Polyvagal Exercises That HEAL Long Covid
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- I fully healed from Long Covid by doing these simple exercises. Whether you're looking to alleviate fatigue, brain fog, or other persistent symptoms, this video is a must-watch for anyone navigating the challenges of Long COVID.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:20 Breathing Exercises
00:05:30 Laughing Yoga
00:07:30 Gentle Yoga
00:09:00 Socialization
00:11:20 Disney Music
00:12:50 Smile, Visualize, Joy
00:16:00 Outro
Breathing, Laughing, Stretching, Socializing, Disney Music, Smile (visualize joy), Self-compassion
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Thank you Rob, since I stumbled on yours channel my healing has began, I am grateful ❤
so happy to hear 😁
How you are feeling
These exercises have helped me to heal. It works!
Marilina your story is inspiring. Amazing to see such simple tools and mindset shifting cause so much healing! ❤️🙏
Did you have insomnia?
Been suffering with LC. Lots of ups and downs. I agree with you Marilina. Roberto's videos are helping me get on the right track.
Just thinking of total recovery makes me even smile more❤
Thank you Rob, great info.
You are very welcome! Thank you for leaving an encouraging comment ❤️
I had to subscribe when your little one said so. Thanks Rob. I'm getting there now
Happy you are making improvements
This is what the community needs! Thanks again Rob!
Thank you my friend! 🙏
Great video! I'm already doing most of these but I'll be implementing the laughing yoga and smiling to my daily routine!
GREAT STUFF! The detailed specific information and your own personal experiences are pure gold! 👍👍👍
I appreciate that!🙏
Excellent video!!! Thank you so much for making it.
My pleasure! ❤️
Thank you Rob for this amazing video😍
you are very welcome! good to hear from you Adriana. ❤️
Thank you, Robb. This is just what I was looking for. Perfect! You are such a good person reaching out to help others is earnestly. I am going to post it on my LC FB page. I can do everything you said, but don’t know the socializing except every couple of months because we are not near family or friends. I wish we could. We were with family today and I felt great!
So happy it was helpful! Being with people who are close to you being upon healing. Even if u can’t socialize as often as you would like now you have these news exercises to add to your daily life. ❤🙏
Thanks for your vids dude
You got it my man! hope it helped. 🙏
Love the videos. Love you and your adorable family. ❤
thank you so much! ❤
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you for sharing this information!
You are so welcome!
Fantastic Video, thanks Rob! Going to try out these techniques!
Try them out, be positive. Really commit to it. And if they are not working it means you need to put more time in the exercises. You got this 💪
Great video again, thanks!
Thank you and you're very welcome ❤️
Most concise video. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Omg these are some awesome tools! Easy to understand and straight to the point! Thanks so much, cute baby btw 😊
Thank you Clara! Im happy you started implementing right away the laughing yoga. Usually the one most avoid but is most needed.
Thank you for this info - can’t thank you enough. I’ve been doing the Gupta brain retraining but I haven’t really felt the connection. Definitely going to try this stuff.
Gupta did not click for me. Either his explanation of the cause or the exercise itself was so long and confusing. I bought his program 6 months before learning about polyvagal without any improvement. A big reason it didn’t work is that the cause explanation didn’t make sense and that’s important before you start doing these exercises. ❤
Fabulous tips. Love this.
thank you!
I have been smiling all thirteen minutes of your video. Very grateful. Thank you ❤
I love it!
Rob this is by far is the best advise, I found Brain training programs expensive and of little use, I am still recovering from a post viral syndrome, I shall use all your methods plus I have a cold plunge tub ( not so cold in Queensland Australia ) but cool enough to help tame my nervous system . Thanks for all your help and enthusiasm.😊
Thank you for the beautiful comment! ❤️ Please try them out, give them a chance, you might be surprised at how effective they are 😀
Thank you so much, this is very encouraging and helpful.
Happy it helped
Rob, you should start a laughing yoga channel! I didn't like the one you recommended but everyone has their preferences.
I know you said you don't like to do it but that clip of you had me laughing. Peace be with you my brother.
HAHAHA! I dunno if im that brave. Maybe I'll give it a shot! 🙏
Thank you for this video. I will try it. Long Covid hit me 2022 and it slowly got better. Now I hope to improve even more.
I hope you get better as well. you def can. focus on doing the work every single day.
Thank you so much!! 💖
You're so welcome!
This was so onpoint, great tips brother. Also, you are absolutely true on fast breathing exercises - I have had very negative experiences doing that kind of breathing techniques preached by every one these days. Only slow breathing is the way to go to heal oneself.
I was doing hardcore Wim hof and cold plunging 30 days straight. The breathing made me worse. The cold plunges worked temporarily. about 3 hours after cold plunging my symptoms all came back. Cold plunge wasn't the answer I was looking for.
Thanks so much! My main symptoms are pain and POTS and as soon as I tried laughter yoga, it caused a huge increase of my symptoms. But I guess I have to be consistent with these exercises to experience the effects that you describe. I will definitely keep trying!
dont be afraid of your symptoms. expect them. but the exercises are the gateway to calming your nervous system. It's like if you car battery is dead, and to charge it you need to connect it to those start cables but when you do it sparks. so you never charge because of spark. dont be afraid of the spark. dont let that prevent you from doing what you must to heal, which in this case is the exercises to calm the nervous system.
Love the end ❤
Thank you!
Fabuloso, siento que estoy mejorando, falta un 20% y estaré listo!. Gracias 🙏🙏
Estoy feliz que te ha ayudado tanto. Siga adelante, ya llegas pronto a cien porciento!❤️
Thank you so much !!
Welcome!
Ive just discovered your videos! So grateful 😊im in a set back and huge symptoms - recommitting to poly vagal practice now
Took a look at my polyvagal sandwich video. One of my recent ones. hopefully that helps 🙏
I've tried bits before but go so distracted with mind retraining apps . I realised God wants to heal my heart too, I can't bypass that process. I wanted to find recovery stories using polyvagal theory and it's a bonus you are a Christian too! Thanks for having the courage to share your faith video 😊
@@katestonier6485 you nailed it on the head. It's not just as simple as polyvagal exercises. You need to do the emotional work (heart work). Keep on the journey.
I did laughter yoga today and it made me cry 😅. Guess it’s trapped emotions leaving my body. Thanks for suggesting this! Gonna keep at it!!
I Love it!!!! YES! that is so good. Keep going! you got this Clara!💪🏼
You are awesome. 😀
You rock!
Rob, grateful for all the videos you put out. Did you do the cold plunging/showers and did it help if you did. Thanks!
I did cold plunges and they worked great at calming my anxiety and really working through my PTSD. BUT they did not help with any permanent change into my long covid. When I healed myself from long covid I stopped all cold plunges and supplements purposely to test out if this theory was true. Happy to report it was. I still enjoy cold plunging once in a while but I do it to help feel energy and reduce any life anxiety or stress I have. Thank you for the nice words
Thankyou
You are very welcome 🙏
I recently found your videos and I am very excited to try out your methods, as they align very closely with what I have intuitively been leaning toward myself with focusing on the bits of happiness that come through my life, and being careful to intake more positive media. I’ve also found myself sighing a LOT to regulate myself. My POTS symptoms are pretty severe. I’ve also noticed that I feel better around friends!
I’m super curious about your opinion on long covid- do you think that it’s damage from the virus at the time of infection, or do you think that it’s persistent viral load? I do see how these exercises could help either way, especially if the positivity boosts your immune system.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge!
I do not believe that long covid is from any internal damage. I believe it is a dysregulated nervous system. People that I helped recovered all can attest to this. some I have tried to coach and they believed it was internal damage nd never did the work to heal and still continue to be sick.
Thanks for the tip on disney music.
Any time!
Tack!
välkommen och tack för ditt stöd ❤️
Thank you so much for the information! How often did you do the breathing exercise?
I did 10-15 minutes every morning followed by 20 minutes of gentle yoga. And would repeat before going to bed same pattern. At first I had trouble just doing 5 minutes of breathing, but I slowly eased by self into it by being consistent.
Thank you Rob I found this exercise video. Am starting right away! What a beautiful family you have 💕!
Thank you Chris! I've been blessed ❤️
Thank you. Very helpful to see practical examples of what nervous system calming actually entails, rather than just theory and discussion. Did you ever have any vascular issues, like having an increased visibility of veins?
I started to have something that looked like spider veins. My hair was falling out in clumps. My eczema worsened. My skin would at times flush and turn pale white. One hand would be reddish, and my other hand would be pale white. I also started to grow hair where I usually didnt have hair like parts of my arm and back. All these things normalized once I healed. it really is insane what your nervous system can control.
@@Roberto-Escobar it is crazy how varied symptoms can be
🙏🏽 thank you 🙏🏽
You are so welcome
Dude I am so glad I came across your video, it popped up on my feed as I was just searching for dysautonomia recovery from long covid. I was wondering about whether the Wim Hof breathing was making me more anxious and you just confirmed that it would do that. Stopping Wim Hof breathing but the cold exposure definitely helps.
I double down on Wim hot breathing too and after WEEKS no improvement, only worsening but I committed. Then I understood how the nervous system and breathing work and it all made sense. Hope I saved you some time 🤣
@@Roberto-Escobar I’ve been doing the Wim Hof breathing for about 10 days and this morning at 4am was woken up by palpitations and almost in a panic. This is how my adrenaline wakes me lol I put it down to the breathing technique as nothing else had changed. I might have to stop! But yes excellent video.
Once I’m in a better place I’d love to do videos to help others like you’re doing.
@@HowdyJJE Would love to see and support your videos. To induce a panic attack you would need fast shallow breathing like Wim hot recommends. it induces panic attacks.....funny how we try to heal and relax the NS. I love Wim but his breathing for this healing not the best.
@@Roberto-Escobar totally, I thought doing the breathing followed by cold exposure would balance the sympathetic & parasympathetic but sadly it hasn’t.
Can I ask, once you stopped doing the Wim Hof breathing how many days it take for your adrenaline to come down?
@@HowdyJJE For me it was quick. I dont remember exactly but I improved after stopping it the next day and some improvement the days following. For me it didnt take longer than that.
SMILE Starting Mindfully the Initiation of a Love Experience ❤❤❤
Or a Laughing Experience 😂😂😂 or a Libidinal Experience 😊😊💃🕺🎶
Smile 😀
laughing yoga is another step up
Hi Rob, thank you so much! When and how did you feel you could start doing more than just yoga and breathing exercises?
when I was fully functional at home without any symptoms. then I would go to the next step which is going shopping and visiting stores. It works like exposure therapy. Slowly exposing while keeping the nervous system clam by doing the exercises while in the exposure.
Yep, I’m just now getting started on all this 2 weeks ago and already seeing improvement, crazy that I just saw your video. Thanks for the easy break down.
How long did you do the laughing session for?
I did one of Bianca spears video and it was 10 minutes long. I just repeated that video once a day. If I has symptoms flare ups I would repeat laughing yoga session. Laughing yoga was extremely powerful the more I did it. It would help lessen and later get rid of my symptoms.
@@Roberto-Escobarnice! How long did it take you to fully recover? I will try the laughing yoga then. Currently doing visualization, music therapy, and breath work.
@@chrismeek882 My timeline can sound very deceptive. It took 3 months from the time I learned polyvagal and started implementing it. BUT I was doing a lot of childhood trauma and self love and acceptance work before I learned about polyvagal.
This vid is brilliant, a fantastic refresher o things i knew but forgotten!
i never got covid, but i had a MAJOR relapse with the MECFS due to 'covid anxiety' (which i think is the same thing, sorry not sorry, just that with long covid we KNOW the final trigger is the covid virus, whereas MECFS there's myriad triggers from internal to external stressors, or a build-up of accumulated stressors and until they are addressed, the nervous system continues to think it is in danger-mode, so you've basically got 'ANS dysautonomia' as the root ongoing thing, which then creates the crazy seemingly disconnected symptoms affecting any and everything in any combo
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Not all stressors are/were obvious. Some people have needed to replace teeth fillings, or move to different environment, say not next to a field with petro-chemical farming. Because that usually normal stressor was enough of a stressor to keep the body/brain/nervous system in a catch 22 danger response once in said cycle.
People who struggle may have some unknown hidden stressor akin to one of my 'accidental' improvements; since i was 6 at least, i held my body in shy insecure ways, so by time i was diagnosed i had anterior pelvic tilt, rounded shoulders, forward head posture, constant teeth grinding/clenching. This was my normal. After several years being bedbound i thought it would be ideal time to work on my posture because the imbalances would be at their weakest and thus the work i needed to do wouldnt be fighting against my normal strong body patterns. I did it for vanity XD I did Alexander Technique (feldenkrais is maybe better) for 2 years -i was SO out of touch with my body i didnt even know where the top of my head was/should be and i grew 3" taller! Covid put a stop to the 1-on-1 lessons and my posture isnt quite as good as it was just before lockdown, but its 'good enough' considering im still quite sedentary from the covid anxiety crash, it's mostly being aware, checking in with myself, doing the right exercises/activities, remaining body-aware and this doesnt come easy to me now i no longer can afford the lessons due to inflation/cost o living.
during one of the lockdowns i learned that such posture was telling my nervous system 'we are in danger' 24/7
Im hoping that i have in the last few weeks uncovered the last 'missing piece' whereby i can finally remove myself of 'negative beliefs' ive held since forever (internal stress, such as thinking the world is dangerous, thinking there is something inherently wrong/broken with me, struggles with basic adulting from CPTSD)
Maybe now i can finally conquor self-neglect and self-sabotage, lack of agency, discipline, consistency etc.
Reducing various stressors, feeling safer in the world and my body, learning to trust myself etc has brought improvements every single time.
Only thing i'd add to this vid is gratitude practice. It is very easy to feel overwhelmed, resentful, bitter, suicidal etc. Gratitude for the small things we take for granted is the best preventative as such emotions (legit n valid as they are) contribute to nervous system feeling unsafe. It was a huge challenge when i couldnt cope with ANY audio, light, stimuli of any kind etc. so i started with the small things 'im grateful to have a kettle so i dont need to build a fire' 'im grateful for shelter from the elements' 'grateful for fridge, tap, internet, benefits, lessons, improvements etc 5 things each day, even if it took me hour plus.
I agree with so much in this comment. I also resonate with alot of the things you mention. I believe LC, MECFS to be the same thing. I think gratitude is important but I think it's more important to focus on things NOT to do. and also having and practicing self love. I was using gratitude journal every morning and didn't it find it effective (even though it is something I used when healthy to improve mindset) because after journaling I would complain and feel sorry for my self. hope others read your comment. many nuggets of insight and wisdom.
My heart goes out to you...
I know you will find health and peace.God bless you!
I have finally found something that gives me hope and that I am comfortable doing pregnant. Thank you! Did you have shortness of breath issues and how severe was that symptom? And how long did it take to see that symptom go away? How long did it take for the POTS like symptoms to go away (e.g, not having strength to do things, and feeling dizzy)?
My SOB was really bad. I was on a nebulizer almost everyday 4-5X times a day. I had no idea it was my nervous system causing all this. the POTS was the most debilitating symptoms. From when I started doing the polyvagal exercises it took about 3 months. but I was very militant and strict about sticking to a strict routine. I did these exercises everyday. I didnt care how severe my symptoms were I would do them everyday.
So the SOB went away in about 3 months, and the POTS symptoms went away in about 3 months too, correct?
@@Roberto-Escobar
Hello just recently came across this video and have been implementing all this and have notice great improvement in my recovery this far. Currently 4 months in this and my pots and insomnia seem to be the most annoying is this somethings that is fully gone for you now? I have noticed some days while checking my watch ecg my standing HR will be 95-110 but lately there have been random times its just at 75-80 and i cant think of anything different I did that day. Is this a pattern that happened during your recovery as well?
I had severe POTS. POTS symptoms are worst than LC symptoms. You feel like complete crap. I couldn't stand the lightheadedness. my HR would go from 60's to 140's. I would recommend to not monitor your HR at all. I advise people I coach to take off all tech monitoring stuff. It causes more stress and more hyper vigilance, which stresses the nervous system. but just know I healed from POTS and LC.
Will def give Disney music a go! Hehe. Instinctively before I knew about neuroplasticity, I would listen to songs that I associated with wellness and joy
Disney has done alot of research to figure out what music style brings kid joy so they can relate happiness while listening to their music. Take advantage of it.
Hi Roberto dud u get the jab? I believe people are suffering not from long covid bur side affects from the jab! Thanks for sharing😊 I love your energy! I'm a new fan! Your so kind!
I did but after I was already sick. Ive met people who had the jab and didnt, so I can say the jabs are not the sole cause. For some people getting the jab did cause it because it happened right after the jab. It's weird how it all begins.
Long covid has been around since before the vaccine was developed
THX
You're welcome 🙏
Hey Rob, thanks for taking the time to help others even after recovery.
I was wondering if you had any insight on pots recovery. For about a month and a half now I have incorporated polyvagul breathing exercises and meditation into my routine, which has had a noticeable effect on fatigue/brainfog. That being said, I still notice that my POTS has still been consistent when standing up, sitting down, and although I try not to worry about it, I imagine it is still playing a role in my slow recovery. Do you have any anecotes on this? Did your POTS still flare for a while even during recovery?
Cheers!
Personally I dont recommend meditation to any of my clients. Not saying you have to but my personal recommendation would be to swap meditation with session of breathing. POTS is the hardest symptom bundle to deal with. I would NOT monitor any of my vitals, drop the watch that monitors your HR, stop taking your blood pressure (unless told by your MD). You are not broken and you are not in danger. If you feel dizzy then you know to lay down and just chill in the couch. SO switching the belief that you are somehow broken to your nervous system just doesnt feel safe and is sending these symptoms to get your attention. I would force the exercise I mentioned in video because I remember my POTS symptoms would try to prevent me from doing alot of these exercises but you cant let it. treat POTS like Long Covid, you dont need to do anything different. Just to give you reassurance, the first person I helped heal was from POTS. she made complete recovery, and so can you.
My own theory is that the symptoms we stress most about are the ones that are hardest to get rid of. I had pretty bad POTS, but the symptoms that stress me most have always been fatigue and brain fog. About a month after starting meditation and breath work my POTS completely disappeared. My fatigue has improved a lot but the brain fog and weird head sensations are being very stubborn. I'm sure it's because I'm more fixated onn them
@@dotot341 you are the right path, if u don’t stop your fatigue will eventually leave as well.
@@Roberto-Escobar I think my problem is I have lost that conviction I had at the beginning, I made such huge improvements so quickly but then had some set backs and started worrying maybe there were somethings that might linger and now it's hard to get that belief back. Been bouncing between maybe 60-90% for about 5 months now. From about 10% prior to that. Thanks for the encouragement and also thanks for the channel, only discovered it an hour ago and already found loads of useful info I haven't come across before!
@@dotot341 I tell everyone I coach to build your faith or build your hope. Meaning you need to be proactive. I personally would watch raelan agles UA-cam channel or interviews of people who healed every single day. Even if it was repeated. I remember I stopped for 3 days because I was feeling better and then my symptoms started coming back because I started to get worried. It seems your thoughts are your culprit. You can write in your journal your new belief
“I am healing and feel amazing”. Something similar. Writing can be useful because think can go on auto pilot and writing is more intentional and something your brain can’t ignore.
We’re you on any meds for your pots? Any beta blockers? Also do you recommend gentle yoga/stretches with someone with severe long Covid/CFS?
I highly recommend gentle yoga/stretching. Focus on smiling and deep breathing while holding poses. I was not on meds, I was on tons of sodium chloride pills to help with symptoms.
I decided to try this series of exercises every day for three months (all other factors being kept constant, no change in supplements etc). I’m just over one month in. I’ve been feeling slightly better, but I’m feeling so many emotions! I cry easily, I feel huge anger, and I have sudden urges to ‘escape’ from my house. It’s quite hard to deal with all these mercurial emotions. Is this fight/flight kicking in? I have the support of a psychologist whilst I’m doing this. Also the cold hands and feet symptoms I normally have are going WILD, it’s more uncomfortable than ever.
Dont let the symptoms or emotional roller coaster scare you. we usually are afraid of our symptoms and the we have them we scare ourselves more and we go deeper into fight or flight or into shut down phase. If yo go from shut down to anxiety (fight of flight) that means there is improvement but because we are afraid of feeling those emotions we scare ourselves back into shut down phase. Hope this helps. My polyvagal video explains this as well. you got this! Dont give up.
Thank you :)
Great video and thank you to you and your wife (🙏🏽). Question, I seem to take 3 steps forward, and then 2 steps back. Does not see to be a straight line recovery process. Did you experience the same thing,
My recovery was linear but most people I personally have coached are not. Most will have some healing and then relapse. The ones that have quick recovery will usually (after several months) crash. Biggest reason I believe my recovery was linear was I let go of all expectations of myself. Keep in mind I didnt know long covid had a healing so I accepted I would live with this limiting disease until I died. SO I had a choice to make, would I continue to be miserable and focus on my limitations or would I choose to smile and be joyful despite my limitations. And the biggest thing that held me back from being joyful everyday was my expectation of being healed and living my normal life again. So I realized I had to let go and surrender those expectations. I gave up on WANTING to get better and I decided to live every single day with joy. I promised I would smile everyday, make my wife smile, and be happy no matter how severe my symptoms were. I did this work before learning about polyvagal and implementing the exercises. Most people I coach have such a hard time letting go. And I totally sympathize, and it really takes time and self reflection from the person healing. Many questions being to come up. I began to question my beliefs about every thing. Why did I feel I had to provide financially to feel useful? Does it mean that if I dont work anymore because of long covid im no longer useful or valuable? Well to God I am....so who am I to question that. I am one of his children, he loves me despite my imperfections and sins. So this is where it reinforced that I was having trouble loving me. But I needed to understand that my value doesnt come from money or what the world says but my value came from what God thought of me. This is just one aspect. I hope thinking it through here can help you think through road blocks. ❤️
Thank you so much for the honest and detailed explanation. Your videos and feedback give me inspiration that I to can heal. God bless you, your wife, and your beautiful daughter.
How to you handle crying emotions? I was a type A personality and always hide my sad emotions. On this LC recovery journey, I find myself crying in private. I do not know if this is slowing me down or helping my recovery. Did you find yourself crying, and what did you do?
@@zeusthegreek4664 Crying is crucial to healing. I cried a lot on my journey to recovery. You are most likely crying because you are giving attention to that part inside of you that is hurting. We are used to ignoring it and being "manly" and holding it all in to be "strong". These are all lies. Strong men cry. Weak men are too afraid of public opinion and too afraid to be vulnerable because of some trauma they experienced. I would see you crying as you connect with that neglected part of yourself and a person who is becoming stronger. Your beliefs might be changing about what a man crying is. These are all good things.
Thank you for the feedback that my current journey that is driving emotion of crying is part of healing. It comes on spontaneously with regard to something I see or feel. Again, thank you for the reassurance this is normal.
Wow! I have been doing Disney karaoke almost daily. 😂 Love their inspiring songs
Don't you love them! Your mood completely changes. I used to sing christian music and Disney and it would make me smile and completely change my mood. It helps.
Love the video!
Don't totally agree with your take on the Wim Hof Method as I think it overall does decrease stress. I wouldn't recommend for the early / symptom-heavy stages, though.
Here's how Chat GPT explains it
Sympathetic Nervous System: The initial stages of the Wim Hof breathing method can stimulate the sympathetic nervous system. The rapid and deep breathing can lead to an increase in heart rate, release of adrenaline, and other stress responses, which are characteristic of sympathetic nervous system activation. This activation can provide a boost in energy and alertness.
Parasympathetic Nervous System: However, with continued practice, the Wim Hof Method is often associated with a shift toward parasympathetic dominance. After the initial round of rapid breathing, there is typically a breath retention phase. During this phase, the body can become more alkaline, and the parasympathetic nervous system may become more active. This can lead to a sense of calm and relaxation.
I personally have done the Wim hot method for 3 months, making me and keeping me sick with long covid. I kept forcing it wondering why wasn't it working. After I healed, I had clients with the same story of saying that they are doing Wim how and feeling worst. NO ONE with long covid has come up to me, YET, that have said that Wim how breathing has provided relief. We DO NOT want to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system. Please research or watch my video on polyvagal theory. You are describing a dualistic nervous system which is flawed and if you work out of that prism then this can be very confusing. If you ask Chat GPT about polyvagal it will explain it for you. We need to be in ventral vagal. We dont lack energy because we aren't in sympathetic. We lack energy due to being in Dorsal vagal or shut down in the para sympathetic system. Hope this makes sense.
@@Roberto-Escobar thanks for the detailed answer. I'll definitely look into it.
I can, however say, that I got from bed bound to 90% now and I have done WIM Hof breathing quite a bit. Will also try a while without, though.
@@alexanderh.8181 appreciate you sharing this. You are the first but it's great to know. I will keep this in minds
Odd wim hof breathing made me much better and if you goto Reddit long haulers and search sim hoff you’ll see the majority of breathing +
Cold showers are helping people. Are you sure that absolutely everything that increases adrenaline / sympathetic activity decreases the parasympathetic response? Dosent seem likely considering exercise, is single handedly one of the most effective tools for stress reduction
I wouldn’t recommend anybody with long COVID to exercise at first either. We must have to different recovery journeys and stories.
How long did you do each? Breath work, yoga, etc? Every day for how many min each?
10-15 min. If I had severe symptoms atleast 20 min
I’d add yoga nidra to this, which is accessible even when all you can do is pay there.
YES!!! There are many things I left out but but the most important things, in my opinion. But you right I did alot of yoga Nidra. Amazing way to clam the nervous system no matter where you are ❤
Could you be more specific about which Disney music? Because there are different styles within Disney. Disney spotify playlists I've seen are just mostly from movies and overstimulation for me
I would look for a movie or playlist you enjoy. If it doesn’t make you smile then don’t listen to it. It’s important that you find one that works for you (song). I personally would youtube Disney playlist and would listen to different ones I liked.
Thank you for the advice i am trying all you recomend except the exercise my dizziness wont let me
Start off with exercises that don’t affect your dizziness and slowly your symptoms will improve and you can add different exercises after 💪
What do you think about DNRS (Dynamic Neural Retraining System)?
I have looked into it and also the Gupta program. There are two things I dont like about the program. First it doesnt have a good explanation on why we have dysautonomia (LC, CFS/ME, POTS). This is such an underestimated power of healing. To heal you need to understand and it needs to make sense on why we have these problems. Second problem is that they only really do a good job addressing brain retraining. Many people have come to me for help and have done the programs and they mention how it has helped slightly but they get symptoms back BECAUSE they didnt address the other issues in their life that caused dysautonomia like Child hood trauma and our lack of self love, mindset, polyvagal exercises, and changing out belief sets. Gupta program dabbles a bit on our personality traits but he doesnt go into the cause which is childhood trauma and lack of self love. I think many people think self love is too woo woo to speak about and sell courses. I personally healed without the programs.
Thanks for the reply. I have been dealing with this for many years. I have massive amounts of anger and resentment from being born in to a sick family and based on my extensive studies i believe anger was the original cause of my problem. It was triggered after i got Mono but the symptoms persisted because of all my anger. I have read probably 1,000 plus psychology books at this point. I was prescribed a ton of psych meds to deal with being sick and now i stopped them and am getting bad symptoms. The psych med withdrawals are long lasting and just as bad as being sick. Mentally the withdrawals are MUCH worse than being sick. This garbage was pushed on me with sales pitches and lies. I just hope i am back to normal soon.@@Roberto-Escobar
How can you be certain these exercises actually worked and it wasn't just time that healed you? I've seen other videos with you and it took 2 years.
Nothing is certain. These are based on theories. Watch my latest video to understand what I mean. I was sick for 2 years. But it took about 3 months of doing the polyvagal exercises to feel recovered. I did a lot of other work before these 3 months to reduce stressors to my nervous system so that's why it worked quickly. If you have a highly stressed nervous system, then doing the exercises alone won't help much.
Did you change your diet? Did you ever stop working to recover?
I changed my diet many times. going on new diets and fasting made me worst.
I don't understand Disney music. I am from Turkey. Is there a link?
Just UA-cam "disney music" and any playlist you like. with songs that make you feel happy.
Were you vaccinated and how long did you long hauled? Cheers!
yes I was. 3X times. I had it for 1 year and 8 months until I started to do polyvagal work and 3 month to become fully functional. I didn't try exercise until a few months after.
I can’t meet other people because I’m bedridden. What am I going to do instead?
Dont stress about it. I would do everything else that you can do. once your symptoms start improving then I would get friends to come over my house and only people you feel SUPER comfortable with.
Pots is TMS lots of people have healed from it doing emotional work
yup! So have I but when you talk to people about their POTS symptoms being healed through polyvagal exercises and calming the nervous system they say "NO WAY YOURE CRAZY". And I understand there reaction. My POTS was severe.
yes they insult you!!! the same with Dr sarno and howard schubiner i dont know if you know their work?
@@Caribe78 he knows
Exactly. Wim hof breathing made me much worse
Thank you sir! I know many that have approached me and were forcing it and making themselves worst because thought this was the "right" thing to do. But after stopping many have improved.
Wim hoff is great when your healthy. When the nervous system is so out of wack it actually makes things worse
Exactly, Joe. On point!
Did you say believe?
Yes! Believe! 😀
Did you take supplements?
I tried many supplements and none had any lasting effects. Once I understood polyvagal theory and it clicked for me that it was my nervous system I stopped all supplements while doing these exercises and that’s when I started my healing journey. I even stopped my mcas protocol.
Thank you for all your efforts to help people
thanks for your videos Rob, what was your mcas protocol?@@Roberto-Escobar
i get horrible anxiety when my close friends visit me i started with this a year ago and it crippled slowly after my mom died boom full blast panic disorder and agoraphobia
Do the polyvagal exercises to regulate your own nervous system
Hum at around 128hz
🙏 I did alot of singing church music and helped calm my nervous system down.
can you recommend an artist or link for the church music?@@Roberto-Escobar
Did you have insomnia?
I did not anymore. Last symptom to heal.
@@Roberto-Escobar Ah right so you did in the past, probably just anxiety related? It gets better over time, but I crashed again and anixety is sky high. Polyvagal stuff helps temporarily.
@@santeenl Insomnia was annoying because it doesnt let you rest while sleeping and that does help with healing. yeah I would double down on polyvagal before sleep and also dont lettuce crashes bother you. if you let it anger you or upset you, it will trigger nervous system more.
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what if you have social anxiety or agoraphobia lol
You expose ur self slowly but follow it up with polyavgala exercises