3 Steps to Move Through Your Frustration about Your Pain

This YouTube channel is owned by Pain Psychotherapy Canada Inc. I’m Tanner Murtagh, a therapist making videos on chronic pain and symptoms. I will teach you how to rewire your brain, regulate your nervous system, and unlearn your chronic symptoms!

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*Education and techniques discussed in this video originates from Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, and Pain Reprocessing Therapy.

*Reference: the Reference: Peter Levine, Alan Gordon, Dr. Stephen Porges, & Deb Dana.

Disclaimer: The information provided by Pain Psychotherapy Canada Inc., MBody Community Inc., and Tanner Murtagh, on this channel is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice, psychotherapy, or counselling. If you choose to utilize any of the education, strategies, or techniques in this video you agree you are doing so at your own risk and you assume all risk of injury to yourself. It is recommended you consult with a physician before engaging in any movements suggested on our channel.

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Intro music by Alex Klassen.

[lyndseyblakemore]

Since I happened upon one of your videos a couple of months ago in desperation and agony I've been practising somatic tracking and been getting on with life as best as possible instead of hiding at home and my chronic pain has reduced by about 50% so far. Thank you so much for putting these videos out there for people like me.

[mariapantelidaki]

I feel it easier at the exhalation!!! I have a difficulty to inhale, what could this mean ???
I have fibromyalgia and i do a lot of body mind work... instead of healing i have many flare ups and i feel frustrated and agry many times but i continue with Mindfulness, compassion and awareness!!!I love your videos 🙏🙏🥰🥰

[eileen]

Found you from Steady Coach interview.
Love her, loving your energy and teaching me. This was beautiful for me as I have been working diligently on this chapter of my recovery.
Thank you,
Truly 🙏

[Emilia]

Your voice and content is already calming down my frustration I notice. Véry helpful video, thank you!!

[thedancingdivaofdaviestree]

I loved the frustration tracking - very helpful! I'll come back to this. Someone said frustration adds to the danger signal and makes things worse - but hearing that just made me repress it, which also isn't helpful. This is a much better way to cope and process the emotion, much appreciated!

[jenniferbauer]

Fantastic timing I needed exactly this one today!

[kaitlananderson]

When you say feel how your body needs to move with the frustration..do you mean an active movement or a changing of position? I don't know what to observe to know how I need to move.

[ManifestingItAll]

Would it be possible to make a video on the concept of being identified with pain or chronic illness? It’s something I’ve heard a lot, particularly in the self help and ME/CFS community.

I know you’ve talked before about whether we need to change our lives and some of that related to personality traits eg becoming less of a perfectionist, but do we need to change our identity? Is being in pain, fatigued, dizzy and other symptoms become so much part of our identity that we need to change our entire identity?

Something in a similar vein, which I saw again today from a mind body coach is suggesting that people are invested in the story of their pain, or the trauma/injury that caused the pain.

The concept of story/identity also comes up in the works of Dr Joe Dispenza, saying that your illness is in your old identity and you need to become a new person and leave sickness behind in your old identity.

I’m prepared to make changes to how I process emotions and relate to the world, but I’m scared of the idea of becoming an entirely new person, and yet I realise the person I am right now, with 45+ years of constant pain, is not serving me. Having had symptoms for that length of time, probably has become part of my story/identity. What are your thoughts about this concept and is this something you could cover in a video.

Do we need to change our personality or identity to heal? Thanks so much ❤

[cathyjennings]

What can we do when we have been diagnosed years ago with Lung issues. Difficultly deep breathing 😢 Chest aches when deep breathing action. Walking also chest aches. Causes Chronic FATIGUE Syndrome symptoms. Chronic inflammation. What can we tell our vagal nerves to do differently for simple daily tasks Is there any pressure points on our bodies ??? Hands we can regulate our vagal nervous system ???? If so? Can you
Show us ??? Breathing with out nervous pains would be
Useful. Betterment healung
Balance ❤❤❤❤❤

[cathyjennings]

Sometimes frustrating moments help. Not always . Urgency to get onward to tasks at hand. ACTIONs need to function/work OUT processes. Fears of failing & failures. Pains worsen. 😢😢😢😢😢