, as well, for us to discuss these options. Let me know what you think!

Ouch. Just terrible. Parents need to assume behavior comes from somewhere and work to understand it, instead of judging it. Often, the behavior comes from the parent, themselves!