I love this interview! Nick is as down-to-earth as he is wise and inspirational. It was an honor to witness his full and dramatic recovery! He truly put in the work and I'm so proud of him. He once couldn't bend over without pain and now runs 6 miles a day every morning at 5am, people! 🏃 Dan, you are a gem! Thanks for being such a gracious human being. You two are modeling the power of self-compassion and allowing emotions, which is sorely needed in our culture. Thank you for this brilliant and heartfelt interview! ❤
@@Mozzos We're grateful to have found you too Nick! You are giving so many people hope and guidance for their own recovery. Thank you for living and sharing so courageously!
Dan, when I first found your channel, I'll be honest, I thought, OK here's another that will probably be like all the others. I was so wrong. Whilst there are a lot of wonderful people out there, there was something very different about your strategies and the way you put this across that just works. I didn't believe it would happen, that I would be empowered and truly recover, but here I am! Thanks to you. You have a very special gift because even the language that you use to describe things has been carefully considered to get the message across to the brain that we are safe. And finally, I just 'got it'! You are absolutely a modern day Sarno, thanks for everything you do!
Such a beautiful story. Had tears of sadness at the beginning. Your acknowledgement of Dan to modern day Sarno pulled my heartstrings. Know exactly what you meant. You gave a clear concise explanation. You've given me more hope and made realise just how "unsafe" I feel. Have agoraphobia and anxiety. Little snippets have sunken in . Onwards I go. Wishing you all the best for your future. Xx
Omg sounds like me to a t except I haven't found my way out. So happy for him . He uses the same terminology, the same symptoms. Unbelievable. Well done.
This video just changed my life. I am only 22 minutes into it and had to stop and comment so I can let the concept sink in. That concept that sooo many practitioners tell you that you need to clear your entire subconscious to heal. Oh my goodness, what a monumental task. This interview bringing up here at 22 min that it is not necessary to wade through every dark past moment and bring it to the surface to acknowledge it and clear it in order to heal is monumental. That is like asking a farmer to clear his entire plot of land of the rocks, no matter how deep they reside. It would take years, if not an entire lifetime. Thank you so much for this success story Dan. Cheers to Nick and his success!!
Watching all these success stories made me realise just how similar we are. Im finding out that TMS sufferers seem to be 'extra' and we use very 'extra' language to describe things. We seem to be all or nothing people who describe every day things in an exaggerated and dramatic way. Im thinking its because thats how our brains see things while 'in fear'. Its really fascinating to see it again and again in your success stories and in my own life. I recently had a blood test and was talking to the nurse, I told her I was anxious and that its only normal to be anxious while been stabbed with a metal object. She emphatically told me I was not being 'stabbed' and it was literally a pin prick! She was so right! It really made me think about how my brain viewed things, why was everything an overdramatisation? It was the start of me looking further into how my brain worked and then finding out about the concept of TMS. Things are finally starting to come together!
I am beyond grateful to have heard this story. So many similarities in my lifelong journey as well. I really hadn’t heard any other stories that had the decades of extreme suffering that I’ve experienced as well and so this gave me great hope and confidence that as difficult as this feels at times I can absolutely overcome it!
Thank you for this Nick & Dan, my burning is also the thing I can't get rid of. Thank you Thank you Thank you for this video This has helped me so much. Nick is also spot on with you being the modern day Sarno!! I totally agree👌🙂
Thank you Nick and Dan for this beautiful successtory !💕 Heartbreaking to listen to all the struggles you went through but SOO heartwarming to see and hear you coming out of it NOW! Well done Nick! Wish you a safe healthy amazing present and future! Your story will give so much hope to others as it did to me! Thank you!🤗🌻
Thank you Dan and Nick. 👏 This podcast was nothing short of phenomenal! As an Aussie girl, it was very homey to hear Nick’s blokey bloke accent telling us about his journey from agony to self discovery, self lovery and gratitude. Just wow! I’m accustomed to hearing the likes of Joe Dispenza & Eckhart Tolle spruking these enlightening truths, but to hear it from you Nick … through your own personal experience, was/is so powerful. Thank you SO much. Loved both of your input regarding muso’s and playing to vent toward the end. I am a muso/songwriter, and for me songwriting is akin to journaling. The only catch is when you sing your material publicly, people hear your journal broadcast out loud. 😎🤣 Thankyou both again, I’m going to re-listen. ❤️😘
I think I qualify for this “pain off”. I totally relate to Nick’s story, I have so many of the same symptoms. Another story that gives me hope. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Your comment about insomnia and why it happened made me go aha. I happen to be struggling with pain at night. I found that I often get pain when I'm on my mattress at night ... but as the sun rises, suddenly, my mattress feels super comfortable. It was bizzare ...until I realise that I tend to think my deep, dark thoughts just as I'm about to sleep. No wonder I was getting insomnia and pain when night falls. My brain is trying to distract me from all those sad thoughts at that time!
Yes terror at times is the word...I can relate to the emotions..we are all the same...symptoms may be different but I feel the connection with all of you.❤
Thank you for sharing your story, Nick! I worked with Jim and watched Dan's videos a lot. Still on my recovery road but it's much better since it all started 6 months ago. From the outside looking in, people would never guess. I started out wanting to just change the symptomology, but what I have learned and continue to learn is so much more important. This process turns you inside out as a person and gives so much perspective to the life you were living before doing this work. I think the burning sensations can be a tricky one to get rid of due to the nature of the feeling and how it is instilled as a panic button in our bodies. (ex. placing your hang on a hot, burning stove is a knee-jerk reaction to remove it as quickly as possible, however, you are stuck there enduring and cannot move it.) The journaling piece also was not for me. It was depressing as Dan has reiterated several times. I feel it can be helpful for people who have no clue what could be bothering them. But those that know don't need to relive trauma again and again. Also I think there were more people with "book-cures" in the past because there wasn't all the trendy "invisible illness" things we see on social media constantly and "alternative healers". People followed Sarno with blind faith and now being constantly bombarded with things makes the TMS personality of indecisiveness worse, thus, not allowing the trust component to evolve. Thanks to all that are in the TMS world- students and teachers alike! I am, too, convinced now that everything and everyone has TMS. ;)
This interview is wonderful! You are both amazing people. Thank you Nick for being so honest and I'm so glad that you are now symptom free. Congratulations on all your hard work and belief. I had a gym injury almost 4 years ago about a month before Covid hit. I had had 4 years of serious stress before this happened. With no medical help and reassurance, and no ability to work (my coping mechanism) chronic pain set in. It has taken me years to figure out what was going on. I definitely have TMS. I have worked with many different physios etc. My last one said "this is all in your head" not in a malicious way. She just understood what was going on. "There's nothing wrong with you, go back to the gym." I have been going but the pain remains although it fluctuates. I keep telling myself I'm safe. Clearly my subconscious doesn't believe it. I really found your story of starting to run again inspiring and I plan to use some of your tools. Thank you both for sharing your stories and wealth of knowledge. So generous! All the best to you both and to all out there on your own journeys.
Sometimes it is helpful to challenge the origin story of the pain. You said there was a gym injury. Did it hurt immediately? What was the verdict upon x-ray or MRI? Was there a tear or fracture? It is possible that an acute onset of pain is TMS/Perceived Danger Pain and not an injury at all. Your physio is likely on point with what is going on. A great place to understand more about what is going on and what to do about it is my fast start video playlist. Watch, take notes, implement, repeat. DansFastStart.com Last thought - if it was an injury, why hasn't it healed as all injuries do? The perception of injury/danger can keep pain going long after any real injury healed. These videos may help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GY3TejkWbAU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3fPaqSC3xBg.html
Hi Dan, I completely missed your reply, I'm so sorry. Unfortunately , it all happened to directly coincide with the outbreak and shutdown of Covid. There had been long term acute stress leading up to the event. There was an injury but probably only a badly strained muscle. Not being able to access medical attention aggravated my stress with the backdrop of Covid shutdown and fear....yes the perfect breeding ground for TMS. It very definitely is fear based. It took me a long time to find the material about this condition but I am totally on board. It is getting much better now. Not completely but I'm back at the gym and getting on with my life. On bad days, I just invite it along. Thanks for all your insight and generosity. You are helping so many. Take good care, Fiona@@PainFreeYou
Fantastic interview! All the suffering he went through and has come out the other end! Each video I watch gives me such hope and I have improved immensely! Thanks so much!!
You’re so awesome Dan!! You can tell you’re in this for the right reasons…to help people …not to just make $$. Thank you for all these wonderful videos
Fellow Australian here - thank you for your incredible story Nick. Glad you’re in a better place. I’m just starting this journey so I’m inspired to hear what’s possible. Norman Gunston…ha ha 😂
Thank you for this brilliant, iinspiring and articulate interview, and my goodness Nick, well done you, your courage and determination are humbling ❤ I'm struggling with a relapse from ME/CSF this weekend, so it was exactly what i needed, a mindful, compassionate kick up the backside!! and thank goodness for Dan, Rebecca and the other inspirational people who have trodden this path before, guiding us TMSers back to life again, thank you 🙏 ❤️
Part 2 is my coaching jam - I listen to this nearly every day - my path is Nick, Rebecca, Dan and Rose 🌹- and Rose and I will stop therapy when present day me operates from safety / self compassion without mom and dad in me’ blommin’ head ❤️✝️
Thank you both Dan and Nick! Watched on a day when I felt like I couldn’t get out of bed. I’m determined now to go for a walk and enjoy the cool spring air. Feeling blessed to have stumbled upon this community ❤️
Love this interview! I love when he said about when you finally calm down, things start making sense and you start realizing more things and getting clarity.
As I’m watching this video I got the confidence to lean into my symptoms and face them for once “intensify, I don’t mind!!” and my extreme teeth pain turned into minor tingling moving from my teeth into my jaw as a much minor sensation. I finally gave in and stopped fighting it, I lost all fear of it. More evidence it’s TMS. I was so set on I had one emotion to figure out but after hearing this I realized I don’t need to do anything. I even got a TMS therapist because I feared I was missing something or had the wrong emotion I thought caused it. Keyword “FEAR!” I will continue to do nothing, love myself, lean into the sensations and realize it’s okay to admit it hurts and that it’s there it’s just how we respond after! “Wow brain this hurts, truly fascinating but I’m not concerned I know this won’t hurt me!” Thank you Dan and Nick!🙏🏻
I don’t even have words for how inspiring this story is. I can relate so very much to Nicks challenges. I’m only a month in to this work but I’m learning consistency, patience, and to be ok with incremental growth and most of all, safety. 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼
Thank you dan & nick, i got so much out of this interview. Very inspiring and motivating from someone who also has a lot of symptoms. Thank you both 💗 xx
Thank you Dan and Nick for sharing this video, I can see myself in so many of your symptoms, and how you thought about them, what's really helped me so much is herring how you changed your thoughts and approach to each symptoms you'v had such a lot to cope with, and your determination to find a answer, as resulted in a happy ending, so pleased for you, the thing I'm most grateful for is finding your videos and daily support Dan,
Great interview. I most loved the part where Nick’s pain from running just vanished one day, after several days of colorful symptoms. You give me hope!
“Where’s Mister Burny? I haven’t heard from Burny in ages - where’s he been?” HAHAHA love this guy! Thank you for this success story. INCREDIBLY inspirational!
nick hit it right on the nail, dan. the beauty of your teachings is your gift to articulate the simplicity of the process of recovering from tms. i first heard about sarno a few years ago. i followed everything he recommended and delved into journaling and emotional healing… all to no avail. his emphasis on uncovering THE INCIDENT that caused everything was a source of so much tension in itself. your teachings, on the other hand, emphasize indifference and neutrality towards symptoms and that journaling is not a prerequisite to healing. i love that. i realize i’m repeating myself in these comments, but this insight is a gift and i can’t thank you enough. nick’s story is wonderful… and he’s hilarious (our stories retrospect are! 😂) i hope you’re enjoying your day, dan. and again, thank you, my guru. ❤
Thank you Nick for sharing your story & so many insights. I can relate w/the multi-symptom issues. Hearing your story turned a switch for me. I’m hoping for cont’d faith bc whenever a symptom appears a bit of doubt creeps in. Thank you Dan for featuring these success stories. Your daily videos are a lifeline, but so much value & hope in these successes. Hearing them takes Mind-Body to a new level of understanding. I feel if I could hear 1/day, wd prob be healed. I save them for when I’m having a hard day & they always inspire me. Thank you!!
He is explaining my life. The last thing I have is bad allergies. I am trying to treat naturally. The pills have tons of side effects. I started at 15. These syndromes are psychosomatic.
I can remember the exact moment, when I was younger, that I experienced allergies for the first time and I thought to myself, this is weird because nothing had changed in my life to all of a sudden be allergic to. Very interesting.
Wow.. what a wonderful story Nick..🥰💜💜 So happy for you and that you found such a treasure in your journey..🤗 Thank you Dan for sharing an amazing interview and for all the work you do and guidance you provide.. Very grateful..🙏🏼✨💙
Hi - I'm also in Australia, Never posted a comment on any social media or on the web anywhere ever so hopefully I am doing it right - not sure where Nick is or if he is interested in touching base directly. My situation is very similar and his success is inspiring. I've been bullying my way to recovery a bit and just loved his down to earth approach to his recovery. I also tried journaling and meditation and found it unhelpful but I do use Rebecca's somatic tracking meditation. Like Nick loved to be active and outdoors and used to love running 😔 I am making progress ouwardly now walking about 8 km a day from 2 year's basically housebound - like Nick I just keep putting on my shoes every day for about a month now and going no matter how much the symptoms scream and fuss but it seems no matter how much I enjoy the walking and smile and am grateful for the sky the birds the sunshine and each step the symptoms are all over the place- I am still making some basic errors- ice, heat, medication reaction etc and inconsistent messagin by being calm and not reacting - what I call overcoming - for a few days and then a brief but horrible meltdown which I generally bounce back quickly from. Maybe too quickly? Perhaps I need that slowing down and self compassionate work as often I feel like I have escaped from the terror but am now doing a lot in the hope of staying free...and the fear that I won't. Don't want to weirdly bother Nick or expect him to fix me - just wondered if he would be happy to connect if he is nearby or even if he isn't.Thank you for your work and time and love Dan. Like Nick I hate the journey but am determined to take it - thank you for making it seem more possible
Hi Rachel, I’m in Australia also (Central Coast, NSW) & was wondering if you’re a lot better now, 1yr later? This interview with Nick is so inspiring & gives me hope as I’m struggling with CFS for 9yrs now. Did you get any one on one coaching or do any courses? Thanks so much, Linda 🙏😊
I have that fearful attention with my heart. Harmless skipped beats cause me to go into a panic at times. It used to be my back pain but now that has gone because it no longer scares me like it used to. The adrenaline caused insomnia as well so I feel this man's pain. Before that it was IBS. Before that it was ocular halos that lead to migraines. It's crazy how the brain causes another symptom when you no longer care about the other one.
I believe when one symptom goes away, that means you did an excellent job of teaching the brain that symptom was not dangerous. However, we sill have a vigilant brain that is always looking out for danger. In that case, it often misinterprets other NORMAL signals from the body as dangerous. When it perceives danger...pain is the result.
@Pain Free You Sounds about right. I still haven't technically convinced my brain I am safe with messages of affirmation and comfort. Thats a work in progress. I think I will likely sign up and do some of your group sessions for a few months. The regular therapist I've used doesn't seem to be doing me much good and the mention of tms to her made her kinda scoff.
@@thedude8526 mate thanks for your comments, sound similar to me, I too had a therapist who scoffed at TMS, Dan is the best IMO, highly recommend and encourage you to give him a crack for a few months,
Journalling can absolutely be a process of focusing on our feelings too much. Jordan Peterson says that for someone who is anxious or depressed or just otherwise kinda neurotic, telling them to focus MORE on their feelings can make them even more neurotic. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the standard treatment for anxious and depressed people. I think this TMS work is a lot like CBT in that you are re-training yourself how to respond to what you are feeling and experiencing.
Great stuff! Lotsa plums within his journey. I plucked a few for my holster. I love the success stories as i listen for methods ideas and tools i can apply. Thankyou!
I've only recently discovered this as well. Tolle literally sums up TMS with the pain-body. This is even more evidence that this is a universal experience that could happen to anyone. He goes on to describe how to be safely present with the pain-body and therefore dissolve its power. Dan, Steve O, and Tolle seem to be cut from the same cloth. Their combined work could possibly cure the whole world. Its not just back pain. It's almost everything. Nearly all illness seems to come from these principles.
I experience what I refer to as "Firecracker Pain." Like a string of firecrackers, the pain moves around. It resolves in one spot, then occurs in another.
Hi Dan thankyou for posting this success story 😊 and thankyou Nick for sharing your story which sounds very similar to mine with childhood I never got ansure,s off my mum before she not long past away but I forgave her as to me past is past and we carnt change that , I live each day has it comes now . Last January I could only just get out of bed now I'm fast walking and getting myself out , I'm still got some Simptoms but with Dan's daily videos they help me out so much 😊 . I need to stop the fear that's my big problem . Thankyou again Dan you are amazing for doing this every day 😊❤️🌻
Thank you so much, for this! I am so touched by Nick’s story! And Dan, you do such a wonderful job at everything you do! I’m new at this and have so loved hearing this episode!
Thank you so much for your sharing! One of the most amazing stories. Thank you for your insights and honesty, so sorry you had to go through all of that. For sure this sharing of your story will help so many others. It already made a difference for me
This is fantastic - so much info, resolve, resilience and encouragement . Will have to listen several times to make sure I get everything . Thank you v much
I'm really up and down lately sometimes I feel almost normal than my symptoms come back. Again, I'm never quite 100 percent, when I'm better, but the muscle tension than nerve pains very widely. I'm honestly wondering how to meditate or symatic track when the pain is not constant but, more random. Like bee stings and ant bites.
Wow, once again any time I come across your videos, the healing and learning continues!! I am absolutely greatful for this! I fully recovered from TMS 3.5 years ago. Your videos were a huge help! Now I am recovering from panic attacks, and the connection of the similarities in the TMS and panic attacks recovery approach is helping me a lot! Thank you!🙏🩷
for me panic attacks are just another form of TMS. Another pain danger signal resulting as Dan would say from perceived danger. Funny how I overcame panic attacks well before knowing of TMS. The moment i could laugh at my panic attacks because they meant nothing at all to me they disappeared. They became like water of a ducks back. Meaningless, nothing!
Thank you for posting this! Nick I have the below waist burning it’s also one of my last symptoms. It’s kind of an embarrassing one to share so I am really grateful for you saying it. I am trying your suggestions!
So happy my story helps! You can reach me through my website safe cornerstone dot com if you have any questions etc and definitely consider joining Dan’s group coaching its brilliant!!
I used Bronwyn Fox's book Power over Panic for my panic attacks too, she also has a book called Working through Panic which i also highly recommend, it's more in depth.
Sorry to hear that. It's reversible. My fast start playlist explains what's happening and what to do about it. Watch, take notes, implement, repeat. DansFastStart.com
