Brain Retraining Didn't Help Shelley: What Finally Worked!

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In this video, Shelley Townsend shares her journey of struggling with Long Covid, receiving little support from medical professionals, trying various treatments, and eventually finding improvements through a holistic approach and mindset shifts.
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00:00 🤝 Meet Shelley Townsend
01:58 💪 Getting Ill Overseas
05:21 🏥 How She Got Diagnosed
07:20 🌱 Beyond Regular Medicine
10:14 🇬🇧 First Recovery Steps
11:30 🛑 What Didn't Work for Shelley
12:55 👀 Eyeball-Eating Therapy🍴
14:04 🙏 Things That Helped a Bit
15:54 🧾 A Recipe for Failure
16:49 🧠 Why Brain Retraining Didn’t Work For Me
17:36 ⚖️ How Recovery Progress Looked Like
19:28 ⛰ Getting Over Another Big Setback
22:19 💖 A Compassion-Driven Career Change
24:37 📝 Shelley's #1 Hard-Won Insight
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@lindsayh1502 2 месяца назад

Brain training, nervous system work, somatic practices are all wonderful but they won’t work if you “rush” through. This is a lifestyle change. This is a new way of being. A letting go of the old self. Bringing safety to your system … daily… for the rest of your life. And why wouldn’t we want that? It’s a beautiful investment in ourselves ❤

@mattsetoki2304 2 месяца назад

Needed to hear this today. It feels like a curse most days but the amount of personal growth and mental strength I’ve gained in such a short amount of time (1 yr and 4 months) it is an investment in yourself and the payout lasts the rest of your life. Blessed not cursed.

@germanside7890 2 месяца назад

You are sooooo right, I totally agree with you.

@finnroohomebrewing1846 2 месяца назад

Very well said.😎👍

@mrjackolanterns 2 месяца назад

@@mattsetoki2304 25 months in and I've come to realize one irrefutable truth.... This is a spiritual rebirth. Period. I realized this after my one year mark when I didn't want to live anymore because of the suffering. This is when something started to blossom inside of me that I can't even begin to explain. You feel it. Stay the course, fellow traveler.

@mattsetoki2304 2 месяца назад

@@mrjackolanterns I will do that! Thank you brother 🤙🏽

@princessdee01 2 месяца назад

Brain retraining doesn’t mean it has to be a program or something fancy. Slowing down, yoga nidra and all the things she talked about ARE brain retraining. We’re brain retraining all day long. It just means where we’re putting our focus and how we approach life and becoming aware of our patterns and how what we need in the moment ❤

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

Excellent perspective! Some of those programs are $300++ , out of my budget! I have a hard time with anxiety and not panicking and going down 12 rabbit holes at once.. I haven't tried yoga nidra yet..

@PeaceIsYeshua 2 месяца назад

@@tanyawieczorek6603 Curable is affordable! Small monthly payment. It’s got good science behind it, and I’ve heard positive feedback! Raelan has done an episode on it as well. ❤

@TheHolisticPaul 2 месяца назад

Absolutely agree 100%. Our brain is changing everyday and we can retrain it by shifting what we focus on and engage in mood elevation in a way that resonates with us.

@lenaferra1923 2 месяца назад

Brain retraining is not just about meditation 🧘

@PrettyH1 26 дней назад

I always wondered what the difference is between brain retraining or nervous system regulation and breathing exercises pranayama meditation. I feel more stressed to do a program than just doing breathing exercises and visualization and stuff.

@carolnascimento7494 2 месяца назад

Slowing down is the best to begin a solid recovery path.

@swyllie30 2 месяца назад

Nice to see a recovery story that didn’t involve anything but time really. When people say it was only some complex brain retraining etc it puts so much pressure on people. I think most people recover with just time. But claim it was something they did when they were recovering anyway.

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

And not everyone has $600 to spend on just one of those courses..!

@swyllie30 2 месяца назад

@@tanyawieczorek6603 I know right. Don’t know why these recovered people need to make so much money off sick people.

@PeaceIsYeshua 2 месяца назад

@@tanyawieczorek6603 Most are $300, and Curable is small monthly payments and has good science behind it, so that may be worth trying. However, I don’t think time is the answer, as many of us have been struggling for decades. I hope everyone finds what they need. ❤

@patti.untouchedbytrauma 2 месяца назад

I did all the courses and only somatic work and calming down centering exercises I created for myself worked for me. You don’t need a program, community or anything except peace and time.

@PeaceIsYeshua 2 месяца назад

@@patti.untouchedbytrauma That’s so interesting that it was the somatic/bottom up approaches that worked for you, and since you’re an empath and intuitive, I bet that really helped you figure out what your body needed. That is amazing. I’m glad you’re better! 🎉

@estherzwaan9928 2 месяца назад

Ha, I was given antidepressants in the beginning too, when no doctor could figure out what my problem was. I wanted to try everything, even though I felt really very sick physically, and I even agreed to see a psychologist. When that didn't work and I was found somewhere unconscious on the floor, my doctor sent me to the hospital with a letter to that specialist, in which she didn't mention any of my physical symptoms like pain, fatigue and even fever, but only 'is seeing a psychologist, is on antidepressiva'. Not surprisingly, the specialist advised me to move on to a psychiatrist instead. I ended up with no help whatsoever, house- and mostly bedbound for years, improving a little but still very limited. It has been twenty four years now, and this channel gives me so much hope that there is a future for me! Because finally, I find out there are tools to work with, so I am working on it, to put together a set that will help me to get my life back. What a day that will be...

@seattledutch 2 месяца назад

It seems to be long COVID is spawning lots of health coach businesses. I suppose where medicine fails, experience-based experts step in. What I have observed is that most people seem to heal sonewhere between 12-24 months. This disease needs rest… my cardiologist couldn’t work for 2 years but fully recovered in 2 1/2. He said: rest and acceptance is the only medicine.

@KaliyahAnn123 2 месяца назад

Shelley. I 100% relate. Feel like we’ve walked the same path. I’m still up and down as well. I agree with accepting where you are in the moment really helps. I also find that if I can calm myself and stay calm and confident I do much better. It’s staying calm that is a challenge for me. Bless you for what you are doing!!

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

This is my problem too, not panicking and going down 15 rabbit holes at once and scaring myself that this is permanent... what are your calming techniques?

@carl8568 2 месяца назад

@@tanyawieczorek6603 Do you follow Mindful Gardener?

@marcelafenner3772 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much for mentioning that the type of brain retraining you were doing was stressful. I tried a Brain retraining program for 1 1/2 years and every time I did the exercises I started crying and feeling worse and the brain retraining guy who had made up that program had no idea of what the problem was. Different methods help different people. Good luck on your journey ❤

@RaelanAgle 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing Marcela! Every experience adds so much in broadening our understanding. 💖

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

What was the problem?

@marcelafenner3772 2 месяца назад

Hi Tanya That instead of making me feel better or working for me in a positive way, that brain retraining method was very stressful for me and made me feel worse. And the person that had made the program was not helpful on providing the way to do it that was appropriate for me. I have come a very long way with CFS and still have a way to go . Thank you Raelan so much for your videos.

@truthprevails7085 2 месяца назад

I feel you!

@EvinFox 2 месяца назад

Not to be hyperbolic, but I have to say this is my favorite interview so far. This woman mirrors my own experience. I’m going to check into more of the approach she is using.

@user-pu9sc3tw4h 2 месяца назад

Hey, please do not hesitate to reach out :)x

@crystalwebb5725 Месяц назад

Acceptance, slowing down definitely helps. Still hoping for recovery. Thank you

@albineg 2 месяца назад

What will work is individual and contextual. Many factors in play. The order of treatment (layering), who is treating, what tools are used, frequency and dosing. If you tried a treatment modality it may or may not work depending on when, why and how it was implemented and by whom. Many can say "I tried it and it didn't work", or the opposite. But what did they try? There are many ways of brain training for example, and brain training adress one aspect of an illness for people, shutting down the chronic fight or flight. But if the underlying triggers are still there for example a chronic infection, mold toxicity or stressful relationships as examples, brain training ofc is not going to "solve" everything. ME/CFS is just a label, like any other type of diagnosis it does not reflect the individual. 10 people with ME/CFS may all have separate root causes. That is why brain training work for some, and treating infections work for others, or just adressing nutrition works for some others. All is ok. Take care!

@catherinerulekowski9129 2 месяца назад

Really helpful video. I'm mostly bedridden right now due to a heavy year, circumstantial. But I'm so sure I can get so much better. All the things I've dipped into over many many years have come to the fore and I believe in them, like yoga nidra, breathwork, all sorts of stuff. But like this lady said, it's counter productive to have a checklist or to overanalyze anything, or get frustrated. I'm meeting myself where I'm at with compassion and humour and gratitude for what I can do each day. Good luck and prayers for everyone recovering.

@healingjourney722 2 месяца назад

Helpful video. I have been improving with the things she mentioned helped her and I do also implement things learned from brain retraining programs but the fixing intention and urgency are counter productive, I find they’re most effective with lots of self compassion and acceptance, slowness etc. Anything that brings the nervous system to equilibrium and signals safety to the brain.

@sublimestudi000 2 месяца назад

thank you, raelan

@katcihealer Месяц назад

If feels like most doctors don't care. They don't have time. When you can't breath you want someone to care.

@kfespirituu Месяц назад

Yes, especially in Canada!! They’re too busy to even ask proper questions.

@vegamusician 2 месяца назад

Raelan thank you for your continued hope giving information and education. There is a really extreme case from another youtuber, The physics girl who is totally bed bound. I hope she can come on here and talk about her recovery down the line.

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

She is still bed bound, or recovered?

@karentweedley5478 2 месяца назад

I am still trying to reach my equilibrium with pacing, but I really feel like I might be turning a corner. It’s been 2.5 years and I haven’t been able to walk or talk recently. I already had a good diet, it’s not perfect, but I need some joy from somewhere and these are the things I have committed to do daily. I’m probs 3 weeks into that commitment. Infrared light therapy Supplement regime, newly added in NAC Lymphatic drainage massage 5 mins meditation Have the window open for most of the day I’ve recently added a very simple brain training ‘thing’ after watching R’s video, whereby I centre myself for a few breaths and then visualise any pain or discomfort getting smaller/slower/ less loud. I’ve included physical, emotional and cognitive energy in the pacing and have found watching Murder She Wrote takes less energy than lying in bed, trying not to think. Hopefully some of these tips will help others x .

@RaelanAgle 2 месяца назад

So many great insights, Karen ❤️ Thanks for sharing! Love how reading 'Murder She Wrote' works for you 😂

@karentweedley5478 2 месяца назад

@@RaelanAgle😂 who knew

@PeaceIsYeshua 2 месяца назад

@@karentweedley5478 Aww!!! My grandmother loved watching Murder She Wrote! 🥰 I’m glad you found something that relaxes you!! That so so great! I feel that way about Star Trek TNG and Voyager, both are sooo calming and peaceful to me. Hehe! Just a caution with having the windows open-if it’s really hot out, and the AC is running, the hot air mixed with the cold I believe can cause mold to form-or, if it’s really humid out too. But I know what you mean-I love having mine open too!! ❤

@Nate-kt9rs 2 месяца назад

Hang in there. It's rough sometimes. I pray the experts find more answers and that God brings healing to those of us still suffering.

@PeaceIsYeshua 2 месяца назад

@@Nate-kt9rs Amen. 🙏🏻 I try to pray for us all most every day. There are so many people suffering. I pray you are at peace on your journey to getting well, Nate!

@MyZABOZA 2 месяца назад

Thanks for your testimony…

@jtmcdermott4728 2 месяца назад

Awesome job 🎉

@gavinmetzler858 2 месяца назад

A testosterone booster from a supplement company in Australia helped me immensely. Energy came back and brain fog gone, after like 2 days. And it doesn't seem to come back if I stop taking it. Been about 2 weeks, so don't want to get too excited, but the change was huge and fast, like nothing else I've tried.

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

Sounds like that supplement would be just for men... ? Glad its helped you..

@sachavanmeir1591 2 месяца назад

@@tanyawieczorek6603 women need testosterone as well.

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

@@sachavanmeir1591I know, but not as much as men.

@PeaceIsYeshua 2 месяца назад

Diet has a huge factor on testosterone, and it’s better to control it through diet. Paul Saladino and Jay Feldman have great information on this.

@gavinmetzler858 2 месяца назад

@@tanyawieczorek6603 Not really, its just things like magnesium, B6, horny goat weed etc.

@danijeanes5078 2 месяца назад

Didn't really say anything about how to recover and doesn't seem to be recovered this was a very vague interview

@lucymcmanus3451 2 месяца назад

There was a lot about the mindset with which we approach our recovery lifestyle and recovery techniques.

@danijeanes5078 2 месяца назад

@@lucymcmanus3451 please outline them

@truthprevails7085 2 месяца назад

Good to hear brain training didn’t work, as well as John Sarno’s theory on the last video. At least for me they didn’t. I really thought Dan B’s simplified, which I appreciated, Program would work-but to no avail… so have just been doing again what 😘she describes here for the last decade. And it took me a decade to figure that out before the last decade lol🎉

@RaelanAgle 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much for sharing your experience - what a great reminder of how important every single story is in deepening our understanding! 💖

@NoNo-zf6tz 2 месяца назад

Just curious how long did you try the brain training with consistency ?

@truthprevails7085 2 месяца назад

@@NoNo-zf6tz about 6 months, the last round.. many times b4 that. 🙂

@truthprevails7085 2 месяца назад

@@RaelanAgle ❤️🤗

@marlac.876 2 месяца назад

So what worked for you?

@regina6838 2 месяца назад

What type of energy medicine did you try? I ask because it's so varied and it's all lumped in together as one thing.

@user-pu9sc3tw4h 2 месяца назад

Hey, I've had reiki, polarity therapy and the plant medicine had energy healing elements.

@davec3568 2 месяца назад

Sounds similar to my issue... woke up feeling like I was run over by a truck overnight. Nervous system and gut completely messed up, tachycardia, endurance and recovery massively compromised. 6-7 months later I got diverticulitis, in hindsight it occurred soon after the covid incident. Then a few months later I got some other bug, maybe covid again, idk. Things weren't looking up to put it mildly. But ivermectin did work for me, night and day difference, it put me on the road to recovery. I'm feeling pretty good now but about 2 months ago I tore a rotator cuff and had shoulder surgery so I have no idea what my endurance and recovery after a hard effort are looking like. I also got tinnitus and am trying 3-day water fasts to help. I've only done one so far but it did have an effect on tinnitus. I will continue and do more but am skipping a month to make sure my shoulder has the best chance of recovery. Good luck!

@ianmilnes4019 2 месяца назад

Love the T Realan

@carolnascimento7494 2 месяца назад

Sometimes I wonder if it could be persistant virus protein. Even if so, do these brain training and nervous system work ? Does anyone have any idea??

@cooki47 Месяц назад

I wonder the same thing. My white cell count is still high and I had Covid just before the New Year.

@seanm.collins9888 2 месяца назад

So Shelley can still not get back to her old job physically, but she recovered?

@user-pu9sc3tw4h 2 месяца назад

Hello, I haven't fully recovered yet and wouldn't go back to my old career right now as I do not feel like I have physical capacity. Teaching yoga and massage can be very draining physically and energetically even for the fittest/ healthiest person :) That might change in the future!

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

@@user-pu9sc3tw4hare you Shelley?

@luistirado88 2 месяца назад

@@user-pu9sc3tw4h You'll get there, Shelley. We're all rooting for you.

@justbecauseican1410 2 месяца назад

Sounds like you did mostly top down brain retraining. I wonder what program you did. If you had a program that covers both somatics you would see results. But its not about fixing your synpromts. Bu focusing on that you set yourself up for failure. Your focus should be on your true self and livinf a life in alignment with what you love. That is the key to healing.

@user-pu9sc3tw4h 2 месяца назад

Hey, I completely agree that it is not about fixing symptoms and focusing on living your true authentic life! The programme was Primal Trust which is brain retraining and somatics and I did see some improvement! It was not the end all though and I believe it depends how you approach these modalities. When I did the programme I was in a state of fear, urgency and despartation. Thank you for your message.

@justbecauseican1410 2 месяца назад

The right mindshift and intention is really important. But you had the right mindshift when you did the other things. I hope you will be recovered fully. Wish you strength 👏

@lindsayh1502 2 месяца назад

@@user-pu9sc3tw4hPrimal Trust sent me back a bit actually but I know it can work well for lots. I found instant relief from Rebecca Tolins Be Your Own Medicine course. It’s so slow and simple … you just do a little each week over the course of a few months. I felt so safe and relaxed while doing it - which I hadn’t felt in other programs.

@PeaceIsYeshua 2 месяца назад

@@lindsayh1502 I’m so glad you found something that worked for you! Rebecca Tolin’s course is $600 for anyone curious. I’m willing to try $300 but not $600, but maybe I’ll change my mind down the road. It would certainly be worth it if it worked! I’m going to look into-your post has me intrigued. 😊

@lindsayh1502 2 месяца назад

@@PeaceIsYeshuayes they’re not cheap that’s for sure. I found Rebecca’s very reasonable with what I was receiving weekly from the course. I still use her methods and practices 18 months later! 😁 I’m so thankful for her ❤

@nataliebutler 2 месяца назад

I like to know what test were recommend in the UK as doctors can differ in their approach. I was diagnosed with cfs about a decade ago, and beyond basic blood tests, recieved no support from the nhs. I've recently discovered there are now cfs clinics but I'm still on the wait list, and as far as I'm aware they don't have much success.

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

Did anything ever come up abnormal on your tests?

@nataliebutler 2 месяца назад

@@tanyawieczorek6603 I did have Epstein-Barr antibodies. I don't think the tests were very comprehensive.

@khatijakay4107 2 месяца назад

Do try the clinics but sadly it wasn’t a good experience for me

@eviemorgs 21 день назад

They can’t really help, my experience was they clinically assess and diagnose you (there is no test) and then offer an intervention to help manage symptoms ie CBT and then you’re discharged from the service

@Rising497 2 месяца назад

Shelley I’m from Brighton too!! Could we connect??

@user-pu9sc3tw4h 2 месяца назад

Yessss please do!

@Rising497 2 месяца назад

@@user-pu9sc3tw4h how do I get in contact?

@truthprevails7085 2 месяца назад

My comment was denied, testing this one

@RaelanAgle 2 месяца назад

Not sure what happed, YT can be quirky sometimes. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@truthprevails7085 2 месяца назад

@@RaelanAgle 2nd try was successful 👍

@PeaceIsYeshua 2 месяца назад

@@truthprevails7085 YT is notorious for deleting people’s comments. :/ Certain words get auto deleted. If I type Raelan’s name anywhere but here, it usually gets deleted. 😭 And some channels have filters that make it even more difficult to post. It’s frustrating!

@katcihealer Месяц назад

Ivermectin works, but seven days no. No way.

@charlesfuchs 2 месяца назад

Its funny that all these people become "coaches" and start selling stuff hahaha

@RaelanAgle 2 месяца назад

It's eye-opening how people who recover from this horrific illness come out so compassionate, getting into the trenches to do the best they can for our community the medical system has left behind. They're truly making a difference. 😊

@charlesfuchs 2 месяца назад

@@RaelanAgle "For a certain amounts of $$$, i can help you".

@luistirado88 2 месяца назад

@@charlesfuchs People need to make a living bro. Is that a sin?

@tanyawieczorek6603 2 месяца назад

@@luistirado88 this type of potentially life-changing information should be given out freely. Or do poor people not deserve to regain their health? If/when I recover, I'd be shouting it from the rooftops..

@cfsdocbrown 2 месяца назад

@@tanyawieczorek6603what do you think this whole channel is? And there are hundreds of others. But general information that may or may not apply to your specific case and that you may or may not be able to implement is only so helpful. The real work of coaching or doctoring is time consuming and difficult. If we didn’t take compensation in some form we wouldn’t have the ability to do it.