Here I review the understanding put forward in the book The Divided Mind by Dr John Sarno as long ago as 2006. Doctor Sarno was one of the first medical doctors to embrace the idea of psychosomatic medicine which he dubbed mind body disorder to avoid the negative connotation that psychosomatic was all in your head.

We now find many common conditions relate to what he referred to as TMS or Tension myoneural syndrome commonly expressed as chronic fatigue syndrome or Fibromyalgia but embracing many medically unexplained symptoms
00:00 Sarno's revolutionary ideas of psycho-somatic (mindbody) medicine
02:45 The divided mind - pain and emotional centres in the brain are closely linked
04:20 Unconscious emotions from early childhood repressed by personality traits of goodism, perfectionism as unacceptable
06:52 My story of unconscious repression of rage/ anger or rebellion plus guilt, fear or grief
09:25 The need for control - narcissism and the dismay when illness, divorce, etc strikes
12:16 past & present experience accumulate to speak for you - the symptom imperative
14:42 Biomedical medicine treats the body symptoms only
15:11 Other recommended books - including mine The Scar that won't Heal, The Hidden Psychology of Pain
16:29 Mainstream medicine slowly taking on this view. Accept the brain creates pain and deal with underlying emotions

*If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*
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Alchemy Therapies & Emotional Masterclass

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Group Healing Program: http://myemotionalaudit.com
Author/Book site: https//patriciaworby.com
Podcast: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/po...
121 and group therapy and training for stress related conditions like anxiety, fatigue and pain: https://alchemytherapies.co.uk
See in particular: Thrive! - an introductory mindbody connection program and The Emotional Audit for more intensive training.

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Talking about pain from a mindbody perspective and how to heal.

00:00 Intro and why I'm talking about pain today
01:30 how to treat acute pain relating to tissue damage and shock (held in the body)
05:20 acute vs. chronic pain - pain that doesn't resolve itself after 3 months - neuropathic or 'brain pain' is especially difficult to resolve as the system gets 'stuck' in threat evaluation in limbic brain
08:20 with repeated trauma the system never re-sets and amygdala is sensitised. All change/uncertainty is seen this way as well as interoceptive signals resulting from fear.
10:15 Painkillers don't work here - need another solution. Brain re-training is needed in central brain to dampen emotional pain triggers
12:24 Changing the brain's processing - most effective treatment for pain and fatigue relies on the mindbody link not constant testing or fear signals of no solution
14:13 Different programs available to desensitise/de-amplify these signals by re-balancing left and right hemispheres too turns off fight and flight system.

*If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*
CONTACT ME: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/
Alchemy Therapies & Emotional Masterclass

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES
Group Healing Program: http://myemotionalaudit.com
Author/Book site: https//patriciaworby.com
Podcast: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/po...
121 and group therapy and training for stress related conditions like anxiety, fatigue and pain: https://alchemytherapies.co.uk
See in particular: Thrive! - an introductory mindbody connection program and The Emotional Audit for more intensive training.

COMING SOON:
Intensive Training Program: https://emotionalmasterclass.com

Explore with me the multi-dimensional nature of complex chronic exhaustive conditions and how you can heal.
See also Raelan Agle's fabulous channel @RaelanAgle and
The @crappychildhoodfairy

00:00 intro and importance of the mind in Recovery - which can and does happen!
02:12 CFS/ME is not a diagnosis but a description - there are no biomarkers for the condition is 'medically unexplained and it doesn't lead to an answer or plan for recovery.
04:13 Mindset means what you believe consciously and unconsciously - its not about positive thinking... getting out of denial and 'pushing through', keeping it hidden
06:00 The loads can be multiple on top of the previous stresses (including epigenetics and the unconscious emotional trauma) combines to form your total allostatic load in the terrain of the body
so the treatment path is very unclear
09:20 recovery starts with accepting you have a problem and something needs to change - the mindset shift. All complex chronic conditions have a mindbody component
10:50 what are the maps to recovery? nutritional supplementation which can be difficult to handle when depleted, physical/structural like Perrin technique, very intense and long.
14:35 Rewiring the nervous system like Dan Kneuffer's Re-wire, Chrysalis Effect, Gupta, Lightning Process, Reorigin programs. All work on the autonomic nervous system dysregulation.
16:20 Modern medicine is left hemisphere oriented and cannot look at all the various factors in such a multifactorial disease. Explore the various alternatives and get into recovery mindset.
17:50 The map for each individual are different but reaching out for help from people who have been through this so they understand the mind and body factors and how to shift the pattern
19:49 Personality factors, past experiences that were not metabolised, all live on in you that manifest in you - complex trauma. ACEs
22:14 It's never one thing even though the trigger will be obvious. Alex Howard's metaphor of an overloaded cargo ship which runs aground. Always multi-dimensional and uncertain.

*Watch a video**
HEAL YOUR SPIRIT TO HEAL CFS/ME https://youtu.be/hXGaOjrV6PA
WHATS THE MATTER WITH MEDICINE - IAIN MCGILCHRIST https://youtu.be/CdE1QphYKoU
HOW TO HEAL BIRTH TRAUMA WITH EMDR https://youtu.be/JmtarRiGsgY
EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE https://youtu.be/E5TYi9dEBEU
WHY ANXIETY IS NOT A MIND ISSUE https://youtu.be/Ty-J2pu37tA
HOW CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS STILL AFFECT YOU: https://youtu.be/8LzR8yhR8u8

*If you're suffering from Chronic pain, fatigue or anxiety, I CAN HELP*
CONTACT ME: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/
Alchemy Therapies & Emotional Masterclass

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES
Group Healing Program: http://myemotionalaudit.com
Author/Book site: https//patriciaworby.com
Podcast: https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/po...
121 and group therapy and training for stress related conditions like anxiety, fatigue and pain: https://alchemytherapies.co.uk
See in particular: Thrive! - an introductory mindbody connection program and The Emotional Audit for more intensive training.

COMING SOON:
Intensive Training Program: https://emotionalmasterclass.com