Finding the Safety-Danger Balance
There's a constant flow and balance in the brain between safety and danger. The brain is always interpreting what is going on in the present and making adjustments moment to moment.
We need to have awareness of when we are feeding the brain messages of safety or danger in order to find that balance. Notice when you're getting stuck in the fear loop and reassure with safety to counter-balance it.
Signaling DANGER to the brain:
1. Catastrophizing
2. Fear/focus/anxiety
3. Trying to FIX the pain
4. Avoidance
5. Body positions
6. Movement
7. Self criticism
8. Various stresses - work, money, relationship
9. Foods, chemicals, EMF
10. Medication
11. Abandonment
12. Watching the calendar
13. Measuring and monitoring symptoms
14. Using medical names to describe
15. Online research
16. Toxic support groups
17. Talking about pain/symptoms
18. Believing Doctors / Not believing them
19. Letting life be consumed by pain
Messages of SAFETY:
1. Smile
2. Use Reassuring Words
3. Breathe
4. Relax Your Body
5. Show Yourself Kindness and Self-Love
6. Focus On Positive Sensations
7. Expect The Best
8. Feel Your Emotions
9. Don’t Believe Your Negative Thoughts
10. Reinforce Your TMS Belief With Accurate Knowledge
11. Have A Direct Conversation With Your Brain
12. Strike A Powerful Pose
13. Laugh With Someone
14. Connect With Others
15. Listen To Music
16. Spend Time In Nature
17. Engage In Normal Activity
18. Live Your Life Instead Of Fixing
19. Don’t Talk About Symptoms
20. Have Fun Despite The Pain
21. Know That TMS Is Temporary
22. Watch funny Shows On YouTube
23. Meditate
24. Exercise
Foundations of mind-body healing:
1. Mental - don’t believe negative thoughts
2. Emotional - Allow emotions to be felt
3. Physical - relaxed body - breathing naturally.
4. Treating self with kindness
5. Response to symptoms - clarity and calm
6. Shifting focus to living from fixing
7. MINDSET - I’m not broken or sick
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