How To Heal Chronic Fatigue, POTS, and Long Covid Using Brain Retraining

Post-screening discussion with This Might Hurt film

00:00 Intros and bios
3:50 Michelle shares her story about overcoming ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, and pain syndromes associated with Ehlers-Danlos
09:15 Dr. Lily Graue shares how she developed chronic back pain after an injury and recovered
15:20 How can mind-body coaching help people?
22:00 How can these ideas percolate into the medical world so women are not dismissed?
25:45 How coaching can un-stick people's healing processes, especially for Long Covid?
31:12 Long Covid - How to understand this diagnosis if no structural damage as been found
38:00 How to work with extreme fatigue that leaves you unable to talk or have a call?
44:14 Can an eating disorder be considered a mind-body syndrome?
50:15 Covid-induced POTS-like symptoms -- what are the best tips?

PANELIST BIOS

Marion Cunningham (director, producer, co-editor of This Might Hurt) is an Emmy-winning filmmaker who has produced series for Netflix, National Geographic, History, OWN, Discovery and A&E. Cunningham joined fellow Chapman University alum, Bassett, after meeting in NYC. She instantly connected with the story and after a multi-year journey, the two launched an Indiegogo campaign to procure finishing funds. Both are eager to share what they have learned in hopes of alleviating the suffering that has driven thousands into opioid addiction, as well as driving many taken off their painkillers to suicide.

[laurabehenna]

Wow, this has been so helpful for helping me learn how to handle my fatigue after having covid 3 months ago. Since the pandemic started I was terrified of getting long covid, and when I did after a very mild infection, I've been baffled about why, and what to do about it. (My MD had nothing to offer.) This discussion has given me a lot to work with to find my way out of this fatigue, which I now believe is simply brain-generated.

[monicathrasher]

Please do a video on unlearning anxiety/depression and another one unlearning insomnia. I have applied all this teaching and it set me free of chronic pain, God set me free of the depression and anxiety, sleep disturbances is last to go, but better.

[purplepassionplace]

Excellent interview!!! Although I was so disappointed when they were interrupted that Marion didn't go back to Michelle and let her finish her response about specific tools to calm the nervous system. She had plenty of time at the end. I really wanted to hear what she had to say.

[theantiqueactionfigure]

During my CFS diagnosis they found out my back was torn up from the butt up. My rheumatologist was shocked that I have very little back pain. Said my back looked like I'd been in a bad car accident. They also diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome during an EMG. That was a total scock since I have no pain in that area at all. Of course no one could find the source of my cfs/fibro pain. Go figure.

[Jwcounseling]

How can we as counselors get training to use these techniques with clients

[carolinaramos]

I have post covid pots symptoms post 7 weeks and have started dnrs and curable app. I really wanted to listen to what Michelle was going to say that helped her heal. What is her website?

[ich.werde.gesund]

Very interesting webinar. Totally resonates with me

[applej]

Does this help with the flat emotions no connection depersonalization derealization. Not feeling you can go back to your old self

[gavloskkkerkkknocker]

I wasted an hour listening to this and there was no mention of how to actually retrain your brain.