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Brain retaining has helped me too, though some are dubious at best. Being aware of how getting stressed about symptom flares keeps the nervous system activated is helpful and has turned my crashes into dips. Also, taking the pressure off myself to get better quickly has improved my capabilities quite a lot.
I'm using ANS Rewire + The Vagus Nerve Program by Jessica Maguire/Nervous System School. I'm definitely someone that needed a lot of physical support and strategies, and brain training has been a much smaller part of the process for me in terms of "positive thoughts" because that wasn't necessarily my problem. I never did body scans or even worried about my daily symptoms- I just pushed til I crashed, and tried to live like I was totally normal. I was in denial or just ignorance, my mentor says! (But doctors didn't listen to me for years, it took about 13 to get diagnosed!) Even though I didn't have these negative thought cycles, generally being triggered was a big, big deal for me. I had nightmares all the time, was super hyper vigilant, and had social anxiety without realizing that's what it was. I also feel like rebuilding our brain physically is key, so mindfulness meditation has been big for me (reducing the amygdala and building the PFC, etc) as well as things that help remap the body and build the sensory and motor cortex, like foam rolling. I'm not healing quickly like in so many interviews, and I'm in a pretty huge backslide right now, but still ten times better than I was before I found all these resources and committed my time and effort to them. When I first started I watched a recovery interview every day. ❤ Thanks for being dedicated to this channel and sharing the possibility of recovery.
Thank you for sharing!!! What you wrote is my last 15 years. Self gaslighting, medical gaslighting and pushing till crushing in total denial. I watch free lessons from ANS Rewire and today is the last one. How do you like the program? I did Curable for my pain and it was huge help but now that i finally realised the pain was just that one visible component i am trying to understand should i try new program or stick to what i already have paid for. I have DBT skills course, Rewire (somatics) and Curable, read the book by ANS Rewire guy and can also see the therapist... That's why i ask 😅
@@sofibregman4671 seriously, isn't the self-gaslighting the worst? Amazing to come out of it though. It sounds like you're on the right track, honestly, I love ANS Rewire because of the science-backed basis of it. It helped me to go "Ok I'm seriously ILL," because some brain training makes it feel like it's in your head. Dan is very clear about not lying to yourself about your symptoms and working toward recovery in a multilateral way. I also studied acupuncture and Chinese medicine, so the medical background information really matters to me. I would but it if only for the education it provides. It will give you solid support as you put together what works for you. I know it feels like we buy one thing after another to get better (and we do), but I personally needed ANS Rewire and Jessica Maguire's program. I have a complex surgical and medical history that I think creates other factors for me, so her program is helping me on a physical level where the thought processes of Dan's program weren't taking me any farther. Honestly, his program gave me back my sleep, and that is life changing. I also do the Curable app here and there, on Insight Timer I do the Biomedical Institute of Yoga and Meditation's meditations for neuroplasticity, and last year I was in therapy consistently. I also have a recovery mentor, Claudia, who's been in recovery interviews with Raelan and Dan. Dan says a mentor who's already recovered is probably the best thing you can get. ANYWAY haha that was long, my point is that yes, you're doing a lot, but I feel like it's necessary if it's calling to you and makes sense. 😊 also, after working with recovery efforts for seven months now, I no longer engage with the content really or recovery interviews, I focus on other things I enjoy. Like I'm painting for the first time in ten+ years, so art and comedy shows and books are all getting my attention instead of the serious vibe of illness and worrying about whether or not I'll ever be out of it. I still do ALL the things I've set up to recover and add where necessary, but now these other things are part of recovery. Hope this helps, I know it's a sea of info out here, and everyone thinks their answer is right.
Tara thanks for that post, thought I was the only one! I’ve had this since I was ten so I’ve been dealing with one thing or another for 5O+ years. I too would just keep going until i crashed not even knowing why I crashed was always told I was out of shape! The minute I feel okay I somehow think the crash is over and go grocery shopping, clean the kitchen then take a light walk and boom the next day I’m crashing. It’s so hard to give up caffeine when that was your only crutch! Not sure if this BT is going to get past my stubborn brain I’ve been doing this so long! Presently have so much to do but think I’ll take a nap!
I can't imagine what you've dealt with in all that time. Mine's been since age 14, and I'm 34 now and can barely take it. It's hard to let go and ask others to take care of things/us, and stop pushing and crashing, but we are worth it. Wishing you changes for the better
There is some misconceptions about ptsd and cptsd. The main misconception being it’s not about the trauma or pain itself, but that we were alone with that pain with no help to regulate or process it at the time.
Thank you.. After about 2 years of Long Covid, I am doing what you have recommended. Mornings are very unhurried for me, my day is peppered with house chores and painting. Evenings are for my long unhurried walks. Looking back, I can see how my walks have become less frightening, looking back I can see how much further I can go than what I could a few months back. I accept my imperfect situation, and that is helping me heal...i literally take one day at a time, and only now, my brain is allowing me to consider getting back to more involvement with life, people, friends, work...
I loved this video. You were not dogmatic, doctrinaire or shaming. I am going to be 79 this month, and I have been sick all my life. At the age of 72, I was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, which I had from childhood, but no one knew or understood. Always sick, weak and in pain, at 15 I also contracted rheumatic fever and was stuck in bed or a chair for 1 1/2 years, after which I had no support. Just thrown back into full-time activity. I never seemed to recover. I have tons of conditions, including chronic fatigue. But I don't ever want to give up. I keep doing things, working with my mind and trying to exercise, but everything has backfired. I am allergic to medication and reactive even to acupressure and things like that. Some years ago, I had a chi master who worked with me for two years and brought me to some semblance of well-being and energy. Then he left the country and I crashed back to what seems like perpetual zero. I had a dream last night about brain training, and now I find your channel. I am myself an intuitively-guided counselor and help a lot of people -- plus I have to work for income. But I need guidance and help myself. I will continue watching your videos and others, and I thank you. Thanks for being there.
Very similar, I’m 72 , highly sensitive, very intuitive/ psychic , have healed many people and animals in 2 mins channelled healing but can’t heal myself. Can’t tolerate any pharmaceuticals and highly sensitive to homeopathy and vibrational remedies. PTSD depression , anxiety. The polio jab in childhood paralysed me from neck down for a month almost died recovered with homeopathy with full mobility but like you survived many illnesses throughout my life almost died 3 times ! Had CF since 2009 often housebound and bedridden and like many others the Lonliness and isolation is tough. Particularly as husband dropped dead no warning ( I had 3 accurate premonitions knew when I hugged him to go away for a weeks work would not see him alive again ) very close friends died causing more Lonliness. I like solitude but balanced with connection and company but there’s no balance In my life for years. Sometimes I can have two normal energy days no symptoms at all and feel good, then bam! Bedridden again . May we be blessed with recovery ❤
@@janeclifford585 I can certainly relate. I find loneliness extremely difficult to bear. Being psychic also makes it hard to be around people. I can't remember a day without pain or symptoms, but sometimes they are worse than others. I feel for you. At least I am not alone. My husband is with me, but sometimes he feels threatened by my progress, and I feel toxic energy course coming from him through my body. So he is both the solution and the problem. a smile on that. We are working on it and he's in brain training right now, trying to over his fear of a strong woman. Enjoy the good days. Much love, Beth
I am so excited to have found your channel. What is so sad is I introduced you and your videos to one of my many ME support groups and was attacked, my post and comments were removed. Unbelievable. I carry pretty much all 5 of the personality traits that now require brain retraining. My trauma and prolonged stress has been massive. One major problem I have is I have an adult son who has a mental illness. He is homeless, missing or in jail. I also come from a highly Narcissist family. I am the black sheep, Empath. My step dad has weaponized my son. He will help, Mark, my son, and then drop him in some horrific way. Putting his very life in danger and mine. I have gone no contact with my family of origin and it is helping. My son won't speak to me as I was bedridden and broke when he needed my help. No one has even tried to explain my situation to him. I have had ME 18 years and am very alone in the world. I have ordered your book and Dan's on brain retraining. I finally feel some hope. Thank you so much for what you are doing❤
@@multiversomental6893Probably because too many people don't want to hear that, though we feel the symptoms in our bodies, they originate from the brain. They see this as saying 'it's all in your head'. Which is clearly not what is being said. These people probably won't recover any time soon, because they refuse to accept how powerful our brains are, and how much what we think affects our bodies.
@@multiversomental6893there are some very toxic groups out there, where they censor any mention of brain retraining, or recovery. They'd rather keep as many people as possible stuck with them in "boohoo poor me" land. Scientists studying CFS have received death threats from certain activists. It's crazy. I've learned about it in Jan Rothney 's great book 'Breaking Free" ( about healing CFS and long cov¡d)
Just read parts of The Mind Body Prescription last week in one sitting (easy to find what you are looking for). Healed 90% of my back pain issues that I’ve had for over 15 years and that became much worse since Long Covid and ME/CFS the past two years - by the next morning. I adapted my usual self guided meditation that morning a bit incorporating a brain training statement that felt good to me in the moment, which changes daily (not in the book, I just do this daily). Visualization added and it was mostly gone!! Sarno perfectly explains why osteopathic treatments for the spine and skull help me so much as well as the Perrin method. Now with that very specific knowledge, my brain knows exactly why I don’t need those appointments forever and I’ve already reduced the frequency of all holistic treatments!! 🎉❤ Still under an Ayurvedic protocol due to underlying health issues, which are helping a lot more now for ME/CFS and Fibro symptoms. Still doing EMDR for some CPTSD, but after reading the book and two major triggers (which are rare now) that same week, I bounces back very quickly with rewiring methods on the spot. That book (too soon to say this??) may have changed my life! Highly recommend! Fantastic video explaining all this, Raelan!
Through DNRS and Primal Trust I was able to completely rewire(without any medical intervention) severe and cardiologist diagnosed POTS and SO many other long covid symptoms.
You nailed it Raelan! What a fantastic video. You have described how i fully recovered from ME/CFS - so now if people ask me how i did it, i will just refer them to this video 😁 xx
What has helped me in the field of brain retraining is Prayer, Meditation to clear my mind, Meditation on certain Bible verses that speak of God and the Lord Jesus healing and the realization that God is indeed the source of everything including my healing. There is a wonderful book out by Chaplain Bryan Spoon entitled: "Neuroscience and the Fruit of the Spirit." It has helped me to be more calm, loving, joyful and at peace with my situation. I still reread certain information from Dr. Myhill's book for the physical aspects of her program of healing. Even Dr. Myhill in her book realizes that there must be some type of faith needed in order to heal. Thank you as always, Raelan, for being an excellent teacher, coach and one who encourages!! Miss Monique🙂😊😇
@@multiversomental6893 I am about 80 percent improved. Some days I am 100 percent and other days maybe 60 to 70. I would not I am completely recovered but I keep progress going forward for the most part. Certainly a lot better than bedridden in 2021!!!! Amen to that!!! Thank you for asking!! 🙂💗🙏🌷🕊️🎆 Miss Monique 😁🙏🌷🙏💗
That is so great!! I was fully recovered and relapsed a month ago. Kinda bummed out about that. But I am a Christian too. Would you be interested in joining me in prayer?
I had CFS for about 8 months. I did allot of sleep. Right when I came home from work I went to bed. Now I am in the stage I cannot sleep, great anxiety. Really bad, that I cannot work. I been taking medication. But I been doing some brain retraining. It has been helping a little. But believing I am going to get better has been helping. I keep telling myself. Thank you for these videos. I believe I will get better. I pray that this will be stage.
Hi, Raelan! I just realised, watching this video, that several times, a medical scientist person has told me that my pain, or the messages of danger going through my brain, were "just nervous signals" and I didn't ask, and/or they didn't say - what I or we could do about them! And: I've effectively been starting to do something like brain training already - learning to recognise when I was getting stressed, and trying to counter whatever was going on. So, yes, our inner healers are there, and rarin' to go! Many thanks for your videos - and keep 'em coming! xxx
Thank you Raelan! Teaching the subconscious brain with the conscious brain that whatever activity you are doing is safe to do is key to expanding capacity!
This is a great run down on what brain retraining is about! It’s EXACTLY what I was looking for to introduce a couple friends to an understanding of the brain’s role in chronic conditions and how to correct that for recovery from chronic illness. You shared a lot of really important points. Thank you, thank you. This video makes my job of sharing about brain retraining so much easier. I know a lot from personal experience, but I didn’t know where to begin in sharing. This is perfect.
It’s better to think that it’s in our MIND…not in our HEAD. In our head insinuates that it’s imaginary and it’s degrading… When its in my mind its a physical action going on in my brain.
Dear Realan, you are very, very wonderful person. You helped me so much on my journey with your information, inspiration and support so I never lost a hope. It's really incredible, I follow your channel regularly and I find in each of your videos some inputs that help me deal with... actually with myself 😊, better and better. Of course there are some difficult periods. Thank to your knowledge you give to us, also these periods are easier to handle. I really appreciate your work. You being often and compassion about helping people. I say thank you right now. Be sure, in my daily life I do this so many times. I hope these good vibrations reach you. I wish you and all of us all the best. Renata
i’ve watched thousands of videos on this subject and this is, by far, the most informative and helpful one i’ve come across. thank you for what you’re doing!
First of all, I love your videos, I’ve watched many of them, but this thing going on with the camera effects is super distracting and messing with my brain (ironically).. I’ve had to start and stop the video a number of times. You are a very effective and succinct speaker, and the camera effects are completely unnecessary imo. Thank you for all of your videos ❤
I totally agree. Yes, Raelan, you really do not need any effects and it is hard to watch (even if my brain is totally fine!). You are so interesting just the way you are.
I LOVE your videos. You opened a HUGE door for me and I can't thank you enough. I have to agree with with Jessica, though. I was getting sea sicky toward the end of this one. I understand even an editor has a learning curve, but please pass this feedback along. Again, LOVE your videos. I hope this constructive criticism doesn't hurt anyone's feelings. You have our love.
Excellent material. Seriously adressing the gut followed by a brain retraining program healed me. Also, remember that it's not just neck down. I helped a lady who had been suffering from chronic headaches for around 70 years through brain rewiring!
You have to find a good functional practitioner or naturopath. I know it's an investment, but short of training yourself on everything and figuring it out on your own, it's what's best. @@joanneclark8256
I still use old fashioned terms like nervous breakdown, so it was easy to make the jump to understanding the ANS view, it's still not a quick fix though, when you live,alone with no help and noisy neighbours, but I treat the whole thing like a wake up call and thankful, because when I fully recover I'm will have an awesome life
As long as one keeps perspective on the limitations of these practices, they can be very helpful. Cult members inflict these strategies to withstand abhorrent cultural practices. Don’t do that. Additionally, our eyes don’t actually “see” but send signals to the brain and the brain is what sees. That doesn’t mean the sick events that are being observed aren’t actually happening. Self-gaslighting strategies have long been best sellers in the self-help industry. All that is to say, use these strategies with caution. Don’t gaslight yourself.
This all sounds very. interesting and makes me hopeful! I have been ill with ME/CFS for over 16 years. Some of what you said really resonated with me. I have always been a perfectionist with a type A personality. I am also an RN and was always caring for others and putting myself last. Thank you for sharing this info
This is such a good summary of brain retraining. I will be forwarding it on to a friend who has lived with CFS for 11 years. I have been using the Gupta programme for 3 years now and have improved greatly. Still not fully recovered but it has helped me manage living with the illness. Highly recommended. I have also just bought the curable app and am also finding that a useful addition to my tool kit. Good luck to everybody wherever you are on your recovery journey.
I knew it was connected to cptsd/narcissist abuse…..and when i studied the nervous system for my nursing degree, I recognised the symptoms- but couldn’t quite put the jigsaw together - but meditation has always helped- so yes yes yes - glad I found you ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much for your videos as a long-term sufferer of ME/CFS it's great to know that things like brain training really do exist and they give us hope
Thank you for all the informations and your kindness. I can feel your compassion. Long covid since June 2022, and I was told to include pacing as a main strategy. But how can I pace efficientaly and rest, and at the same time, pay less attention to my symptoms and do thing, telling my brain that is ok? Those two look like opposite things to me... Mixed up a bit...😢 and still in a crash...
Before I heard about brain retraining I read the Dune series by Frank Herbert I found the Litany against fear helpful and how the Bene Geserit wete able to channel biochemical pathways in there own bodies. I understood that the mind was powerful and placebo effects were a real thing. So it makes sense getting sick is a way our brain protects us from truama or chronic over-work. Western medicine has a lot of catching up to do. Also I definitly recommend reading the Dune books haha.
I started with DNRS then moved o to Dr Cathleen King's Primal Trust. Loved them both. Primal Trust filled in the gaps that DNRS didn't have and after 20 plus years of illness I finally got better. Great video!
Thank you so much for this you tube. I’m currently slowly tapering off of a prescribed benzodiazapine that was prescribed for sleep. (Little did I know that drinking coffee after 2 pm can interfere with falling to sleep at 10 pm.) Anyway, does anyone here know if brain rewiring will help with the scary, debilitating symptoms during a benzo taper/withdrawal. When taking a benzo, the GABA receptors are down regulated and the glutamate neurotransmitters are over firing, which results in physiologically induced fight/flight/freeze. And over the several years of tapering & being in chronic fight/flight/freeze, I have developed POTS symptoms, histamine and food intolerances, low blood pressure, extreme fatigue alternating with extreme anxiety. Also, it would be great if you are going through benzo tapering and have had success with brain retraining or any other programs or tools. Thank you!
Hi Raelan, I have watched everyone of your videos. You are truly Amazing and Appreciated. I was wondering if you would consider doing a video explaining to our families and friends that think we've lost our minds. We for sure are NOT the same person that we were. Its such a scary place to be in when you look the same but are not the same..and will it ever be... Trying to explain this illness to family and people in our lives who have always been there is really hard. You are so knowledgeable in how you explain Cfs I thought you would be great helping to put the pieces together to help our families and friends understand.. ❤
Brain training/rewiring is definitely the biggest part of my recovery. But I would caution people in investing large sums of money in programs they aren't sure of, especially new ones with no proof of their track record.
Dear Realan. Could you make a video or an interwiev with the term of "depression". Because of long covid I suffer so much not only with anxiety but also depression. It's so hard to stay hopeful while this covid ups and downs are hitting you. How did you deal with depression feelings or what are the experiences from others persons who went through this. Thank you so much
at the end of the video you say and point upwards that you will put a link - its not there and nor is it in the links below. Please can you point me to the video you were talking about? Great video btw. Thanks
Also Raelan I really appreciate your videos. I just wanted to say the video kept zooming in and out and it made it a bit harder to pay attention. Thanks for the book recommendation.
you are the first person that i have found that has helped in this journey. For the first while I kept watching your videos and maniacally shouting out "YES, i have THAT symptom, too!" (household thinks i'm crazy!). Thank you for all of this content and resources. Do you have a list of coaches somewhere in one place?
I love the idea of the mat with questions, and moving through it physically, along with your thoughts. I can’t find an example online - can you link / share an example of that?
One of my Doctors (who died of COVID) mentioned this many times. Although he was hesitant to place a lot of weight on this line of thought. Just because he did not have enough information at the time.
I'm really sorry to hear about your doctor, and thank you for sharing their thoughts. It certainly isn't easy to keep up with the inflow of new information!
Great video. However, everyone you mentioned has a pay wall $$$. It would great if you could post free brain training strategies for those of us whom are financially challenged due to our illnesses.
There are several cheap books giving out brain retraining exercises :) ("The way out" by Alan Gordon, "Breaking free" by Jan Rothney, "Get the life you love now", Dr Sarno's books... also I know of 2 ebooks about healing CFS, available for free written by Dakota Knight, and Loz Evans)
Thanks for these teachings! This channel has changed my life. I'm my 5th day into brain retraing and it has caused a symtom flare. Is this normal? I'm just using the free training excercises I found.
Yes, this is very normal and very common. Your brain does not want to leave the path it has been on. I’m doing DNRS and this is how its explained. Keep going, don’t give up.
I know that emotional stress and mental stress is a huge contributing factor in my issues and have considered brain retraining programs but there are so many of them. And they all cost money. Not to mention time which is an issue of itself. I was in a nice happy place for about 2-3 months feeling good for a change and then a domino of things happened and i could just feel myself fading back to the fatigued state of life 😢😢😢
Has anyone tried the Dynamic Neural Retraining System? Created by Annie Hopper in Canada,, I took a class on it and found it very helpful. There is also a DVD set that they used to sell (unsure if still sold as DVD) for at-home study. As far as brain training is concerned, it’s a very Impressive program
This video is brilliant Raelan. I love the way you demystify the term brain retraining and address what is actually happening with the information/ interpretation process from our body to brain and back down again. Also really appreciate the pointers to free content. I think that is so important. I do wonder whether it is possible to implement successfully if someone is experiencing ongoing unsafe living conditions- they may not have stable housing or experience ongoing abuse or other scenarios that are stressors of living in a wider environment that doesn’t offer stability or safety. I’d love to hear your thoughts about these issues particularly given your training in Social Work. Loving the work that you are creating. I’m reading an amazing book at the moment that might interest others here about protection responses. It’s a deep dive into current science around persistent pain but is what you are describing here. Bodily Relearning by Ben Boyd (Noigroup). And I love the fact that she mentions more caution is needed to help people with ME/CFS - just the fact that it is addressed by a mainstream physio and so compassionately gives me a lot of hope and renewed conviction that this is the right path.
Question… After getting a pretty mild, intolerable case of Covid, two years ago, I’ve been left with a myriad of strange symptoms, and I believe it’s because of the emotional stress from Covid itself. Auto immune gastritis. Pernicious, anemia (which is B12 deficiency) Gastro paresis(slow motility) interstitial cystitis (bladder pain) and now neuropathy in my hands and feet, along with muscle twitching and calf tightness. Most everything has become mild and tolerable but now the neuropathy and muscle twitches are new. Vitamins and lab work are all normal. Neurologist said my MRI is fine so no chance of MS. I assume this is just all part of the chronic stress from the past few years. I haven’t been in any kind of worry state for the past month. I have excepted that my symptoms are from stress and I can go on with life with joy. However, the year long neuropathy doesn’t seem to go even when I’m happy. Do you find that sometimes it just takes a long time for certain conditions to heal? I was hoping that this month of letting everything go things would start to dwindle, but it’s not. And can I also assume that most auto immune conditions are from chronic stress?
Have you been checked for Lyme, mold toxicity, things like that? Certainly some things are neuro plastic, but not all (and personally I think many chronic issues are a mix)
Really confused/conflicted by this approach vs. a physical understanding of my health problems. With the brain training approach part of it is accepting that your symptoms are caused by your brain and knowing that is a part of the healing process... but what if in that process you are overlooking/denying serious physical causes to your illness. I have heavy metal and mold toxicity and now long covid as well, but I also have been dealing with lifelong anxiety and depression so I'm trying to work on the mental approach. The brain training and physical approach seem to be in opposition to each other -- they don't seem like they can coexist?
I'm in a very similar situation healthwise. My hope is that doing the brain retraining exercises will help resolve what is ready to be resolved right now, and maybe that will highlight the things I need medical help with. Even if the "highlighting" comes from having a clearer mind that is better able to assess my body's physical needs.
I fully recovered and mold was the "last straw" for me. Nothing changed for me of all treatments and intervention until I start doing work retraining (on top of dozen other elements that recovery is made of but brain retrainig created the tipping point). Once the nervous system is regulated again (brain training -neuroplastisity) the body knows how to find its way to homeostatis and will know how to deal even with a load of envrimental stressors as mold (of course reduce whatever is in your control). You can watch my recovery story if you google CFS Unraveled episode 10. Wishing you all your best in your journey back to health
A simple exampe of how the brain takes over behavior was made clear to me when I worked at school where a common belief that the majority of severely overweight kids had was that, 'if I don't eat I will die'. An unqualified statement made by parents to get their kids to eat. They really took it seriously, and why not? We must be very careful what we say to ourselves and our children.
wow just one day after finding your videos i have started saying out loud IM SAFE MY BODY IS OK and I can tell my SENSATIONS are more manageable after i keep saying these statements. If someone has used the gupta program--can you please let me know if it worked or not for CFS?
This was useful. I found your channel recently and although I am not diagnosed with chronic fatigue or ME, I've become interested in this idea of brain retraining. My symptoms are mostly back pain at the present and I did find Dr. Sarno's first book helpful. I'm a firm believer in the mind/body connection and have done a lot of work with The Emotion Code, and EFT (tapping). Are these considered the same type of methods as "brain retraining?" I have not heard any mention of them on your channel or the other "brain retraining" channels. Ben Ahrens made the distinction between emotions and neurology, which I found quite puzzling. My understanding was that when we change our emotions, the structure of our brain also changes. See Dawson Church and Bruce Lipton. Would you bring some of those people on your channel? Thank you very much for your work and enthusiasm.
As a Long COVID health care provider for my family & friends, I thank you for the directory of resources. Could you address the topic of “helping me help you”. Like Jerry Maguire discovered - folks are soooo reticent to “try”.
I would like to know if this helps even if you no longer notice psychological distortions. As she was describing thought distortions and maladaptive response to symptoms, I don't currently notice having those. I wonder if some of what is happening can be below consciousness, more in the autonomic nervous system rather than conscious thought. I hope it is. I'm researching to see if I want to try this, but I don't think this is for me if it only works to changing conscious psychological processes.
I’m interested in either Gupta or DNRS but I can’t afford either… can’t even afford an ERMI to test home for mold 😭 Anywhere I can get free limbic retraining exercises? Thx for the video!!!!
I am a proponent of brain retraining and I use it for healing, and I want to add, contrary to what's said in the video, that in my opinion me/cfs is not based in psychology. Sarno is outdated. The application can still be used, but explanation of stuck emotions is not correct. Nervous system dysregulation based illnesses like PTSD are not the same as me/cfs. Me/cfs is based in dysautonomia. Which is caused by infection induced trauma. Still, techniques of brain retraining work for me/cfs too. In combination with exposure therapy. And maybe some other factors like diet, depending on a person.
Even if the body has an infection, the body has the innate tools and capabilites to bring to back to homeostasis. You have to support the parasympathetic nervous system to do so.
@@kala9907 your statement is totally correct and doesn't contradict what I say 😊 however, that healing ability has it's limits, Raelan talks about that in this video, a multifaceted approach is a good thing for me/cfs.
cPTSD is also based in dysautonomia as your ANS creates bodily symptoms. At least the kind of cPTSD that cannot be linked to a single traumatizing event. A major problem with ME/CFS is that we do not have clusters of patients within this group. If you have chronic fatigue because you have been floxed with Cipro, brain retraining is probably not going to work. A minority of people recovers with HBOT, which usually does not work for the CFS-subgroup that can use brain retraining to recover. And we still don't know if some people with LC actually have damaged brains and need another approach. However, brain retraining seems to be the most promising technique as we see way more recovery stories than with any other approach like anti-virals or supplements.
He's such a cute puppy! I had one very similar - so adorable. However, he was demanding with walkies and from walking my cute little guy, I got attacked by a bunch of mosquitoes and ended up contracting Ross River Virus which triggered EBV and have suffered with ME/CFS for the past 7 years. I got to the point where I could no longer walk my dog and had to give him back to my daughter who no longer speaks to me. My life right now is pretty dismal I am sad to say.
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Brain retaining has helped me too, though some are dubious at best. Being aware of how getting stressed about symptom flares keeps the nervous system activated is helpful and has turned my crashes into dips.
Also, taking the pressure off myself to get better quickly has improved my capabilities quite a lot.
How does it work if you don't get stressed at all?
I'm using ANS Rewire + The Vagus Nerve Program by Jessica Maguire/Nervous System School. I'm definitely someone that needed a lot of physical support and strategies, and brain training has been a much smaller part of the process for me in terms of "positive thoughts" because that wasn't necessarily my problem. I never did body scans or even worried about my daily symptoms- I just pushed til I crashed, and tried to live like I was totally normal. I was in denial or just ignorance, my mentor says! (But doctors didn't listen to me for years, it took about 13 to get diagnosed!) Even though I didn't have these negative thought cycles, generally being triggered was a big, big deal for me. I had nightmares all the time, was super hyper vigilant, and had social anxiety without realizing that's what it was. I also feel like rebuilding our brain physically is key, so mindfulness meditation has been big for me (reducing the amygdala and building the PFC, etc) as well as things that help remap the body and build the sensory and motor cortex, like foam rolling. I'm not healing quickly like in so many interviews, and I'm in a pretty huge backslide right now, but still ten times better than I was before I found all these resources and committed my time and effort to them. When I first started I watched a recovery interview every day. ❤ Thanks for being dedicated to this channel and sharing the possibility of recovery.
Thank you for sharing!!! What you wrote is my last 15 years. Self gaslighting, medical gaslighting and pushing till crushing in total denial. I watch free lessons from ANS Rewire and today is the last one. How do you like the program? I did Curable for my pain and it was huge help but now that i finally realised the pain was just that one visible component i am trying to understand should i try new program or stick to what i already have paid for. I have DBT skills course, Rewire (somatics) and Curable, read the book by ANS Rewire guy and can also see the therapist... That's why i ask 😅
@@sofibregman4671 seriously, isn't the self-gaslighting the worst? Amazing to come out of it though. It sounds like you're on the right track, honestly, I love ANS Rewire because of the science-backed basis of it. It helped me to go "Ok I'm seriously ILL," because some brain training makes it feel like it's in your head. Dan is very clear about not lying to yourself about your symptoms and working toward recovery in a multilateral way. I also studied acupuncture and Chinese medicine, so the medical background information really matters to me. I would but it if only for the education it provides. It will give you solid support as you put together what works for you. I know it feels like we buy one thing after another to get better (and we do), but I personally needed ANS Rewire and Jessica Maguire's program. I have a complex surgical and medical history that I think creates other factors for me, so her program is helping me on a physical level where the thought processes of Dan's program weren't taking me any farther. Honestly, his program gave me back my sleep, and that is life changing. I also do the Curable app here and there, on Insight Timer I do the Biomedical Institute of Yoga and Meditation's meditations for neuroplasticity, and last year I was in therapy consistently. I also have a recovery mentor, Claudia, who's been in recovery interviews with Raelan and Dan. Dan says a mentor who's already recovered is probably the best thing you can get. ANYWAY haha that was long, my point is that yes, you're doing a lot, but I feel like it's necessary if it's calling to you and makes sense. 😊 also, after working with recovery efforts for seven months now, I no longer engage with the content really or recovery interviews, I focus on other things I enjoy. Like I'm painting for the first time in ten+ years, so art and comedy shows and books are all getting my attention instead of the serious vibe of illness and worrying about whether or not I'll ever be out of it. I still do ALL the things I've set up to recover and add where necessary, but now these other things are part of recovery. Hope this helps, I know it's a sea of info out here, and everyone thinks their answer is right.
You probably have ME.
Tara thanks for that post, thought I was the only one! I’ve had this since I was ten so I’ve been dealing with one thing or another for 5O+ years. I too would just keep going until i crashed not even knowing why I crashed was always told I was out of shape! The minute I feel okay I somehow think the crash is over and go grocery shopping, clean the kitchen then take a light walk and boom the next day I’m crashing. It’s so hard to give up caffeine when that was your only crutch! Not sure if this BT is going to get past my stubborn brain I’ve been doing this so long! Presently have so much to do but think I’ll take a nap!
I can't imagine what you've dealt with in all that time. Mine's been since age 14, and I'm 34 now and can barely take it. It's hard to let go and ask others to take care of things/us, and stop pushing and crashing, but we are worth it. Wishing you changes for the better
There is some misconceptions about ptsd and cptsd. The main misconception being it’s not about the trauma or pain itself, but that we were alone with that pain with no help to regulate or process it at the time.
Thank you..
After about 2 years of Long Covid, I am doing what you have recommended. Mornings are very unhurried for me, my day is peppered with house chores and painting. Evenings are for my long unhurried walks. Looking back, I can see how my walks have become less frightening, looking back I can see how much further I can go than what I could a few months back. I accept my imperfect situation, and that is helping me heal...i literally take one day at a time, and only now, my brain is allowing me to consider getting back to more involvement with life, people, friends, work...
I loved this video. You were not dogmatic, doctrinaire or shaming. I am going to be 79 this month, and I have been sick all my life. At the age of 72, I was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, which I had from childhood, but no one knew or understood. Always sick, weak and in pain, at 15 I also contracted rheumatic fever and was stuck in bed or a chair for 1 1/2 years, after which I had no support. Just thrown back into full-time activity. I never seemed to recover. I have tons of conditions, including chronic fatigue. But I don't ever want to give up. I keep doing things, working with my mind and trying to exercise, but everything has backfired. I am allergic to medication and reactive even to acupressure and things like that. Some years ago, I had a chi master who worked with me for two years and brought me to some semblance of well-being and energy. Then he left the country and I crashed back to what seems like perpetual zero. I had a dream last night about brain training, and now I find your channel. I am myself an intuitively-guided counselor and help a lot of people -- plus I have to work for income. But I need guidance and help myself. I will continue watching your videos and others, and I thank you. Thanks for being there.
Very similar, I’m 72 , highly sensitive, very intuitive/ psychic , have healed many people and animals in 2 mins channelled healing but can’t heal myself. Can’t tolerate any pharmaceuticals and highly sensitive to homeopathy and vibrational remedies. PTSD depression , anxiety. The polio jab in childhood paralysed me from neck down for a month almost died recovered with homeopathy with full mobility but like you survived many illnesses throughout my life almost died 3 times !
Had CF since 2009 often housebound and bedridden and like many others the Lonliness and isolation is tough. Particularly as husband dropped dead no warning ( I had 3 accurate premonitions knew when I hugged him to go away for a weeks work would not see him alive again ) very close friends died causing more Lonliness. I like solitude but balanced with connection and company but there’s no balance In my life for years.
Sometimes I can have two normal energy days no symptoms at all and feel good, then bam! Bedridden again .
May we be blessed with recovery ❤
@@janeclifford585 I can certainly relate. I find loneliness extremely difficult to bear. Being psychic also makes it hard to be around people. I can't remember a day without pain or symptoms, but sometimes they are worse than others. I feel for you. At least I am not alone. My husband is with me, but sometimes he feels threatened by my progress, and I feel toxic energy course coming from him through my body. So he is both the solution and the problem. a smile on that. We are working on it and he's in brain training right now, trying to over his fear of a strong woman. Enjoy the good days. Much love, Beth
I am so excited to have found your channel. What is so sad is I introduced you and your videos to one of my many ME support groups and was attacked, my post and comments were removed. Unbelievable.
I carry pretty much all 5 of the personality traits that now require brain retraining. My trauma and prolonged stress has been massive. One major problem I have is I have an adult son who has a mental illness. He is homeless, missing or in jail. I also come from a highly Narcissist family. I am the black sheep, Empath. My step dad has weaponized my son. He will help, Mark, my son, and then drop him in some horrific way. Putting his very life in danger and mine. I have gone no contact with my family of origin and it is helping. My son won't speak to me as I was bedridden and broke when he needed my help. No one has even tried to explain my situation to him. I have had ME 18 years and am very alone in the world. I have ordered your book and Dan's on brain retraining. I finally feel some hope. Thank you so much for what you are doing❤
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Why did they attack you?
@@multiversomental6893Probably because too many people don't want to hear that, though we feel the symptoms in our bodies, they originate from the brain.
They see this as saying 'it's all in your head'. Which is clearly not what is being said. These people probably won't recover any time soon, because they refuse to accept how powerful our brains are, and how much what we think affects our bodies.
@@multiversomental6893there are some very toxic groups out there, where they censor any mention of brain retraining, or recovery. They'd rather keep as many people as possible stuck with them in "boohoo poor me" land. Scientists studying CFS have received death threats from certain activists. It's crazy. I've learned about it in Jan Rothney 's great book 'Breaking Free" ( about healing CFS and long cov¡d)
I'm sorry you are experiencing such harsh realities and wish you a good recovery and happiness on your path!
Just read parts of The Mind Body Prescription last week in one sitting (easy to find what you are looking for). Healed 90% of my back pain issues that I’ve had for over 15 years and that became much worse since Long Covid and ME/CFS the past two years - by the next morning. I adapted my usual self guided meditation that morning a bit incorporating a brain training statement that felt good to me in the moment, which changes daily (not in the book, I just do this daily). Visualization added and it was mostly gone!! Sarno perfectly explains why osteopathic treatments for the spine and skull help me so much as well as the Perrin method. Now with that very specific knowledge, my brain knows exactly why I don’t need those appointments forever and I’ve already reduced the frequency of all holistic treatments!! 🎉❤ Still under an Ayurvedic protocol due to underlying health issues, which are helping a lot more now for ME/CFS and Fibro symptoms. Still doing EMDR for some CPTSD, but after reading the book and two major triggers (which are rare now) that same week, I bounces back very quickly with rewiring methods on the spot. That book (too soon to say this??) may have changed my life! Highly recommend! Fantastic video explaining all this, Raelan!
Through DNRS and Primal Trust I was able to completely rewire(without any medical intervention) severe and cardiologist diagnosed POTS and SO many other long covid symptoms.
I’m doing DNRS and I’m so happy and encouraged to hear that it helped you.
What's the cost and is it refunded if not working
DNRS is 350.00 a year and is refundable after six months.
Thanks so much l hate to do and not work
Do you have a link
Do you know if same as Healy? Is it a meditation
You nailed it Raelan! What a fantastic video. You have described how i fully recovered from ME/CFS - so now if people ask me how i did it, i will just refer them to this video 😁 xx
What has helped me in the field of brain retraining is Prayer, Meditation to clear my mind, Meditation on certain Bible verses that speak of God and the Lord Jesus healing and the realization that God is indeed the source of everything including my healing. There is a wonderful book out by Chaplain Bryan Spoon entitled: "Neuroscience and the Fruit of the Spirit." It has helped me to be more calm, loving, joyful and at peace with my situation. I still reread certain information from Dr. Myhill's book for the physical aspects of her program of healing. Even Dr. Myhill in her book realizes that there must be some type of faith needed in order to heal.
Thank you as always, Raelan, for being an excellent teacher, coach and one who encourages!!
Miss Monique🙂😊😇
Did you recover?
@@multiversomental6893 I am about 80 percent improved. Some days I am 100 percent and other days maybe 60 to 70. I would not I am completely recovered but I keep progress going forward for the most part. Certainly a lot better than bedridden in 2021!!!! Amen to that!!! Thank you for asking!! 🙂💗🙏🌷🕊️🎆 Miss Monique 😁🙏🌷🙏💗
That is so great!! I was fully recovered and relapsed a month ago. Kinda bummed out about that. But I am a Christian too. Would you be interested in joining me in prayer?
I had CFS for about 8 months. I did allot of sleep. Right when I came home from work I went to bed. Now I am in the stage I cannot sleep, great anxiety. Really bad, that I cannot work. I been taking medication. But I been doing some brain retraining. It has been helping a little. But believing I am going to get better has been helping. I keep telling myself. Thank you for these videos. I believe I will get better. I pray that this will be stage.
What brain re training? Can you send a link?
Hi, Raelan! I just realised, watching this video, that several times, a medical scientist person has told me that my pain, or the messages of danger going through my brain, were "just nervous signals" and I didn't ask, and/or they didn't say - what I or we could do about them! And: I've effectively been starting to do something like brain training already - learning to recognise when I was getting stressed, and trying to counter whatever was going on. So, yes, our inner healers are there, and rarin' to go! Many thanks for your videos - and keep 'em coming! xxx
Thank you Raelan!
Teaching the subconscious brain with the conscious brain that whatever activity you are doing is safe to do is key to expanding capacity!
This is a great run down on what brain retraining is about! It’s EXACTLY what I was looking for to introduce a couple friends to an understanding of the brain’s role in chronic conditions and how to correct that for recovery from chronic illness.
You shared a lot of really important points. Thank you, thank you.
This video makes my job of sharing about brain retraining so much easier.
I know a lot from personal experience, but I didn’t know where to begin in sharing. This is perfect.
It goes back to the Dr's telling me it is all in my head.....and it mostly is just in my head. Feels very real to me.
It’s better to think that it’s in our MIND…not in our HEAD. In our head insinuates that it’s imaginary and it’s degrading… When its in my mind its a physical action going on in my brain.
Thank you ma'am for ur work and efforts.
Wishing u healthiest, happiest, peaceful, fulfilling life.
Dear Realan, you are very, very wonderful person. You helped me so much on my journey with your information, inspiration and support so I never lost a hope. It's really incredible, I follow your channel regularly and I find in each of your videos some inputs that help me deal with... actually with myself 😊, better and better. Of course there are some difficult periods. Thank to your knowledge you give to us, also these periods are easier to handle. I really appreciate your work. You being often and compassion about helping people. I say thank you right now. Be sure, in my daily life I do this so many times. I hope these good vibrations reach you. I wish you and all of us all the best. Renata
Wow, Renata! ❤️❤️❤️ Right back at ya!
i’ve watched thousands of videos on this subject and this is, by far, the most informative and helpful one i’ve come across. thank you for what you’re doing!
I finally feel able to start brain training and these videos are really helping me learn little by little.
Thanks for the info!
First of all, I love your videos, I’ve watched many of them, but this thing going on with the camera effects is super distracting and messing with my brain (ironically).. I’ve had to start and stop the video a number of times.
You are a very effective and succinct speaker, and the camera effects are completely unnecessary imo. Thank you for all of your videos ❤
I totally agree. Yes, Raelan, you really do not need any effects and it is hard to watch (even if my brain is totally fine!). You are so interesting just the way you are.
Agreed Raelan needs no other props or fancy camera cut away she is genuine, natural, clear and compelling without it. Don’t guild the lily.
Great video but agree. The camera effects were distracting from her important messages.
It's not effects, it's just bad editing zooming in and out in odd places. Agreed, extremely distracting just for the sake of looking clever.
I LOVE your videos. You opened a HUGE door for me and I can't thank you enough. I have to agree with with Jessica, though. I was getting sea sicky toward the end of this one. I understand even an editor has a learning curve, but please pass this feedback along. Again, LOVE your videos. I hope this constructive criticism doesn't hurt anyone's feelings. You have our love.
Excellent material. Seriously adressing the gut followed by a brain retraining program healed me. Also, remember that it's not just neck down. I helped a lady who had been suffering from chronic headaches for around 70 years through brain rewiring!
How can 1 address the gut l m worries if l just take a probiotic can l worsen myself
the focus here is on brain retraining. try it!@@joanneclark8256
You have to find a good functional practitioner or naturopath. I know it's an investment, but short of training yourself on everything and figuring it out on your own, it's what's best. @@joanneclark8256
@lianpeet can you please help me as well majorly facing chronic headaches….is there a way to connect I am at my wits end
I still use old fashioned terms like nervous breakdown, so it was easy to make the jump to understanding the ANS view, it's still not a quick fix though, when you live,alone with no help and noisy neighbours, but I treat the whole thing like a wake up call and thankful, because when I fully recover I'm will have an awesome life
As long as one keeps perspective on the limitations of these practices, they can be very helpful. Cult members inflict these strategies to withstand abhorrent cultural practices. Don’t do that.
Additionally, our eyes don’t actually “see” but send signals to the brain and the brain is what sees. That doesn’t mean the sick events that are being observed aren’t actually happening. Self-gaslighting strategies have long been best sellers in the self-help industry. All that is to say, use these strategies with caution. Don’t gaslight yourself.
This all sounds very. interesting and makes me hopeful! I have been ill with ME/CFS for over 16 years. Some of what you said really resonated with me. I have always been a perfectionist with a type A personality. I am also an RN and was always caring for others and putting myself last. Thank you for sharing this info
Will someone recommend some books about brain training specifically?
This is such a good summary of brain retraining. I will be forwarding it on to a friend who has lived with CFS for 11 years. I have been using the Gupta programme for 3 years now and have improved greatly. Still not fully recovered but it has helped me manage living with the illness. Highly recommended. I have also just bought the curable app and am also finding that a useful addition to my tool kit. Good luck to everybody wherever you are on your recovery journey.
Where’s the step by step like the thumbnail says ?
Thank you!
Thanks for this! I agree with other comments that I prefer not having the camera zooming effects. You are great as you are!
I knew it was connected to cptsd/narcissist abuse…..and when i studied the nervous system for my nursing degree, I recognised the symptoms- but couldn’t quite put the jigsaw together - but meditation has always helped- so yes yes yes - glad I found you ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much! This is really helping ❤❤❤
Amazing job at talking about a tricky subject. This has been incredibly helpful for me.
Thank you so much, Elliot! Glad it was helpful ❤️
I like how you talk about piecing together your own program - treating it like a buffet.
Thank you so much for your videos as a long-term sufferer of ME/CFS it's great to know that things like brain training really do exist and they give us hope
Thank you for all the informations and your kindness. I can feel your compassion.
Long covid since June 2022, and I was told to include pacing as a main strategy.
But how can I pace efficientaly and rest, and at the same time, pay less attention to my symptoms and do thing, telling my brain that is ok?
Those two look like opposite things to me...
Mixed up a bit...😢 and still in a crash...
I love the Blue interludes ❤ it actually really helped keep my attention on what you were saying.
Super helpful! Thank you!
Before I heard about brain retraining I read the Dune series by Frank Herbert I found the Litany against fear helpful and how the Bene Geserit wete able to channel biochemical pathways in there own bodies. I understood that the mind was powerful and placebo effects were a real thing. So it makes sense getting sick is a way our brain protects us from truama or chronic over-work. Western medicine has a lot of catching up to do. Also I definitly recommend reading the Dune books haha.
I started with DNRS then moved o to Dr Cathleen King's Primal Trust. Loved them both. Primal Trust filled in the gaps that DNRS didn't have and after 20 plus years of illness I finally got better. Great video!
Thanks for sharing your experience! ❤️
Thank you so much for this you tube. I’m currently slowly tapering off of a prescribed benzodiazapine that was prescribed for sleep. (Little did I know that drinking coffee after 2 pm can interfere with falling to sleep at 10 pm.) Anyway, does anyone here know if brain rewiring will help with the scary, debilitating symptoms during a benzo taper/withdrawal. When taking a benzo, the GABA receptors are down regulated and the glutamate neurotransmitters are over firing, which results in physiologically induced fight/flight/freeze. And over the several years of tapering & being in chronic fight/flight/freeze, I have developed POTS symptoms, histamine and food intolerances, low blood pressure, extreme fatigue alternating with extreme anxiety. Also, it would be great if you are going through benzo tapering and have had success with brain retraining or any other programs or tools. Thank you!
Doing DNRS. And recovering from mold. Brain training has given me my life back
Hi Raelan, I have watched everyone of your videos. You are truly Amazing and Appreciated. I was wondering if you would consider doing a video explaining to our families and friends that think we've lost our minds. We for sure are NOT the same person that we were. Its such a scary place to be in when you look the same but are not the same..and will it ever be... Trying to explain this illness to family and people in our lives who have always been there is really hard. You are so knowledgeable in how you explain Cfs I thought you would be great helping to put the pieces together to help our families and friends understand.. ❤
Yes that would be great!
I am battling the same. They dont grasp anything 😢
Brain training/rewiring is definitely the biggest part of my recovery. But I would caution people in investing large sums of money in programs they aren't sure of, especially new ones with no proof of their track record.
Exactly! Where are the great programma for free ?
Thank you ❤
Your videos are sooooo helpful, thank you so very much❤ sending lots of love🙏
Raelyn is our champ! Go Go Go!
I have had a TBI and I was wondering if there’s anything that I can use to address this matter
Thanks good video and tips , I use multi approach, so many layers in my case. 😊🙏✨️❤
Dear Realan. Could you make a video or an interwiev with the term of "depression". Because of long covid I suffer so much not only with anxiety but also depression. It's so hard to stay hopeful while this covid ups and downs are hitting you. How did you deal with depression feelings or what are the experiences from others persons who went through this.
Thank you so much
Thankyou Raelan
Also such encouragement & hope for the future wellness 🙏🏻💗
Loving these videos. So refreshing and down to earth.
Thanks Dave, it means so much to me to hear that! ❤️
Great job, Raelan. Thank you 🙏
Great content in this video, thank you!
Love the dog it calms me
God bless you Raelan❤️❤️❤️🥰
at the end of the video you say and point upwards that you will put a link - its not there and nor is it in the links below. Please can you point me to the video you were talking about? Great video btw. Thanks
Also Raelan I really appreciate your videos. I just wanted to say the video kept zooming in and out and it made it a bit harder to pay attention. Thanks for the book recommendation.
Sorry about that!
DNRS is a wonderful, pretty decently inexpensive brain training program.
Thank you for this❤
you are the first person that i have found that has helped in this journey. For the first while I kept watching your videos and maniacally shouting out "YES, i have THAT symptom, too!" (household thinks i'm crazy!). Thank you for all of this content and resources. Do you have a list of coaches somewhere in one place?
Thanks, Niki! Happy to hear my channel was helpful. I don't have a coach list, but check out Liz Carlson's here: healwithliz.com/cfs-health-coaches/
I love the idea of the mat with questions, and moving through it physically, along with your thoughts. I can’t find an example online - can you link / share an example of that?
One of my Doctors (who died of COVID) mentioned this many times. Although he was hesitant to place a lot of weight on this line of thought. Just because he did not have enough information at the time.
I'm really sorry to hear about your doctor, and thank you for sharing their thoughts. It certainly isn't easy to keep up with the inflow of new information!
Thank you for Sharing ❤
Great video. However, everyone you mentioned has a pay wall $$$. It would great if you could post free brain training strategies for those of us whom are financially challenged due to our illnesses.
There are several cheap books giving out brain retraining exercises :) ("The way out" by Alan Gordon, "Breaking free" by Jan Rothney, "Get the life you love now", Dr Sarno's books... also I know of 2 ebooks about healing CFS, available for free written by Dakota Knight, and Loz Evans)
@@Pauline_mrt thank you.
Yess. Always paywall. Why not some free excersize?
Sure appreciate your videos. The camera effects are dizzying though. Thanks
Thanks for these teachings! This channel has changed my life. I'm my 5th day into brain retraing and it has caused a symtom flare. Is this normal? I'm just using the free training excercises I found.
Yes, this is very normal and very common. Your brain does not want to leave the path it has been on. I’m doing DNRS and this is how its explained. Keep going, don’t give up.
What were the 7 things?
Couldn't follow
I know that emotional stress and mental stress is a huge contributing factor in my issues and have considered brain retraining programs but there are so many of them. And they all cost money. Not to mention time which is an issue of itself. I was in a nice happy place for about 2-3 months feeling good for a change and then a domino of things happened and i could just feel myself fading back to the fatigued state of life 😢😢😢
Has anyone tried the Dynamic Neural Retraining System? Created by Annie Hopper in Canada,, I took a class on it and found it very helpful. There is also a DVD set that they used to sell (unsure if still sold as DVD) for at-home study. As far as brain training is concerned, it’s a very Impressive program
This video is brilliant Raelan. I love the way you demystify the term brain retraining and address what is actually happening with the information/ interpretation process from our body to brain and back down again. Also really appreciate the pointers to free content. I think that is so important. I do wonder whether it is possible to implement successfully if someone is experiencing ongoing unsafe living conditions- they may not have stable housing or experience ongoing abuse or other scenarios that are stressors of living in a wider environment that doesn’t offer stability or safety. I’d love to hear your thoughts about these issues particularly given your training in Social Work. Loving the work that you are creating.
I’m reading an amazing book at the moment that might interest others here about protection responses. It’s a deep dive into current science around persistent pain but is what you are describing here. Bodily Relearning by Ben Boyd (Noigroup). And I love the fact that she mentions more caution is needed to help people with ME/CFS - just the fact that it is addressed by a mainstream physio and so compassionately gives me a lot of hope and renewed conviction that this is the right path.
Oops. Auto correct typed out she instead of he for this author!
Question… After getting a pretty mild, intolerable case of Covid, two years ago, I’ve been left with a myriad of strange symptoms, and I believe it’s because of the emotional stress from Covid itself. Auto immune gastritis. Pernicious, anemia (which is B12 deficiency) Gastro paresis(slow motility) interstitial cystitis (bladder pain) and now neuropathy in my hands and feet, along with muscle twitching and calf tightness. Most everything has become mild and tolerable but now the neuropathy and muscle twitches are new. Vitamins and lab work are all normal. Neurologist said my MRI is fine so no chance of MS. I assume this is just all part of the chronic stress from the past few years. I haven’t been in any kind of worry state for the past month. I have excepted that my symptoms are from stress and I can go on with life with joy. However, the year long neuropathy doesn’t seem to go even when I’m happy. Do you find that sometimes it just takes a long time for certain conditions to heal? I was hoping that this month of letting everything go things would start to dwindle, but it’s not. And can I also assume that most auto immune conditions are from chronic stress?
Have you been checked for Lyme, mold toxicity, things like that? Certainly some things are neuro plastic, but not all (and personally I think many chronic issues are a mix)
What a sweet pooch, he even goes with the decor! I’m sure he’s good for the brain! 😅
I’m doing Rebecca Tolin’s course.
What about lyme and mold people where Dr don't know anything on are those people healing without treatment?
Where are the stories of people that were able to recover from cda/long cvd? I’d be interested to look into them.
Really confused/conflicted by this approach vs. a physical understanding of my health problems. With the brain training approach part of it is accepting that your symptoms are caused by your brain and knowing that is a part of the healing process... but what if in that process you are overlooking/denying serious physical causes to your illness. I have heavy metal and mold toxicity and now long covid as well, but I also have been dealing with lifelong anxiety and depression so I'm trying to work on the mental approach. The brain training and physical approach seem to be in opposition to each other -- they don't seem like they can coexist?
I'm in a very similar situation healthwise. My hope is that doing the brain retraining exercises will help resolve what is ready to be resolved right now, and maybe that will highlight the things I need medical help with. Even if the "highlighting" comes from having a clearer mind that is better able to assess my body's physical needs.
I fully recovered and mold was the "last straw" for me. Nothing changed for me of all treatments and intervention until I start doing work retraining (on top of dozen other elements that recovery is made of but brain retrainig created the tipping point). Once the nervous system is regulated again (brain training -neuroplastisity) the body knows how to find its way to homeostatis and will know how to deal even with a load of envrimental stressors as mold (of course reduce whatever is in your control). You can watch my recovery story if you google CFS Unraveled episode 10. Wishing you all your best in your journey back to health
Thank you
amazing video!!
Any stories of recovery from coughing and chest irritation - started 19 months ago from covid.
It sounds like this only works on very anxious or depressed people?
Lol love the scary face ur pet has. Pets make life happier ❤❤❤
I wonder if b4 and after spect brain scans would show any difference with brain retraining.
A simple exampe of how the brain takes over behavior was made clear to me when I worked at school where a common belief that the majority of severely overweight kids had was that, 'if I don't eat I will die'. An unqualified statement made by parents to get their kids to eat. They really took it seriously, and why not? We must be very careful what we say to ourselves and our children.
wow just one day after finding your videos i have started saying out loud IM SAFE MY BODY IS OK and I can tell my SENSATIONS are more manageable after i keep saying these statements.
If someone has used the gupta program--can you please let me know if it worked or not for CFS?
This was useful. I found your channel recently and although I am not diagnosed with chronic fatigue or ME, I've become interested in this idea of brain retraining. My symptoms are mostly back pain at the present and I did find Dr. Sarno's first book helpful. I'm a firm believer in the mind/body connection and have done a lot of work with The Emotion Code, and EFT (tapping). Are these considered the same type of methods as "brain retraining?"
I have not heard any mention of them on your channel or the other "brain retraining" channels. Ben Ahrens made the distinction between emotions and neurology, which I found quite puzzling. My understanding was that when we change our emotions, the structure of our brain also changes. See Dawson Church and Bruce Lipton. Would you bring some of those people on your channel? Thank you very much for your work and enthusiasm.
Thanks..
As a Long COVID health care provider for my family & friends, I thank you for the directory of resources. Could you address the topic of “helping me help you”. Like Jerry Maguire discovered - folks are soooo reticent to “try”.
With other words someone needs to be coachable (step into being student minded)
ArtemiC Rescue and Support combo treatment for Longcovid worked for us
What is the actual process?
You’re my boy blue!
I am not seeing the free brain training link in comments…..? Anyone else see what Raegan was referring to?
I love your videos. Please stop zooming in and out quickly as it takes away from your wonderful videos and it's very distracting. thanks you!
My brain basically stopped responding to stress and I’m not sure if it’ll come back 😐 so I have fatigue but I barely feel life anymore
That sounds like depression. I highly recommend talking to your doctor and getting a referral to see a psychologist.
I don't see those books you mentioned in the show notes. Can anyone help please?
I would like to know if this helps even if you no longer notice psychological distortions. As she was describing thought distortions and maladaptive response to symptoms, I don't currently notice having those. I wonder if some of what is happening can be below consciousness, more in the autonomic nervous system rather than conscious thought. I hope it is. I'm researching to see if I want to try this, but I don't think this is for me if it only works to changing conscious psychological processes.
I’m interested in either Gupta or DNRS but I can’t afford either… can’t even afford an ERMI to test home for mold 😭
Anywhere I can get free limbic retraining exercises?
Thx for the video!!!!
I am a proponent of brain retraining and I use it for healing, and I want to add, contrary to what's said in the video, that in my opinion me/cfs is not based in psychology.
Sarno is outdated. The application can still be used, but explanation of stuck emotions is not correct. Nervous system dysregulation based illnesses like PTSD are not the same as me/cfs.
Me/cfs is based in dysautonomia. Which is caused by infection induced trauma.
Still, techniques of brain retraining work for me/cfs too. In combination with exposure therapy. And maybe some other factors like diet, depending on a person.
Even if the body has an infection, the body has the innate tools and capabilites to bring to back to homeostasis. You have to support the parasympathetic nervous system to do so.
@@kala9907 your statement is totally correct and doesn't contradict what I say 😊 however, that healing ability has it's limits, Raelan talks about that in this video, a multifaceted approach is a good thing for me/cfs.
cPTSD is also based in dysautonomia as your ANS creates bodily symptoms. At least the kind of cPTSD that cannot be linked to a single traumatizing event.
A major problem with ME/CFS is that we do not have clusters of patients within this group. If you have chronic fatigue because you have been floxed with Cipro, brain retraining is probably not going to work. A minority of people recovers with HBOT, which usually does not work for the CFS-subgroup that can use brain retraining to recover.
And we still don't know if some people with LC actually have damaged brains and need another approach. However, brain retraining seems to be the most promising technique as we see way more recovery stories than with any other approach like anti-virals or supplements.
How do you do brain training with infection trauma?
@@multiversomental6893 the way that the brain retraining programs suggest.
Which program has floor maps????
So does DNRS or least they used to
He's such a cute puppy! I had one very similar - so adorable. However, he was demanding with walkies and from walking my cute little guy, I got attacked by a bunch of mosquitoes and ended up contracting Ross River Virus which triggered EBV and have suffered with ME/CFS for the past 7 years. I got to the point where I could no longer walk my dog and had to give him back to my daughter who no longer speaks to me. My life right now is pretty dismal I am sad to say.