Anxiety is a Big Cause of Chronic Symptoms

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[@ivannovoselac3518]

It's so bizare that something like anxiety that should protect us can make us miserable and literaly destroy life. Brain's big flaw.

[@Jana-zp4to]

I've had migraines (20-25 per month) for 30 years, generalised anxiety for 28 years and 5 years ago i added chronic pain + chronic fatigue (about 25 different symptoms) to the first 2 conditions. My life is hell. I'm home bounded now but i know it is all related to years of stress. My nervous system is in total control of my body and my mind. Most people with chronic pain are extremely stressed because they can't work (money related problems), they are scared of maybe never recovering (after years of being sick, we lose faith), stressed of not being able to do what they used to do (as simple as cleaning and cooking), stressed because they are losing friends because they can't do normal activities anymore and, so much more.... I might be wrong but i believe that's the reason why they develop anxiety. I would've developed anxiety for sure due to chronic pain if i wasn't already experiencing it. Big hug to everyone experiencing chronic painor anxiety or CFS. 🙌✳️

[@ezekieljeremiah8575]

A very helpful supplement for anxiety, depression and panic is Glycine. It's natural, an amino acid. It comes in powder form. It's a neurotransmitter Inhibitor. People use it for sleep. But works well for anxiety. Look at the time you notice relief with 10 to 25 minutes. Another supplement is Inositol aka Myo-Inositol. It has been found that people with high stress, anxiety, depression have very low levels. It is all natural to and should feel an improvement with 10 to 15 of taking it. I have tried every supplement under the sun and these 2 are amazing. Only only recently found out about them. I suggest typing them in with anxiety and see what you find. Hope this helps you or someone who reads.

[@jamesroof6150]

I can relate to all you wrote. It's like your describing exactly what I'm going through. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. Made me feel not so alone with the extreme suffering I've been going through and experiencing in the last year. You helped someone today.Thank you🙏

[@coya4321]

Have you tried a brain retraining program like gupta or primal trust academy or DNRS?

[@merlin3921]

Jim, I just discovered you on KZbin and I'm blown away. Thank you so much for posting this video. Super helpful.

[@LilyOscar333]

Great explanation Jim 👍 Anxiety is my problem, health anxiety due to an injury 5 years ago. Working on that now and beginning to feel so much better. Keep up the good work.

[@kaylaberry7983]

How are you feeling now? I was making progress until I got the flu last week. I’m hoping to get back on track.

[@dreww1818]

Great video - thank you for explaining the relationship between the amygdala and the frontal cortex - especially the one way signalling. Anxiety is quite the messenger. Thank you for clarifyng aspects of anxiety messaging in the brain and the relationship with physical pain. As well, thank you for explaining that the limbic system doesn't resolve itself when firing repeatedly and sending false messages to the frontal cortex. Grateful for these tools you are sharing!

[@colleeninsko4665]

Makes so much sense I have had an anxiety disorder since I was 14 and now I am 48 and I have had chronic pain for couple years now and I have now been getting better since reading dr sarno and your videos

[@tracystandish3420]

I'm new to this channel,, and I love you for being so great. I will be watching more.

[@marys8884]

Jim thank you for this ! This video has helped me the most of all I've been watching on your channel. Much appreciated.

[@redtom07]

Makes a lot of sense and puts things in perspective. I can use this to help my anxiety.

[@joaniemiller4362]

Mr. Jim you are right on. I have this every morning it’s so bad. Sometimes I get tired of it. I get up early every morning I wake up like twice during the night boom boom boom goes the heart . You get so sick of it and of course it triggers the old sciatica injury / useless back surgery 3 years ago. I have made some improvements, but dang it is relentless. Here lately I’ve been getting up early and working with weights with my husband doing something he calls a Hit workout. Then I get on this stepper machine that works your arms too . I have to seriously bust my ass and get a really hard breathing going and then after all that work out with assisted pull ups he’s got me doing lol ; I finally get anxiety relief. But it doesn’t last all day and I can’t workout all day lol. He also has me doing some cold water therapy. We have cold springs here in North Fl. It helps too. But here again I really need to get to the root and teach my brain to chill out. I’m trying man . Thanks for all you do putting these videos out such a blessing. 🙌

[@thepainpt]

A lot of time you need to look under the hood of anxiety to other emotions. Anxiety can be blocking access to other feelings. For example people who are conflict avoidant will get anxious when they’re actually angry. Keep going don’t see it as anything it’s a cover emotion for other emotions or a false fear as I spoke of here.

[@joaniemiller4362]

@290802001 I’m in menopause and tried hormone therapy it did nothing for the anxiety. I will check out your supplements you mentioned. Thanks

[@meganobrien1019]

Thank you sooo much for this video Jim really needed to hear this exact message today and get back on track and out of that loop!🙏🦄

[@sherivanwert5789]

This is all super helpful and true. However, one important thing to note is that thyroid problems can cause anxiety. I’ve been working on reducing anxiety and chronic pain for a long time and recently I found out that I have Hashimoto’s. So sometimes there can be actually something wrong in the body that needs to be addressed and we actually need to go to the doctor to get evaluated. Treating a thyroid issue will reduce anxiety for some.

[@coya4321]

Sometimes hiatel hernias can cause anxiety because they irritate the vagus nerve..mine feels with air and hinders my diaphram and can give me anxiety..it can also cause heart palpitation==dr vikki peterson on you tube has alot of videos on this. I am still goin to work on brain training as I am having lots of other "sensations"--so glad I found your channel--one of my sensations is adrenaline rushes from pushing through Chronic fatigue for too many years..

[@dimazzy8626]

Thanks Jim. So helpful…as always.

[@ricardoevans6749]

Mr.Jim thank you for sharing this video. I Suffer with chronic pain within my eyes and head. Constantly going to the ER with no relief.

[@thepainpt]

Yes see it as anxiety once structural is ruled out. You are fine it’s just an overreaction of fear causing this stuff

[@cheryl8493]

❤This video has helped me so much, Jim!!!

[@anjas686]

Jim, thank you so much - also for your open words. I am practising for 2 weeks now and feel so much better, safer and in Control of my migraine.

[@lesleydonnelly2622]

Great video with great information. Thank you.

[@rayjoseph1799]

Great content as always - very insightful 💯

[@user-fm1gm2iq9y]

Great video. Very comprehensive. Dank dank dank

[@ziggyzugg]

Great video

[@maatjederegt7434]

Thanks!

[@HoodMan19]

Anxiety is not cause of symptoms. It is a symptom in itself

[@ebsmokymtn9445]

Great video, thank-you. I guess the old adage: "Pain is in the brain", is true.

[@barbarross5629]

My main symptom is the off balance dizzy feeling...I was doing better, now it's way worse again. And I'm sensitized with anxiety again. In despair. 🥺

[@thepainpt]

Don’t stay in depair too long like I said it will keep you down. Dizzy feelings like that are classic anxiety. Stand up to it and move forward. Don’t let it control you. See if there’s any underlying anger beneath anxiety towards something that can be the case a lot with people in anxiety

[@Nan-59]

Hang in there!

[@janiceince1965]

Barbar I am exactly the same... Exactly... And it's hard the despair is real...

[@thepainpt]

@@janiceince1965 Hang in there!acknowledge the despair let the feeling move through you don’t hold onto it or identify with it emotions are just clouds in you they’re not permanent

[@kmcc72]

My Anxiety has been driven by fear and insecurity…fear of the unknown…fear of all the “what ifs”. Facing this fact has helped me a lot with anxiety.

[@thepainpt]

Yes great job facing is the appropriate word face your fears!

[@nurtureulifecoaching3226]

Good explanation

[@blackthornsloe8049]

This channel is helpful . I am often overwhelmed with a cascade of anxious thoughts and chronic back pain . I was in a month long cycle of it and found the channel. My pain was drastically better after two days .

[@colinheyes6415]

Hi Jim Thanks for this video. I feel I need to work on anxiety in my body. Which of your Somatic tracking videos would be best for this condition. Colin

[@thepainpt]

You can use any of the videos the key is to not listen to or react to the anxiety label it as anxiety and let it pass separate yourself from it as it’s a false fear

[@cristinahz]

I KNOW my body is OK, but still I have a great fear of the pain because it is so debilitating...

[@thepainpt]

Yes it’s about getting over anxiety at the end of the day make that your main purpose

[@Truerealism747]

Anxiety doesn't believe the subconscious is causing the pain it's just anxiety they say

[@Truerealism747]

Centre

[@joyceallen9186]

Jim. Read your comment below about repressed anger. That is me. Recommends on how to release it? It is long passed but I know I haven’t emotionally dealt with it

[@thepainpt]

Yes just start journaling about it seeing if you can notice it in your symptoms and acknowledging it actually have to actively work to do some expression around it. Also currently want to be assertive, set boundaries learn to say no those are all expressions of healthy anger regulation

[@sarinahay1523]

😢😢 I’m having an anxiety attack n it’s so hard! I do avoid things cuz I’m so scared

[@seffie4363]

Great video thanks Jim 👍 I believe my chronic anxiety is the root cause and driver of my CFS which I’ve had 3 times x sometimes it feels like my CFS is the extreme end of an anxiety spectrum x I’ve also been following Dr Russell Kennedy who says that anxiety isn’t a thinking problem its alarm stored in the body and you can’t resolve a feeling problem with thinking, do you have a view on this or is this kind of an opposite viewpoint? Also I love your videos and how well you explain things but do you have a book or other resources? Could really do with some help for my heath anxiety which I’ve had for probably 40 years x thanks so much Jim 👍

[@thepainpt]

Yes ur right anxiety comes from the amygdala and limbic brain. DARE is a great approach for anxiety they have an app and book I believe. Claire weeks has a book about anxiety that is also good. The alarm system with anxiety is sensitized so goes off around different things that are not dangerous. The roots usually go back to childhood or possibly further. Psychodynamic therapy looks at anxiety as a cover for other deeper emotions like anger guilt etc. they call it unconscious anxiety when it comes out in your body as a symptom. I think the starting part is you need to challenge it otherwise it’s being reinforced. Yes anxiety is a fear feeling so let that feeling or symptom go and see if there’s stuff underneath it related to things that makes sense as to why you have the anxiety. Reach out if you feel like you need more support to work with this

[@seffie4363]

@@thepainpt thanks Jim, I have looked on your website and if my financial situation improves will look into booking some sessions with you. I am a huge fan of Claire Weekes approach, I have 2 of her books and have found its the only thing that has ever helped, I think her approach is very much TMS?! I have used DARE which I think is an updated Claire Weekes really but although a useful tool if the anxiety symptoms are very strong the DARE aporoach doesnt feel powerful enough. I feel like sometimes it just takes over and the symptoms will just appear in certain situations, I think thats neuroception? Anyway thanks for the suggestions, bottom line is I have to lose my fear of fear symptoms I guess! When I recovered from CFS before it was basically down to massively reducing stress/anxiety x sorry for long reply 👍

[@Truerealism747]

@@seffie4363 have you got much pain with your cfs

[@seffie4363]

@@Truerealism747 no none

[@notme7028]

To me the big question is did anxiety lead to chronic pain or did chronic pain lead to anxiety. It seems obvious that if you have chronic pain you are likely to have anxiety. The more interesting question is are people with existing anxiety disorders more likey to develop chronic pain.

[@thepainpt]

Yes anxiety can lead to physical anxiety symptoms and physical symptoms can lead to more exactly so it is a loop. Some of the interesting brain study show that changes in the brain are pre-existing before a chronic pain started so there is evidence to show that it’s the anxiety/stress on the front end that can make something become chronic

[@robinelliott5561]

Do you know if going through prescribed benzodiazapine withdrawal which causes fight/flight/freeze due to the Gaba receptors being downregulated can be helped using your program? I’m in terror daily over nothing. I wake up in terror…over nothing. It’s due to a damaged brain .

[@gRecendez]

Great info! I have some doubts, can anxiety be contagious? Meaning, if one is surrounded by an anxious person, can this be adopted? Or is the Individual pre dispositioned for anxiety and the environment just detonates anxiety? Im curious, as i realize that im affected by my spouses anxiety and moreover, I am becoming like him, which entails in perceiving threats that are not Real Physical Danger rather just social anxiety. Can this be a mirrored anxiety? Just some thoughts! Thank you for the wonderful resources!

[@thepainpt]

Yes it can be that. We do have mirror neurons and we are suggestible to people close to us. I would stop agreeing with this start refuting the anxiety so that you can break down the pattern that’s starting in you and also his as well. Anxiety helps no one!

[@dr.amitabhamukherjee3601]

What you need is a prospective study to look into the rooe of anxiety in precipitating Mindbody syndromes i.e. how many people with generalised anxiety disorder go on to develop TMS sometime down the line. That the vast majority of people dealing with Mindbody issues are abnormally anxious shouldn't come as a surprise -- the suffering itself will cause anxiety among other things.

[@ndn8shn999]

I do have structural pain but anxiety just makes my pain worse. Can you help people like me, who have structural pain which causes anxiety which in turn makes my pain worse. It’s a vicious circle. Thx

[@thepainpt]

Yes it can help for sure as anxiety can be fuel on the fire.

[@juna8796]

Anyone tried meds to ease social anxiety so that it can be desensitized? Ive been cfs/me for 6 years and while ive had some moderate shifts, anxiety has been so reluctant to budge. Not keen on meds, but i think doing all the things anxiety makes so difficult will be a big one for me to make a full transformation. thanks for the vids too Jim, they are great :)

[@Truerealism747]

Have you got pain with it I was diagnosed 1998 neurosthenia severe but nowadays more muscle pain but I've found out ADHD fatigue type not hyper linked to me fybro which ime sure i have and hypomobility

[@k41418]

Could this work if my anxiety is focused on pain from ibs-c that is triggered by specific foods and my anxiety is generally only an issue when my blood sugars are getting low as i struggle with being hypersensitive to changes in my blood sugar.

[@Reefmaster1961]

If you suffer from chronic pain most of your day, of course you’ll go anxious and depressed. It’s a terrible way to live. Darn pain!

[@pattyboucetta1897]

Jim if we get symptoms out of the blue but don’t feel anxious, and we understand that it’s a repressed emotion that we are unaware of, how do we release that energy if it’s so repressed?

[@obessedwithhealth]

How do you know if it's anxiety driven pain when doctors and MRI tell you there are serious things wrong! Doctors and MRI results create the anxiety!!

[@jessicanilsson2437]

I got komplex PTSD and got heavy anixety and burning skin, Fatigue, brainfatigue, abandontment trauma How to heal ?

[@kaylaberry7983]

I seriously feel anxious almost all day. I have tried meds but they cause bad side effects. Have you seen some people need anxiety medication to help them while applying these principles? It’s gotten much worse since I had the flu 10 days ago as if I have inflammation. It all started 3.5 years ago when I had mold exposure but also during 2020 when there was SO MUCH stress.

[@ezza1236]

Is the same for long covid, Rebecca tollin has really helped me with this

[@thepainpt]

Yes I believe a lot of Long Covid is TMS. Rebecca is great she’s a wonderful person and coach she really dove into the work when we worked together a few years back and made a great recovery!

[@ezza1236]

@@thepainpt you guys are both angels 😇

[@riccardoaddis5746]

My main chronic symptom is brain fog...before that I was in a very stressful situation with a level of anxiety never experienced before so I guess that this is what my brain did to protect me from that anxiety. Do you think that meds can help to lower the level of anxiety or the only way is through Active messages of safety?

[@thepainpt]

Yeah the anxiety again can come out emotionally or physically in your body it’s the same thing. You just have to see if there’s anything under anxiety other emotions or feelings that you want to get access to. The danger alarm system can stay turned on in the brain even though danger has long past. Meds can help but I don’t think it gets to the root of the problem which is what this work does

[@riccardoaddis5746]

@@thepainpt Ty so much for your answer!! I think that the root of my anxiety is the fear of abandonment and solitude ( father left the family/mother emotionally unavailable/unwanted child) and the consequent Anger and frustration towards myself for not being able to overcome that. I Guess that acknowledging that is not enough to overcome the anxiety..should I face that by Just being alone?

[@100_mph]

My anxiety symptom causes shallow breathing:( like really bad. For 3 years now every day. So bad that it hurts my back and neck even more because I'm not belly breathing I get caught "yawn breathing" with my chest. Which is the opposite of the proper way to breath with your diaphragm. It's so awful

[@thepainpt]

Yeah need to unlock the tension in the body through these techniques to be able to get your breath naturally back. The first step is to stand up to it and reinterpret anxiety as not being bad. It’s good to find out and look for the sources of it where did the start and maybe look to do some work around that. Reach out if you need some help

[@100_mph]

@@thepainpt appreciate the response man. Have known about Sarno for two years..seen most of yours and buglios videos... So yea I get what you're saying-. I'm pretty knowledgeable about this TMS stuff, have read anything and everything. Still very tough. TMS is so obvious because you have good days when your minds clear and 0 pain or anxiety. My upper back pain began 3 years ago along with anxiety. Not sure which symptom preceded which (pain or anxiety) but I smoked a lotttt of weed from 16-26 years old and at age 26 I quit because I got bad anxiety when I was smoking. This is the breathing problem I'm talking about. It began when I would smoke and get anxiety and feel like I literally had to manual breath. Now it's a habit. And I haven't smoked in two years lol. But yea- my anxiety and upper back tension will be so insane some days just sitting home...meanwhile a few weeks ago I ripped my brothers entire backyard up almost single handily, put sod down and everything. 0 pain all week hahahah its so crazy. Sorry to rant

[@vee9133]

Would you say this is true if dizziness causes anxiety? Don’t worry about it, don’t avoid things because you are dizzy? I have had multiple test to rule things out- nothing Is found that is causing the dizziness I have most the time. Only time it goes away is when I lay down so I avoid doing everything.

[@annaberg1200]

How do I overcome my anxiety??? I try so hard to challenge myself in everything. But I don't think it helps 💔

[@thepainpt]

Be OK with the anxiety itself it’s not real fear it is an exaggeration of false fear that you don’t need to listen to but you do have to handle it in your body when it arises

[@sparkely1122]

I need to figure out if ibs can be strictly anxiety, ?

[@narbelethderaude9043]

Me too

[@ariannesmakman5639]

Dear Jim, i already asked a question before...but one 1 more i would like to ask. I finally understand that all my pppd and eye symptoms are coming from my really tired and overstressed brain. It took me 1 year to finally see there was nothing bad going on, except too much stress, worry etc. In this 1 year i built up anxiety, every time i felt sensations i got flight reaction. So...now..i finally know what is the cause of my sensations, i trust they can dissapear when my brain is relaxed again...BUT the anxiety feeling, the constant tension in my body, when i wake up, all day long, there is this tension and bacause of this, also afraid feelings...like, :/why is this still here, can i get rid of it or did i feel this for too long and now it is very hard to go away, or...why doesnt it go away now i know that i will be fine from symptoms again? So...i feel afraid of feeling these tension/ anxiety symptoms because they seem to be withme all day long🥴 I have tried; passiflora, rhodiola, st janskruid...they all dont seem to be doing a lot to feel relaxed again..i dont want medication...but i so much would like some help or some thing to feel a bit more relaxed again..i feel so tired..i sleep but also not that well... Would you have any suggestions besides trying to feel its all ok? Would you suggest any plantbased supplements? Or any other help? 🙏🙏

[@thepainpt]

I’m not sure on supplements Probably some can help ease the anxiety. I think the biggest goal here is to reteach your brain there is no danger. So this means telling and showing your brain each day there is nothing wrong even when you feel anxious. Overtime they should dial down the anxiety. But you need to not care and live normally to show it that. Confront and face the things that make you anxious. Another recent why anxiety can be high in people is when there’s repressed anger underneath. This is common in conflict avoidant people or people who never tend to get angry. Take care

[@ariannesmakman5639]

@@thepainpt thank you so much🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@marys8884]

🙏

[@Truerealism747]

Dr Sarno used to believe anxiety causes pain until 1981 then he changed and said the anxiety is a product of something in the subconscious butf I thinks it's the other way round.snxiety causes the subconscious to react.been confusing for me

[@thepainpt]

I think the best explanation for anxiety comes from psychodynamic therapy which believes it’s what causes these unconscious symptoms in the body but underneath anxiety are other deep emotions like anger and guilt etc. I think Sarno would agree with that he talked about anger and rage as one of the primary emotions causing symptoms in the body. Anxiety can cover up anger. One of the classic ways to look at this is if you are conflict avoidant that means you get anxious around the emotion of anger

[@Truerealism747]

@@thepainpt for me it's anxiety of symptoms I don't feel anger only if symptoms I keep away from things what make me angry to

[@thepainpt]

@@Truerealism747 Yes anxiety of the symptoms for sure you have to overcome that and just see if there’s anything else around things and themes in your life which is the undercurrent of all this stuff. what you are most scared of and feel is most threatening to you

[@Truerealism747]

No doctors don't realise I've got hypomobilty and anxiety are one mother's the same she got severe ms.larger amalgamia in the brain are you hypomobile jim

[@jimkragelund7517]

Living with chronic pain for 5 decades, this idea of it all being in a persons head. You are not helping!

[@leilag1033]

He says nothing about it all “being in the head”, it’s very real. The cause , though, may very well be fear in the unconscious.