5 Proven Ways to Calm Your Nervous System and Ease Symptoms: Tips for CFS & Long Covid Recovery
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- In this video, I talk about 5 proven ways to ease flare-ups and find relief from symptoms.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - 🛎️ You have more control than you think
00:45 - 🚀 Pick just ONE of the five techniques
01:05 - ☝️ One: The fastest way to shut down the fight-or-flight response
03:23 - 🧠 Words of wisdom from health coach Dan Buglio
03:55 - ✌️ Two: Why rephrasing makes all the difference
05:50 - 🏠 Get your family onboard, just like Vanessa did
06:50 - 🌬️ Three: Use your breath as a relaxation switch
08:14 - 🤔 Why a physiological sigh can help
08:54 - 🧘🏼♀️ Four: The most studied and scientifically backed approach
09:24 - 🏡 Make your head a good place to be
09:55 - 🌲 Five: Why forest bathing matters
10:26 - 🐿️ Remember Rachel's Squirrels
11:26 - 🤔 Which ONE technique will you choose?
11:41 - 🐾 Give yourself the bonus of spending time with a furry friend
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I laughed when Raelan said, “don’t try to do all of them, over achiever” and the anxiety that had almost prevented me from clicking on the videos subsided.
Trying one sounds good! Thank you for this valuable information and for “seeing” those of us who are still living in this super intense way that is no longer serving us.
Hi Raelan, could you interview someone that has recovered from Me/cfs/long covid after narcisstic abuse or an emotionally abusive relationship/family/friendship/people at work? I think there are probably many out there. This impacts and delays recovery in a massive way as they are not normal relationships. Thanks
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Vera Wilhelmsen is one such person ;)
There are. Hugs and solidarity
C-PTSD must be a major cause of MEcfs. It was/is for me and others I know. Perpetual ffs shuts down the immune system.
I meditate with a soft smile on my lips. The smile is so brilliant while meditating as it makes the experience so lush and joyful. The long slow breathing just develops by itself during this process. I also spend time feeding my squirrel friends in my garden. Hurrah, I’m doing something right☺️
Raelan, this is excellent information! Whether as a reminder or hearing for the first time, proactively chilling out fear while increasing hopeful feelings, moves us in the right direction. I love that these tips are specific and can be used even if in bed feeling like you've been hit by a truck. You are making the world (and the space in our heads) a better place to be.
So glad it was helpful, Dan! 🌟
I started smiling and felt rather silly then I started giggling! Now I’m genuinely smiling thinking cool info! When you’re smiling when you’re smiling the whole world smiles with you!! Hahaaa
I love these tactics. Thank you! Also I also started my recovery by using curable and it was very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
You have such a good heart. Thank you for these videos Raelan 😊
Hi Realan! Yes, I do all of these and they really do work and the more you do them the better! Don't forget get laughter yoga or any type of laughing fake it till you make it, and tapping the main points and you can find them online. If you ever yawn after any of these things it's working so keep it up! xxoo A
Such great advice😊👍... yes, especially animals i find so helpful to be around or look at through the window🕊.
Love your positivity, your smile and thank you so much for sharing these tips. You give us all much needed hope🙏... healing vibes and happy thoughts to all 💜💚🍀🌈
just brilliant Raelan. So many helpful tips in such a short space. You are a star. PS love your dog
Thanks so much, Jane! ❤️
Brilliant Raelan, humming (bhramari beath in yoga) is also a good one, or singing or a supportive chat. All stimulate the vagus nerve thus calming the nervous system 😊😊😊
Thank you very much ✨❤️✨ from Germany
I also have a hypervolt massage gun that I use on my neck and traps and I think it helps distract my nervous system and calm it down.
So good to know! Thanks for sharing, Nexus ❤️
Thanks so much, Raelan ❤
Thank you!
Thank you. This was excellent and very helpful. I appreciate how practical and concise it is.💕🙏💗
Thank you for this and everything you do, I turn to your content regularly but especially on my worst days and it's very helpful. You are doing an amazing service for this community and reading your book a year ago is what gave me any hope to recover in the first place.
I'm so glad, DT. Much love to you! ❤️
Thank you 🙏
@RaelanAgle OMG this is me right now. This video is so informative thank you. Xxxxx
I hope it helps, Jade! ❤️
Oh you are so wonderful 👍 imparting all this knowledge..thanks for giving us hope 😊
You're so kind, Ella!
Thank you very much for this 🙏🏽👏✨✅!
Fantastic video, sooo helpful. I love that you include variations to help people at all stages of healing. 🙏
Much appreciated, Kaz!
I used to meditate on my breaths and counting to ten. I thought that was the simplest meditation one could do. But these days when I'm constantly exhausted (undiagnosed me/cfs) I realised counting was too stressful for me. So what I do now, usually when I'm in bed waiting to fall asleep, is just feel my breath going in and out. I might put my hand on my tummy and feel, either my tummy pushing my hand upwards or my hand feeling itself being pushed upwards. I also "challenge" myself to make my body as relaxed and heavy as possible, basically a body scan. I just started a few days ago, and hopefully I'm not imagining this, but I feel like it's made a substantial difference. I feel like I'm telling my brain "Hey, look! Everything is cool. Nothing to stress about over here. It's all chill vibes, man". 😆
I just wanted to say this because us type A people that often end up with me/cfs and try and do a lot of things to fix ourselves, sometimes the most simple thing can take you a long way.
But out of all the tips here I think I would like to learn to rephrase the words I use. It's probably great for rephrasing how you speak about and to yourself as well.
Great video. I am in a flair right now. What a journey this is haha.
I hope this helps, Dan! You got this ❤️🌟
Me too, we can get there ❤
thank you so much, greets from germany
I am going to meditate with a smile on my face , while doing breath work in nature 😊
Thanks!
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Hi Raelan,
thank you for this First Aid Kit! 😊
I can support your advice in all of them, they really make a difference.
And I have one more tipp for the forrest bathing: I add in some aromatherapy like a light fragrance of pine needle or gras or lavender to the sounds. This is so soothing to me!
Wishing you all the best 🤗
Awesome! Thank you!
I learned the physiological sigh through Andrew Huberman. I find it really helpful, simple and it can be done during anything.
I found Dan Buglio’s channel recently and his content is amazing, his approach has lots of similarity’s to Alan Gordon’s pain reprocessing therapy
💯, Evie! It works well for many people!
Thanks
Thank you so much for supporting the channel, Angelina! 🌟❤️
Have you found people who recovered by still having a non restricting diet(including "villanized" foods sweets, dairy etc)? Reason i am asking is because i am going towards a intuitive eating approach which honors my hunger queues, eat for enjoyment, and no restricting on a food groups. I realize the more i restict the more my brain place those foods in a not safe category which can lead to stress and flair ups
Spot on, Kala! People have recovered on all sorts of diets. It seems like food might not be the issue!
Danke ❤
You're so welcome, Liss!
In my home my family knows that I have symptoms when i say “ I have colors”. And I became a mix media artist when I got sick.
What an incredibly creative way, MagicalPatterns! 🌟🦄
Re imagining an activity that you cannot actually do: This may sound strange, but I don't feel I can afford massage therapy, though it might theoretically be helpful (it might also be stressful just getting to the massage place, and the scents there might trigger my chemical sensitivities). Nevertheless I sometimes imagine I am getting a professional back massage, and I believe it relieves tension, or at least my mental reaction to the tension is less. I've never imagined walking in the woods. It never occurred to me. But I might try that, too. I've had quite disabling CFS/ME for three decades.
Such a great idea, Eclectic! Hope it helps ❤️
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When I'm in a crash, smiling feels like too much energy and my lips quiver. Anyone else?
I struggle to smile, in all aspects on my life. I mostly just feel like I'm puppeteering my face. It feels fake. And yes, it's even harder to do when I'm exhausted or in pain.
Just a tip - for somebody who is suffering from a nervous disease like mecfs or PC, all the blinking and appearing animations are rather painful. Totally unnecessary, stopped your video after 12 seconds.
Everyone is so different, so this may not help, but you could try closing your eyes and listening alone. For me that would not help since for some reason, audio only is more tiring to my brain! But I hope it might help you. ❤