This Helped Me The Most: Breaking The Chronic Pain and Symptoms Cycle
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- čas přidán 23. 04. 2024
- Hello friends,
I am so excited to get this video out, because this is what helped me the most to break the chronic pain and symptoms cycle I was in.
Like many of the things I talk about here, it may seem too simple. Don't let that fool you!
In this video you'll learn how to break the chronic pain and symptoms cycle by removing certain words from your daily use and by replacing them with silly, nonsense words.
Why? Watch the video and find out.
As promised, here's the list of 20 silly sounding words generated by Chat GPT:
Bumfuzzle
Gobbledygook
Lollygag
Snickerdoodle
Flibbertigibbet
Widdershins
Kerfuffle
Collywobbles
Nincompoop
Cattywampus
Wibble
Blubber
Gadzooks
Fuddy-duddy
Wabbit
Noodle
Brouhaha
Goober
Waddle
Malarkey
This video is for information purposes only. It is not medical or chiropractic advice nor does it establish a patient-provider relationship. Enjoy and learn!
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In my ongoing dealings with chronic dizziness , think I’ll try saying something like ‘ my caboose is caddywampas today 😊
I love it! Have you been to @TheSteadyCoach to listen to Dr Yonit? I found her channel very helpful when I had chronic dizziness. All my best to you, and thank you for your note.
You are the perfect counselor for me. I enjoy the tone of your voice the presentation and I can feel the intent of the heart. You definitely know your stuff. I can learn from you. Thank you for being here for us
Hi, Thanks for your note. I'm glad you're here and that my words are landing in a nice way for you. I'm still learning myself, and I'm definitely passionate about sharing what I know with others in a way that's easy to process. Thanks for being here.
Hello first time listening to you and I did subscribe! I need all the positive reinforcements that I can and will stop this loop ! Over 30 years in pain but a Dr changed the trajectory and caused a category 5 hurricane to my CNS . I use all the words and more and I’ll take anyway to stop the symptoms and live again because I do have wonderful reasons to be present and enjoy the people I love and my animals that bring me joy 🤠❤️ I will now listen to you as I already listen to Dan Buglio,Tanner Murtagh, Alan Gordon Dr Schubiner and a couple more . I just subscribed and look forward to hearing more of your videos 🦋😊
Hello, Welcome and thank you for being here! Keep putting everything you've learned into action and you can only move forward. I look forward to hearing about your progress. All my best to you!
This is the only thing I have not tried..Thank You! 😊❤
Let us know how it goes!
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Will Do! Thank You 🙏
Very Interesting! Thank you for sharing. I graduated from the Lin PRT course as a client, and I've graduated from the Pain Reprocessing Therapy course
to become a practitioner.
However, my symptoms have not yet gone away completely. Both courses taught somatic tracking in a way that we would describe the pain as burning, dull, aching, and all the other words you said not to use. I am very excited to try your method of describing my pain, such as nincompoop in my gobbledie goop. I am very hopeful that it will be a breakthrough for me. Thank you for sharing.
Hello, I love the words you've chosen. In all the studying I've done, somatic tracking was one of the last things I was exposed to.
Ultimately, the goal of both somatic tracking and what I talk about in this video is to remove the emotional reaction and cognitive distortions we develop to the pain or symptom.
I think the distinction between somatic tracking and what I talk about in this video is that I'm encouraging you to replace "pain words" as you go about your day to day activities.
This video is for breaking the hyperfocus and hypervigilance, regarding symptoms. My take on somatic tracking is that it increases our ability to "be comfortable in the discomfort", therefore decreasing the anxiety and hyperfocus.
I hope that makes sense. I'm glad you're going to give it a try!
All my best!
Great information, this will be very helpful for me! I can clearly see why this exercise is important and you made it simple. Thank you for sharing with everyone! 😊
Hi, Thanks Debbie. I hope you'll update us in the future about how things are going for you. Thanks for being here.
You are a wonderful angel sharing all this - found you about a month ago and wanted to give my deepest gratitude. I love the way you explain science / brain and also being soothing calming and deeply understanding. After years of increasing muscle, tissue, neck, and leg pain, and going on my own mind body quest and training, I’m finally finding much relief in just a month from your channel and a few others similar. I can’t wait to try this technique! Laughter and being light about things is truly medicine. ❤
Hello, thank you for your kind note. I'm really glad to hear you've already seen some changes. It's great to notice, as time goes by, that many things begin to resolve. Not only less pain, but also less anxiety and an improved overall sense of wellbeing and happiness. Keep up the good work!
Even though I still have symptoms, between you, Pain free you, and Alan Gordons book this stuff does work. I know I hang on to some fear and trepidation specifically with body positions like sitting. This stuff works and almost changed my thoughts overnight which ALONE was a huge win. Still working but learning to stop and enjoy where I have come from and not forget how much worse it was. For those reading: I have symptoms but they are MUCH improved just not gone.
Hi, Thank you for sharing this great report to viewers here. You make an important point. Your thoughts changed. That's the key. When the thoughts change, the body/symptoms follow.
Keep reminding yourself of all your "wins", even the small ones.
I'm really happy to hear how well you're doing. Thank you!
Thank you for this. I’m going to try.
Hi, That's great, I'm glad to hear it!
Is pppd (persistent postural perceptional dizziness) TMS?
Hello, Great question. I went through my own bout of chronic dizziness and other brain symptoms. That experience helped inspire me to create my channel here. YES, chronic dizziness is a TMS symptom. Have you visited The Steady Coach channel @TheSteadyCoach? She helped me significantly and I'm happy to say I recovered from my chronic dizziness. All my best to you, and please keep me updated about your progress.
I named my pain Silly Willy when I was recovering from 37 years of chronic back & neck pain 😅
😍😀😜Nice!
Thank you for your insights Dr Bradstreet! I belong to Dr Yonit’s group. I have been dealing with chronic dizziness/PPPD since a vertigo episode in Jan’23. I still deal with intrusive thoughts that I’ll have vertigo again (have had two episodes total) and that fear is hard to get rid of. On high dizzy days or even upon waking up (both episodes happened upon wake up in a dark room) I still get those fearful thoughts about having vertigo again. Irrational I know but so tough to ‘forget’. Any suggestions?
Hi, Thanks for your note. I'm a big fan of Dr. Yonit at @TheSteadyCoach.
You make some really good points. Dizziness/vertigo can feel scary because it's such a different sensation, and it's unpleasant. It can also feel scary because we worry something could be wrong with the brain. It can feel very out of control.
One thing that will help you is to recognize that a big part of the fear is the fear of that out of control sensation.
Try to build up your internal belief that if you experience another episode of vertigo in the future, you will handle it. Like some other things in life, it's unpleasant, but it will end and you will cope with it. Fearing the possibility of a future episode is a very vulnerable and anxious state. But, recognizing that if it happens, you have the ability to cope with it until it passes is very empowering.
Be a "neutral observer" to the worrisome thoughts. Some of them are simply created by the brain out of habit. You can remind yourself that your brain is just firing off a habitual thought, and that it doesn't hold any power.
Check to see if you have any "safety behaviors" regarding the vertigo. For example, are you sleeping with the light on because past episodes happened in the dark? Little by little, challenge yourself to let go of any safety behaviors.
It sounds like you've already make progress, make a list of your "wins", even the very small ones, and remind yourself of them daily.
All my best to you!
@@drchristinebradstreet I can’t thank you enough for your reply! Thank you. What you said is spot on….I recognize my fear is about lack of control! Those two episodes totally terrified me. And I’m embarrassed that I haven’t gotten past it to be honest. The intrusive thoughts are habitual indeed. I suppose I need to keep reminding myself of that and also replace those thoughts with something that makes me happy instead each time. I don’t want to take up more of your time …. Your help is so appreciated!
@@kcmo208 Hello, A thought comes to my mind after reading your reply. It's ok to acknowledge that the past episodes scared you. Try having an internal dialog that sounds something like this, "even though the past episode scared me, I know that if it happens again, I will cope with it and it will pass."
Belief in your inner ability to cope with it will do a lot to alleviate the fear.
@@drchristinebradstreet Valuable advice ! Thank you!
Could hair loss be TMS?
That's a good question. I'm sorry, I don't have a good answer for you regarding that.
Christine, your tip works pretty well 😜🙏
I was in pain while I was eating my dinner, I said here comes "Goulbi Goulba" again, and as a result my attention drifted much faster than usual on something other than my pain 👍
By the way, thank you for highlighting the burning sensation, because it really concerns me, so I was able to identify with it completely, and that gave me courage.
Hi, Thanks for this great report. That's a perfect word/name for breaking the cycle. As far as burning goes, burning is a really common mind-body symptom. The brain seems to be good at picking a sensation that will really get our concern and attention.
I am reassured that you say that burning sensation is a common mind-body symptom.
But it is so amazing and difficult to accept that the brain chooses the symptom that will affect you the most!
Every morning, almost at the same time, between 5 and 6 a.m., I am woken up by burning sensations, here's my alarm clock !! so unfortunately it's not the birdsong that wakes me up 😜
My mind begins automatically to think very negatively, and i really can’t stay as a neutral observer, resulting in a growing burning sensation, as if I were using a bellows on the fire.
And it's a pity because « Goulbi Goulba » doesn’t work in this case, when laying in bed, and i feel totally helpless.
So I can't go back to sleep, unless I take pain medication.
Do you think I should get up, and begin my day, even if it is very early in the morning for me ? What would be your advice for me in front of that situation.
Thank you in advance Christine if you can help me a little on this.
If I could speak English correctly, I would have taken individual consultations with you, but this is not possible because I really have too much difficulty expressing myself in English, especially on this complex subject, and I need of a translator.
I constat it’s a too long message, sorry for that.
@@zatmenat Hello, I see that I missed this note, and it's been a month. My opinion is that it's better to get up and begin your day rather than to lie in bed thinking about the symptoms.
If the hour is unreasonable to get up (as in the middle of the night) I would calmly tell the symptom, "no, this is sleeping time now. I'm willing to speak with you later, but right now it is sleeping time" and do your best to fall back to sleep.
@@drchristinebradstreet Thank you Christine, as always, your advice is very useful to me, and I now understand how I need to talk to my brain :-)
My problem is I do have pathology for all my aches and pains. They just haven’t healed right. I have a dull aching pain that changes from hour to hour at times. The ankle one minute then it’s my knees and then my hip. I am under extreme stress. It’s a vicious loop.
How can I change my pain perception? Thx