Anxiety & Hypermobility - Dr. Stephen Porges | English (EN) 

That’s absolutely it! I know my “anxiety” is physical, not psychological! It feels as though, out of nowhere, my insides are running for a bus they’ll never be able to catch. I’m so happy to hear this video…..thank you.

The more I go through life the more people are starting to explain my life experiences from a scientific perspective, experiences that were once poo pooed and discarded by sooo many people in my life. I really must learn to believe in myself better.

I could not click fast enough to listen! As a licensed professional counselor AND a person with EDS, seeing Dr. Porges on here was GOLD! I’ve done quite a number of his CEUs on polyvagal theory. I get so exhausted trying to talk with clinicians (behavioral health and medical) about EDS. I cannot be more thrilled someone as respected as Stephen Porges in the behavioral field is bringing EDS to the table. Thank you both!!! ❤🎉

I always knew that there was a link I’m hypermobile and have anxiety that comes out of nowhere thanks for this

Extremely helpful talk! As a patient that suffers with anxiety and C-PTSD this gives me much needed hope. Sincere thanks.

That intro ❤❤❤❤ I hope this reaches many many people who need to hear this trut

I had cancer of the bowel and had my large intesines messed with. Im convinced that my vagal nerve was sliced somehow during the surgery. I am also a yrsuma survivor and am goung through a difficult siruation rifht now. Ive made tremendous strides in my personal development and am enrolled in Mental.Health and Drug Counseling at this time. I am.also in full.remission from cancer almost 10 years now! I tried an out of body polyvagal stimulator worn on my outer ear and the results I found phenomenol! There is definately something to.this.

I used body scanning and the yogic breathing method to help me with ptsd and it worked. I use it now as a dancer. I am fine when I dance to music - I ve known this for years - the doctor asked me if I want to get an assessment - but I need space in my life with peace - too many untrained people, interfering which makes me worse

Great podcast! I have EDS, and I also have all the baggage that comes along with it: chronic pain, bruising, sprains, heart murmur, weird heart beat, asperger's, face blindness, etc. And anxiety, all my life. Which was made horribly worse after I was traumatized at age 36 by something that happened to me.

Thank you for this. Absolutely facilitating! I am a nurse so I find this such a useful insight into the mind and body connection and how we can best understand our patients, so that we can best treat our patients. I am also someone who has struggled to get Drs to listen or understand what is going on for me as who someone that is still struggling after an accident where I suffered multiple spinal fractures, cervical, thoracic and lumber. I also suffered hypoxia in this accident and it took me a very long time to regain my speech and cognitive function. I have been left with a chronic pain disorder, osteoarthritis, and hyperkyphosis after a failed fusion , also there is a ptsd component. I suffer from bouts of anxiety that come from no where and Drs are blaming my symptoms on the anxiety which I know isn’t the case, it is more of a physiological anxiety, rather than a fear or an anxiety of things happening to me, I just feel dreadful, I have balance problems, digestive problems, nausea, brain fob, swallowing problems, low mood, respiratory problems due to the inability to breath properly due to spinal deformity and lack of space on my chest, palpitations , digestive issue, dizziness, postural hypotension with a very elevated heart rate increase on standing. I haven’t fainted yet, but been close. shortness of breath. I am now doing research into how the combination of injuries and symptoms fits together. There is definitely something not right. I really do feel that the injury was the trigger that started off a chain reaction. I don’t know what’s up but it’s more than just in my mind as I feel drs think is what is happening and I feel that is such a poor excuse for basically saying I don’t have no clue what’s going on and I don’t have time to spend looking into this, which I’m a way is not their fault, but it’s sad because you feel so dismissed and when your life suddenly comes to a Gault in your early 40s after being a very fit, healthy, vivacious, fun independent goal oriented and hard working to someone who is a shell of their former self, sad, has no social life, l”unable to work and that has a financial toll, the worst is not being able to be the mother to my children I once was and that breaks my heart. Sorry debriefing here, hopefully no one will read this anyway. Thank you this was insightful and helpful

Dr. Porges is a gift to humanity! The InsyteILS therapy helped my son resolve sympathetic dominance due to PTSD and dysautonomia, pain. This is real, and finally we have gifted doctors unifying their various disciplines toward real healing. We are so thankful 🙏🙏🙏🙏💝💝💝💝🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

Brilliant chat between 2 eloquent experts :-) Thank you. I wish my GPs would listen to this & then they might listen to me

Finally someone understands!! Thank you!

Yes lack of blood flow to brain...not enough to make you pass out, but not full blood flow to head , in certain neck positions with cervical instability can cause your body to feel something is wrong and anxiety is an automatic feeling ...thanks for the conversation ❤...anxiety is not often psychological...it's structural stress and autonomic dysfunction...nerve signals not getting through.

Goodness we are certainly blessed w/Dr. Porges and it’s relatability w/EDS/HMS it’s lovely to bridge that Gap!

Very interesting and encouraging to hear this kind of discussion happening.. ❤

Wow this makes a lot of sense

Thank you so much for this talk, it was so very interesting! Amazing introduction! Thank you to both speaker's.

Valuable indeed

Thank you for interviewing Dr Porges!

❤ what a wonderful conversation. Thank you so much for sharing this.

Thank you.💛

Cant thank this Dr enough, this all started with a brain injury and my bowels just stopped working. Add a second brain injury because of lack of balance from the first one, and the bowel and stomach pain went thru the roof, 24/7. Then i developed leaky bowel with overblown inflammation then causing dislocations of joints. Thanks a ton Dr

Thank you both so much 🙏🏽🙏🏽 this connects the dots for me!!

My GP is constantly pushing me over to psychiatry and don’t need to go there. I need less to do and support for not overwhelming me. Others cause my problems by being pushy and not believing me

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😮 fibromyalgia lupus Rheumatoid arthritis 😮 PTSD depression Anxiety ED . BDP. I need chemo therapy?!?!?

And the subconscious.mind is part if the body

The Asperger's must be the link causing the anxiety because it's central nervous system disorder

What can we eat to regulate neurotransmitters that Dr. Stephen Porges mentioned at the end?? Kindly let me know

So hes talking of the subconscious mind causing the anx?

i'm confused by porges saying the eds caused by a trauma trigger. People are either born with the genetic makeup or not. So does he mean ancesteral trauma? Or that the problems it causes are introduced after life trauma? Or that the whole thing could appear completely after a life trauma, in which the college was normal previous to it?

Thank you for all this information! ❤❤❤