👉 👉 If you checked off one or more items from the list, you might be interested in my completely FREE 5-day brain retraining email course 👉 mailchi.mp/raelanagle.com/brain-retraining
Im in! Thank you for this vid...its a winner. My symptoms got worse after giving up alcohol, which I used for many years to stay in the world ...without making the connection! I thought I was an alcoholic...even tho I didnt drink all the time. Stopped cmpletely for over 20 years and then started again so I could socialise. DUR! Thanks for connecting the dots! ( I also will get up to shift the salt back to where it looks better etc).
I checked off ALL but maybe one 😢 Yes, I can use your help. I related to pretty much everything you said in this video and I thank you so much for this. Thank you for sharing all of this. I’ve developed alcohol intolerance myself. My body says NO! However, my doctor has prescribed 3:40 Vicodin and I take 1/2 at a time when needed. I have been honestly wondering if this is not good. But some days when I have to function and it’s impossible, they do help me get through the day !
Thank you! Was trying to decide if I should try the Gupta program again and this helped soooo much! It probably didn't work for me before because I didn't actually do it. ADHD stuff gets in the way. Also, so interesting about alcohol improving symptoms! Just went for a long weekend with my college roommates and was amazed that I got through it----including out dancing until midnight and LOTS of alcohol! Usually I don't drink because I'm trying to protect my brain. Will carefully use this new superpower to socialize more. Many times I'd pass on things because I was too tired and was afraid it would make me crash. Also realizing that doing things you enjoy will help you feel better! xxxxx to everyone going through these conditions, especially those who don't have anyone who understands.
Thank you Raelan for providing this comprehensive list so succinctly. I am sure many people will benefit now they have the knowledge they need to make the step into brain retraining.
Well, this video confirmed it for me. Because I am a "yes" on almost all points. I've been struggling to get well for the last 2 years after a HUGE stressful event, and then my life went down the tubes. I keep thinking I'm getting better then I have huge setbacks, then I get extremely angry; I mean I RAGE. I am SO PISSED OFF at my body & brain for ruining my life. I've ordered the book "The Way Out" and I hope it helps me. I'm at my wits' end. I eat so friggin' healthy (don't drink, smoke, do drugs, eat sugar, processed foods, carbs) and I am so flucked up it's driving me crazy. I sincerely thank you for what you do, Raelan.
OMG! Excellent summary. I knew I could benefit from brain training, but this video nailed it shut. I identified with at least 90% of the checklist. ✅ Becky in West Memphis, AR 60 years old 🌸🩷🌸🩷
I wanted to share that even I am shocked by this miracle I’m experiencing but after 20 years completely disabled by ME/CFS, I’ve required steroids for another condition. Eight weeks on those and my IQ has shot up, remembering professional stuff I knew when I was in my 20’s and 30’s, I have energy from first thing in morning instead of 1pm, I can multitask…. Im still very weak, but who cares! I’m contributing professionally for the first time in 22 years, and hugely! The reason why brain training works is the disease is neurological. That’s my experience with it. Mine was viral onset. I have FTD now age 61, maybe 3 good years left, but it’s worth it for this miracle. That’s how profound a quality of life difference it is for me. God bless, Raelan! Your help and contribution is so very important. A huge support for me over the years. Thank you! 🙏🏻
@@Danchy082it is called misattribution biais, it is a normal psychological phenomenon, when you really want to believe sthing. I believe many of the recovery storues have this. It doesnt matter for the individuals, since the important point is recovery. It matters if you want to do research about things
Thank you for this video. It’s an easy way to determine if the symptoms are structural in nature or cause by the nervous system and brain. I am GRATEFUL to have found brain retraining to recover from Long COVID, and now I am certified in PRT to help others recover!! This video is so helpful!! ❤
@@ellenalden-mind-body-healing only, CFS and long covid are not “caused by brain”, they are always structural in nature. People use CFS term for every symptom in earth, while it has a specific diagnostic criteria. Long Covid can be a lot of things, but the form we speak about is the one with PEM- cfs type. And it has the cause- mitochondrial damage, immune dysregulation and dysautonomia, possibly to the viral persistence. This video is very misleading and should only be used for stress related illnesses which are psychological in nature.
Well done Raelan for highlighting the neuroscientific evidence for chronic conditions. The more the word gets out, the more people will recover once they understand what is happening and how to correct it. x
15/18 of these! Id not made the connection with alcohol, but it also depends on circumstance. Iv realised that if a certain person or 2 are there, such as family pub meal, christmas dinner, the alc doesnt work. Mum's in a 'semi-triggered' state from her childhood around them and while i can enjoy the bigger family time, i am on edge, alert to my mum's signals n body language. I think learning this more than ANYTHING ELSE, the WAY raelan describes in this vid has truly made me internalise its all about the brain retraining. 3 weeks ago, i FINALLY understood mindfullness meditation isnt about having a 'blank mind', it's about noticing, labelling, categorising the thoughts which pop-up while one is focused (on breath). 2018 i 1st learnt it reverses the size changes which happen in amygdala and pre-frontal cortex (etc), but my misinterpretation and perfectionism stressed me out so much, i resorted to box-breathing to shut my thinking up by counting numbers XD and i told myself 'i couldnt do it, it wasnt for me', i forgot that it changes those parts of the brain back to normal until 3 weeks ago (PTSD studies show the proof in scans and MECFS and PTSD have same brain changes, ive learnt) This type of meditation should teach me to recognise the thinking i need to re-wire, because yes, i identified years ago that fear was my motivator, how i learnt to organise n do anything adultified, i was always in survival mode, feeling unaccepted, unwanted, on edge. i see the world with danger-tinted lenses n i recognised this yday when i went into VRchat with my friend for 1st time -i was ALOT more defensive n cold to the joking about than he was, albeit i was less defensive than i wouldve been had i been solo.
Omg the personality traits 🤦♀️😂🙋🏽♀️ I always dismissed the brain training, not thinking that's what I needed but I will check out the free 5 day course you're offering. Anything to get my life back
Yikes! I think I have had everything on the list. I loved party drinking, always the last to go home... Quit (30 years ago) by learning from " Rational Recovery". They teach you about CBT, that I was drinking to medicate myself. Now being sober, all the things on that list are a reality. Anxiety, people pleaser, double checking my punctuation, caregiving until I was sent to the "locked ward" in a hospital and a couple of suck-ass husbands, no wonder I'd rather stay in bed ! BUT, recently figured out that CFS was the cause. With your help, I've learned about Mel Abbott's "The Switch". I'm in my 2nd week and brain retraining will be my key to recovery. I'm seeing an improvement already. So, thank you, thank you, thank you for all your work.😊
I checked off every item! Thankyou so much for sharing this info. 🙏🙏 I had some symptoms from 5yrs old, but diagnosed cfs (plus others at 21; so that’s 30 years cfs!!) it would truly be miraculous to feel well. I should definitely test it out. X
I have this one constant feeling of low energy 24/7, as if no food that I eat is able to replenish this feeling of energy as it did before my CFS. The other symptoms vary indeed like on the list but are also more manageable and less life changing
Thank you, Raelan! Great video! I definitely identify with a number of things on the checklist! Stress. PEM. Perfectionism. Highly Conscientious. A Worrier. Conventional doctor's tests hardly showed up any issues although Functional Tests did, but even after those issues were resolved the fatigue remained. I can't testify to the alcohol trick as I haven't drunk for many years prior to this starting, maybe I should try it out to see if it works for me.. haha. Jo
Thanks for this. Surprised to hear about the alcohol thing but totally makes sense because in the mornings when my symptoms are the highest I'd feel next to nothing after a few drinks the night before. Please keep posting vids and informing everyone, you're doing a massive service for people around the world.
@@southsidereps3081 Yes, alcohol’s effects on the cell danger response (CDR) and symptom relief could be connected to GABA and glutamate. Alcohol acts as a central nervous system depressant and enhances the effects of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter that promotes calm and relaxation. By increasing GABA activity, alcohol can decrease anxiety, which often accompanies the cell danger response. Additionally, alcohol inhibits glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter involved in CDR-related excitotoxicity, which can worsen symptoms like inflammation, anxiety, and overstimulation. Alcohol temporarily reduces glutamate activity, which might help some people feel relief from CDR symptoms as the balance shifts toward a calmer, less activated state. However, it’s worth noting that while alcohol can temporarily ease these symptoms, regular or heavy drinking can lead to dependency, disrupt brain chemistry, and worsen overall health, including potential exacerbation of the CDR when alcohol is metabolized.
Thanks so much Raelan. Wow the personality traits were staring back at me like a mirror 😅. This has encouraged me to be more consistent with my brain retraining. Love the humour too💖
There are a couple dangerous errors. PEM is real and it has been shown in 2-day CPET more than once. Brain training while ignoring PEM can be dangerous. However, some who have had time to heal might be held back by PTSD. This shouldn't be confused. Brain training can help speed up healing...but mitochondrial damage is a real thing.
I think one popular assumption is that nervous system regulation also helps against mitochondrial damage. Not sure whether that contradicts what you were saying :) The symptoms are caused by specific physical changes in the body that result in mitochondrial damage, but these changes do not occur (or occur to a lesser and lesser degree) as soon as the nervous system starts to become regulated....
I check the box for everything except the alcohol… alcohol makes my symptoms 1000x worse. Heart will race like crazy and it gives me severe nausea. I thought I was having a heart attack last time I drank alcohol. That was two years ago and I haven’t touched it since. To be fair, it wasn’t during the drunkenness, but a few hours later.
Same here. Every other box ticked but a big NO on alcohol, which drives my system crazy in the same way you mentioned. In fact that was my first major indication that I had long Covid, was my crazy reaction to alcohol. And apparently that is so common with long Covid some physicians suggest it is one diagnostic element for long covid.
@@QuintEssential-sz2wn yeah because it`s high histamine and we all are having intolerance to it...I only get symptoms now with foods that contain it. So...there should be a disclaimer becore everyone goes out and tries it!! It would kill me!
@@StephanieAlice Yes. I’m so sensitive to alcohol with long Covid that I’ve had to avoid even the tiniest traces, and boy, do you ever come to realize how much traces of alcohol there are in so many foods! Sauces, baked goods everything. I’ve got to avoid vanilla extract (usually made with alcohol) so that cuts out tons of baked goods. I avoid vinegar… cut out tons of food. And even soy sauce will get my heart pounding out of my chest and give me insomnia. I’ve being part of a study by Canada’s most renowned long Covid researchers, as well as treated by a long Covid clinic associated with them, and alcohol intolerance is one of the main things they see. I was least surprised by Ralen’s comments about alcohol!
Thank you Raelan! This was great info. I (Sarah) wonder if the symptoms that I’ve experienced over the past 5+ years are a mixture of physical stuff + Neuroplastic symptoms. It’s a challenging mix to overcome trying to figure out if the holistic stuff I’m doing to rid my body of viruses and help heal my adrenals and balance my minerals and hormones is helpful or a waste of $. I appreciate hearing testimonies of successes from brain retraining. I’ve been trying to do it but find it challenging to implement it consistently into my daily life.
i was in the same place. The cheapest solution i found for the physical stuff was dr sarah myhill's protocol; 'starve the fker's out' as she says on her website where i got the detailed info => paleo-keto diet (with AIP elements), optimal amounts of common supplements (not the minimal recommended to avoid malnutritional conditions) and vitC to bowel tolerance (direct contact anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and if memory serves the combo of diet n vitC are also anti-parasitic) Turned out i DID have gut dysbiosis/SIBO/Leaky gut/candida. 3 months later i actually thought id recovered i was so much better XD Id gone from being bed n sofa-bound to doing daily walks n thought it was just a case of rebuilding my body n mental muscles XD She also talks about adrenals, thyroid etc and other co-morbidities. I suggest you do the basic plan n see how body goes, give it a few months like i did before making things more complex. i didnt need to help my adrenals, thyroid etc once i put the basics in place for a while. Inititally, my bowel could tolerate 55grams of vitC each day and i heard of people tolerating 80grams. Gradually, as my 'viral load' reduced, so did my dosing. Personally, i didnt mess with my hormones, i realised that was a stress hormone/ mecfs thing and i didnt want to accidently make things worse longterm, esp re fertility. I have however used the contraceptive pill -reduction of normal pre-period mood-swings does help! hehe. when iv not been on the pill, ive used my monthly times as my baseline benchmark to measure any progress. The sleep stuff is an effing nightmare, only resolved through diligent, rigorous re-training of the sleep cycle as one does for toddlers. The way i eventually cracked it; 7pm all electronics switched off, no bright lights, dimmest half-light possible and use my home DIY sauna tent ( for a sweat detox*) 8pm 1hr hypnosis/meditation lying on yoga mat 9pm 1hr reading a fantasy book (escapeism, nothing scary^) with orangey small lamp while in bed 10pm 1hr hypnosis/meditation geared specifically towards sleeping 11pm if still awake, use binaural beats music app for sleep brain waves 8am out of bed soon as, make 'wake up' herbal tea and take it outdoors to drink, preferably while doing a 5-30min walk Once home, 10-30mins on accupressure mat (for a lymph n muscle massage*) *due to MECFS, we dont sweat enough or move our bodies enough to gain these exercise benefits fully, even with night sweats, which for me are sleep pattern n monthly related albeit they used to be a temp regulation thing until i took charge of my recovery journey Mindfulness meditation (the type where you simply focus on breath, but take note of/label/categorise the thoughts which pop-up) is fantastic for teaching us to recognise our thinking patterns in realtime for the brain re-wiring. Its something i did actually know back in 2018, but this student wasnt ready until 3 weeks ago, to do this type of meditation. I would end up winding myself up so much with perfectionism, i quit n resorted to half-hearted attempts at box-breathing practice and it wasnt consistently, i felt resentful of 'time wasted'. Id consciously forgotten about benefits of mindfulness meditation teaching that skill, shrinking amygdala etc, but i guess that nagging resentful voice got through to me in the end n put me back on the right type of meditation n id done enough inner work i no longer stress myself out and im finding it crazy easy to feel dedicated XD
Same! A couple of shots and a beer and i'm healed (for a few hours). i wound up having to quit because my mind said "well if a couple of shots is good, let's see what half a bottle will do" :)
I have a story for you . A story about how somebody's death/passing had taken my CFS/ME completely away. Through the connection of their pain and mine through our sharing of DNA.
I found out recently that doctors give us the label of IBS when they don't find anything else wrong. A bit shocking. But now listening to you, I think fibromyalgia should be called a syndrome, too. It's (unfortunately) an umbrella term given to people when the doctor can't find anything structurally wrong with us. 💐 Take care everyone.
I wish alcohol worked for me! I developed alcohol intolerance instead. Feel like Im going to faint and also generally more tired for atleast the next 24 hours, even after just a sip.
Just to share with you that I signed up for the 5 day free course you’ve put the link below for, and did it twice bcoz I wasn’t sure the first time it went through. Nothing came back as a reply to get any material or pdf! Nothing came email either to say when it begins if it’s for a set date. 🙁
I do think I have an "autonomic nervous system dysfunction. Many of these "tests" are true for me, but just a tiny bit of alcohol in a herbal tincture will cause a reaction, and I've heard that if you have mold illness or MCAS that alcohol is trigger. Also, you mentioned many different symptoms in multiple body systems that move around can be a sign. This is also true of MCAS.Or do you think that MCAS is basically the same thing as what you are talking about? What about histamine intolerance? I would really like to know if you've had "success stories" with people who have diagnosed H. Pylori or other gut infections with digestive issues? Thanks..
I definitely relate to all of this but I’d like to ask, does anyone else have severe symptoms for days after drinking just one or two alcoholic drinks? Yes I feel more calm and my body feels a bit better at the time but as soon as it starts to wear off, I feel 10 times worse and it really affects my pots and heart rate too to the point I don’t sleep at all if I drink alcohol. I love it but it definitely doesn’t love me 😢
Exactly the same for me and I have long Covid CFS pots symptoms. Even a tiny sip of alcohol will get my heart pumping like mad and I can figure about sleep for that night and maybe even the next day too. It’s so bad. I’m careful not to eat anything they could have traces of alcohol, not even soy sauce or anything with vinegar or vanilla extract. And unfortunately, it’s unbelievable how much food contains those things which is a real bummer.
@@QuintEssential-sz2wn very similar to me but I’m fine with vinegar and have it regularly. It’s definitely not a fear thing with the alcohol but maybe if we can calm the pots over time, we can conquer the symptoms? 🤞🤞
I’m very surprised to hear about the alcohol thing, I’ve always heard the opposite. Most people are intolerant to alcohol. I know it wiped me out. I’m quite sure Dan Neuffer said he would feel terrible if he drank? So I wouldn’t use this as a reliable indicator. Your symptoms could be still coming from the nervous system even if you react badly to alcohol. Interesting though, I’m on medication for sleep and when that takes effect I feel less fatigued/achey in my body!
It’s more complicated than that, one can have low levels of neurotransmitters or low levels of B1 for example and they have no way of testing and knowing any of that This is why regular doctors are not helpful, one should find a functional medicine doctor to run tests like OAT. Brain retraining works regardless
for the records, it's actually possible to test damaged mitochondrias. I had that, in LC contexte and it did show damage, because unfortunately there is damage :-(. Mind body work is essential for me, but as u say, it is more complicated
@@motishabbat5292 or they have a living virus in their brain and nerves, like Covid for example was found in the brain and other tissues of the deceased. They cannot kill you to do the obduction and find it.
I do not treat single symptoms but LC as a whole. Mitochondria damage is a consequence of autoimmune activation due to viral persistence so I personally aim to immune modulation while detoxing from the virus. I use this approaches: -fasting (repairs mitochondrias and cells in general, gut reset, immune modulation and so on); - low carb (i couldn't tolerate carbs,sugar, alcohol anymore); -PACING; - carefully paced immuno-actuvating techniques such as hyperventilation and cold baths; - antinflammatory and anyoxydant supplements; - disciplined daily mindfulnes meditation (which is in fact brain training, but for me its also spiritual growth); -somatic experiencing (trauma healing); -different polyvagal strategies to calm the ANS down. I am much better than months ago and really confident to be on a good way! If u want to read my story with fasting you find it in Tom Bunkers autophagy fb group
@@sarapezzotta6662 I am a member of Toms group, will check it out. Personally, I don’t tolerate fasts longer that 14-16h, that triggers me too much. I also tend to eat low carb, anti inflammatory diet, and do almost all the things you mentioned. What do you mean by immune modulation? I tried so many things and nothing touches it.
@@hillsofwi hello, medical here, bad sleep, together with many other autonomic symptoms, is a know symptom of long covid. The current explainations involve auto immune component in long covid, mitochondrial dysfonctions among many. Another explaination is anxiety (referred in this video as "neuroplasticsymptoms). But bad sleep can also be due to other conditions. Please check with your healthcare provider to exclude other underlying conditions ❤️
Hi, there is one channel on youtube with a girl with cervical instability. She has her whole revovery story on youtube. She tried dieting, had surgery but in the end she did two different brainretraining programs. And she recovered. I found her, because I also had cervical instability and was so unsure if it was possible to heal for me. To be honest I didn't watch all of her videos (4 years of content), because when I found her, she was already recovered. So I watched the last videos and some inbetween. I don't know if your story is similar to mine. But for me it was very important to find evidence. I still have neck pain from time to time. But my neck is stable. To be honest the instability went away very quickly (6 months). The rest takes much longer. I am not fully recovered, but I have lots of symptom free days, without fatigue or pain, or anything else. My neck was a big part of my puzzle. All my joints had been very unstable. Two years ago I was so unsure if this could change. For me it was enough to know that brainretraining helped her. She had surgery, but I think it didn't helped her a lot. I didn't had any surgery. And she did very drastic dietal changes and said they helped a lot. I think she makes a carnivor diet. (I am vegetarian, so that was no option for me). At the end I had to find out if i could get better with nervous system regulation and brainretraining. I know my text is very long, but I was so desperate two years ago. And it helped me so much to know that there are people with the same problem who got better. So the cervical instability went away almost one year ago. I hope I can say that I am fully recovered very soon. I hope it gives you hope.
In my experience if your brain has an underlying infection- brain retraining will never solve the condition. And when i say the brain, i really mean the body, because viruses and bacteria and mold all circulate through the bloodstream and get into the brain that way. Brain retraining can assist to some extent- it can alleviate some symptoms- but until the disease process is resolved, the brain will get continuously triggered. So if you have for example Lyme, Babesia, Bartonella, long COVID, ME/CFS, etc., your neurological system is being attacked and likely will not reset until the infection is under control.
@ that’s a very good question because mainstream medicine doesn’t view the problem the way I expressed it- so I had to find physicians who understood that perspective and then take a history, and then do the right tests. Google Kris Kristopherson’s case- he was diagnosed with ALZ and going into a healthcare facility permanently when his family took him to a doctor who believes as I do, he was diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease, and 2 years later he was back on tour.
I tend to disagree…when your nervous system is regulated, it allows your immune system to FINALLY kick into gear. All those stress hormones are being depleted while dysregulayed - and will finally be able to get to work. But obviously acute infections might need attention - but I think the mineral dysregulation, Candida etc, are all from a spazzy nervous system
Do you have to have ALL of these.....or would just a few of the symptoms indicate a neuroplastic condition? There is something also that really "bugs" me...and that is that everyone always talks about "childhood trauma" without mentioning "adult trauma". Can't trauma in adulthood also cause this?
I have genital pain aka pelvic pain, started after a very stressful event, I’m sure this is Neuroplastic as alcohol and Benzo alleviate the pain by 90% 😢
you will find Somatic tracking, the main technique used in brain retraining course for free here: ua-cam.com/video/8mQndLqK31E/v-deo.html If u want to know Alan Gordon's method, read his book "the way out". Finally: mindfulnes meditation in the western approach (so without its spiritual Buddhist part) IS basically brain retraining
I’m happy your channel and message reach people who can benefit from it. But oh, how I wish you would be more careful with saying things like myalgic encephalopathy can be treated with things like brain rewiring etc. If it could it’s not ME. Please be aware of the responsibility you have here. You’re actually hurting a big group of patients with this misinformation. I’ve been diagnosed with ME after a bout of parasites and typhoid from traveling in India. From then on I got constant infections all the time and eventually crashed big time and never recovered from that. I was in a great place in my life before the big crash.. both work and private. No stress. Very happy and content and great work/life balance. Yes honestly! I don’t match the personality type that is often described here; the people pleaser, or the perfections, the anxious one, negative self talk etc etc. I don’t match these descriptions at all. And if you actually read the papers done by real(!) ME-specialist you would see there isnt a personality type. The group is not homogeneous. Alcohol makes me freakin sick. And that’s often the case for people with ME. My ME-specialist even asked me about this, as it could indicate ME (together with all the other diagnostic criteria). Bloodwork has shown raised numbers to some specifik auto antibodies (so yes! There is bloodwork that can be done). The message on this channels can be so harming to a lot of us. I’m sorry to say this. I’m not suggesting you should stop this channel but I wish you would be more mindful about your information and stop talking about ME. Please. I’ve always been very holistic in my approach to life and health in general. So of course I’ve also visited loads of therapist and psychologist and tried their programmes. No help, what so ever in my symptoms. I’ve tried brain rewiring and other things. No help, what so ever. Tons of different diets.. to no avail. The information you share make people like me, who have tried everything under the sun and still sick feel like failures. Well.. at least until I realized all the misinformation that is presented here. What has helped me is medicine: antiviral, LDN and low dose antibiotic. I’m not cured. 70%bedridden. But that’s better than 100%. With help from a real ME-doctor I understand my sickness and I’m able to make the best of the life I have now. For that I’m grateful. I’m advocating for better healthcare and a better social system for people with ME in my country. But I’m sorry to say, that the misinformation you provide here isn’t helping us in that regard at all :/
I totally understand you feeling. See my comment above (or under) maybe you find something that can help you. There is a lot of biais, commercialization and marketing in this online scene....unfortunately. But there are also nice things. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish what is for real and what is for selling but there is also a lot of love I believe. Please, don't feel like a failure
@@MariaMaria-op7jv thanks for speaking out in this. Sometimes I come here for some hope and feel totally gaslighted in my own experience of this disease. So yeah, if I relied of clueless doctors, they would say I am healhy. But I did the testing myself, and I know there is a big damage in my body. BIG!
@sarapezzotta6662, Hey thanks for your kind reply. I actually don’t feel like a failure - cause I don’t buy into the message shared here about ME anymore. But thanks 💕. However before I became a patient to a knowledgeable ME-doctor (he’s also a researcher and member of the European ME Clinical Council) I read books and watched content like this and other alike (plus tried programmes and different therapies) - and it made me feel like shit. Cause nothing what they offered would help and the underlying message was always: you hold the key to your own recovery. It’s your own responsibility, do this or that programme and feel better.. etc (imagining saying stuff like this to a person dying with cancer..or trying to say this to a person like Whitney Dafoe - so so cruel). To clarify. I’m not arguing that you shouldn’t try to get better or be all passive and just wait for a cure. By all means, do what seems right and makes sense. Also if it’s brain rewiring or the latest snake oil. Placebo is real. So if you belive something can help - go for it. I’m just asking that people like Raelan take into consideration that her message also has a harmful side to it. One being the one I just stated. Another one is something far more serious; that she’s promoting the same harmful ideas, that a lot of us with ME are trying hard to change in our healthcare system. I’m from Denmark and if people have seen the documentary “Unrest”, you know what harmful, damaging and shitty health care system we have here when it comes to ME. People die from it! This channel totally supports the idea of ME, that we try to change (we want to change it because the current way is harmful and research has already debunked it). And I don’t see Raelan and others like her are being mindful about this or take their responsibility into consideration. Why not just use her channel for people with stress or dysregulation (or whatever she calls it) and then leave serious chronic illnesses like ME out of it. She could say, “hey if you match this list (from yesterday’s video) my content will likely be a big help for you”.
@Danchy082, oh you’re welcome. I’m so sorry to hear you have only met clueless doctors. I’m in the hands of one knowledgeable one and it has made such a different. I hope you eventually can find a good one. I think times are changing. Also in the medical field. So much great research is happening right now. Hang in there and try not to lose hope. 🌱
I was hoping brain retraining would help me but i definitely dont do well with alcohol, my symptoms are constant and no better if doing fun/joyous stuff and wasn't under stress at onset 🤔 . But i definitely dont deal well with stress now and my symptoms are all over the body and PEM, so not sure, anyone similar?
This may help you to know: Alcohol intolerance is extremely common with long Covid and CFS. Yet a great many people have fully recovered using brain retraining. That includes people who have mentioned having alcohol intolerance, which resolved once they were better after brain retraining. I know someone personally who suffered from long Covid, who couldn’t drink alcohol, but who can drink it now after brain retraining.
Alcohol makes my POTS so much worse! Alot or even most POTSies are like this.. you really couldn't pay me to drink now, the tachycardia and brain fog isn't worth it..
1 or more is a very broad. I doubt that there’s not a single person alive who doesn’t have at least one of these things. There’s a lot of gray area with my stuff. Brain retraining did help with somethings, but not everything.
This is totally misleading, because we all know standard diagnostics do not include searching for the problems associated with the illness. So yes, if I do the blood work, and it comes fine- doesn’t mean I don’t have a cancer somewhere in my body. In the same manner, if I do only the standard blood tests, then yes I would appear healthy. But then I look into hormones, I look into mitochondria, into gut, go to neurologist, and suddenly I have a bunch of dysfunctions in the body, and what you call structural problems- mitochondria do not work, nerves are inflamed, severe disbioses in the gut, HPA axis does not work, and I have severe adrenal deficiency…etc, etc, etc…Most of the patients come to these findings by them selves and not by the doctors, cause most of the doctors do not give a crap. I wonder if you ever really had ME, cause then you would know that in most patients symptoms are there all of the time. They never go away, especially if severely affected.
I get what you're saying. And want to share my perspective: I had many of the structural problems you mention for two decades. Plus severe fatigue, fibromyalgia and many more symptoms. They all resolved (with gentle "structural/physical" support, I took probiotics for example) when I retrained my brain and healed my nervous system dysregulation. Maybe for some or many people the cause of their suffering is purely structural. But what I've come to see is this: A brain and nervous system on high alert over time can (or: must) cause many structural problems. Another way to say this: If your brain and nervous system are continuously on high alert, it will be very hard for your body to heal from whatever, no matter what physical interventions you try. Edit: Maybe I didn't make entirely clear how what you said and what I said and what's said in the video relate: On the one hand a brain and nervous system that are on high alert over a prolonged period of time influence hormone levels, HPA axis, mitochondrial function, inflammation, etc., and impair the body's overall ability to heal. On the other hand a brain on high alert can produce neuroplastic symptoms like pain, (severe) fatigue, etc. Retraining the brain and regulating the nervous system might take care of both.
@ in my experience it is the damage to the nervous system and possibly to the brain that drives the illness. And it is bi-directional, what happens in your body influences the brain and wise versa. No amount of brain retraining was able to reverse my dysautonomia. Because there is a physical damage that Covid left, both to the nerves and my cells, and only thing that ever helped me is respecting my energy envelope.No amount of brain retraining did anything expect worsening, if I went over. I do not think that you can resolve dysautonomia like that.
@@gentle_journey there is a lot of confusion on terms which are used inappropriately. Calming the nervous system down helps with disease in general, because diseases in general are cause by inflammation and/or immune dysregulation (there are very interesting stories on cancer, for example). Belief in the recovery is essential too (again, check the stories on spontaneous remissions, very fascinating). There is plenty of research on placebo. Still, this does not mean that the symptoms are neuroplastic. The neuroplastic definition (actually, the original term for pain was "nociplastic") comes from the chronic pain field. It does applies on pain! (fascinating research on amputees phantom pain contributed to the understanding of the principle). Extending this definition to diseases that are not neuroplastic is an oversemplification. It migh get some people to get better through the placebo effect, but it is not accurate from the scientific point of view. To say that stress impact the immune system thus perpetuating damage in the body, is much more accurate. In my opinion, oversimplification not only can damage naive people but can also impact the credibility with mind-body approaches. We need facts and precision if we want research to go in this direction. I'm a professional, search for my comment above.
@@Danchy082 I'm truly sorry to hear about your struggles. I hear you. It might not sound like it now, but it was a very long and painful search for answers for me. Over the years I saw so many little helpful things about how the body and mind work and about myself (for example, how sensitive I am and how extremely gentle, caring and loving I need to be with myself; hence my handle ☺). And I experimented A LOT. I never even do brain retraining and nervous system regulation the way anybody tells me. I do what feels right for me. Of course I'm not saying this to put any pressure on you to keep doing/searching. That wouldn't be helpful, I think. But to share that there might be hope that you will stumble upon something (or many things) that will help you in your specific situation. Wishing you the best.
@@sarapezzotta6662 that is why I get nauseated when the people oversimplify this claiming that the brain is creating the “symptoms” to protect you. How does that make any sense, when your cells get destroyed in the process? And claiming, that the body is healthy, when research has proven that it is not the case over and over. I can believe that for some, calming the nervous system can have positive effects on healing, and that mind-body techniques can facilitate that. But it can be very dangerous when people start to believe that there is no damage in their body, it can make people worse. I think that many have been misdiagnosed, or stuck in some kind of anxiety loops. Im this case- everything that they say about mind-body approaches is true. But not for illnesses such es ME and long covid.
I have systemic parasites. I feel them everywhere, but the Medical Profession cannot see them so do not believe me. Wriggling, writhing, slithering, sliding, biting, mass prickling & tickling as the larvae hatch & move out, vibrations as the adults lay eggs, larvae in my eyeballs. They keep my body toxic & my mitochondria suppressed (low energy). I wish it was as simple as brain retraining………..
👉 👉 If you checked off one or more items from the list, you might be interested in my
completely FREE 5-day brain retraining email course 👉 mailchi.mp/raelanagle.com/brain-retraining
Im in! Thank you for this vid...its a winner. My symptoms got worse after giving up alcohol, which I used for many years to stay in the world ...without making the connection! I thought I was an alcoholic...even tho I didnt drink all the time. Stopped cmpletely for over 20 years and then started again so I could socialise. DUR! Thanks for connecting the dots! ( I also will get up to shift the salt back to where it looks better etc).
I’ve signed up right away, but so far haven’t received anything as part of the 5 day brain retraining thing! Wonder if there’s a glitch or is it real?
@@lam7750 I got my link straight away...check your junk box in case it went there?
Confused ???.
How is a $354 enrollment fee , a completely free 5 day course ?
Is it brain fog or would anyone like to explain please ?.
I checked off ALL but maybe one 😢
Yes, I can use your help. I related to pretty much everything you said in this video and I thank you so much for this. Thank you for sharing all of this. I’ve developed alcohol intolerance myself. My body says NO! However, my doctor has prescribed 3:40 Vicodin and I take 1/2 at a time when needed. I have been honestly wondering if this is not good.
But some days when I have to function and it’s impossible, they do help me get through the day !
Thank you! Was trying to decide if I should try the Gupta program again and this helped soooo much! It probably didn't work for me before because I didn't actually do it. ADHD stuff gets in the way. Also, so interesting about alcohol improving symptoms! Just went for a long weekend with my college roommates and was amazed that I got through it----including out dancing until midnight and LOTS of alcohol! Usually I don't drink because I'm trying to protect my brain. Will carefully use this new superpower to socialize more. Many times I'd pass on things because I was too tired and was afraid it would make me crash. Also realizing that doing things you enjoy will help you feel better! xxxxx to everyone going through these conditions, especially those who don't have anyone who understands.
Did Gupta help this time?
Your videos keep getting better and better😊
I really can See that your content eveolved over time. You Are an incredible recource. I really Like that you engage more in the Chronic pain world.
Thank you Raelan for providing this comprehensive list so succinctly.
I am sure many people will benefit now they have the knowledge they need to make the step into brain retraining.
Well, this video confirmed it for me. Because I am a "yes" on almost all points. I've been struggling to get well for the last 2 years after a HUGE stressful event, and then my life went down the tubes. I keep thinking I'm getting better then I have huge setbacks, then I get extremely angry; I mean I RAGE. I am SO PISSED OFF at my body & brain for ruining my life. I've ordered the book "The Way Out" and I hope it helps me. I'm at my wits' end. I eat so friggin' healthy (don't drink, smoke, do drugs, eat sugar, processed foods, carbs) and I am so flucked up it's driving me crazy. I sincerely thank you for what you do, Raelan.
OMG! Excellent summary. I knew I could benefit from brain training, but this video nailed it shut. I identified with at least 90% of the checklist. ✅
Becky in West Memphis, AR
60 years old
🌸🩷🌸🩷
I wanted to share that even I am shocked by this miracle I’m experiencing but after 20 years completely disabled by ME/CFS, I’ve required steroids for another condition. Eight weeks on those and my IQ has shot up, remembering professional stuff I knew when I was in my 20’s and 30’s, I have energy from first thing in morning instead of 1pm, I can multitask…. Im still very weak, but who cares! I’m contributing professionally for the first time in 22 years, and hugely! The reason why brain training works is the disease is neurological. That’s my experience with it. Mine was viral onset. I have FTD now age 61, maybe 3 good years left, but it’s worth it for this miracle. That’s how profound a quality of life difference it is for me. God bless, Raelan! Your help and contribution is so very important. A huge support for me over the years. Thank you! 🙏🏻
Steroids for another condition also made a huge difference to my symptoms years ago. They got me out of being house bound and very very unwell.
@@chrisganesha so you were helped by steroid but brain retraining works?
@@Danchy082seemed like it.... then it wasn't her videos that helped, but the steroids?
@@Danchy082it is called misattribution biais, it is a normal psychological phenomenon, when you really want to believe sthing. I believe many of the recovery storues have this. It doesnt matter for the individuals, since the important point is recovery. It matters if you want to do research about things
It wasn’t the steroids it was the belief in the steroids, lol
Thank you for this life-changing information. 💚🧡
Thank you for this video. It’s an easy way to determine if the symptoms are structural in nature or cause by the nervous system and brain. I am GRATEFUL to have found brain retraining to recover from Long COVID, and now I am certified in PRT to help others recover!! This video is so helpful!! ❤
@@ellenalden-mind-body-healing only, CFS and long covid are not “caused by brain”, they are always structural in nature. People use CFS term for every symptom in earth, while it has a specific diagnostic criteria. Long Covid can be a lot of things, but the form we speak about is the one with PEM- cfs type. And it has the cause- mitochondrial damage, immune dysregulation and dysautonomia, possibly to the viral persistence. This video is very misleading and should only be used for stress related illnesses which are psychological in nature.
What particular brain retraining program helped you recover?
Well done Raelan for highlighting the neuroscientific evidence for chronic conditions. The more the word gets out, the more people will recover once they understand what is happening and how to correct it. x
15/18 of these!
Id not made the connection with alcohol, but it also depends on circumstance. Iv realised that if a certain person or 2 are there, such as family pub meal, christmas dinner, the alc doesnt work. Mum's in a 'semi-triggered' state from her childhood around them and while i can enjoy the bigger family time, i am on edge, alert to my mum's signals n body language.
I think learning this more than ANYTHING ELSE, the WAY raelan describes in this vid has truly made me internalise its all about the brain retraining.
3 weeks ago, i FINALLY understood mindfullness meditation isnt about having a 'blank mind', it's about noticing, labelling, categorising the thoughts which pop-up while one is focused (on breath).
2018 i 1st learnt it reverses the size changes which happen in amygdala and pre-frontal cortex (etc), but my misinterpretation and perfectionism stressed me out so much, i resorted to box-breathing to shut my thinking up by counting numbers XD and i told myself 'i couldnt do it, it wasnt for me', i forgot that it changes those parts of the brain back to normal until 3 weeks ago (PTSD studies show the proof in scans and MECFS and PTSD have same brain changes, ive learnt)
This type of meditation should teach me to recognise the thinking i need to re-wire, because yes, i identified years ago that fear was my motivator, how i learnt to organise n do anything adultified, i was always in survival mode, feeling unaccepted, unwanted, on edge. i see the world with danger-tinted lenses n i recognised this yday when i went into VRchat with my friend for 1st time -i was ALOT more defensive n cold to the joking about than he was, albeit i was less defensive than i wouldve been had i been solo.
Fantastic round up Raelan. Thanks so much for all of your work ❤
I'll be joining you here and doing your 101 as soon as my money is sorted. Fingers crossed in the next month.
This is incredibly helpful information , thank you so much for everything that you do! 🙏❤️
Thanks!
Thanks so much for supporting the channel, Andy! 🧡 And thank you for your generosity, I very much appreciate it 🧡 🧡
THANKS for a GREAT video ♥
Omg the personality traits 🤦♀️😂🙋🏽♀️ I always dismissed the brain training, not thinking that's what I needed but I will check out the free 5 day course you're offering. Anything to get my life back
Awesome summary!! Hopefully it'll reach many people. Well done Raelan ❤
I love this so much. Thanks Raelan!
Yikes! I think I have had everything on the list. I loved party drinking, always the last to go home... Quit (30 years ago) by learning from " Rational Recovery". They teach you about CBT, that I was drinking to medicate myself. Now being sober, all the things on that list are a reality. Anxiety, people pleaser, double checking my punctuation, caregiving until I was sent to the "locked ward" in a hospital and a couple of suck-ass husbands, no wonder I'd rather stay in bed ! BUT, recently figured out that CFS was the cause. With your help, I've learned about Mel Abbott's "The Switch". I'm in my 2nd week and brain retraining will be my key to recovery. I'm seeing an improvement already. So, thank you, thank you, thank you for all your work.😊
I checked off every item! Thankyou so much for sharing this info. 🙏🙏
I had some symptoms from 5yrs old, but diagnosed cfs (plus others at 21; so that’s 30 years cfs!!) it would truly be miraculous to feel well. I should definitely test it out. X
I have this one constant feeling of low energy 24/7, as if no food that I eat is able to replenish this feeling of energy as it did before my CFS. The other symptoms vary indeed like on the list but are also more manageable and less life changing
This was great!
Thank you, Raelan! Great video! I definitely identify with a number of things on the checklist! Stress. PEM. Perfectionism. Highly Conscientious. A Worrier. Conventional doctor's tests hardly showed up any issues although Functional Tests did, but even after those issues were resolved the fatigue remained. I can't testify to the alcohol trick as I haven't drunk for many years prior to this starting, maybe I should try it out to see if it works for me.. haha. Jo
Thanks for this. Surprised to hear about the alcohol thing but totally makes sense because in the mornings when my symptoms are the highest I'd feel next to nothing after a few drinks the night before. Please keep posting vids and informing everyone, you're doing a massive service for people around the world.
@@southsidereps3081 Yes, alcohol’s effects on the cell danger response (CDR) and symptom relief could be connected to GABA and glutamate. Alcohol acts as a central nervous system depressant and enhances the effects of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter that promotes calm and relaxation. By increasing GABA activity, alcohol can decrease anxiety, which often accompanies the cell danger response.
Additionally, alcohol inhibits glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter involved in CDR-related excitotoxicity, which can worsen symptoms like inflammation, anxiety, and overstimulation. Alcohol temporarily reduces glutamate activity, which might help some people feel relief from CDR symptoms as the balance shifts toward a calmer, less activated state.
However, it’s worth noting that while alcohol can temporarily ease these symptoms, regular or heavy drinking can lead to dependency, disrupt brain chemistry, and worsen overall health, including potential exacerbation of the CDR when alcohol is metabolized.
Thanks so much Raelan. Wow the personality traits were staring back at me like a mirror 😅. This has encouraged me to be more consistent with my brain retraining. Love the humour too💖
There are a couple dangerous errors. PEM is real and it has been shown in 2-day CPET more than once. Brain training while ignoring PEM can be dangerous. However, some who have had time to heal might be held back by PTSD. This shouldn't be confused. Brain training can help speed up healing...but mitochondrial damage is a real thing.
What is PEM?
Ah shut up bro
@@Unitedstatesian i totally agree !!
@@traceychapman4825 post exertional malaise, a typical feature of long covid due to dysfunctional mitochondria and NOT a neuroplastic symptom
I think one popular assumption is that nervous system regulation also helps against mitochondrial damage. Not sure whether that contradicts what you were saying :) The symptoms are caused by specific physical changes in the body that result in mitochondrial damage, but these changes do not occur (or occur to a lesser and lesser degree) as soon as the nervous system starts to become regulated....
Thanks Raelyn❤
I can travel too. 😂❤. Different impressions. Meeting old friends. It's all healing for our hearts ❤
I took a similar survey when I started looking for brain retraining programs and it was shocking how many of the traits I had.
I have an autoimmune disease and fatigue is part of it but I think stress has contributed to it.
@@traceychapman4825 stress contributes to every disease, including cancer. This doesnt mean that symptoms are neuroplastic
@ what I was meaning is I don’t think my autoimmune disease explains everything. I have chronic fatigue as well .
What about gut microbiome? L. Reuteri for example. We know that serotonin, etc, are made in the gut.
I check the box for everything except the alcohol… alcohol makes my symptoms 1000x worse. Heart will race like crazy and it gives me severe nausea. I thought I was having a heart attack last time I drank alcohol. That was two years ago and I haven’t touched it since. To be fair, it wasn’t during the drunkenness, but a few hours later.
Same here. Every other box ticked but a big NO on alcohol, which drives my system crazy in the same way you mentioned. In fact that was my first major indication that I had long Covid, was my crazy reaction to alcohol. And apparently that is so common with long Covid some physicians suggest it is one diagnostic element for long covid.
@@QuintEssential-sz2wn yeah because it`s high histamine and we all are having intolerance to it...I only get symptoms now with foods that contain it. So...there should be a disclaimer becore everyone goes out and tries it!! It would kill me!
Agree. I never drink alcohol. One sip and my leggs hurt so much
@@StephanieAlice Yes. I’m so sensitive to alcohol with long Covid that I’ve had to avoid even the tiniest traces, and boy, do you ever come to realize how much traces of alcohol there are in so many foods!
Sauces, baked goods everything.
I’ve got to avoid vanilla extract (usually made with alcohol) so that cuts out tons of baked goods. I avoid vinegar… cut out tons of food. And even soy sauce will get my heart pounding out of my chest and give me insomnia. I’ve being part of a study by Canada’s most renowned long Covid researchers, as well as treated by a long Covid clinic associated with them, and alcohol intolerance is one of the main things they see. I was least surprised by Ralen’s comments about alcohol!
Same here! Checked every other box but this one..
Thank you Raelan! This was great info. I (Sarah) wonder if the symptoms that I’ve experienced over the past 5+ years are a mixture of physical stuff + Neuroplastic symptoms. It’s a challenging mix to overcome trying to figure out if the holistic stuff I’m doing to rid my body of viruses and help heal my adrenals and balance my minerals and hormones is helpful or a waste of $. I appreciate hearing testimonies of successes from brain retraining. I’ve been trying to do it but find it challenging to implement it consistently into my daily life.
i was in the same place. The cheapest solution i found for the physical stuff was dr sarah myhill's protocol; 'starve the fker's out' as she says on her website where i got the detailed info => paleo-keto diet (with AIP elements), optimal amounts of common supplements (not the minimal recommended to avoid malnutritional conditions) and vitC to bowel tolerance (direct contact anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and if memory serves the combo of diet n vitC are also anti-parasitic)
Turned out i DID have gut dysbiosis/SIBO/Leaky gut/candida. 3 months later i actually thought id recovered i was so much better XD Id gone from being bed n sofa-bound to doing daily walks n thought it was just a case of rebuilding my body n mental muscles XD She also talks about adrenals, thyroid etc and other co-morbidities.
I suggest you do the basic plan n see how body goes, give it a few months like i did before making things more complex. i didnt need to help my adrenals, thyroid etc once i put the basics in place for a while. Inititally, my bowel could tolerate 55grams of vitC each day and i heard of people tolerating 80grams. Gradually, as my 'viral load' reduced, so did my dosing.
Personally, i didnt mess with my hormones, i realised that was a stress hormone/ mecfs thing and i didnt want to accidently make things worse longterm, esp re fertility. I have however used the contraceptive pill -reduction of normal pre-period mood-swings does help! hehe. when iv not been on the pill, ive used my monthly times as my baseline benchmark to measure any progress.
The sleep stuff is an effing nightmare, only resolved through diligent, rigorous re-training of the sleep cycle as one does for toddlers.
The way i eventually cracked it;
7pm all electronics switched off, no bright lights, dimmest half-light possible and use my home DIY sauna tent ( for a sweat detox*)
8pm 1hr hypnosis/meditation lying on yoga mat
9pm 1hr reading a fantasy book (escapeism, nothing scary^) with orangey small lamp while in bed
10pm 1hr hypnosis/meditation geared specifically towards sleeping
11pm if still awake, use binaural beats music app for sleep brain waves
8am out of bed soon as, make 'wake up' herbal tea and take it outdoors to drink, preferably while doing a 5-30min walk
Once home, 10-30mins on accupressure mat (for a lymph n muscle massage*)
*due to MECFS, we dont sweat enough or move our bodies enough to gain these exercise benefits fully, even with night sweats, which for me are sleep pattern n monthly related albeit they used to be a temp regulation thing until i took charge of my recovery journey
Mindfulness meditation (the type where you simply focus on breath, but take note of/label/categorise the thoughts which pop-up) is fantastic for teaching us to recognise our thinking patterns in realtime for the brain re-wiring. Its something i did actually know back in 2018, but this student wasnt ready until 3 weeks ago, to do this type of meditation. I would end up winding myself up so much with perfectionism, i quit n resorted to half-hearted attempts at box-breathing practice and it wasnt consistently, i felt resentful of 'time wasted'. Id consciously forgotten about benefits of mindfulness meditation teaching that skill, shrinking amygdala etc, but i guess that nagging resentful voice got through to me in the end n put me back on the right type of meditation n id done enough inner work i no longer stress myself out and im finding it crazy easy to feel dedicated XD
Thank you, very good video! (Quick note for Raelan: the text at the bottom of the screen at 0:11 is probably not right)
Yikes! Thanks for catching that, Alexandre! 🧡🧡
You are a literaly fkng angel on early and i wish i had you 10 years ago
Same! A couple of shots and a beer and i'm healed (for a few hours). i wound up having to quit because my mind said "well if a couple of shots is good, let's see what half a bottle will do" :)
I have a story for you . A story about how somebody's death/passing had taken my CFS/ME completely away. Through the connection of their pain and mine through our sharing of DNA.
@@klondon6245 wow!
Can you elaborate further?
I found out recently that doctors give us the label of IBS when they don't find anything else wrong. A bit shocking. But now listening to you, I think fibromyalgia should be called a syndrome, too. It's (unfortunately) an umbrella term given to people when the doctor can't find anything structurally wrong with us. 💐 Take care everyone.
I wish alcohol worked for me! I developed alcohol intolerance instead. Feel like Im going to faint and also generally more tired for atleast the next 24 hours, even after just a sip.
Me too.
Me too! Not fainting but some kind of mental breakdown.
HI Raelen! Question for you (or anyone else...) thoughts on red light therapy for CFS?
I've heard of this as well but those red lights can also be dangerous to your eyes if used incorrectly or for too long.
How about tinnitus?
Just to share with you that I signed up for the 5 day free course you’ve put the link below for, and did it twice bcoz I wasn’t sure the first time it went through. Nothing came back as a reply to get any material or pdf! Nothing came email either to say when it begins if it’s for a set date. 🙁
I said yes to every one apart from alcohol. Its clarity I needed to try brain retraining. 🤞
I do think I have an "autonomic nervous system dysfunction. Many of these "tests" are true for me, but just a tiny bit of alcohol in a herbal tincture will cause a reaction, and I've heard that if you have mold illness or MCAS that alcohol is trigger. Also, you mentioned many different symptoms in multiple body systems that move around can be a sign. This is also true of MCAS.Or do you think that MCAS is basically the same thing as what you are talking about? What about histamine intolerance? I would really like to know if you've had "success stories" with people who have diagnosed H. Pylori or other gut infections with digestive issues? Thanks..
I definitely relate to all of this but I’d like to ask, does anyone else have severe symptoms for days after drinking just one or two alcoholic drinks? Yes I feel more calm and my body feels a bit better at the time but as soon as it starts to wear off, I feel 10 times worse and it really affects my pots and heart rate too to the point I don’t sleep at all if I drink alcohol. I love it but it definitely doesn’t love me 😢
Same here!
I feel awful 1 second after alcohol.
Same
Exactly the same for me and I have long Covid CFS pots symptoms. Even a tiny sip of alcohol will get my heart pumping like mad and I can figure about sleep for that night and maybe even the next day too. It’s so bad. I’m careful not to eat anything they could have traces of alcohol, not even soy sauce or anything with vinegar or vanilla extract. And unfortunately, it’s unbelievable how much food contains those things which is a real bummer.
@@QuintEssential-sz2wn very similar to me but I’m fine with vinegar and have it regularly. It’s definitely not a fear thing with the alcohol but maybe if we can calm the pots over time, we can conquer the symptoms? 🤞🤞
I’m very surprised to hear about the alcohol thing, I’ve always heard the opposite. Most people are intolerant to alcohol. I know it wiped me out. I’m quite sure Dan Neuffer said he would feel terrible if he drank? So I wouldn’t use this as a reliable indicator. Your symptoms could be still coming from the nervous system even if you react badly to alcohol. Interesting though, I’m on medication for sleep and when that takes effect I feel less fatigued/achey in my body!
Everyone is intolerant to alcohol. It's literally poison.
Yeah alcohol intolerance is often listed as common in cfs/m.e it's poison to me.
It’s more complicated than that, one can have low levels of neurotransmitters or low levels of B1 for example and they have no way of testing and knowing any of that
This is why regular doctors are not helpful, one should find a functional medicine doctor to
run tests like OAT.
Brain retraining works
regardless
for the records, it's actually possible to test damaged mitochondrias. I had that, in LC contexte and it did show damage, because unfortunately there is damage :-(. Mind body work is essential for me, but as u say, it is more complicated
@@motishabbat5292 or they have a living virus in their brain and nerves, like Covid for example was found in the brain and other tissues of the deceased. They cannot kill you to do the obduction and find it.
@@sarapezzotta6662 I have it too, from long covid. Did you get treated for it, and what did help?
I do not treat single symptoms but LC as a whole. Mitochondria damage is a consequence of autoimmune activation due to viral persistence so I personally aim to immune modulation while detoxing from the virus. I use this approaches: -fasting (repairs mitochondrias and cells in general, gut reset, immune modulation and so on); - low carb (i couldn't tolerate carbs,sugar, alcohol anymore); -PACING; - carefully paced immuno-actuvating techniques such as hyperventilation and cold baths; - antinflammatory and anyoxydant supplements; - disciplined daily mindfulnes meditation (which is in fact brain training, but for me its also spiritual growth); -somatic experiencing (trauma healing); -different polyvagal strategies to calm the ANS down. I am much better than months ago and really confident to be on a good way! If u want to read my story with fasting you find it in Tom Bunkers autophagy fb group
@@sarapezzotta6662 I am a member of Toms group, will check it out. Personally, I don’t tolerate fasts longer that 14-16h, that triggers me too much. I also tend to eat low carb, anti inflammatory diet, and do almost all the things you mentioned. What do you mean by immune modulation? I tried so many things and nothing touches it.
How does non-replenishing sleep fit into this? This was my first and remains my most pronounced symptom.
@@hillsofwi hello, medical here, bad sleep, together with many other autonomic symptoms, is a know symptom of long covid. The current explainations involve auto immune component in long covid, mitochondrial dysfonctions among many. Another explaination is anxiety (referred in this video as "neuroplasticsymptoms). But bad sleep can also be due to other conditions. Please check with your healthcare provider to exclude other underlying conditions ❤️
The course you mention at the end isn't free.
I have a physical condition (cervical instability) but some things like alcohol consumption hit the mark
Hi, there is one channel on youtube with a girl with cervical instability. She has her whole revovery story on youtube. She tried dieting, had surgery but in the end she did two different brainretraining programs. And she recovered. I found her, because I also had cervical instability and was so unsure if it was possible to heal for me. To be honest I didn't watch all of her videos (4 years of content), because when I found her, she was already recovered. So I watched the last videos and some inbetween. I don't know if your story is similar to mine. But for me it was very important to find evidence. I still have neck pain from time to time. But my neck is stable. To be honest the instability went away very quickly (6 months). The rest takes much longer. I am not fully recovered, but I have lots of symptom free days, without fatigue or pain, or anything else. My neck was a big part of my puzzle. All my joints had been very unstable. Two years ago I was so unsure if this could change. For me it was enough to know that brainretraining helped her. She had surgery, but I think it didn't helped her a lot. I didn't had any surgery. And she did very drastic dietal changes and said they helped a lot. I think she makes a carnivor diet. (I am vegetarian, so that was no option for me). At the end I had to find out if i could get better with nervous system regulation and brainretraining. I know my text is very long, but I was so desperate two years ago. And it helped me so much to know that there are people with the same problem who got better. So the cervical instability went away almost one year ago. I hope I can say that I am fully recovered very soon. I hope it gives you hope.
How do I get the 5 day free brain traing
Hi Steve, you can find the link in the pinned comment or below the video when you expand it.
What about protracted anti depressant withdrawal? Have you worked with this? I'm desperate.
In my experience if your brain has an underlying infection- brain retraining will never solve the condition. And when i say the brain, i really mean the body, because viruses and bacteria and mold all circulate through the bloodstream and get into the brain that way. Brain retraining can assist to some extent- it can alleviate some symptoms- but until the disease process is resolved, the brain will get continuously triggered. So if you have for example Lyme, Babesia, Bartonella, long COVID, ME/CFS, etc., your neurological system is being attacked and likely will not reset until the infection is under control.
How can I know if I have brain infection?
@ that’s a very good question because mainstream medicine doesn’t view the problem the way I expressed it- so I had to find physicians who understood that perspective and then take a history, and then do the right tests. Google Kris Kristopherson’s case- he was diagnosed with ALZ and going into a healthcare facility permanently when his family took him to a doctor who believes as I do, he was diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease, and 2 years later he was back on tour.
That is what she says in the video.
@@benchase7537excellent. Btw. does she suggest how to test or treatment?
I tend to disagree…when your nervous system is regulated, it allows your immune system to FINALLY kick into gear. All those stress hormones are being depleted while dysregulayed - and will finally be able to get to work.
But obviously acute infections might need attention - but I think the mineral dysregulation, Candida etc, are all from a spazzy nervous system
Symmetrical symptoms, I get itches that do that, facially. I don't have CFS. Energy meridians?
Do you have to have ALL of these.....or would just a few of the symptoms indicate a neuroplastic condition? There is something also that really "bugs" me...and that is that everyone always talks about "childhood trauma" without mentioning "adult trauma". Can't trauma in adulthood also cause this?
Does brain training work for POTS?
It helped me
I have genital pain aka pelvic pain, started after a very stressful event, I’m sure this is Neuroplastic as alcohol and Benzo alleviate the pain by 90% 😢
Can you direct me to the free course you talked about. This one said it cost $295
you will find Somatic tracking, the main technique used in brain retraining course for free here: ua-cam.com/video/8mQndLqK31E/v-deo.html If u want to know Alan Gordon's method, read his book "the way out". Finally: mindfulnes meditation in the western approach (so without its spiritual Buddhist part) IS basically brain retraining
Hi Susan, you can find the link in the pinned comment or below the video when you expand it.
I’m happy your channel and message reach people who can benefit from it.
But oh, how I wish you would be more careful with saying things like myalgic encephalopathy can be treated with things like brain rewiring etc.
If it could it’s not ME.
Please be aware of the responsibility you have here. You’re actually hurting a big group of patients with this misinformation.
I’ve been diagnosed with ME after a bout of parasites and typhoid from traveling in India. From then on I got constant infections all the time and eventually crashed big time and never recovered from that.
I was in a great place in my life before the big crash.. both work and private. No stress. Very happy and content and great work/life balance. Yes honestly!
I don’t match the personality type that is often described here; the people pleaser, or the perfections, the anxious one, negative self talk etc etc.
I don’t match these descriptions at all.
And if you actually read the papers done by real(!) ME-specialist you would see there isnt a personality type. The group is not homogeneous.
Alcohol makes me freakin sick. And that’s often the case for people with ME. My ME-specialist even asked me about this, as it could indicate ME (together with all the other diagnostic criteria).
Bloodwork has shown raised numbers to some specifik auto antibodies (so yes! There is bloodwork that can be done).
The message on this channels can be so harming to a lot of us. I’m sorry to say this. I’m not suggesting you should stop this channel but I wish you would be more mindful about your information and stop talking about ME. Please.
I’ve always been very holistic in my approach to life and health in general. So of course I’ve also visited loads of therapist and psychologist and tried their programmes. No help, what so ever in my symptoms.
I’ve tried brain rewiring and other things. No help, what so ever.
Tons of different diets.. to no avail.
The information you share make people like me, who have tried everything under the sun and still sick feel like failures. Well.. at least until I realized all the misinformation that is presented here.
What has helped me is medicine: antiviral, LDN and low dose antibiotic.
I’m not cured. 70%bedridden. But that’s better than 100%.
With help from a real ME-doctor I understand my sickness and I’m able to make the best of the life I have now. For that I’m grateful.
I’m advocating for better healthcare and a better social system for people with ME in my country. But I’m sorry to say, that the misinformation you provide here isn’t helping us in that regard at all :/
I totally understand you feeling. See my comment above (or under) maybe you find something that can help you. There is a lot of biais, commercialization and marketing in this online scene....unfortunately. But there are also nice things. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish what is for real and what is for selling but there is also a lot of love I believe. Please, don't feel like a failure
@@MariaMaria-op7jv thanks for speaking out in this. Sometimes I come here for some hope and feel totally gaslighted in my own experience of this disease. So yeah, if I relied of clueless doctors, they would say I am healhy. But I did the testing myself, and I know there is a big damage in my body. BIG!
@sarapezzotta6662, Hey thanks for your kind reply.
I actually don’t feel like a failure - cause I don’t buy into the message shared here about ME anymore. But thanks 💕.
However before I became a patient to a knowledgeable ME-doctor (he’s also a researcher and member of the European ME Clinical Council) I read books and watched content like this and other alike (plus tried programmes and different therapies) - and it made me feel like shit. Cause nothing what they offered would help and the underlying message was always: you hold the key to your own recovery. It’s your own responsibility, do this or that programme and feel better.. etc (imagining saying stuff like this to a person dying with cancer..or trying to say this to a person like Whitney Dafoe - so so cruel).
To clarify. I’m not arguing that you shouldn’t try to get better or be all passive and just wait for a cure.
By all means, do what seems right and makes sense. Also if it’s brain rewiring or the latest snake oil. Placebo is real. So if you belive something can help - go for it.
I’m just asking that people like Raelan take into consideration that her message also has a harmful side to it.
One being the one I just stated. Another one is something far more serious; that she’s promoting the same harmful ideas, that a lot of us with ME are trying hard to change in our healthcare system.
I’m from Denmark and if people have seen the documentary “Unrest”, you know what harmful, damaging and shitty health care system we have here when it comes to ME. People die from it!
This channel totally supports the idea of ME, that we try to change (we want to change it because the current way is harmful and research has already debunked it).
And I don’t see Raelan and others like her are being mindful about this or take their responsibility into consideration.
Why not just use her channel for people with stress or dysregulation (or whatever she calls it) and then leave serious chronic illnesses like ME out of it. She could say, “hey if you match this list (from yesterday’s video) my content will likely be a big help for you”.
@Danchy082, oh you’re welcome. I’m so sorry to hear you have only met clueless doctors.
I’m in the hands of one knowledgeable one and it has made such a different. I hope you eventually can find a good one.
I think times are changing. Also in the medical field. So much great research is happening right now. Hang in there and try not to lose hope. 🌱
@ I do have one who claims to deal with CFS, but so far nothing he gave me has been successful. We need effective treatments.
“Or maybe you’re just Canadian.” 😂😂😂
This may be useful for mRNA VAX damage. Autoimmune dysfunction.
I was hoping brain retraining would help me but i definitely dont do well with alcohol, my symptoms are constant and no better if doing fun/joyous stuff and wasn't under stress at onset 🤔 . But i definitely dont deal well with stress now and my symptoms are all over the body and PEM, so not sure, anyone similar?
This may help you to know: Alcohol intolerance is extremely common with long Covid and CFS. Yet a great many people have fully recovered using brain retraining. That includes people who have mentioned having alcohol intolerance, which resolved once they were better after brain retraining. I know someone personally who suffered from long Covid, who couldn’t drink alcohol, but who can drink it now after brain retraining.
Hmm. The alcohol thing doesn't "work" for me. Just a few drops of herbal tincture and I crash. But interesting to know others go through this.
Alcohol intolerance is often listed as a symptom of cfs,m.e so that one surprised me a lot
I’m a candidate BUT alcohol is my enemy. Alcohol unleashes horrible side effects. Mostly neurological. Almost as if I am having a break down. (?)
Alcohol makes my POTS so much worse! Alot or even most POTSies are like this.. you really couldn't pay me to drink now, the tachycardia and brain fog isn't worth it..
Confused ???.
How is a $354 enrollment fee , a completely free 5 day course ?
Is it brain fog or would anyone like to explain please ?.
1 or more is a very broad. I doubt that there’s not a single person alive who doesn’t have at least one of these things.
There’s a lot of gray area with my stuff. Brain retraining did help with somethings, but not everything.
What if mine was caused due a vaccine?
Doesn't matter what the trigger was if no virus remains.
@@akashajones6079 unfortunately viral persistence is proven
Well I’m all of these haha
I wish I had a 5 to 10 minute video for family to listen too. What I say makes it worse.
This is totally misleading, because we all know standard diagnostics do not include searching for the problems associated with the illness. So yes, if I do the blood work, and it comes fine- doesn’t mean I don’t have a cancer somewhere in my body. In the same manner, if I do only the standard blood tests, then yes I would appear healthy.
But then I look into hormones, I look into mitochondria, into gut, go to neurologist, and suddenly I have a bunch of dysfunctions in the body, and what you call structural problems- mitochondria do not work, nerves are inflamed, severe disbioses in the gut, HPA axis does not work, and I have severe adrenal deficiency…etc, etc, etc…Most of the patients come to these findings by them selves and not by the doctors, cause most of the doctors do not give a crap.
I wonder if you ever really had ME, cause then you would know that in most patients symptoms are there all of the time. They never go away, especially if severely affected.
I get what you're saying. And want to share my perspective: I had many of the structural problems you mention for two decades. Plus severe fatigue, fibromyalgia and many more symptoms. They all resolved (with gentle "structural/physical" support, I took probiotics for example) when I retrained my brain and healed my nervous system dysregulation. Maybe for some or many people the cause of their suffering is purely structural. But what I've come to see is this: A brain and nervous system on high alert over time can (or: must) cause many structural problems. Another way to say this: If your brain and nervous system are continuously on high alert, it will be very hard for your body to heal from whatever, no matter what physical interventions you try.
Edit: Maybe I didn't make entirely clear how what you said and what I said and what's said in the video relate: On the one hand a brain and nervous system that are on high alert over a prolonged period of time influence hormone levels, HPA axis, mitochondrial function, inflammation, etc., and impair the body's overall ability to heal. On the other hand a brain on high alert can produce neuroplastic symptoms like pain, (severe) fatigue, etc. Retraining the brain and regulating the nervous system might take care of both.
@ in my experience it is the damage to the nervous system and possibly to the brain that drives the illness. And it is bi-directional, what happens in your body influences the brain and wise versa. No amount of brain retraining was able to reverse my dysautonomia. Because there is a physical damage that Covid left, both to the nerves and my cells, and only thing that ever helped me is respecting my energy envelope.No amount of brain retraining did anything expect worsening, if I went over. I do not think that you can resolve dysautonomia like that.
@@gentle_journey there is a lot of confusion on terms which are used inappropriately. Calming the nervous system down helps with disease in general, because diseases in general are cause by inflammation and/or immune dysregulation (there are very interesting stories on cancer, for example). Belief in the recovery is essential too (again, check the stories on spontaneous remissions, very fascinating). There is plenty of research on placebo. Still, this does not mean that the symptoms are neuroplastic. The neuroplastic definition (actually, the original term for pain was "nociplastic") comes from the chronic pain field. It does applies on pain! (fascinating research on amputees phantom pain contributed to the understanding of the principle). Extending this definition to diseases that are not neuroplastic is an oversemplification. It migh get some people to get better through the placebo effect, but it is not accurate from the scientific point of view. To say that stress impact the immune system thus perpetuating damage in the body, is much more accurate. In my opinion, oversimplification not only can damage naive people but can also impact the credibility with mind-body approaches. We need facts and precision if we want research to go in this direction. I'm a professional, search for my comment above.
@@Danchy082 I'm truly sorry to hear about your struggles. I hear you. It might not sound like it now, but it was a very long and painful search for answers for me. Over the years I saw so many little helpful things about how the body and mind work and about myself (for example, how sensitive I am and how extremely gentle, caring and loving I need to be with myself; hence my handle ☺). And I experimented A LOT. I never even do brain retraining and nervous system regulation the way anybody tells me. I do what feels right for me. Of course I'm not saying this to put any pressure on you to keep doing/searching. That wouldn't be helpful, I think. But to share that there might be hope that you will stumble upon something (or many things) that will help you in your specific situation. Wishing you the best.
@@sarapezzotta6662 that is why I get nauseated when the people oversimplify this claiming that the brain is creating the “symptoms” to protect you. How does that make any sense, when your cells get destroyed in the process? And claiming, that the body is healthy, when research has proven that it is not the case over and over.
I can believe that for some, calming the nervous system can have positive effects on healing, and that mind-body techniques can facilitate that. But it can be very dangerous when people start to believe that there is no damage in their body, it can make people worse. I think that many have been misdiagnosed, or stuck in some kind of anxiety loops. Im this case- everything that they say about mind-body approaches is true. But not for illnesses such es ME and long covid.
Eh??? Alcohol makes me worse!!
Same here, and I know that many are with us! So don't stay focused on that point, I'd say.
Me too. No one has a clue. Almost like a mental breakdown.
I have systemic parasites. I feel them everywhere, but the Medical Profession cannot see them so do not believe me. Wriggling, writhing, slithering, sliding, biting, mass prickling & tickling as the larvae hatch & move out, vibrations as the adults lay eggs, larvae in my eyeballs. They keep my body toxic & my mitochondria suppressed (low energy). I wish it was as simple as brain retraining………..
Honestly, it sounds like you have a mental issue.
Your microphone should be no more than 2-4”s max. away from your mouth. 🎤 👄
I’m a candidate BUT alcohol is my enemy. Alcohol unleashes horrible side effects. Mostly neurological. Almost as if I am having a break down. (?)