Play is absolutely vital! I'm so glad to have you say that as I've always believed being joyous and playful was essential to recovering 80% from 5 supposedly "incurable" illness. (Though getting off benzos was the first and most important step.) But I've felt guilty sometimes about my need for a "play day" and you've taken that guilt away. Thank you! Facing my grief and trauma first was vital, fully feeling the feelings. Then writing them out, and if any challenging ones remained, dancing them. That helped me process the feelings, then express them creatively, and finally move them physically through and out of my body. Then there's space for the good ones to come it. You are validating so much I realized intuitively by listening to my body. But with a lot of inescapable stress, pain and fatigue worsened. I've had fibromyalgia and ME/CFS for over 40 years. With your help, I'm hoping I can use what I learned before, and by adding pain reprocessing and somatic tracking, ultimately heal completely!
Thank you for sharing part of your story. I'm so sorry to hear what you have been through, however it is great a mind-body approach has been helpful. Play is so vital for our healing!
Omg so true. Love this..i watch your videos every night to relax me. You are the best and i watch all therapist and drs i can find on this started with dr sarno 3 years 4 years ago and it git rid of my neck and back pain after 35 years. Comes back of course but i was pain free for a year straight just from his book and videos . I was avoiding the feelings if panic and depression and now cant atand having thise feelings back but i know what is stressing me in life and but its part of the life i am living
Tanner, I'm 72. I am well aware that my emotional state influences my symptoms. Lately it's an IBS flare. I'm being treated by gastro, but not for my emotional disregulation. I know my symptoms are emotional. My question is: is it possible that after 72 yrs of my brain misinterpreting "danger" signals, that there is little I can do to change it? I feel I work on my mental/emotional state a lot with not very much effect.
Thanks for reaching out. It is good you have insight into your symptoms. Yes, it is possible for neuroplastic pain and symptoms that have occurred for decades to resolve. Generally a mind-body approach can take longer to resolve if they have been occurring for longer, as the brain has learned them really well. Keep going!
This has been challenging for me as well. Whenever I try to sit with my emotions and feel past trauma, even without judgment, I get pain flareups. My last one kicked up a flare for almost a week. Have you found success in this area with therapy? If yes, how are you working on this?
@@painpsychotherapy thank you so much. I am relatively new to your channel. There are so many good videoss of yours and I don't know from where to start viewing. Do you have an advice for the sequence? I started to read Dr. Schubiner book and Alan Gordon the way out and I bought a book from Dr. S. And your videos made me really started to believe that I have neuroplastic pain...but from where did this name "plastic" come from?
I cannot advise on medication. I have seen people recover both ways (taking medication or not taking medication). This would be a personal choice, but of course consult with your physician.
Do you react with indifference i.e. ignore the pain or acknowledge its presence i.e. notice/scrutinize it (in terms of its quality, intensity, character, extent, duration)? Some Mind-Body coaches are asking the poor sufferers to 'embrace' the pain, which IMO is perverse, albeit poetic😊. And how does accepting the pain square with not focusing on it? Contradictory, to say the least.
Yes, the approach really depends person to person. Personally when I was in pain at times cultivating indifference was helpful and other times approaching it with somatic tracking and cultivating short term acceptance was helpful. So it can take some exploring to see what works best.
Play is absolutely vital! I'm so glad to have you say that as I've always believed being joyous and playful was essential to recovering 80% from 5 supposedly "incurable" illness. (Though getting off benzos was the first and most important step.) But I've felt guilty sometimes about my need for a "play day" and you've taken that guilt away. Thank you! Facing my grief and trauma first was vital, fully feeling the feelings. Then writing them out, and if any challenging ones remained, dancing them. That helped me process the feelings, then express them creatively, and finally move them physically through and out of my body. Then there's space for the good ones to come it. You are validating so much I realized intuitively by listening to my body. But with a lot of inescapable stress, pain and fatigue worsened. I've had fibromyalgia and ME/CFS for over 40 years. With your help, I'm hoping I can use what I learned before, and by adding pain reprocessing and somatic tracking, ultimately heal completely!
Thank you for sharing part of your story. I'm so sorry to hear what you have been through, however it is great a mind-body approach has been helpful. Play is so vital for our healing!
I'm kind of grateful for your pain because it brought you wisdom and understanding that is incredibly clear and helpful for others.
I'm so glad my content is helpful and my personal experience with pain.
Thanks again for your super informative & useful videos.
I'm so glad my content is helpful! Keep going!
Thank you. Such good info.
Glad it was helpful!
Omg so true. Love this..i watch your videos every night to relax me. You are the best and i watch all therapist and drs i can find on this started with dr sarno 3 years 4 years ago and it git rid of my neck and back pain after 35 years. Comes back of course but i was pain free for a year straight just from his book and videos . I was avoiding the feelings if panic and depression and now cant atand having thise feelings back but i know what is stressing me in life and but its part of the life i am living
Sorry to hear what you are going through. I'm so glad my content has been helpful. I wish you the best in your healing!
Tanner, I'm 72. I am well aware that my emotional state influences my symptoms. Lately it's an IBS flare. I'm being treated by gastro, but not for my emotional disregulation. I know my symptoms are emotional. My question is: is it possible that after 72 yrs of my brain misinterpreting "danger" signals, that there is little I can do to change it? I feel I work on my mental/emotional state a lot with not very much effect.
Thanks for reaching out. It is good you have insight into your symptoms. Yes, it is possible for neuroplastic pain and symptoms that have occurred for decades to resolve. Generally a mind-body approach can take longer to resolve if they have been occurring for longer, as the brain has learned them really well. Keep going!
Hi Tanner - does fibromyalgia classify as a mind/body concern?
Yes, definitely!
Does cfs count as mind-body?
Yes, it can be! Of course it is important to have structural/physical causes ruled out.
Yes, in my opinion it is. However, it is important structural/physical causes have been ruled out.
Thank you. I have a few of these things that I am working on.
You're welcome! Keep going!
Am willing to change anything . How do I feel my emotions without bringing on pain is my question. I am well aware that my pain is neuro plastic.
I am gonna do therapy i hope that helps
I wish you the best in your healing!
Check out my somatic basics video for more information on attending to emotions!
This has been challenging for me as well. Whenever I try to sit with my emotions and feel past trauma, even without judgment, I get pain flareups. My last one kicked up a flare for almost a week. Have you found success in this area with therapy? If yes, how are you working on this?
Can you tell me what you mean by dis regulation of nervous system
This means prolonged states of fight, flight, freeze, and/or shutdown. Check out the polyvagal playlist on my main channel page!
@@painpsychotherapy thank you so much. I am relatively new to your channel. There are so many good videoss of yours and I don't know from where to start viewing. Do you have an advice for the sequence? I started to read Dr. Schubiner book and Alan Gordon the way out and I bought a book from Dr. S. And your videos made me really started to believe that I have neuroplastic pain...but from where did this name "plastic" come from?
I wonder then if it might be ok for those of us in constant horrible pain to take meds for a while so we can break the cycle while we do the work????
I cannot advise on medication. I have seen people recover both ways (taking medication or not taking medication). This would be a personal choice, but of course consult with your physician.
Do you react with indifference i.e. ignore the pain or acknowledge its presence i.e. notice/scrutinize it (in terms of its quality, intensity, character, extent, duration)? Some Mind-Body coaches are asking the poor sufferers to 'embrace' the pain, which IMO is perverse, albeit poetic😊. And how does accepting the pain square with not focusing on it? Contradictory, to say the least.
Yes, the approach really depends person to person. Personally when I was in pain at times cultivating indifference was helpful and other times approaching it with somatic tracking and cultivating short term acceptance was helpful. So it can take some exploring to see what works best.
YES! It’s so hard to know!!!!
Hi tanner. Mine started since being addicted to sleeping tablets zopiclone. Can this do this to ur body 😢😢😢
I can't speak specifically to this medication. But addiction can trigger Neuroplastic pain and symptoms. I wish you the best in your healing.
Can we book with you directly?
I just have people reach out through the contact form on our site. The link is in the description of each video.
Ok perfect thanks!!