Why Brain Fog Should Not Be Scary

Why Brain Fog Should Not Be Scary
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[@Rike-gr1jg]

One step to increase cognitive abilities and stop brain fog: get rid of your TV. We did it years ago and this stuff works either 😊

[@Inge508]

💯 agree Dan ! I had brainfog really bad in the beginning of my fibromyalgia.. I lost my train of thought in every conversation, couldn’t read a book properly, etc.. I later understood that when my brain is in hyper arrousal.. memory is not life- saving so it shuts down. That released my fear and nowadays my cognitive function is almost normal. So yes, progress is in the 🏡 ! Have a great Thursday Dan and everyone ❤

[@masspatriot5409]

Isn’t it wonderful when you can process with clarity 😊. Hope all is well in your world 🌍

[@Inge508]

@@masspatriot5409hi Mass! So lovely to read you back! Are you thriving ?!!! I’m still on my journey but confident and positive.. Have a blessed day ❤🎉

[@josiejo117]

Bless you Inge...once again we are so similar! And thank goodness your cognitive function returned because your insights, input & words of wisdom are priceless. What a gift to give the world. Thank you for everything you share. Love always.💜

[@Inge508]

@@josiejo117 ❤️❤️❤️hahahaha Josie! What a lovely comment ! My hubby always said , no way your brain is broken.. because i have been ´bombarding’ him with insights 😀

[@josiejo117]

@@Inge508He sees what I see!

[@xNeroGamerPL]

You're compeletely right, Dan! Brain fog was (and still is to some extend) a big part of my lightheadedness to the point that just like you said I just wasn't able to read a book or watch a TV show. I was just focusing too much on my symptoms and therefore they were growing stronger. Nowadays I don't have any problems with focusing on anything, because I know what it is and I know that I'm SAFE. And that's mostly thanks to you for which I'm extremely grateful!

[@bbukiyo]

Dan is the man

[@xNeroGamerPL]

@@bbukiyo Sure he is!

[@SurrenderCrew]

Thx Dan ❤❤ this stuff works folks.. want more support join the community. Cant afford it for now? The free stuff works too. Dan never hold back in his videos. You can heal , you will heal as long as you get off the fence and start to implement the stuff he shares after consuming the content. Sending love to all ❤❤

[@jackiek4159]

Definitely needed this encouraging message! Thank you! 🙏🏻💕✨

[@kaydlc11]

Brain fog has been one of the weirdest and scariest symptoms since I got Covid. I agree with you Dan, everything started from fear and hasn't left because my brain is so hyper vigilant focusing on every symptom. At the beginning I had so many different symptoms, from dizziness, body pains, light sensitivity, extremely intense anxiety, etc...and my mistake was to read negative stories about long Covid. Here I am 16 months later still stuck in fight or flight, but now I understand fear is what has been messing me up. I know I am not broken and will recover 100%. God is my helper!

[@josiejo117]

So pleased you covered this Dan. And I completely agree with all you say. Telling Ben's story you could be speaking my own. Gone from not being able to see straight, think, move...I couldn't even string a sentence together at one point...and writing was impossible. I sat for 6 weeks almost catatonic staring out the window...BUT let's fast forward to the present & here I am writing, living, loving...still implementing, learning, trusting, having more & more days almost fear-free. I continue putting one step in front of the other down this path of recovery from fear. Thanks always to you & everyone of the beautiful people who also tread this path. We are stronger together folks. Love to all.❤

[@Inge508]

Your my poet on this channel ❤️❤️❤️

[@christinehorne5165]

Yay! Another win to encourage others! We can do this.

[@mudskippa8958]

Well done. Any hints, please? Brain fog has stopped me visualising or doing other positive things. I'm not scared of the symptom, but it's making it difficult to progress. I have had moments of being completely here and joyful. But they were last year some time and those moments of progress I've had are inaccessible, like they belonged to someone else.

[@josiejo117]

@@Inge508Bless you. ❤

[@josiejo117]

@@mudskippa8958I feel everyone is different & what may have been right for me, might not resonate with you...but I found meditation very beneficial. But you say you are not scared of the symptom which is incredible. This was (& to some extent still is) something I'm working with...I would say if you don't have this, then everything will just keep improving for you, especially as you are already experiencing joyful moments...focus on those & let them grow. My heart goes out to you on this journey. You are doing brilliantly!!❤

[@jilldickson4352]

I’ve had brain fog for many years. Long before covid was even heard of and yes I have a fearful brain.

[@vanessawilhelm594]

Thanks Dan. This video is great! Cognitive and visual problems have been my worst symptoms! Similar to Ben I had a major disconnect in my cognitive abilities following covid. I actually passed out (which I now realise was from a panic attack because I was so scared), from then on I had major disassocation/derealization. I could not recognise myself in the mirror, I felt like I was watching the world through a foggy mirror. I felt nothing, not even for my loved ones. My whole visual field was off. It was so scary at the time but I now realise my brain/nervous system went to such a dramatic state because it thought it was protecting me. I was stuck in this for 20 months 24/7. It's been 3 years and I am still here, getting better and better - have really committed to the mind-body stuff for the last 3 weeks and I am working on it all. Baby steps :) wonderful! F*** the symptoms I tell myself these days and go on with my day. I am flying to London tomorrow for a long weekend with my best friend! Can't wait to one day tell my recovery story, as I was a fairly extreme case.

[@Inge508]

Enjoy your wonderful weekend !👍🌺🎉

[@vanessawilhelm594]

Thank you so much :) we have a lot of great things planned. Harry Potter World, a walking tour, a musical and sealife!@@Inge508

[@josiejo117]

You could be telling my "story"...so pleased to hear you are flying to visit a friend...amazing! Have a wonderful time. Would love to see you on a recovery video. This is my goal also!! You are incredible & so inspiring thank you for sharing.

[@alyeskakochanek]

That's amazing Vanessa! I hope you do share your story with us some day!

[@kaydlc11]

oh my gosh. My nightmare also started right after Covid and now I understand it was all fear from the initial symptoms. I have been stuck in that for 16 months, but now I know I can get better by telling my brain I am not in danger. We will recover! God will help us!

[@vespa371]

I agree! I had a year of not being able to watch tv or read, the concentration for those things wasn't there. All the while I was convinced I must have something wrong with my brain and I was terrified. When I learnt about TMS/PDP I was able to read again!

[@Montyofkittentopia]

Brain fog is scarier the older you get. Thanks for talking about this symptom!

[@erinm9445]

100% agree that brain fog is nothing to be scared of. But! Brain fog is not just faulty memory and cognition. It's a physical feeling in the head and in the brain. That's why it's called brain fog, it feels like your head is filled with pea soup, and you don't feel like yourself (sort of like when you have the flu). And brain fog is pretty clearly linked to inflammation. So I don't think brain fog happens because the brain is too busy focusing on being scared or whatever. What I *do* think is that brain fog and inflammation are just like pain--they are the brain's reaction to perceived danger, they are symptoms created by a brain that thinks that your system is under attack or in danger in some way. Brain fog is absolutley a PDP symptom, and Dan's techniques can be very effectivec against it, as I have first-hand experience of myself!

[@jackiek4159]

How did you get rid of it? It's so frustrating when it won't go away!

[@erinm9445]

@@jackiek4159 Exactly the way Dan says: indifference. I would wake up every morning, and still laying in bed, I would notice my symptoms--including brain fog--and would just spend time laying there really noticing what the symptoms felt like, and welcoming them to be in my body. I wouldn't resist them, I would just notice that they were sensations that couldn't hurt me, that I was still me and still safe, but just with these extra sensations. Usually there would be a shift after 10 or 20 minutes where the sensations would sort of move to the background. And I just spent the day not worrying about them. They lessened over time. The thing is, I did this on a wave of confidence, when Dan's teaching and the brain retraining I'd been doing finally really clicked, and I just really knew, deep down, that I was okay. It was that that drove my ability to be indifferent. It only took a few weeks for the brainfog to go away, but I think it would have taken longer if I hadn't had so much confidence and consistency motivating me.

[@christinehorne5165]

Keep to Dan’s message, we are not well enough to go get info every where. Do test and assessment. Listen and take notes of his fast start play list. Implement messages of safety!

[@jackiek4159]

@@erinm9445 Thank you! I've been dealing with these symptoms for over 3 months and am definitely still resisting them and they get worse over time! Trying to stop the fearful thinking because of the brain fog is hard too!

[@andiedealessio1693]

Dan, I have not slept in a few days and your messages and voice always speak to me at the right time. I appreciate you for helping me get through all this. The brain fog is something I kept wondering about. Thank you!

[@pampatton8658]

I agree with you 100% about long-haul Covid being TMS related. The only exception I would see would be if there was actual damage done to an organ like the heart or the lungs, etc.

[@1STBUCKLEY]

But the body does repair. Bit like spines that have lumps etc but no pain

[@Laughing-doves]

I have had a terrble three days. digestive issues, fever after exercising, aches pains, that throbbing dull headache and nausea is the worst and chronic fatigue, unable to breath still when I walk outside is absolutely deb ilitaing. It was just aweful - I was crying saying to myself, I don't want to live this way anymore. I know it is my brain perceiving danger but I don't know how to feel safe. I don't know how to solve the isues in my life that are causing so much stress and anxiety and I keep reaching out for someone to help me but I can't seem to make a connection with anyone who is wlling to help me I've been trying to get a therapy appointment for three months now and there is always some kind of problem with various issues such as scheduling etc. etc. . I feel very isolated. and now I realize now why I don't feel comfortable in any church - anger and frustration is considered a sin - its unacceptable - they want that phoney smile and self-sacraficing people pleasing behavor that is part of what made me sick in the first place. I cannot be honest or myself in church environments. I hate trying to fit in with church communities, after 12 years of trying I am done with it. I don't curse much but I would like to say fuc#@ every now and then without being shamed and shunned for it. I do have a lot of repressed anger from a lot trauma I had to survive but I cannot admit that in church - because they accuse you of unforgiveness. Being angry or upset or having boundaries is not allowed. People keep saying that there is community in going to church - I don't experience that at all. I am convined now that church was created for the benefit of its non-members. And then I am still stuck with the same problem - I don't know how to feel safe.

[@trustitcoaching]

It’s always easy to blame something like long Covid for our ? Rather than admit we have fear! Keep it up Dan.

[@milesmcgeoghegan2727]

I was watching an interview of an Israeli News correspondent who is a spokesperson for Israel, and she describes the event of October 7th's impact on her with a physical response of not being able to breathe properly for days util she engaged herself with the task of going on the news to report. She overcame by engaging her life with purpose. Thanks Dave, I can interpret my own reactions and choose to engage with cognitive information. May God bless!! Perfect love, casts out fear!!

[@cindybrown1356]

Without even realizing it, you drop gems of truth all of the time, Dan. 🙏🏻 Today’s is, “chasing your tail.” If that doesn’t describe PDP, in three simple words, I don’t know what does! Thank you kindly my friend.

[@PredatorZzGaming]

I've had CFS/ME for 24 years, and I 100% agree with you.x

[@jessIe76468]

I love saying "We're back online!" When I get over fear. It's so fun, I feel like a spy and it keeps me going, pushing through symptoms to get to that moment😂

[@jackiepetrosky4611]

Ohhh brain fog is so weird. I feel so self-conscious during it esp at work...omg.

[@paulhayward5131]

It's like you know what video I need, before I need it. Thanks again Dan!

[@PainFreeYou]

Happy to help!

[@kelsangzopa6727]

Thanks Dan. I am back to being able to focus on the computer for long periods etc so your video made me realize I am feeling safer. Now the "symptom imperative" is creating digestive issues which had not been there for a long time but I know what's going on!

[@mudskippa8958]

Thanks for addressing this. Brain fog is awful because I feel like i can't do any therapy with it. I see brain fog as a mild form of dissociation. I know it's just fight/flight in overdrive. But I feel like i can't access the useful stuff like positive visualisation because brain fog has stopped my minds eye working. There are so many therapy modalities that could work if I no longer had the fog 😢 Any ideas for this. I am not freaked out by it but its stopping me healing. Also, calming strategies like breathing etc doesn't work for me because calm = danger based on the past. I know it's past but my body doesnt. It's ptsd basically. But all the things that work for ptsd (emdr etc) require you to be grounded and able to visualise somewhat. I would appreciate anyone's thoughts.

[@katkogo4415]

Thank God for Dan.

[@kaydlc11]

Fear is the best and most powerful weapon satan uses against us. God says "Fear Not" for I am with you. Isaiah 41:10.

[@dnt_vtepedr]

There is brain fog and then there is derealization/depersonalization. I could handle the fog but it was the dpdr that really got me stuck. That was the scariest stuff I've ever experienced in my life.

[@vanessawilhelm6334]

I understand I was the same. It's whats gotten me stuck. But I am becoming unstuck! I hardly notice it now. Once in a while slight visual stuff but that's it and I don't fear it anymore. The way I see it now is that it's basically the last straw of the brain/nervous system before its like "NOPE THIS IS TOO MUCH". Its simply an extreme protective mechanism.

[@kaydlc11]

It's absolutely awful. I have been stuck with Derealization for 16 months. I agree, it's fear-induced. I hate it.

[@dnt_vtepedr]

@vanessawilhelm6334 same. I've been through this 3 times now (relapses) and dpdr was the first to come, the last to go. I agree it's probably the most extreme percieved danger response. It's like your brain thinks if it numbs you our you won't be as overstimulated but then it creates this viscous loop where this symptom is so scary it's like the lion IS your own body against itself.

[@dnt_vtepedr]

@kaydlc11 I'm so sorry. It's been two years for me this time around. I've gotten out of it before though. Stay strong. Lots of doing what Dan says is what helped me. Just not fearing it but it's so challenging at times. For me it was the hardest symptom to make peace with.

[@terry4O]

With PPPD, brain fog is one of my top symptoms I've been looking for relief from. It comes with a tired feeling or heaviness in my eyes and I've noticed it spikes when I get anxious/overwhelmed by stimulation. The brain being overly concerned with survival makes sense, thank you!

[@user-dianejcml]

Thanks Dan! You are a great start to the day. Have a good one ❤

[@Rike-gr1jg]

Thanks Dan! Have a nice day! ❤

[@TheGritherr]

Good man! Love you Dan, you're a great help!

[@bethhenderson9154]

Amazing explanation! Thank yo!

[@briechilli4496]

Thanks for talking about this

[@IndialienJones]

I suffer relentlessly from what I’m assuming is brain fog. But it isn’t merely just forgetting things or feeling slightly foggy headed; I feel straight up like I have brain damage. It feels like my cognitive abilities get extremely impaired. I feel like I’m in some spaced out anesthetized dream where I’m half way in reality and half way out of it. It waxes and wanes in severity, but it’s always present to some degree. I’ve struggled with it for 4 years and it will not relent; it’s gotten worse if anything. Nothing seems to make it stop. It’s the most debilitating of all of my symptoms. I don’t know how to make it stop so I can just function normally with a clear head and feel grounded and present in reality.

[@markherhold3800]

Thank You for the great wisdom…

[@missyg21]

Thanks so much

[@lindascott7644]

❤ Thank you for your input concerning Brain Fog..

[@melissalaing6]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@monishareddy1]

Makes total sense - I have experienced that too

[@Yellow-oc4sl]

I had caught COVID I believe more than once , I recently did test positive of COVID really sick, the depression and anxiety brain fog concentrate, plus going through premenopause, I do notice that the hormones are up and down catching COVID did not help , I reached out to a doc in psychrist , it has veen one heck of a ride and experince , yes distractiom and brain fog less sleeping has been terrible, i recently got sick with infection and tge stress hormone are all over the place , got on some meds to help with aome of this after math of covid , i do strongly believe the brain can re learn its s slow but recovey is possible, this channel has been helping alot for me to understand of the body including the brain ,im learning to slos it down so that i can funtion comstatrate more , ita makes me feel like i got adhd or add , strange COVID, fatigue as well , focus on one task for me helps so that i can complete the task, im thankful to know im not the only obe experience the affects from covid , I believe that what long covid stands for in my opinion , the key yes is to slow down and have your body relax and tell yourself its okay , thank you for making this video

[@wednesdayschild3627]

I had norovirus, and started have bad gastric problems for months. Imo it was both the virus upset my microbiom AND tms. I took probiotics and watched you.

[@Bachconcertos]

I write a list each day of what I need to do or want to do. Not ever day but most days.

[@utrix5476]

thanks

[@rachelmagill1536]

Dan can you please do a video on histamine, salicylate, oxalate intolerances and chemical sensitives from TMS

[@christinehorne5165]

Yes please

[@McStorch0]

Well, I’ve been practicing TMS for several years. I got covid at Thanksgiving and now, three months later I have fatigue that has been growing since December. I can tell you 100% I wasn’t fearful of Covid and I worked the TMS angle through the illness and after, even now with the fatigue. Is it TMS, maybe but I’m not sure what else I could have done to prevent it. I believe it will go, I’m not worried about it and I’m moving through it, but having issues after viruses is actually a real thing.

[@1STBUCKLEY]

It used to be called post viral syndrome. I had serious flu 15 years ago, bedridden. Doctor home visit, told me I'd survive but probably take six weeks for my body to get back on track.

[@lorierobichaud47]

Brain fog was a big issue for me, but is mostly gone now.

[@fifiearthwanderer]

i greatly appreciate your work. You are helping so many heal. ❤❤Do you have videos about examples of safety signals?

[@Inge508]

Look for constant messages of safety: 24 examples dan Buglio xx

[@fifiearthwanderer]

@@Inge508 thank you!!!!!!

[@christinehorne5165]

On the fast start play list. Listen and take notes.

[@aprilleak4356]

You are safe in the Father’s arms.

[@aprilleak4356]

Mark 9 25When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”

[@kobe9724]

I have a pretty stressful job and I find it is hard to clear up the brain fog and focus on messages of safety at work. When I am not working however my thoughts are clear and I feel much better. Is there any advice on how to manage this at work?