Relaxation and breathing slowly is truly key it was the way I healed I did pelvic exercises which forced me to relax the breath slowly but the key for me really was stopping the fear. Once I know it’s of the mind u need to relax and do and stop the fear cuz u know what’s going on you heal. Also time for yourself love yourself eat cake walk if u want go to the store if u want just love yourself. My symptoms was headaches then pelvic issues, back and hip pain and dizziness but headaches and dizziness and pelvic issues were debilitating all healed.
I just teared up reading this headaches are my biggest symptom and so debilitating and it’s like I don’t even know how I’m gonna get to the other side. My anxiety has gotten so bad this last year just because of everything so it’s just hard anxiety, making me feel sad and fearful and headaches
@@lindawright636I had headaches in December 2023 8 months ago they were so scary I got panic attacks I went on medication for 1 week but I hate medication for anxiety so stopped. In may and April was my scariest time. I felt I was dying daily. Then I found Dan started seeing it’s all connected by June my headaches left and I developed pelvic pain started physical pelvic therapy which is basically breathing slowly. After two months they left me and I started dizziness I’m now overcoming dizziness I’m almost healed from that. So two months after I believed it’s TMS and stopped the fear it all left me.
@@amandataormina12headaches is scary as hell but they r stress. Stop reacting to ur fear just when it comes on say oh hi it’s ok and ignore it like see it but know it’s ok and the less u react the quicker it leaves it. Just relax walk run meditate and know it’s ok they truly were scariest thing but they left December- June I had them June I got like one a week or so but didn’t bother me I only get them if I’m very dehydrated. But pain moved to pelvic and that was scary I couldn’t shower for a month properly but after I saw therapy pelvic people saw it’s normal it didn’t bother me so much so symptoms moved to dizziness which was scray but that’s almost gone too. It’s ok u will heal. Headaches left me after 6 months and 2 months once I knew I’m ok it’s TmS I truly felt it was life long so scary but it goes just trust know and once u do it leaves slowly u don’t notice it but it leaves . All sudden ur dealing with other stuff.
New subscriber here. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia two years ago and I believe that it started with the pandemic. All the fear mongering etc. I was constantly in the fight or flight mode. I also was in CBT therapy for 6 years before the pandemic because of anxiety, and depression. I hope your videos will help me. I stay in severe pain all day. Thank you sir!
Also, if I might suggest, sometimes for people with a history of trauma, whatever form this takes, as Bessel van der Kolk says, the body has kept the score, and it's not always easy to persuade the brain that we're safe. Sometimes it does take understanding of how we got to where we are, compassion for the damage and hurt, the courage to face that. Then we can start reassuring ourselves that we're safe. Dr van der Kolk talks about how the body's response to trauma is to contract, to tighten, which ties in to Dan's post of yesterday. The other point he makes is that not all 'therapies' or strategies work the same for everyone. So some of us may need to get to the heart - literally - of our pain, before we can start believing in safety.
I too have read The Body Keeps the Score and can resonate with a lot of the information.... I've found the more I've learnt to connect within and not let my 'inner child' feel like she's alone or abandoned anymore - the more I can ask my body what it wants to show me / wants me to know when it is flaring... The hardest part is listening.... ❤
Van der Kolk is good at describing trauma in all its manifestations but he's not so good at finding solutions. Dan's work is better and much simpler, he talks about learning to feel safe now, never mind what happened 30 years ago, its done and dusted. Teach yourself to feel OK now, otherwise we can get stuck in the past and it still has a grip on us. Eckhart Tolle is also good at teaching this.
@@cg6067 I agree of course that we cant keep replaying what happened, but my personal experience as an advanced age is that I had become so used to just toughing up and getting on with things because I had to, I never really acknowledged the effects that rape, emotional abandoment, loss of the only family member I had in difficult circumstances, had contributed to my emotional state. And that's just three things. There are others, equally frightening and challenging to someone without support. And in my early thirties I had cancer. Not a surprise to me at all at this stage of the proceedings! What I'm saying is that for some people their life trauma has been seriously heavy, and it takes time and self compassion and understanding to get down to that. I totally go along with Dan's approach, I think it's great. But people are not all troubled equally. I think Van der Kolk does find solutions, because if you're constantly afraid but you don;t know why, how is it possible to feel safe? I understood that I had reached a point where, metaphorically, I was just absolutely unable to 'go over the top' again into the gunfire because I'd done it all my life. Understanding that helped me to understand why I'd become unable to put one foot in front of another, literally.
@@kateking3953 yes it is extra tough on some of us, I too have had similar to you. I have read Van der Kolk's book even though I always knew why I have walked in fear for most of my life, terrible things have happened which resulted in chronic pain for years which I still have. Our poor brains must be exhausted with pumping out stress chemicals for far too long. What can we do ? Bring ourselves to the present moment where none of these horrible things are happening. When past memories pop up I try to balance the bad memories with good ones over the years. We are a work in progress that's for sure. Good wishes to you
I agree sometimes it helps to know - but for the people who don’t or can’t go to therapy or figure it out - I think still trying to convince your brain you are safe can be possible. for example I tried to think of me as a child or a child in general who is afraid of something and we comfort her and tell her it’s ok! she doesn’t know it’s not ok but we reassuringly tell her, hug her - try to show her - stroke her hair relax her- also with a dog that is afraid of fireworks or thunder. they are safe in the house. even outside - but they don’t know
Hi Dan - thanks as always 💜 Would you consider doing a video on mould illness.. as it relates to tms please? As the ‘danger’ is real.. toxicity.. but the way through it is largely indifference and calming the nervous system so it can heal & detox. All symptoms also fit into the ‘is this pdp test’ - I scored 41.. So there must be a mind-body overlap? Kindest 🕊️
I did a review of the assessments a while ago, but cannot locate the video right now. Maybe I'll do another one like that. Do your best to simply answer each question true or false. If the question doesn't make sense, answer false. If you answer one or more as true, then it's TMS/PDP. IsThisTMS.com
Hi Dan. Do you have a video about new symptoms during recovery? I’ve read it’s super normal for it to happen when you stop responding with fear to the current symptoms and it’s happening to me now.
Ive only been following Dan for a bit and taken so much advice.one thing i noticed that is different from other limbic system videos is he does not talk about visualization or meditation. So according to him he healed without this??? Id love to know bc ive been doing visualizations for almost 5 months now even though i enjoy it, its quite the committment.
I find the assessments difficult to apply to mental issues like feeling down/depressed, anxiety, low energies. The questions seem to not be made for these kind of issues
Sir I am going through a tms. In the kitchen I can't stand for a long time. I can't do any physical work much.why my back stiffness or hurts a lot when I do a long time work. Same when I sit on a couch my lower back started to stiff. I feel very low energy in the work time. Like I feel I have no strength in the body. Along with pains or stomach issues I am facing facial hair. Periods irregular issues. Does this belongs to tms also? I live in a toxic environment from a 15 years I am suffering from this. I can't change my location bz I depend on them. But I don't like them. I do journaling. But daily I have face the people in my house. I set my boundaries too
Take the assessments I speak about all the time. IsThisTMS.com - do the FIT assessment on that page for each symptom. That will give you your answer. But yes, most likely it is all TMS.
I had seen another video where you had mentioned that doing breathing exercises is like telling the brain something is wrong. And you said something like “would you meditate or do breathing exercises if you would have never experienced pain before?” If the answer is no, then why do them now. Yet every video you start with taking a deep breath and telling us to relax. Does saying that not reinforce that we are not relaxed? Just learning and observing .
A relaxed body breathing comfortably conveys safety to the brain. That is not breathwork. It is simply conveying safety to the brain. I used to do 10 minutes of breathwork and then ask - did it work. I did it for an outcome. Relaxing feels good - but isn't fixing.
I know anxiety is the same as pain but when anxiety not only makes me think negative thoughts and a pit in my stomach but I physically feel sad… (anxiety changes my mood) How am I supposed to pay no mind to that? I can’t pretend to be happy when the anxiety symptom I have physically makes me feel sad. If that makes any sense. I know I don’t have to believe my negative thoughts, but am I supposed to just continue my day feeling sad and eventually conveying safety that goes away? That’s where I’m struggling.
I think just accepting your anxiety and sadness as it is in the moment is the way. Otherwise you are trying to fight it or push it away which puts your brain into more anxiety and fear. Calmly reassure yourself that this is just temporary and will pass is more likely to let the anxiety reduce. Clare Weekes said in her book "self help for your nerves" try to float through anxious thoughts and feelings. That helped me alot.
I actually find it easier to go exercise or do something when I feel sad in my brain compared to anxiety in my body if that makes sense. I’m terrified to move in case it causes me harm. Today I went for a esp and my chest hurt really bad I know anxiety is part of it but I also have mild asthma just hard to work out where it starts and ends
You really don't need to read someone else's success to get your brain calmed down. I understand the reasoning but no two people are the same. You can get there 🙏
FND is a medical label given to people showing certain symptoms. Many with TMS / Perceived danger pain and symptoms have the same symptoms of what doctors call an FND. The best way to know what is going on with you is to do the FIT assessment here: IsThisTMS.com - one or more true answers and YOUR symptoms are created by the brain perceiving danger and not some problems with your nerves. Davids success is close even though he didn't describe it as FND. ua-cam.com/video/63PkBotqVpE/v-deo.html I have many successes for fatigue: PainFreeYouSuccess.com - just scroll through the list to find them.
@@PainFreeYou it all makes sense I know it’s my brain in a fear response so hard to break the cycle but I believe in all your saying I will give it my best shot. Thanks
Relaxation and breathing slowly is truly key it was the way I healed I did pelvic exercises which forced me to relax the breath slowly but the key for me really was stopping the fear. Once I know it’s of the mind u need to relax and do and stop the fear cuz u know what’s going on you heal. Also time for yourself love yourself eat cake walk if u want go to the store if u want just love yourself. My symptoms was headaches then pelvic issues, back and hip pain and dizziness but headaches and dizziness and pelvic issues were debilitating all healed.
How long did it take for you to get rid of your pelvic pain once you let go of the fear?
I just teared up reading this headaches are my biggest symptom and so debilitating and it’s like I don’t even know how I’m gonna get to the other side. My anxiety has gotten so bad this last year just because of everything so it’s just hard anxiety, making me feel sad and fearful and headaches
@@amandataormina12 same here. Just finished crying.
@@lindawright636I had headaches in December 2023 8 months ago they were so scary I got panic attacks I went on medication for 1 week but I hate medication for anxiety so stopped. In may and April was my scariest time. I felt I was dying daily. Then I found Dan started seeing it’s all connected by June my headaches left and I developed pelvic pain started physical pelvic therapy which is basically breathing slowly. After two months they left me and I started dizziness I’m now overcoming dizziness I’m almost healed from that. So two months after I believed it’s TMS and stopped the fear it all left me.
@@amandataormina12headaches is scary as hell but they r stress. Stop reacting to ur fear just when it comes on say oh hi it’s ok and ignore it like see it but know it’s ok and the less u react the quicker it leaves it. Just relax walk run meditate and know it’s ok they truly were scariest thing but they left December- June I had them June I got like one a week or so but didn’t bother me I only get them if I’m very dehydrated. But pain moved to pelvic and that was scary I couldn’t shower for a month properly but after I saw therapy pelvic people saw it’s normal it didn’t bother me so much so symptoms moved to dizziness which was scray but that’s almost gone too. It’s ok u will heal. Headaches left me after 6 months and 2 months once I knew I’m ok it’s TmS I truly felt it was life long so scary but it goes just trust know and once u do it leaves slowly u don’t notice it but it leaves . All sudden ur dealing with other stuff.
New subscriber here. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia two years ago and I believe that it started with the pandemic. All the fear mongering etc. I was constantly in the fight or flight mode. I also was in CBT therapy for 6 years before the pandemic because of anxiety, and depression. I hope your videos will help me. I stay in severe pain all day. Thank you sir!
Welcome to the PFY family!
Ah that's much better, the nice friendly camera angle is back!
Anxiety is a "behavioural" issue not a mental health issue.
Brilliant information
Glad you liked it
Excellent video today
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amazing love ur work
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That's amazing
Do you have a video on pain and sleep?
ua-cam.com/video/9mO8FtKsSJw/v-deo.html
Also, if I might suggest, sometimes for people with a history of trauma, whatever form this takes, as Bessel van der Kolk says, the body has kept the score, and it's not always easy to persuade the brain that we're safe. Sometimes it does take understanding of how we got to where we are, compassion for the damage and hurt, the courage to face that. Then we can start reassuring ourselves that we're safe. Dr van der Kolk talks about how the body's response to trauma is to contract, to tighten, which ties in to Dan's post of yesterday. The other point he makes is that not all 'therapies' or strategies work the same for everyone. So some of us may need to get to the heart - literally - of our pain, before we can start believing in safety.
I too have read The Body Keeps the Score and can resonate with a lot of the information.... I've found the more I've learnt to connect within and not let my 'inner child' feel like she's alone or abandoned anymore - the more I can ask my body what it wants to show me / wants me to know when it is flaring... The hardest part is listening.... ❤
Van der Kolk is good at describing trauma in all its manifestations but he's not so good at finding solutions. Dan's work is better and much simpler, he talks about learning to feel safe now, never mind what happened 30 years ago, its done and dusted. Teach yourself to feel OK now, otherwise we can get stuck in the past and it still has a grip on us. Eckhart Tolle is also good at teaching this.
@@cg6067 I agree of course that we cant keep replaying what happened, but my personal experience as an advanced age is that I had become so used to just toughing up and getting on with things because I had to, I never really acknowledged the effects that rape, emotional abandoment, loss of the only family member I had in difficult circumstances, had contributed to my emotional state. And that's just three things. There are others, equally frightening and challenging to someone without support. And in my early thirties I had cancer. Not a surprise to me at all at this stage of the proceedings! What I'm saying is that for some people their life trauma has been seriously heavy, and it takes time and self compassion and understanding to get down to that. I totally go along with Dan's approach, I think it's great. But people are not all troubled equally. I
think Van der Kolk does find solutions, because if you're constantly afraid but you don;t know why, how is it possible to feel safe? I understood that I had reached a point where, metaphorically, I was just absolutely unable to 'go over the top' again into the gunfire because I'd done it all my life. Understanding that helped me to understand why I'd become unable to put one foot in front of another, literally.
@@kateking3953 yes it is extra tough on some of us, I too have had similar to you. I have read Van der Kolk's book even though I always knew why I have walked in fear for most of my life, terrible things have happened which resulted in chronic pain for years which I still have. Our poor brains must be exhausted with pumping out stress chemicals for far too long. What can we do ? Bring ourselves to the present moment where none of these horrible things are happening. When past memories pop up I try to balance the bad memories with good ones over the years. We are a work in progress that's for sure. Good wishes to you
I agree sometimes it helps to know - but for the people who don’t or can’t go to therapy or figure it out - I think still trying to convince your brain you are safe can be possible. for example I tried to think of me as a child or a child in general who is afraid of something and we comfort her and tell her it’s ok! she doesn’t know it’s not ok but we reassuringly tell her, hug her - try to show her - stroke her hair relax her- also with a dog that is afraid of fireworks or thunder. they are safe in the house. even outside - but they don’t know
Hi Dan - thanks as always 💜
Would you consider doing a video on mould illness.. as it relates to tms please? As the ‘danger’ is real.. toxicity.. but the way through it is largely indifference and calming the nervous system so it can heal & detox.
All symptoms also fit into the ‘is this pdp test’ - I scored 41..
So there must be a mind-body overlap?
Kindest 🕊️
If you look into Primal Trust or DNRS many people have had those issues and have had success healing
Dan can you cover the FIT assessment
One by one so sorry but I’m confused with the questions ❤
I did a review of the assessments a while ago, but cannot locate the video right now. Maybe I'll do another one like that. Do your best to simply answer each question true or false. If the question doesn't make sense, answer false. If you answer one or more as true, then it's TMS/PDP. IsThisTMS.com
@@PainFreeYou I’d be mega grateful 🙏🏼
Hi Dan. Do you have a video about new symptoms during recovery? I’ve read it’s super normal for it to happen when you stop responding with fear to the current symptoms and it’s happening to me now.
Here ya go: ua-cam.com/video/PTGuSyXNh8E/v-deo.html
@@PainFreeYou thank you so much!! 😊
Ive only been following Dan for a bit and taken so much advice.one thing i noticed that is different from other limbic system videos is he does not talk about visualization or meditation. So according to him he healed without this???
Id love to know bc ive been doing visualizations for almost 5 months now even though i enjoy it, its quite the committment.
I find the assessments difficult to apply to mental issues like feeling down/depressed, anxiety, low energies. The questions seem to not be made for these kind of issues
Sir I am going through a tms. In the kitchen I can't stand for a long time. I can't do any physical work much.why my back stiffness or hurts a lot when I do a long time work. Same when I sit on a couch my lower back started to stiff. I feel very low energy in the work time. Like I feel I have no strength in the body. Along with pains or stomach issues I am facing facial hair. Periods irregular issues. Does this belongs to tms also? I live in a toxic environment from a 15 years I am suffering from this. I can't change my location bz I depend on them. But I don't like them. I do journaling. But daily I have face the people in my house. I set my boundaries too
Take the assessments I speak about all the time. IsThisTMS.com - do the FIT assessment on that page for each symptom. That will give you your answer. But yes, most likely it is all TMS.
@@PainFreeYou what do when it triggers by the physical work or stress? Why back stiff too much during a house work
I had seen another video where you had mentioned that doing breathing exercises is like telling the brain something is wrong. And you said something like “would you meditate or do breathing exercises if you would have never experienced pain before?” If the answer is no, then why do them now. Yet every video you start with taking a deep breath and telling us to relax. Does saying that not reinforce that we are not relaxed? Just learning and observing .
A relaxed body breathing comfortably conveys safety to the brain. That is not breathwork. It is simply conveying safety to the brain. I used to do 10 minutes of breathwork and then ask - did it work. I did it for an outcome. Relaxing feels good - but isn't fixing.
@@PainFreeYou thanks
I know anxiety is the same as pain but when anxiety not only makes me think negative thoughts and a pit in my stomach but I physically feel sad… (anxiety changes my mood) How am I supposed to pay no mind to that? I can’t pretend to be happy when the anxiety symptom I have physically makes me feel sad. If that makes any sense. I know I don’t have to believe my negative thoughts, but am I supposed to just continue my day feeling sad and eventually conveying safety that goes away? That’s where I’m struggling.
I think just accepting your anxiety and sadness as it is in the moment is the way. Otherwise you are trying to fight it or push it away which puts your brain into more anxiety and fear. Calmly reassure yourself that this is just temporary and will pass is more likely to let the anxiety reduce. Clare Weekes said in her book "self help for your nerves" try to float through anxious thoughts and feelings. That helped me alot.
I actually find it easier to go exercise or do something when I feel sad in my brain compared to anxiety in my body if that makes sense. I’m terrified to move in case it causes me harm. Today I went for a esp and my chest hurt really bad I know anxiety is part of it but I also have mild asthma just hard to work out where it starts and ends
ua-cam.com/video/yGba7TskmwI/v-deo.html
@@PainFreeYou thank you 🙏
Has anyone made progress with recovering from functional neurological disorder and fatigue
You really don't need to read someone else's success to get your brain calmed down. I understand the reasoning but no two people are the same. You can get there 🙏
@@1STLUCKYB very good point will take that onboard thanks
FND is a medical label given to people showing certain symptoms. Many with TMS / Perceived danger pain and symptoms have the same symptoms of what doctors call an FND. The best way to know what is going on with you is to do the FIT assessment here: IsThisTMS.com - one or more true answers and YOUR symptoms are created by the brain perceiving danger and not some problems with your nerves.
Davids success is close even though he didn't describe it as FND.
ua-cam.com/video/63PkBotqVpE/v-deo.html
I have many successes for fatigue: PainFreeYouSuccess.com - just scroll through the list to find them.
@@PainFreeYou it all makes sense I know it’s my brain in a fear response so hard to break the cycle but I believe in all your saying I will give it my best shot. Thanks
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So, IF I have chronic DEGENERATIVE internal knee arthritis, does that mean it's all in my head. I was an avid jogger for 48 years? Please answer me
Look into knees over toes!
Perceived danger ? Like what?
11 examples. ua-cam.com/video/GFF4i9BYXZ0/v-deo.html