Healing Pain: The Mind Body Connection || Mayim Bialik's Breakdown 

I'd suggest that everyone read Dr Sarnos "The Mindbody Prescription Healing The Body Healing The Pain". Read this book over and over. Focus on the words. It helped me release years of backpain. :)

“The Body Keeps the Score” was a life changing book for my personal healing and during my professional work.

Please please please book Nicole sachs on your podcasts. I went to Dr sarno 30 years ago. Haven't had backaches since. I've had other tms symptom imperatives, finding Nicole's podcast The cure for chronic pain changed my life on another level. Also Dan Buglio. Dr Dan Ratner. You must book Nicole yesterday. Yes this is revolutionary.

Dr. Bialik, not only are you famous, you are accomplished in many areas, and from everything I've heard, the common thread is how you are a truely a lovely person. I think that's awesome.

Listening to Dr. Sarno's Healing Back Pain taught me this. A huge component of pain is psychological and stress decreases pain tolerance.

You've meant alot to me... Perspective is powerful.. I would of killed myself if it wasn't for one of your videos.. Some hero's don't wear capes they say... I just hope you see this coz I'm half way round the world and you've made a difference.. Just thank you x

Mayim is like one of the few non toxic people in the entertainment industry. She’s the cat’s pajamas 😸

This chick is talking about stuff that Daoists and TCM and eastern medicine has known for years.

This is insane. Did you know this is about surpressed subconsious emotions and this is also what causes anxiety and symptoms in long covid, adrenal fatigue, burnout and CFS/ME?

Dr. John E. Sarno calls it suppressing emotions. His book The Mind Body Prescription was a life saver.

Oh wow, so happy to see the work of Dr John Sarno is being shared on your platform! I am a Sarno student who found relief after almost 7 years of suffering (1995-2002). I was one of those doubters, but I kept following his instructions and completely recovered. I still instruct my brain almost on a daily basis. Yes, it's unbelievable as we have been programmed to believe it's structural all our lives but it is that powerful organ at the very top of us! After all, "The brain is the most complex part of the human body. This three-pound organ is the seat of intelligence, interpreter of the senses, initiator of body movement, and controller of behavior." Guess we should add and the suppressor of emotions to that one too!

You are the best and coolest.....keep your podcasts going....you may not realize it but many people will benefit from your knowledge and how outspoken you are about your life experiences.

Learning about the mind body syndrome years ago changed my life, and I am grateful for anyone who helps spread the word.

Mayim Bialik - So appreciate that you understand and condone this! I did B.A. Psychology and have 8 biology and neuro courses under my belt. I still see too much reliance on meds and surgeries! Keep on informing people!. Hugs from Canada

Read Dr Sarno's book 15 years ago, accepted that I am a goodist and was generating my own pain because of repressed emotions. It was a revelation that set me free from all pain and meds in just a few days. I was quite disabled, diagnosed with 5 different conditions and not able to walk without aids, chronic pain, chronic fatigue. Like a miracle.

My back pain got so much better I can even say that went away thank you to doctor sarno’s book

What about chronic fatigue in anxious people? I love you guys, only blessings for you two.

Mayim, you're absolutely right!!! It's my case. I even caught myself not breathing for short moments while I'm doing simple task such as washing dishes. I have a lot of back pain

Dang! I found out about Sarno and the mindbody connection in Sept 2021.. and here we are in 2023 and Mayim Bialik had this video out earlier than that. C'mon RU-vid algorithm! I could have used this video much earlier in my recovery journey LOL

I’m an anxious person. Always were. Even if I try to modulate it with meditation, nature and sports. During a hard time of my life I suffered from severe stress for many confluent reasons: work, my own perfectionism, my brother’s suicide, and other daily life wrecks. I am sure that my colon cancer (fortunately in remission and under controls every two years) soon after that episode, was a cry of help of my own body. Mind has great power over Body. Of course! Thanks for talking about it so openly, Mayim & Jonathan! 💜

Hello! I need spanish subtítles please

Oh. My. Goodness! I haven't even finished the episode, but you're speaking to me! I find myself clenching my jaw and holding my breath from time to time. I have a lot of back pain from this last year. I definitely need to learn more about this! Thank you Mayim!!

Definitely needed this episode.

I’ve seen the results of this first hand and it’s incredible to know how we can help ourselves in this way

A few years ago I realized I was holding pain. My work stress was affecting my overall health. I quit my job. That's when I found that I never really relaxed. Not even when I went to bed. I started letting go of that tension and pain. This realization has made a big difference in my life.

Something that has helped me is using the word "pressure" instead of "pain" ... and also cannabis ❤ God bless 😊

1:12 are humans supposed to walk on 4s?

While I agree so much with this, and I think it’s what allowed me to stay in the workplace as long as I did, because my onset of daily pain coincided with pregnancy, and I was very independent and type A, everyone assumed someone else had investigated my pain or wrote it off as new mommy syndrome. My son was written off and actually had food allergies- but I fought for him. It took me ten years to be diagnosed with Ankylosing spondylitis, and by then I had permanent damage. If a person tells you her truth, please listen. I was told my pain would “just go away,” even when I had concrete evidence of my disease years before diagnosis- just didn’t have the right person reading the test results. Follow your gut. I’m so thankful to the nurse who pointed out the Raynauds in my hands that I’d had since I was a kid that pointed me in the right direction, to a rheumatologist.

I admire you more and more each day. Thank you for sharing your expertise, Mayim ❤️

WOW...I need to unlearn my pain. My doctors seem to always say..."If you came a LONG time ago, we wouldn't be where we are today". I say frequently...I don't have time..I just push through. Guess I need to stop doing that. 😃

Blasted Descartes and his separation of body and mind. Has ruined how we treat disease and the person “attached”to it. Learning to meditate was the greatest gift I gave myself. I can now do a “mini” and let go of any tension. Helps me through just about anything.

This is absolutely fascinating. I’m so grateful Mayim is talking about this. Because she has a PhD AND talks about healing that’s not necessarily academically mainstream it gives it credence. And what’s more important people are opening their minds because of it. What Sarno describes is the same personality that people who develop breast cancer portray, which is my situation. I ended up with liver cirrhosis from the chemotherapy. The liver is the main organ connected to anger/rage, which is what Sarno discusses in his book as the root of back pain. His book is titled “Healing Back Pain”. If you watch her video with Gabor Mate you’ll realize it’s not just about healing back pain it’s about HEALING of the whole person. So grateful I started following this Podcast. So grateful I had the gift of desperation and became open minded to these discussions. Honestly if I didn’t I think I would be dead by now.

I have a chronic and painful skin condition and this is something I study because of it. It's incredibly true for all areas of your body. It's very mind over matter, especially when you have a painful condition. And I have a stressful, high demand job. Ah I loved this so much! Thanks for sharing! ❤️

Thank you Mayim. I learned something new and need help with off the charts + on my pain. The only reason I'm still here is by the Grace of God. I've been through a lot and sucked up gallons and gallons of Chemo + lots of radiation. You have a lot of links attached and I'll be checking them out. Have fun & be safe.

Mindfulness is a huge part of pain management.

Makes sense for the back pain too- with tha adrenal glands being in the mid to low back

Thank you for doing this. I was literally scrunching my for head when I was watching this and I literally am having the same experience as Ellisia. I’m going to look into this right away.

Mayim, this look gives me John Lennon vibes. Love it 👍

Unlearning your pain...revolutionary indeed:)😁

I was born in pain. I've had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis all my life, to which lupus was added when I was 14 and fibromyalgia entered the picture after the birth of my son. I've been on opioids for about 25 years and I would love to be able to stop taking them and be without pain. I have been meditating off and on for most of my life and, though it's helped considerably with my anxiety (complex PTSD), it hasn't done anything much for my physical pain. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Please, people, this is about chronic pain syndromes, not about COVID-19 or other viral or bacterial illness. You can’t relax away an infection. That’s not what Mayim is saying.

I lived so stressed and tight and full of inflammation then I got rid of my stress and started guided mediations like she is talking about that walk you through the different parts of the body and relaxing them and it has been life changing. I have MS and have not had a flare up since. It is 100% stress and how you process it

You just changed my life

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But what do I DO about it. I always try to relax and check in and do my daily yoga but… still… I get a neck spasm. When I’m in the midst of it not much helps. I guess I’ll just keep breathing through it. I’ve tried talking to my neck. Saying it’s a good neck, a nice neck, a strong neck and it can relax now. But. It is still pissed!!!

If I could have regular sex, I wouldn't have the amount of pain (physical and mental) that I ALWAYS am in.

Un comentario en español solo porque si. Una información muy útil para una psicóloga que utiliza bastante la meditación. Gracias por compartir estos estudios. Excelent video!!!!

Hip hop hurray!!! My favourite channel has arrived!! Great job!! You rock babe!!! 🤩😊🤘

I wonder if there is a relationship nwirh long COVID and the mindbody conection. Many of my long COVID symptoms if not all are due to this. And I say it because i still having a fear problem. I could say that I thoug that I could get it and I got it. I will not to talk about my sensations but I've of the started as i was told that it happened to someone's and o read a meme that was related to it. have some exceptions. Like my long COVID symptoms went await when I was having a hard cold. For example. Some one needs to see the brain of people that just got COVID and try to predict Wich ones will get long COVID just as they did with cronic back pain. Sue to my epxeriece I'm sure that most of the long COVID cases are due to fear and anxiety about the pandemic and not knowing anything about how our bodies are going to react. In other words a world wide nocive effect

Amo tus podcasts Dr. Bialyk, son muy interesantes y la forma en la que explicas los temas es genial. Te sigo desde hace poco y todos los temas son de gran ayuda. Gracias por tu canal!. ❤️😘👌 Saludos desde México. 🇲🇽

How many folks out there have had a meditation body scan? Who is your audience? I can't even take this 5 minute segment. Oh, years ago they called it bio-feedback until they realized that was nonsense too.

Mind body connection definitely affects how our brain perceives pain, especially if there no apparent cause of pain or not so clear one, I believe working on that and be mindful and listen to our bodies is key to manage even healing is very possible at this point

Hi Mayim! Can you do an episode about chiropractic doctors? I think it would be very interesting to see your perspective about them. Nice video as always! Love from Philippines!🇵🇭❤❤

We learned this in the 70s for birthing and it really DOES help! I had 2 kids without so much as an aspiring because of what I learned in Lamaze classes. Needless to say, they were not surgical births but I have used those same techniques for many injuries over the years. Right now I have a newly repaired broken patella and with Lamaze techniques have had to take only a few motrin after the first 2 days post surgery. Great topic- as always.

so true Dr M... so stressed this past four years, especially the last year, I developed diverticulitis, my stress always went to my stomach. Thank you for the links...already read Body Keeps the score, gonna check out Unlearning Your Pain

We all go from beeing a psychic to becoming a vitnes that is loving and happy. This can take years and we stay a psychic#regular vitness our hole life, and this to worlds do not go toghether. We agree that we shall not be psycich (to much) and only stay in the trinity (and not quidratelral or the circel )Here the pain can be big and painful because one side sees the truth and the other side see the truth in the trinity and often we cant se clear this two sides = pain body!!!

Less back surgeries = less money for hospitals and staff. Doctors suggesting healthy free alternatives to surgery, is like a realtor suggesting renting an Apartment.

OMG. DID i just SHARE A PINE SOL .. COMMERCIAL... OR WAS IT SCOUTS CANADA. dang. meant to post you. sorry/00ps oops . love this talk you have. !

CPTSD from surviving to thriving refers to this as “armoring” Amazing stuff!!

Check out The Cure for Chronic Pain podcast with Nichole Sachs. She worked with Dr. Sarno.

Best way to get to the root of any pain or discomfort in the body is, while you're experiencing pain, ask yourself "How does this make me feel?", put an emotional word on it. Once you come up with the emotion, anger, frustration, etc. realize that emotion was there long before the pain showed up. That emotion had to get loud enough to get your attention. Pain is just an "Indicator" of how you've been feeling.

Firstly, love the Podcast. Secondly, rewatching Blossom and must say I still love it as I did as a kid. Love that Blossom is a "normal" teenager and not overly sexed like so many teenage girls are portrayed in shows today and even in the 90's.

So true Mayim when I feel stressed pain I sit without crossing my legs and breath and the pain goes away.

Dr. Sarno and his work saved my life!! ..the man was a saint ..

Was I subscribed to this channel? Wtf I swear I wasn’t

Somehow my lower back is pinching nerves in my legs.. Anyway, mainly at night once I lay down I get restless leg syndrome type symptoms. Really bad. But as soon as I heard what you were talking about I had to testify that most of the time when it’s happening I am not relaxing my muscles. Once I focus on relaxing my muscles it eases up tremendously. The mind is definitely a powerful thing.

Do you think this can also be applied to neck pain? I will try any kind of new outlook to improve the chronic neck pain that I have.

I like this perspective. Contributing not causing.

You’re such a great help Dr. B

The frequency and extended time of me having my body clenched is escalating lately, more and too much - coming across this now helps.

My body does that only when there's a hardened criminal nearby who wants to hurt me.

THANK YOU FOR STARTING THIS CHANNEL 🙏🙏🙏ITS SUCH A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO YOU TALK ABOUT STUFF🌞🙏

ah I'm so excited to watch this rn!!

My back pain makes sense know.

Love your podcast keep on going!!! I have been subscribed for a while and it only gets better and better. Love it!

So Beautiful and A Awsome person 💕

😍La amo dr.fouler❤️

Thank you for another interesting episode❤

Sarno wrote two books, right? Which book makes sense to buy if your pain is elsewhere than my back?

Ms Bialik, I have HUGE respect for you. I wanted to settle that first. But for four years, freshman to senior year of high school, my back pain was first blamed on my weight, then on the fact I was taking a high-stress academic schedule, plus working in the school’s theatre, plus having a job at my city’s zoo. Finally, a mistake was made, and after I can’t remember how many front to back X-rays, I was turned on my side, again, unintentionally. Finally, I was diagnosed with Schuermanns Kyphosis and Schuermanns Disease, and in six months I would have started to suffocate from my spine pushing my diaphragm and lungs so much I wouldn’t have been able to breathe. My doctor brought in a specialist, they trained for as short a period of time while making sure they could do the surgery safely and effectively (it is a rare disease, Richard of York supposedly had it, and only within the last 25-30 years were people surviving and walking after the surgery). I had excellent surgeons and specialists, but this is basically what happened: two stainless steel Herrington rods on either side of the spine, then shatter the spine, and rebuilding it like a Jenga tower with bits of bone, bits of steel, and 12 stainless steel nails to keep it erect. I am fused from T3 to L5. I can no longer do half or more of what filled my life because I also developed fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. I do agree ones outlook effects how you feel and deal with pain. But it isn’t all in your head, and it’s not all because you clench your muscles. There are times that, even with my opiate pain meds, I don’t sleep for multiple days in a row, because the slightest pressure on any part of my body is too much and I cry all night, when I am alone and no one can see me. Those days are the hardest. What helps me is realizing pain, in various forms, is universal. But suffering from pain is a personal choice you make, and then I surrender, and I might pass out for just a few hours, but those few hours can keep me sane until the flare is gone and my normal day/ night sleeping schedule is re established. It’s not all in my head, but my choices about it are. Btw, I loved you in TBBT. You made being a nerd cool. Thank you. Also, I admire you went after both your passions, then your third; a family. Talk about balance! Big fan.

probably how the cannabis effect on chronic issues has had so much success. can't heal body if you don't rest the mind!! cheers from canada love your mind body connection thoughts.. really makes solitude kind of enjoyable!

BONE ON BONE SPINAL INJURIES ISNT IN THE MUSCLE NOR ARE THE NERVES - AND DAMAGE TO THE NERVES CASUES PAIN THAT NO AMMOUNT OF MUSCLE RELAXERS CAN EVEN TOUCH ! AND DIRECT PRESSURE ON THE NEREVES - DONT EVEN ASK - IT ISNT WHAT YOU THINK - YOU CANNOT GET RID OF IT WITHOUT A SURGERY !!! { PERIOD }

Wait wait wait how are we meant to stand?!

Thank you amy farrah fowler 😅😅 I read healing backpain from john sarno and halfway trough i started noticing i was getting better.. after 2 years of strong backpain I'm a tileworker... so i almost just accepted it like okay this is what I'm up to for the rest of my life ( 31 now) It's not to good to be true !!! That was my first thought Its not 100% Gone... but i can do workouts again without being afraid of the pain i would say its 75% better I believe if i go dig deeper in this theory i get it up to 100% I'm so glad i found this book "early" and not after 15 years of pain Man.. what a discovery

I'd love to hear her thoughts on fibromyalgia and disabling synesthesia, such as mirror-touch/audio-touch and misophonia.

she is so attractive in every way

Thanks for reposting this clip! I forgot I downloaded that book during that episode and today I'm recovering from recurring back pain I triggered yesterday.

I just bought into the Eagle CBD scam that has Mayim Bialiks name all over it. I got half refunded, but wish I had seen a video direct from Mayim disputing the scam.

Thank you Mayim for validating what I throughout the years have learned about myself. I hold tension! I hold tension in my shoulders, neck, head, forehead and boom! Migraine! I have learned to release the tension, migraines are gone and guess what, so are my back spasms. If only I had heard about the man you spoke of earlier in my life. I could have saved thousands in Dr visits and meds that I tried and through away. You are an amazing young lady and I really enjoy your videos. So informative.

Mayim Bialik you are the best! You a great role model and a KIDDUSH HASHEM! and yes, Sarno has helped me big time :)

I was diagnosed at the beginning of February with a neurological condition that is supposed to be incurable, and only gets worse over time. It has been referred to as the suicide disease. I'm doing TMS work to calm my cebtral nervous system and establish safety in my body. I'm no longer in constant pain, and I'm getting better. It works with more than just back pain!

This definitely works for people! But for me I need some help with it because what I’ve ended up doing is becoming obsessed with mind-body syndrome, analysing my thoughts constantly, analysing meditation and presence constantly… and I don’t know how to break that cycle! Any suggestions please? ☺️ Just to add I have ADHD xxx

Yes ! I am always uptight and clenched ..its awful actually ...thst I am so stressed and scared I am literally never relaxed unless I intentionally practice it

In 1980 to 82 in college i took an interdynamics class instead of speach. We learned how to relax our whole body .make our body temp lower as well.

Not talking about muscles...i have kidney stones. A sharp pointy crystal passing through the most sensitive parts of your body is going to cause severe pain. No matter what

I am SO glad I found this channel and want you two to have a million followers. Will share in my pain group. My life and family read exactly like Dr Gabor Mate’s “When the Body Says No”. Parents both grew up in WWII Germany and did not learn very awesome parenting skills... I am trying to stop the cycle of trauma but it’s hard. Now that my mind has woken up to it, my body is coming apart at 58. Thank u!!!

Are you ever going to talk about Gematria?? I know you know what that is and would like to know your thoughts on it. Everything is coded.

I'm a BHT at a battered woman's shelter and I use some of your videos to introduce concepts and therapies. They are so helpful. Thank you Mayim for taking the time to explain things so eloquently. Also I watch Big Bang Theory every meal when I'm eating alone or with my fiance. It's our go to dinner show. So thank you for that too!

Yes energy, intuitive medicine with food combo, juicing. Also you have alot of people to support you here if needed regarding the eating balance recovery you mentioned, etc.m

It would be useful if you can list the sources you mention (in the video) in the description. Just a small suggestion