Hello all! :) Now this is the time where I "have to" write a comment. 😅 I got labeled with IBS, POTS, ME/CFS, (many, many symptoms; despite exhaustion especially constant sinus inflammation, digestive issues, pain etc.), suffered from it for 14 years until I even wasn't able to work and was nearly bedbound at the end of 2020. Since then, I had to do a lot of emotional work with some Coaches to face trauma and supressed emotions, learn how to regulate me and my body and gain back the trust that I can heal. I write this down to encourage those, who feel that soothing and calming just isn't possible at the time, to get some help! In my case, I am sure I wouldn't be where I am right now if I hadn't done that work. But now, the things that you, Dan, tell us every day is EXACTLY what I need to hear and is getting me better massively! I am running out of words to say how thankful I am for your work! 🙏🏼 Your daily videos combined with somatick tracking meditations are making all the difference. I wish you and all of us all the best!! Sorry for the long comment, but I had to get this out. 😇😅 Greetings from Austria! Julia
@@Inge508hi so glad I see you my sister died on Monday morning at 8.08 I am a over the place gave to empty her house don't know it any more... Cry sooo much live love you Lenneke 😭😭😭😭😭❤️
I just saved this video. I’m thrilled that you’re doing so much better, Julia P.! You pretty much mirror my own story. Digestive issues , CFS/ME. Lightheaded, vision issues. For myself, it is completely fear based. I’ve only been on this healing PDP journey for less than six months, and I’m leaps and bounds better. My fatigue was palpable, brain fog off the charts. Once I “called my brain out”, I took baby steps to enter back into life, it’s been a blessing, feels like a miracle from God. Please don’t give up, friends. Life is indeed worth living, you can heal!
I had pain then it turned into acute insomnia and anxiety those symptoms subsided and disappeared. Out of the blue i started having tremors in my right leg only when standing...it was really difficult to start escaping from the fear of having a rare disease because Dr google informed me that there is a rare neurological disease that is difficult to diagnose that is called orthostatic tremors.Although the doctors that i visited where keep telling me that the root cause of my tremors are psychological and not a neurological damage and i had fully embraced the TMS philosophy ,my mind was kept spinning around that rare disease, where by the way was difficult to diagnosed it...Then i made a conscious decision to start living with less fear about my symptoms it is not easy but my symptoms never stopped me from living my life , I haven't seen any breakthrough improvement but as you said the learning process takes times and you have to be patient, i imagine my mind as like teaching a child.Thank you Dan for all these content.
You are quite welcome. You are on the right path. Any time you go down the "rare disease" thought rabbit hole, remind yourself that doctors are wrong all the time and there's no proof you have that. Tremors can be caused by a brain perceiving danger. This video explains a lot: czcams.com/video/VSmTe8zPXh0/video.html
For some, irregular heartbeat (PVC's, PAC's) can be TMS/stress, and if you freak out over those enough they can even evolve into full blown Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) episodes. I went through a period of waking up in the middle of the night with those, confirmed at the ER. Docs said Afib never goes away, it just gets worse. But I found it was TMS, just like the dozens of other maladies I have had. After I chose to accept, relax and not freak out about these symptoms they faded away. Have not had one for many months now. It is amazing what the brain can do. There must be a way to use this power in a positive way. Hope this helps someone.
Omg I have twitches and frequent urination and pvc’s all the damn time. And if I workout the stress and adrenaline from it triggers bigeminy and random bouts of SVT like a sudden racing heart then boom back to normal. It happens even at rest but when I’m stressed or really anxious it’s sooo much worse. Doctors said bloods fine and hearts fine but the ecg showed ventricular ectopics. It’s made me so fearful about training that I now avoid it. What can I do because it’s literally ruining my life!
Thanks Dan. I'm recovering from Long Covid and I know my brain is firing off on all cylinders and I know its Perceived Danger Pain. Been putting in the work, telling and showing my brain I'm safe. Thanks for your daily videos, they are helping me.
Wonderful If you search my channel for the word covid, you will find two videos and two success stories. www.youtube.com/@PainFreeYou/search?query=covid
Thanks, Dan! I appreciate that you talk about the non-pain symptoms that can manifest themselves. I had bloodwork done 4 months ago and it came back great. At the time, I was relieved, but now, when I experience my symptoms, my brain automatically goes down the dark hole of health anxiety thinking that something could happen in 4 months.
Rule in TMS/Perceived Danger Pain or symptoms. Take the assessments at: www.PainFreeYou.com/start It all boils down to perceived danger causing symptoms. czcams.com/video/tnU6KBAv5fg/video.html And recovery is all about Recovery from Fear: czcams.com/video/VSmTe8zPXh0/video.html
My symptoms started with twitching, then came blurry vision, muscle pains, burning skin sensations, and tingling. It has taken me 14 months but im beginning to loose my fear over them. I start my days watching your daily videos and they have helped me more than anything. Thank you so much.
It's been eight months since Julia's comment. I'd love to know how she's doing now. It is wonderful to read about all of you and I'm a little hesitant to be so positive about my own journey but I do see a lot of progress. Cheers to you all and our Dan.
Thanks Dan! My symptoms are tinnitus and hyperacusis, among other less bothersome things, and I am seeing HUGE benefits from learning these concepts and calming myself down. I watch you videos almost every day and really appreciate them. Thank you!
When you look at the various symptoms we’ve had as TMS’ers, it’s always the stuff we find scariest that manifests. For me, it’s usually around my senses. I have migraine with visual aura. I’ve had dizziness, on and off, once for four months until the facial pain replaced it. Tinnitus, worse at times when i wasn’t distracted by another symptom. All this to say that your PPD diagnosis is 100% right on. We’re good at creating the things we really *don’t* want and the things we fear. The fear is the key to unlocking symptoms. It sometimes feels like the hardest thing. I’m telling myself in this moment that i can allow the fear to run rampant and stay in pain, or i can seriously work on the fear and find freedom from this pain.
I'll add it to my list of potential topics. But the thing to remember is that a non-pain symptom is no different than a pain symptom. If it's TMS and caused by the brain perceiving danger -- the solution is all the same. Safety. Have you watched my fast start playlist of videos? Watch, take notes, implement, repeat. DansFastStart.com
First off I want to say THANK YOU! I really want to thank you for not over medicalizing everything. I get so sick of reading things and they always throw out all these scary names that just add fuel to the fire. I am a holistically minded person and one who follows God closely. He has healed me of many things and created my body to recover. I am so thankful to be able to listen to your coaching without constantly being told “make sure to go get this test done and that test done”. Big pharma is everywhere always telling everyone about whatever- it’s nice to come to this corner of the internet and NOT be bombarded and triggered by that. I am overcoming. Thanks!
Hi Dan, besides Pain which is getting better I also have some non pain symptoms which are labeled as acid reflux, dry eyes/mouth, skin issues hives, sweating and when pain sensations are lessened so are the non pain symptoms they are all the same when we learn to have less fear and attention the whole system calms down. It’s amazing how the body work! Hope you and Mom and Finn doing well ❤️
@@1STBUCKLEY exactly PB it is just Mrs Brain Perceiving Danger it will eventually calm down when we truly start feeling SAFER in our bodies! Big hugs 🤗
I too have acid reflux at times,dry eyes ,itchy arms,hot and cold sweats.it’s all the same stuff.Hope you doing ok Annie.Oneof these days will join a dance party🎉x
Can I still be TMS even if it’s seen on a scope (I have IC) but symptoms come and go and are worse when I’m stressed. Also, relieved by ice pack or heat. Thank you. Even if it isn’t TMS I love what you do 😊
There are many IC success stories. Relief from ice or heat does not disprove TMS. Answer the 19 questions of the FIT assessment. One or more true answer and it's TMS. IsThisTMS.com
Morning. I’m trying to retrain my brain but I always feel anxious & sore hands . There is absolutely nothing in my life to worry me . We own our house , car & have enough money to pay bills . Why can’t I feed normal ? Thank you.
Hi Dan, and everyone. My kids and I have been experiencing changed smell and taste after a virus 14 months ago. My children never speak about it. I have stuck in fight and flight even before this started. I have done the assessment and I definitely have tms. It just makes it hard to self soothe when it is so intense. I also experience other body sensations and pains. Dan I have been listening to you for about 2 weeks now. Everything makes sense. I in the past have tried medications that only made things worse If you could post more about this would greatly appreciate it. If other people have some advise please share. 😊
@@PainFreeYou yeah my doc told me that was tention in my face muscles since then i haven't have any funny because I still have symptoms time to time but yeah that one went away pretty quickly
The pain may have began due to something less fearful. But the fear of the pain can be what causes the pain to get worse. The solution is calm and safety. We don't have to figure out the motive of the brain. WHY is an unanswerable question. WHAT do we do about it is answerable. Recover from the fear. czcams.com/video/VSmTe8zPXh0/video.html
Appreciate the video. What’s not mentioned are things like diabetes and hypertension Not yet on meds for diabetes, but struggling to maintain my numbers. High blood pressure was a sudden onset during a colonoscopy and I am on BP meds. Is this mostly Medical? I have no doubt it’s impacted by fear and stress.
Diabetes is not caused by TMS - that is very often diet/lifestyle related (Type 2). And there can be multiple reasons for hypertension. Best to handle both medically, however, you can still apply the concepts of getting out of the stress response with more soothing and self care. There's no downside to the concepts I teach. czcams.com/video/g5xWR6eBlb8/video.html
I'm not a trained trauma expert. These two videos share my opinion. czcams.com/video/eBi3mMZlRNg/video.html czcams.com/video/saxszQA9L04/video.html If a traumatic experience is affecting your day to day life, you may wish to work with a trauma counselor.
@@PainFreeYou Thank you for your assessment, as you have a good insight through your participants. But repressed feelings are caused by trauma, which is what Dr. Sano works with. With body memories automatically come images from the past and the energy associated with it, often in feelings of anger, guilt and grief. The held energy, "trauma in the body" are indeed addressed in therapies like somatic experincing or tre. Stephen Porges' polyvagal theory is about security and connection, the whole thing in trauma work. I ask very precisely, because I study pain :) and am affected myself. As you say trauma work has not changed the pain so far, but emotion work, especially with anger has. At some point it stagnated. I have pain for years, what is different in your course? will like to try it out. Appreciate your videos. Thanks
@@michaelfritz403 My process simplifies things. If pain is created when the brain perceives danger, teaching the brain we are safe should and often does turn it off. I'm not convinced digging for lost emotions helps achieve this feeling of safety in the present. I share these concepts daily in my videos. My video course summarizes my method. And the group coaching is all about sharing progress and helping folks implement.
I was going to book a 1:1 session with you but read the info, I wish you much strength in the time ahead. I will now book the course and look forward to learning. One more thing...in your videos you say your body is not broken, it is "only" tms. But through years of tension I have been diagnosed with a few. A high activation of the sympathetic nervous system also causes inflammations in the body. This can now be seen wonderfully through mri images of the spine. So something is already happening in the body. Of course, this does not have to mean that one now suffers for life. But how do you see it? Thank you in advance.
I have chronic dizziness and off balance. I shake all the time. Feel faint. Had numerous medical tests. Nothing found. Anyone else get shaking and feel disoriented x
Dr Sarno suggested that most arthritis is a normal abnormality and most often not the cause of the pain. He called it the gray hair of the spine. As we age, we all have arthritis. The key is to figure out if that is the cause of the pain or this thing Dr. Sarno termed TMS. We figure it out by seeing how the pain behaves, not what some doctor showed you on an xray or mri. Do the assessments, if it indicates TMS, then yes, you can get well with the approach I teach daily. Begin here: www.PainFreeYou.com/start
What about noticing blood/particles in urine? I have pelvic pain and sometimes testicular pain along with noticing things in my urine. Do you think TMS could cause this? Going on two years and seen several doctors.
@@PainFreeYou not concerned anymore just tired of being in pain. Doesn’t sound like my physical symptoms are TMS then. Prostatitis, intercystal cystitis, CPPS
@@jte0122 I didn't say it's not TMS. I'm not a doctor so I cannot comment regarding blood in the urine. If you have been checked and all comes out clear, then it likely is TMS. Many people with those conditions do quite well with the approach I teach. Perceived danger is what causes pain. Even if there is a minor reason for blood in the urine, should it cause that much discomfort? I believe the brain is what makes things SO uncomfortable or painful. Have you done the pain test or FIT assessment on my getting started page? www.PainFreeYou.com/start Be sure to watch the video on that page about Perceived Danger Pain. czcams.com/video/tnU6KBAv5fg/video.html How does your experience fit underneath this knowledge of pain?
Wonder if hypertension coming after TMS pain symptoms disappear or greatly reduce qualifies as another non pain symptom? Seems like non pain symptoms can be part of a symptom substitution sequence following the disappearance of classic TMS lower back pain or sciatica? I noticed with interest on our local Nextdoor site where when a older man stopped having TMJ or bruxism that he then developed hypertension. How all these symptoms interrelate and interact is beyond me!
@@PainFreeYou Seems like the same stress that generated the teeth grinding, TMJ or bruxism might activate hypertension (high blood pressure) when the teeth grinding no longer provides the stress with an outlet? Real hard to prove though. The interacting emotional economies that drive physical symptoms might all be driven by deeply repressed emotions in the primitive brain. Too bad Dr Sarno isn't still alive to comment on this hypothesis. This seems to be where your theory of creating consistent messages of safety and Sarno's notion of dangerous emotions repressed into the unconscious touch on one another. But what the heck do I know? A traditional allopathic doctor of internal medicine tried to tell me the other day that what we call TMS pain symptoms are actually arthritis created by old injuries. Sounded pretty far-fetched to me, but it made me think a while to refute him. Again as Sarno observed, the brain locates pain in old injury sites because those pain pathways are already programmed in the brain. Gets close to the origins of trauma and PTSD, does it not?
Hello, What about respiratory problems and allergies? I begun to have all those problems after I've developed the generalized anxiety disorder and a big post traumatic event. Is there a link between allergies respiratory problems and TMS?
Yes there is. Stress suppresses the digestive and immune systems. And that suppression can impact allergies. Counter stress with more self care. Dial down the fear. This video explains how fear runs the show. czcams.com/video/VSmTe8zPXh0/video.html
@@unknown1993E No, self care is doing nice things for yourself that have nothing to do with recovery from symptoms. Take a bath, take a walk, call a friend, read a good book or any number of things just for YOU.
If pushing yourself creates fear, it may not be beneficial. How about gradually doing more and more from a feeling of safety, not fear? czcams.com/video/mRowJmW4uk0/video.html
I really should know the answer after all this time but please could Dan - or anyone else - spell out for me the explanation for this: Long term I'm really stressed out and anxious (about my mum's dementia) but my old bladder pain has hardly been bothering me. Then, when things are not so bad with the dementia situation and I'm feeling less anxious, that's when my bladder pain tends to kick in again. Quite possibly it would go again tomorrow if something stressful happened which I became all tense and upset about. I know there's a simple reason and I really want to explain it to my husband but I can't seem to find the words. It's like I only half get it. I'm the type of person who always needs to understand the logic. Please can you help 🙏 Thanks in advance 😊
When our brains are otherwise occupied and engaged in something really important, there is less time or attention given to the symptoms so they can settle down. It's all about perceived danger. We don't have to figure out why the brain does what it does. If we focus on and worry about pain, it's there and can increase. When we are engaged in life and not paying attention or giving fear to symptoms, they can diminish.
@@PainFreeYou Thanks Dan. That makes sense but I think there might be more to it. Like Angelica's brain is thinking, "Oh dear, there's nothing in particular to stress about so let's turn the pain on now." Why, I don't quite understand.
@@alandry6872 I don't think there is more to it. I have the same experience ( with different symtpoms ) and I think Dan gives the perfect explanation...it's easy to find ourselves hyperfocused on bad events and so we switch all the attention to those and not the symptoms anymore.
@@alandry6872 We don't need to understand the motive of the brain. Pain is a protective mechanism. When the brain feels safe, it can turn off the pain. No need to over-complicate it looking for the "why" behind it all.
@Angir Gie A good place to begin is here: www.PainFreeYou.com/start This video on the foundation four is key to moving forward. czcams.com/video/eKEOrs1C5W4/video.html
I’m not Dan- but I will say when I reduced my stress and stopped wearing makeup regularly my acne went bye-bye! I struggled with adult acne - I bought a farm and stopped wearing makeup and even my husband was amazed at my skin. I sweat more then ever and am outside a lot even in the dirt and yet my skin has never been better.
@@fullypersuaded2952 Thanks for your reply. Well it happens to me quite regularly that when the acne gets worse and I am able to calm down and go out anyway and not cover it, it calms down quite quickly. I think the fact that I have been covering with makeup has been doing me a disservice. I think it is TMS. Because as I let people see my real face and I learn they still love me (it's not dangerous), the skin also calms down. So I think the acne might be just another symptom the brain chooses to turn on to make me stay at home in "safety". Especially as I deal with the fear of being rejected. Your lucky to have a farm ❤🥺
@@marketa4074 yep! I’ve been there! I used to be scared to get the mail without makeup. I’ve started letting go of vanity (not that’s it’s wrong to try to look pretty) but to not allow myself to believe I have ti be “pretty” to be valuable or to talk to people. I’ve actually begun to like the way I look without makeup. I am blessed to have a farm- but it is definitely more work at times then I bargained for 😂 but it helps my mind and gives me tasks to do instead of stay inside and feel bad for myself 😔 I really need that
Hello all! :)
Now this is the time where I "have to" write a comment. 😅
I got labeled with IBS, POTS, ME/CFS, (many, many symptoms; despite exhaustion especially constant sinus inflammation, digestive issues, pain etc.), suffered from it for 14 years until I even wasn't able to work and was nearly bedbound at the end of 2020.
Since then, I had to do a lot of emotional work with some Coaches to face trauma and supressed emotions, learn how to regulate me and my body and gain back the trust that I can heal.
I write this down to encourage those, who feel that soothing and calming just isn't possible at the time, to get some help! In my case, I am sure I wouldn't be where I am right now if I hadn't done that work.
But now, the things that you, Dan, tell us every day is EXACTLY what I need to hear and is getting me better massively! I am running out of words to say how thankful I am for your work! 🙏🏼 Your daily videos combined with somatick tracking meditations are making all the difference.
I wish you and all of us all the best!!
Sorry for the long comment, but I had to get this out. 😇😅
Greetings from Austria!
Julia
Wonderful to read Julia!
You made it to the other side! Congrats and a happy joyful future ❤🎉🎉🎉
@@Inge508hi so glad I see you my sister died on Monday morning at 8.08 I am a over the place gave to empty her house don't know it any more... Cry sooo much live love you Lenneke 😭😭😭😭😭❤️
Don't apologize for the comment. It was wonderful. Thank you for sharing your experience.
@@Inge508 Thank you Inge! Wishing you too all the best! 🌺
@@PainFreeYou Wow, delighted to even read an answer from you. Thank you! 🧡 Greetings from and to "the other side of the Ocean"! 😅
I just saved this video. I’m thrilled that you’re doing so much better, Julia P.! You pretty much mirror my own story. Digestive issues , CFS/ME. Lightheaded, vision issues. For myself, it is completely fear based. I’ve only been on this healing PDP journey for less than six months, and I’m leaps and bounds better. My fatigue was palpable, brain fog off the charts. Once I “called my brain out”, I took baby steps to enter back into life, it’s been a blessing, feels like a miracle from God. Please don’t give up, friends. Life is indeed worth living, you can heal!
Beautiful Cindy!!!!
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I have still much work to do. But yes, we can and will heal! Greetings to you! :)
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I had pain then it turned into acute insomnia and anxiety those symptoms subsided and disappeared. Out of the blue i started having tremors in my right leg only when standing...it was really difficult to start escaping from the fear of having a rare disease because Dr google informed me that there is a rare neurological disease that is difficult to diagnose that is called orthostatic tremors.Although the doctors that i visited where keep telling me that the root cause of my tremors are psychological and not a neurological damage and i had fully embraced the TMS philosophy ,my mind was kept spinning around that rare disease, where by the way was difficult to diagnosed it...Then i made a conscious decision to start living with less fear about my symptoms it is not easy but my symptoms never stopped me from living my life , I haven't seen any breakthrough improvement but as you said the learning process takes times and you have to be patient, i imagine my mind as like teaching a child.Thank you Dan for all these content.
You are quite welcome. You are on the right path. Any time you go down the "rare disease" thought rabbit hole, remind yourself that doctors are wrong all the time and there's no proof you have that. Tremors can be caused by a brain perceiving danger. This video explains a lot: czcams.com/video/VSmTe8zPXh0/video.html
For some, irregular heartbeat (PVC's, PAC's) can be TMS/stress, and if you freak out over those enough they can even evolve into full blown Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) episodes. I went through a period of waking up in the middle of the night with those, confirmed at the ER. Docs said Afib never goes away, it just gets worse. But I found it was TMS, just like the dozens of other maladies I have had. After I chose to accept, relax and not freak out about these symptoms they faded away. Have not had one for many months now. It is amazing what the brain can do. There must be a way to use this power in a positive way. Hope this helps someone.
Awesome - thank you for sharing your experience.
Omg I have twitches and frequent urination and pvc’s all the damn time. And if I workout the stress and adrenaline from it triggers bigeminy and random bouts of SVT like a sudden racing heart then boom back to normal. It happens even at rest but when I’m stressed or really anxious it’s sooo much worse. Doctors said bloods fine and hearts fine but the ecg showed ventricular ectopics. It’s made me so fearful about training that I now avoid it.
What can I do because it’s literally ruining my life!
Thanks Dan. I'm recovering from Long Covid and I know my brain is firing off on all cylinders and I know its Perceived Danger Pain. Been putting in the work, telling and showing my brain I'm safe. Thanks for your daily videos, they are helping me.
Wonderful If you search my channel for the word covid, you will find two videos and two success stories.
www.youtube.com/@PainFreeYou/search?query=covid
Long covid isn’t from covid, it’s from the media and the stress of the PANDEMIC.
Thanks, Dan! I appreciate that you talk about the non-pain symptoms that can manifest themselves. I had bloodwork done 4 months ago and it came back great. At the time, I was relieved, but now, when I experience my symptoms, my brain automatically goes down the dark hole of health anxiety thinking that something could happen in 4 months.
Rule in TMS/Perceived Danger Pain or symptoms. Take the assessments at: www.PainFreeYou.com/start It all boils down to perceived danger causing symptoms. czcams.com/video/tnU6KBAv5fg/video.html
And recovery is all about Recovery from Fear:
czcams.com/video/VSmTe8zPXh0/video.html
My symptoms started with twitching, then came blurry vision, muscle pains, burning skin sensations, and tingling. It has taken me 14 months but im beginning to loose my fear over them. I start my days watching your daily videos and they have helped me more than anything. Thank you so much.
It's been eight months since Julia's comment. I'd love to know how she's doing now. It is wonderful to read about all of you and I'm a little hesitant to be so positive about my own journey but I do see a lot of progress. Cheers to you all and our Dan.
Thanks Dan! My symptoms are tinnitus and hyperacusis, among other less bothersome things, and I am seeing HUGE benefits from learning these concepts and calming myself down. I watch you videos almost every day and really appreciate them. Thank you!
Wonderful Zoe. Love to hear it.
I used to experience tinnitus and it went away completely when I stopped focusing on it and calmed down. Keep going 😊
Sending my deepest condolences to Lenneke!❤
She lost her beloved sister ..🌹🌹🌹
Oh no. I'm so sorry Lenneke. Sending prayers!
🙏🕊️ may she rest in peace @Lenneke van Rossum
I'm truly sorry for your loss, Lenneke❤️. I wish you peace and strength during such a hard time. 🙏❤️
Inge💖🤗✨🌻❤️❤️❤️
@@AvaGreenFeatherbig 🤗Ava💕💕💕💕🌻🌻🌻🥰
When you look at the various symptoms we’ve had as TMS’ers, it’s always the stuff we find scariest that manifests. For me, it’s usually around my senses. I have migraine with visual aura. I’ve had dizziness, on and off, once for four months until the facial pain replaced it. Tinnitus, worse at times when i wasn’t distracted by another symptom.
All this to say that your PPD diagnosis is 100% right on. We’re good at creating the things we really *don’t* want and the things we fear. The fear is the key to unlocking symptoms. It sometimes feels like the hardest thing. I’m telling myself in this moment that i can allow the fear to run rampant and stay in pain, or i can seriously work on the fear and find freedom from this pain.
yes, exactly right!!
Dan - can you do more on this topic, non pain symptoms.. please? 😅
I'll add it to my list of potential topics. But the thing to remember is that a non-pain symptom is no different than a pain symptom. If it's TMS and caused by the brain perceiving danger -- the solution is all the same. Safety. Have you watched my fast start playlist of videos? Watch, take notes, implement, repeat. DansFastStart.com
First off I want to say THANK YOU! I really want to thank you for not over medicalizing everything. I get so sick of reading things and they always throw out all these scary names that just add fuel to the fire. I am a holistically minded person and one who follows God closely. He has healed me of many things and created my body to recover. I am so thankful to be able to listen to your coaching without constantly being told “make sure to go get this test done and that test done”. Big pharma is everywhere always telling everyone about whatever- it’s nice to come to this corner of the internet and NOT be bombarded and triggered by that. I am overcoming. Thanks!
Love the fact of dealing with symptoms that are not pain! Thanks Dan x
I know that the symptoms don't matter but thank you for talking about that Dan.
You're welcome.
Vertigo and dizziness. Another 2 non pain symptoms
Yes, absolutely, forgot to mention them. POTS too.
Hi Dan, besides Pain which is getting better I also have some non pain symptoms which are labeled as acid reflux, dry eyes/mouth, skin issues hives, sweating and when pain sensations are lessened so are the non pain symptoms they are all the same when we learn to have less fear and attention the whole system calms down. It’s amazing how the body work! Hope you and Mom and Finn doing well ❤️
Am sat in my car listening and hives coming out on my neck. Nothing allergenic. More symptoms for the PDP menu. Thanks for your post x
@@1STBUCKLEY exactly PB it is just Mrs Brain Perceiving Danger it will eventually calm down when we truly start feeling SAFER in our bodies! Big hugs 🤗
I too have acid reflux at times,dry eyes ,itchy arms,hot and cold sweats.it’s all the same stuff.Hope you doing ok Annie.Oneof these days will join a dance party🎉x
@@sianhaycocks6887
Yay 😀 join the Dance Parties! Yes it is Mrs Brain perceiving danger/stress response causing these symptoms! ❤️
Thank you Annie. Me, Mom and Finn are doing well.
This was so good as I have throat tightness. It's not pain but uncomfortable
You are in the right place.
"80s, that was a long time ago! " Omg that was my great time, late teens n 20s 🤪🤔😂
The best!
Thank you so much, Dan! 🙏😊
Welcome!
DR. SARNO MENTIONED 3 CONDITIONS NOT PHYSICAL. THEY ARE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, OCD
Can I still be TMS even if it’s seen on a scope (I have IC) but symptoms come and go and are worse when I’m stressed. Also, relieved by ice pack or heat. Thank you. Even if it isn’t TMS I love what you do 😊
There are many IC success stories. Relief from ice or heat does not disprove TMS. Answer the 19 questions of the FIT assessment. One or more true answer and it's TMS.
IsThisTMS.com
Morning. I’m trying to retrain my brain but I always feel anxious & sore hands . There is absolutely nothing in my life to worry me . We own our house , car & have enough money to pay bills . Why can’t I feed normal ? Thank you.
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Hi, Dan. I’m watching for the second time and eating cookies. A nice combo. 😌😄
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Hi Dan, and everyone. My kids and I have been experiencing changed smell and taste after a virus 14 months ago. My children never speak about it. I have stuck in fight and flight even before this started. I have done the assessment and I definitely have tms. It just makes it hard to self soothe when it is so intense. I also experience other body sensations and pains. Dan I have been listening to you for about 2 weeks now. Everything makes sense. I in the past have tried medications that only made things worse If you could post more about this would greatly appreciate it. If other people have some advise please share. 😊
It's all based on fear. czcams.com/video/VSmTe8zPXh0/video.html
Thankyou Dan for responding and caring. Your videos mean so much to me. 😊
God Bless you and all the work you do. 🙏☀️🥇🐱
Think I need to rewrite the Sesame Street Alphabet song with PDP/TMS symptoms 🤣
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dry eye here was abstoluty TMS
Thank you for sharing this. Very helpful.
@@PainFreeYou yeah my doc told me that was tention in my face muscles since then i haven't have any funny because I still have symptoms time to time but yeah that one went away pretty quickly
What if the pain is causing me the most fear? Why does the brain send something so painful to distract us from something less fearful?
The pain may have began due to something less fearful. But the fear of the pain can be what causes the pain to get worse. The solution is calm and safety. We don't have to figure out the motive of the brain. WHY is an unanswerable question. WHAT do we do about it is answerable. Recover from the fear. czcams.com/video/VSmTe8zPXh0/video.html
Maybe call it PDS? Perceived Danger Symptoms. There is so much more than just pain.... (posted this halfway, you say it yourself at the end..)
I often say perceived danger pain or symptoms.
Appreciate the video. What’s not mentioned are things like diabetes and hypertension
Not yet on meds for diabetes, but struggling to maintain my numbers. High blood pressure was a sudden onset during a colonoscopy and I am on BP meds.
Is this mostly Medical? I have no doubt it’s impacted by fear and stress.
Diabetes is not caused by TMS - that is very often diet/lifestyle related (Type 2). And there can be multiple reasons for hypertension. Best to handle both medically, however, you can still apply the concepts of getting out of the stress response with more soothing and self care. There's no downside to the concepts I teach. czcams.com/video/g5xWR6eBlb8/video.html
How do you teach your brain that you are safe after severe Trauma impact? Experience with that topic? Thanks
I'm not a trained trauma expert. These two videos share my opinion.
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If a traumatic experience is affecting your day to day life, you may wish to work with a trauma counselor.
@@PainFreeYou Thank you for your assessment, as you have a good insight through your participants.
But repressed feelings are caused by trauma, which is what Dr. Sano works with.
With body memories automatically come images from the past and the energy associated with it, often in feelings of anger, guilt and grief.
The held energy, "trauma in the body" are indeed addressed in therapies like somatic experincing or tre.
Stephen Porges' polyvagal theory is about security and connection, the whole thing in trauma work.
I ask very precisely, because I study pain :) and am affected myself.
As you say trauma work has not changed the pain so far, but emotion work, especially with anger has. At some point it stagnated.
I have pain for years, what is different in your course? will like to try it out.
Appreciate your videos. Thanks
@@michaelfritz403 My process simplifies things. If pain is created when the brain perceives danger, teaching the brain we are safe should and often does turn it off. I'm not convinced digging for lost emotions helps achieve this feeling of safety in the present. I share these concepts daily in my videos. My video course summarizes my method. And the group coaching is all about sharing progress and helping folks implement.
I was going to book a 1:1 session with you but read the info, I wish you much strength in the time ahead.
I will now book the course and look forward to learning.
One more thing...in your videos you say your body is not broken, it is "only" tms.
But through years of tension I have been diagnosed with a few. A high activation of the sympathetic nervous system also causes inflammations in the body. This can now be seen wonderfully through mri images of the spine.
So something is already happening in the body. Of course, this does not have to mean that one now suffers for life. But how do you see it?
Thank you in advance.
Thx
I have chronic dizziness and off balance. I shake all the time. Feel faint. Had numerous medical tests. Nothing found. Anyone else get shaking and feel disoriented x
Yes 100%.. derealisation, dizzy, fight and flight..
How are you doing now?
Is arthritis in the lower spine classed as structural damage? Even with arthritis can I recover through this method you talk of TMS
Dr Sarno suggested that most arthritis is a normal abnormality and most often not the cause of the pain. He called it the gray hair of the spine. As we age, we all have arthritis. The key is to figure out if that is the cause of the pain or this thing Dr. Sarno termed TMS. We figure it out by seeing how the pain behaves, not what some doctor showed you on an xray or mri. Do the assessments, if it indicates TMS, then yes, you can get well with the approach I teach daily.
Begin here: www.PainFreeYou.com/start
What about noticing blood/particles in urine? I have pelvic pain and sometimes testicular pain along with noticing things in my urine. Do you think TMS could cause this? Going on two years and seen several doctors.
I'm not sure about that one. If the doctors are unconcerned, then do your best not to b either.
@@PainFreeYou not concerned anymore just tired of being in pain. Doesn’t sound like my physical symptoms are TMS then. Prostatitis, intercystal cystitis, CPPS
@@jte0122 I didn't say it's not TMS. I'm not a doctor so I cannot comment regarding blood in the urine. If you have been checked and all comes out clear, then it likely is TMS. Many people with those conditions do quite well with the approach I teach. Perceived danger is what causes pain. Even if there is a minor reason for blood in the urine, should it cause that much discomfort? I believe the brain is what makes things SO uncomfortable or painful.
Have you done the pain test or FIT assessment on my getting started page?
www.PainFreeYou.com/start
Be sure to watch the video on that page about Perceived Danger Pain. czcams.com/video/tnU6KBAv5fg/video.html How does your experience fit underneath this knowledge of pain?
Eye floaters dan
yes - those can be stress/perceived danger induced. No downside to this approach.
Wonder if hypertension coming after TMS pain symptoms disappear or greatly reduce qualifies as another non pain symptom? Seems like non pain symptoms can be part of a symptom substitution sequence following the disappearance of classic TMS lower back pain or sciatica? I noticed with interest on our local Nextdoor site where when a older man stopped having TMJ or bruxism that he then developed hypertension. How all these symptoms interrelate and interact is beyond me!
It's possible, although there could be other causes for hypertension.
@@PainFreeYou Yes, like emotional and situational stress. Like I said, awfully complex.
@@PainFreeYou Seems like the same stress that generated the teeth grinding, TMJ or bruxism might activate hypertension (high blood pressure) when the teeth grinding no longer provides the stress with an outlet? Real hard to prove though. The interacting emotional economies that drive physical symptoms might all be driven by deeply repressed emotions in the primitive brain. Too bad Dr Sarno isn't still alive to comment on this hypothesis. This seems to be where your theory of creating consistent messages of safety and Sarno's notion of dangerous emotions repressed into the unconscious touch on one another. But what the heck do I know? A traditional allopathic doctor of internal medicine tried to tell me the other day that what we call TMS pain symptoms are actually arthritis created by old injuries. Sounded pretty far-fetched to me, but it made me think a while to refute him. Again as Sarno observed, the brain locates pain in old injury sites because those pain pathways are already programmed in the brain. Gets close to the origins of trauma and PTSD, does it not?
Hello,
What about respiratory problems and allergies? I begun to have all those problems after I've developed the generalized anxiety disorder and a big post traumatic event. Is there a link between allergies respiratory problems and TMS?
Yes there is. Stress suppresses the digestive and immune systems. And that suppression can impact allergies. Counter stress with more self care. Dial down the fear. This video explains how fear runs the show. czcams.com/video/VSmTe8zPXh0/video.html
@@PainFreeYou self care is about positive talking, affirmations and rest?
@@PainFreeYou can i have examples of self care? Thank you.
@@unknown1993E No, self care is doing nice things for yourself that have nothing to do with recovery from symptoms. Take a bath, take a walk, call a friend, read a good book or any number of things just for YOU.
@@PainFreeYou thank you very much
Would you tell me to push myself to do things normally?
If pushing yourself creates fear, it may not be beneficial. How about gradually doing more and more from a feeling of safety, not fear? czcams.com/video/mRowJmW4uk0/video.html
I really should know the answer after all this time but please could Dan - or anyone else - spell out for me the explanation for this: Long term I'm really stressed out and anxious (about my mum's dementia) but my old bladder pain has hardly been bothering me. Then, when things are not so bad with the dementia situation and I'm feeling less anxious, that's when my bladder pain tends to kick in again. Quite possibly it would go again tomorrow if something stressful happened which I became all tense and upset about.
I know there's a simple reason and I really want to explain it to my husband but I can't seem to find the words. It's like I only half get it.
I'm the type of person who always needs to understand the logic. Please can you help 🙏
Thanks in advance 😊
When our brains are otherwise occupied and engaged in something really important, there is less time or attention given to the symptoms so they can settle down. It's all about perceived danger. We don't have to figure out why the brain does what it does. If we focus on and worry about pain, it's there and can increase. When we are engaged in life and not paying attention or giving fear to symptoms, they can diminish.
@@PainFreeYou Thanks Dan. That makes sense but I think there might be more to it. Like Angelica's brain is thinking, "Oh dear, there's nothing in particular to stress about so let's turn the pain on now." Why, I don't quite understand.
@@alandry6872 I don't think there is more to it. I have the same experience ( with different symtpoms ) and I think Dan gives the perfect explanation...it's easy to find ourselves hyperfocused on bad events and so we switch all the attention to those and not the symptoms anymore.
@@alandry6872 We don't need to understand the motive of the brain. Pain is a protective mechanism. When the brain feels safe, it can turn off the pain. No need to over-complicate it looking for the "why" behind it all.
@Angir Gie A good place to begin is here: www.PainFreeYou.com/start
This video on the foundation four is key to moving forward. czcams.com/video/eKEOrs1C5W4/video.html
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yes - it can be stress/perceived danger induced. No downside to this approach.
What about acne?
Also have vitiligo.
I’m not Dan- but I will say when I reduced my stress and stopped wearing makeup regularly my acne went bye-bye! I struggled with adult acne - I bought a farm and stopped wearing makeup and even my husband was amazed at my skin. I sweat more then ever and am outside a lot even in the dirt and yet my skin has never been better.
@@fullypersuaded2952 Thanks for your reply. Well it happens to me quite regularly that when the acne gets worse and I am able to calm down and go out anyway and not cover it, it calms down quite quickly. I think the fact that I have been covering with makeup has been doing me a disservice. I think it is TMS. Because as I let people see my real face and I learn they still love me (it's not dangerous), the skin also calms down. So I think the acne might be just another symptom the brain chooses to turn on to make me stay at home in "safety".
Especially as I deal with the fear of being rejected.
Your lucky to have a farm ❤🥺
@@marketa4074 yep! I’ve been there! I used to be scared to get the mail without makeup. I’ve started letting go of vanity (not that’s it’s wrong to try to look pretty) but to not allow myself to believe I have ti be “pretty” to be valuable or to talk to people. I’ve actually begun to like the way I look without makeup.
I am blessed to have a farm- but it is definitely more work at times then I bargained for 😂 but it helps my mind and gives me tasks to do instead of stay inside and feel bad for myself 😔 I really need that