Your Brain Can Keep You Sick: How to Break Free | Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD

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In this episode, Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD, shares eye-opening insights into how the brain keeps chronic symptoms like ME/CFS and Long Covid stuck in a loop - and, most importantly, how to break free. We dive into the science of mind-body medicine, the hidden role of fear, and practical steps to rewire the brain for recovery. STRUGGLING WITH LONG VIDEOS? ✅ Subscribe to my weekly newsletter for a bullet-point summary from our latest recovery interview 💌 https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle CONNECT WITH DR. HOWARD SCHUBINER, MD: 🌐 Dr. Schubiner's Website (research, books and other resources) — https://unlearnyourpain.com/ 👨⚕️ Dr. Howard Schubiner's Low Cost Course on Brain Retraining for Chronic Pain — https://www.coursera.org/learn/reign-of-pain 🌐 ATNS (Association for Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms) - list of practitioners, research, info on neuroplastic symptoms) — https://www.symptomatic.me/ BOOKS AND INTERVIEWS MENTIONED: 📗 Unlearn Your Pain by Howard Schubiner, MD — https://amzn.to/4e8zm1u 📘 Unlearn Your Anxiety and Depression by Howard Schubiner, MD — https://amzn.to/45MQlU9 📖 The Way Out by Alan Gordon — https://amzn.to/3SKZgB0 📘 Chasing Peace by Tom Rosshirt — https://amzn.to/4gUjC2Y 📗 Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl — https://amzn.to/4hNuy3N 👩🏻 Nurse Jo's Recovery Story — https://youtu.be/-t5bJzsBY8I MORE FREE RESOURCES: 👉 TMS Wiki — https://www.tmswiki.org/ 🏠 Alan Gordon's FREE Online Chronic Pain Recovery Course 👉 https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/painrecovery/ 🎯 READ THE SCIENCE BEHIND CHRONIC PAIN: 🛎️ The Boulder Chronic Back Pain Study: 66% became pain or nearly pain free with pain reprocessing therapy maintained at one year - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34586357/ 🛎️ Harvard Psychophysiologic Symptom Relief Therapy for post-acute sequelae of Covid - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.07.22280732v1.full-text 🛎️ Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy and education for fibromyalgia: A randomized controlled trial - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680092/ 🛎️ The PPDA complete bibliography of research studies - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b75908755b02cf7e029e10e/t/6470177aa4720b33e48529cf/1685067643188/PPD+Bibliography+June+2023.pdf _ _ _ _ _ ✅ Sign up for my FREE 5-day brain retraining Email starter course — simple and actionable steps, straight to your inbox: https://mailchi.mp/raelanagle.com/brain-retraining ✅ Brain Retraining 101 with Raelan 👉 Join today: https://tinyurl.com/br101memb Includes weekly live group coaching + support group. 📲 Freeme: ME/CFS Recovery App — These Are the Tools Behind So Many Success Stories 👉 https://freemehealth.com/getfreeme 🏥 Take FREE CFS Recovery Foundations Masterclass — https://cfsrecovery.co/recovery-foundations-849513?el=yt-raelan052&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=foundations ________ BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER (Just $4 a month!) ✅ Your support makes a huge difference in sharing recovery stories 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy4EjD4exCbtuGQkSa71ozA/join 📌 WANT TO BE A GUEST ON MY CHANNEL? Let me know here 👉 https://forms.gle/qF2TXFzGVcJCbc6E6 TIME STAMPS: 00:00 🔗 How Emotional & Physical Pain Are Linked 01:03 🙋♂️ Meet Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD 02:50 💡 The Brain’s Role in Chronic Pain & Fatigue 05:02 🤔 What Really Creates What We Feel? 06:55 🔥 What Most Doctors Don’t Know 07:30 🏥 Why Symptoms Can Persist After an Injury or Virus 08:26 👨⚕️ The #1 Thing You MUST Do 09:01 🧠 Why Is Our Brain Making Us Sick? 12:07 🤯 How Symptoms Become 'Learned' by the Brain 14:07 🎯 This is Why People Get Stuck 16:58 🔑 Breaking the Fear-Symptom Cycle 18:27 🔄 Do Personality Traits Affect Recovery? 20:08 ❤️ The Unexpected Key to Recovery 22:31 ✨ This Rewires Your Brain for Health 24:00 🏡 How Childhood Shapes Chronic Symptoms 28:20 🌱 The Quickest Way to Getting Better 29:05 🔄 The ONLY Thing You Can Control 33:09 🚀 You Can Do Something Right Now 34:28 🚪 What If This DOESN’T Work for Me? 38:22 🧩 A Mind-Blowing Concept About Your Thoughts 42:24 🧠 How the Brain Speaks to Us 43:00 🌱 Paths to Get Better 44:20 🎓 A Hopeful Message for Anyone Struggling NOTE: This description may contain affiliate links to products I enjoy using myself. As an asssociate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Should you choose to use these links, this channel may earn affiliate commissions at no additional cost to you. I appreciate your support! REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you. #mecfs #longcovid #recoveryispossible #neuroplasticity