I forced myself to keep a dinner date with a friend the other night after 2 days of constant ice pick on the right side of my head. I had it all thru dinner. I recognized and made sure I was continuing to breath thru it. I still engaged with the server and my friend. she said to me, Are you still having that stabbing right now? And I'd say yes and it's ok. I DID IT!!!!
Good job. Freeze can feel like hardest state to move out of. It’s good to remember that this is just a nervous system state going off in you, there’s no danger or threat in the things you are doing. It’s tough but keep moving and reassuring your brain you’re fine. See the nervous system reactions from a neutral standpoint theyre just very uncomfortable sensations trying to freeze you. With all these conditions we have to coexist with reactions until they settle. The key is to stay separated in your mind from them so you handle them. They will stop in time once you’ve shown your brain through repetition and reassurance
Wow- mind blowing sir, I mean, seriously I have been on the journey of trying to figure out what this chronic pain is, and I did come to a point recently, where I figured it was psychosomatic for me, but it wasn’t sure how to stop it or what to do when it comes on and these videos are really helping me and validating me in so many ways!! Ugh! And I am studying the pass out of disease and alternative therapy-so I’m having this new conflict where I feel like the real medicine is this! Not herbs or fitness, but really getting stable mentally and emotionally❤ it’s the key 🔑- and so helpful to just understand it and know that I’m not crazy there’s nothing wrong with me and I can face this
I definitely have gone into freeze energy a lot but also fight and flight. I think I have moved around all three and developed crazy back pain, but it goes away when I’m in nature and when I’m with my friends.😅 so I know there’s hope for me and for all of us
THIS. This is it right here. The more I confront all the things that scare me with the clarity that this is just tension, the more I learn how much influence and control I really do have. I tell my brain to stop being such an overachiever because it’s being waaayy too careful and then ride the wave of sensations until it calms down.
I also just got SO TIRED of always having a ‘caveat’. Like, oh I can do that but I have to sit the whole time, etc. Normal people don’t talk or think like that. If symptoms come on, fine. Whatever!
You got it! That’s the approach. The answer to fear is to confront it just like you said. When you don’t confront and face it it gains more power over you. When you do face and confront it you weaken it!
Thanks so much for all you do here, Jim! When I decide to not resist or control and let the symptoms come as they need to, i at times get a lot of anxiety coming up.. it's like I'm afraid of it will get worse by feeling them and not having a fixing plan.. You talked about facing the symptoms in a state of calm... But for me, if I'm anxious that just puts another layer to it, cause if I try to get calm it's the same fixing mind which operates.. what are your thoughts here? Make space for the anxiety about facing the symptoms as well as the physical symptoms?
The symptoms I get still scare me too much. They mess up my hole NS, and won't let me relax into them. They come up late, like 6 hours day later, and they stay for days. Can only do my best to stay somewhat online and not totally totally freeze.
that would be sent to the sensitization when you get a strong reaction like that. That’s not normal for any type of tissue or structural issue. The reaction is harmless. Still can be quite severe. Just calm down and try to get back on the horse again and work through it the key thing is that you work through symptoms while they are there to show the brain there is no danger.
@@thepainpt The horse will have to wait for a day. Calming and soothing it will be. The ONLY thing that I dislike about your advices isthat you allways say "do it every day". Doesn't make sense, in my opinion. Limbic brain needs to settle some first, when in a big flare. Pushing through would not be helpfull in any way. It would throw me back for days. That is my experience. As long as Mr Limbo and Ms Amy are firing, I'd better lay low for a day or so. They WILL come back with a vengeance. No need to torture myselve. Hopefully the lessons from the classes, where you seem to be much milder, will get me there... in time..
@@jossjekraayvanger7131 the key is trying to find the balance between moving forward and being able to deal with the upticks or flareups and you can see them as being OK. What you don’t want is a roller coaster ride because you end up going in a circle you need a graded gradual approach where you go slowly but continuously forward
The other thing too is the word pushing you don’t want to push you want to ease forward to doing it from the relaxed place and you have to see any symtptoms as being OK it’s just coming from a sensitize brain if you react to it or you think it’s bad your reinforcing it and you’ll be stuck on the roller coaster ride
I get very stressed up in dealing with relationships, that is why it becomes difficult or rather impossible to stay calm, relaxed while facing them. So the only way to go through the process of facing them is for my mind and body to go to overdrive and fight the situation, to bring the resolution. After that my nervous system starts to get relaxed, but in the meantime the immune system goes down and brings illness. I know the theory to stay calm, but in practice this is impossible to handle the whole situation by my stressed nervous system! What's the solution, please?
I'm afraid I'm in that freeze mode because I'm having difficulty breathing and walking. I'm still gently pushing myself to do things that take all my energy like make a meal and I'm starting to try taking small walks but how do you relax when you can't breathe or feel your limbs? I just wish I knew how
I'm praying for you 🙏🏽 why can't you feel your limbs?. I understand if you don't want to mention it because I can't mention my pain because I feel that it gives it life and I have to believe I'm healed and there's nothing wrong with me. 🙏🏽
Im dealing with this too along with a lot of other symptoms. I’m making major progress with the clarity that these sensations are just TMS and I’m just doing all the things that scare me because I’m tired of being in this horrendous bondage. I tell my brain that I have just as much energy as the next person (because this is true) and I don’t care if the sensations are there or not. I’m gonna do what I need and want to do anyway. It’s all just fear.
What about ehlers danlos and Chiari CCI possible tether cord and thoracic outlet syndrome-- I know these are structural issues but isn’t this work still bring healing to this I know people who healed CCI doing Brain retraining? What do you have to say about all of this
Where does paying no attention to symptoms fit in? So not facing the symptoms. But also not fight or flight. Basically ignoring the symptoms. The pain is 24/7, so I tend to filter it out rather than face it, but I didn’t relate to the descriptions of fighting, freeze, flight
Yeah facing it is not necessarily ignoring it but could be depends on how you view it. Ignoring could be distraction. Distraction is one tool but shouldn’t be the only one. Facing it head on means you notice it but you consciously choose to see it but not be intimidated or afraid or fight against it. You move forward through it while you relax into it at the same time are strong that you hold your ground against it
