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Learn 90% of nervous system recovery in [18 minutes] · Bye Bye Panic

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Everybody's talking about nervous system recovery, but they are over-complicating everything.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You need to do so many things, but nervous system recovery really boils down to just a few principles.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And these principles are so effective that they will get you 90% of the way there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So in this video, I'm going to share with you the six simple steps you need to get to recovery in less than 18 minutes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's jump right in.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: number one is getting everything ruled out by your doctor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Before you even start the nervous system recovery journey, it's really important to make sure that you've gotten everything ruled out by your doctor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Doctors have very sophisticated tools, especially in today's day and age, to rule out any sort of medical anomaly.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so when you're going to your doctor, you're trying to rule out any sort of physical abnormality.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But what happens when people with nervous system symptoms is that they will experience chronic symptoms, symptoms like dizziness, digestive issues, maybe even pain, chronic fatigue, brain fog, all these different symptoms, and whenever they go to their doctors, trying to identify everything, when their doctor says, hey, there's nothing wrong, you're healthy,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Many of these individuals with nervous system symptoms get very frustrated because they wish that it was a physical issue so that they can get resolved.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But the good news is that if you've gone to your doctors and you've gotten everything ruled out, well then what you're dealing with is a nervous system issue.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But before you even focus on nervous system recovery, the first step is to get everything ruled out by
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  [SPEAKER_00]: which is understanding the mechanics of what's happening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The truth is that many people that are dealing with these symptoms, they often get diagnosed with something, but don't really have a solution or for an explanation for what's happening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Many times they'll be diagnosed with generalizing anxiety disorder, health anxiety,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: panic disorder, chronic fatigue, pots, which is postural orthostatic techiecardia syndrome, IBS, basically anything that has the word syndrome, or they're just told it's anxiety.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And when people hear this, they can get very frustrated, because they feel like there's nothing that can be done.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Doctors are very limited in their scope of practice when it comes to these things because there's not anything medically wrong for them to fix.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're just saying you're experiencing the symptoms.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's no physical cause for it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, you know, you can try therapy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here's some medicine to help cope or manage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Besides that, there's nothing else we can do.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so step two is incredibly important because you need to understand why you're experiencing these symptoms.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the reason why you're experiencing these symptoms is that your nervous system has gotten stuck on protection mode.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Think about it this way.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Your nervous system has dealt with so much stress that your nervous system is starting to respond to everything like it's dangerous.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And because it's responding to everything like kids dangerous, you're starting to experience intense symptoms and sensations.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, you might be thinking, Sean, why is my nervous system thinking there's something dangerous?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I'm fine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm healthy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Like, there's nothing wrong.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Why is my symptoms showing up?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Is there because the doctor is missing something?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, the answer is actually very simple.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And it goes into understanding your nervous system.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: See, your nervous system is designed to protect you from threats.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So imagine thousands of years ago you were in the African Savannah and you saw a tiger.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now the tiger came at you full force and your body wanted to fight or flight mode.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It decided to either fight the tiger or run away.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And let's say you managed to escape the tiger.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, your fighter flight system, your nervous system just protected you from a threat.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But something interesting happened, which is after the tiger disappeared, your nervous system doesn't calm down right away.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Because your nervous system said, hey, there was danger before, let's be on the lookout and case the tiger comes back.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, in today's day and age, there is no tiger, but your nervous system is reacting the same way.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Your nervous system has hit a stress threshold and when it hits that level of stress, the nervous system says, okay, we need to make sure that Sean is safe.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So the nervous system is going to begin sensitizing itself.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's becoming more sensitive to stress.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This is why you might notice that simple things that you used to do before, now your body has like an over-exaggerator response.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Going to the grocery store feels like climbing Mount Everest.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's not because your broken is because your nervous system has become very sensitive to stress.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so how does this show up?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, this can show up in physical symptoms, digestive issues, dizziness, tonight is vision changes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This can show up in intrusive thoughts, very intense feelings of, you know, what if, what if this happens, what if that happens?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And there's a strong emotional punch.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Third is dissociation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You can feel something called depersonalization where you're feeling kind of out of body or you might feel like nothing is real.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This can also show up in things like chronic pain, even though there hasn't been any injury or any injury the doctor can find.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This can also manifest as chronic fatigue syndrome where you're feeling completely exhausted.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: even though these are different syndromes, the root cause is still the same, which is your nervous system has become sensitized.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, once you understand that your nervous system is sensitized and that you don't have a medical issue, the question becomes, what can I do to make this go away?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that leads me to point three, which is, begin reversing the cycle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: How do you begin overcoming the symptoms?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now that you know what the issue is, well, how do you resolve it?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And in order to understand this, we need to identify what we've tried before and why it hasn't worked.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: See, you might have tried things like supplements, breathing exercises, maybe even medication and all these different things, but you've been using all these things with an underlying framework.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: which is you're trying to make the symptoms go away.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I understand how uncomfortable these symptoms are.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But if we understand how the nervous system works and we recognize that the nervous system has this generic fighter flight response, whenever you're resisting these symptoms, whenever you're avoiding it, whenever you're fighting it, whenever you're trying to fix it,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, you're keeping your nervous system stuck on protection mode.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The very things that you've been doing as a way to escape the symptom is another way for your nervous system to be in fighter flight mode.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A simple way of saying it is that you resisting the symptom is what's keeping the cycle alive.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the reason why you've been resisting the symptoms is because you might have fear around the symptoms.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What does this symptom mean?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You might feel like it's very uncomfortable and it's preventing you from living life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You might also be afraid that what if this symptom is here forever?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: None of these things are true.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Once you surrender to the symptoms, once you allow the symptoms to be there without resistance, and see for yourself that the symptom is just a consequence of your nervous system being stuck on protection mode, and that it's just excess adrenaline that needs to burn itself off.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, then you will be able to see that allowing this sensations is what helps you heal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, I want to give you a framework on how to allow.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Because when people say allow, people are thinking, okay, well, how do I allow this?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So I want to give you a simple acronym.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's called the alarm method.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Why is it called the alarm method?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, because your nervous system is sending these false alarms.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so in order to shut the alarms off, we use this acronym.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A stands for acknowledge.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: L stands for label.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A stands for except R stands for refocus and M stands for move on.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, let's break this down.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You have a symptom.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's say it's chronic dizziness, but it could be whatever symptom.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You have this symptom.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You want to first acknowledge that the symptom is there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Label the elephant in the room.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Don't ignore it, don't pretend it's not there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's here, acknowledge it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: L is for label it as your nervous system, being stuck on protection mode.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Many members in our program struggle with anxiety, so we say just label it as anxiety.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Whether you call it nervous system or anxiety, it's still the same thing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Then A stands for accept.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Or if you can't accept it, allow the symptom to be there, to the best you can, surrender to it without any sort of resistance.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: or means refocus.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So when you allow the symptom to be there, well, it's not just about allowing the symptom to be there, focus on going back to living.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So if you were doing the dishes, go back to doing the dishes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're watching a YouTube video, go back to doing that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're on a walk, do that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Refocus and then M stands for move on, which is continue on with your day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If the symptom shows back up, or if the symptom is still there, you can follow the cycle again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Acknowledge, label, accept, refocus, and move on, but focus on living.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, this is a simple framework.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, you'll notice that as you do this, your symptoms will go away long-term.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But initially, you might not feel like there's any difference, and this isn't going to be an overnight fix.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so that leads me to the next point, which is dealing with setbacks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The reality is, is that as you go through the healing journey, it's going to feel like you're going three steps forward, two steps back.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's going to mean some days you're going to notice the symptoms are disappearing more.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And when you feel like you're getting out of the cycle and you're making progress, you'll notice some of the symptoms might come back.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And many times people often describe this as a setback.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And this is where a lot of people that have made some progress get stuck.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: they feel like they're about to get recovery and like recovery slipping through their fingers and they're going back to old ways.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so it's important to understand how do you deal with setbacks?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Because when you're going through the healing journey, you're going to inevitably experience setbacks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now before I show you how to overcome setbacks, it's important to differentiate between setbacks and bad days.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Because the reality is is that sometimes in the healing journey,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A setback is different.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A setback feels like all your symptoms came back, all that once.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sometimes your symptoms can be more intense some days, that's not a setback, that's just a bad day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that's part of the healing journey.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And in fact, that's part of life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Even when you get out of this, you're still gonna have good days in bad days.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And in the same way, when you're in this recovery journey, you're going to experience good days and bad days.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But a setback feels like your nervous system is just gone back into full protection mode.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The symptoms are blaring at you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, the mistake people make with setbacks is they go back into fixed mode.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They start thinking, what did I do wrong?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There must have been something I did.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe it was something I ate.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe it was something I did last week, and they go into figure it out mode.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But the truth is, setbacks are part of the journey.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, I like to think of it as just your nervous system is learning to recalibrate.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And your body just has some extra adrenaline that's been pent up in the body and the body's getting a chance to burn it off.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that burn off feeling is the setback.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so feeling the anxiety or feeling the symptom isn't anything bad, it's just your body being able to reset itself.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So the answer to a setback is to not change anything, is to continue responding and recognize.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: every setback ends.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If a setback starts, a setback will end.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But you'll notice.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you fight the setback, if you resist it, if you go into this fix it mode, you'll notice that the setback stays longer.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But as you allow it, as you let it be there, you'll notice the setbacks disappear over time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The setbacks will become less frequent,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and the intensity will drop over time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, as you're getting good with responding with setbacks, that's going to lead me to the next point, which is learning to develop core confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: See, while you've been on this journey, the reality is, is that dealing with these symptoms, dealing with the anxiety, it's taking things away from your life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You'll notice that things that you used to do effortlessly now seem like a major challenge.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And you might have even noticed that your world has become much smaller.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You don't travel as much.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you even have difficulty leaving your house.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you stopped driving.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Or maybe you just stopped living your life fully because these symptoms are just so debilitating.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Part of the journey here is about learning to gain what we call core confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, I'm not saying just regaining your confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm talking about something much deeper.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Core confidence is the recognition that no matter where you are.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: you have the confidence that your body, your mind, are on your side.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: See, imagine you go to a party and it is your party, you through this party.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, when you go to that party, you'll notice that you hang out with everybody, everybody knows you, you'll notice you're a little bit more popular, you'll be a little bit more extroverted.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But imagine going to a party where you don't know anybody, where you were invited by somebody and that person that invited you didn't show up, you didn't know anybody.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, you're going to act very different.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're not going to show up with the same confidence, but core confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This part of the journey is no matter where you're at, whether you're at a party, no one knows, or you're the life of the party.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The confidence comes from within.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And it's the same way in the healing journey.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Whether the symptoms are there and you're in the middle of a setback, you still have the confidence that this will pass, or if you're, you know, the symptoms are disappearing, you'll still have the confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so a big part of this step is learning to regain that core confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The way you do that is by doing things that you would usually say no to.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Plans you would normally say no to because of the anxiety.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It means, yes, taking that travel trip or doing the things that you would normally do or the things that you want to do because the higher version of yourself wants to do that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, as you do those things, you'll notice that you'll feel some resistance.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The anxiety will say, no, your nervous system symptoms might pop a little bit more.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But as you show yourself that you can do this, well, now your life begins to expand.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, as you develop core confidence, this leads me to the final step, which is learning the principles to make sure you never fall back into the cycle again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: see many people that fell into the cycle whose nervous system cycle is actually because they just were never explained what was happening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Many people don't know why they're experiencing the symptoms or they weren't aware of the habits, behaviors, and responses they did that kept fueling the cycle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Once you understand what made you fall in, you will never fall back into the cycle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so this step happens on its own.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But this step doesn't end either.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The truth is that you might have had some habits, some behaviors, some thought processes, that kept you stuck in the cycle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As you come out of the cycle, it's very important to evaluate those things.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Because those things didn't just show up in your healing journey.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're showing up in other parts of your life as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: this is where we focus on long-term freedom.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We want you to have a full expansive life, a thriving life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so in this step, you're learning about what are other things that might be holding you back from.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You were just able to accomplish something so difficult which is overcoming your nervous system symptoms.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What else can't you do?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What else do you feel like you can't expand and what else you can grow in?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This part of the journey is a beautiful part of the journey because you're able to use this experience that can feel like a crutch that can feel like a handicap and now you're using it as your staff of wisdom.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're using it as a nugget of strength.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so this is an amazing part of the journey.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These are the steps to overcoming your nervous system symptoms.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's not going to be easy, but as you focus on these steps, you're going to focus on long-term freedom.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I hope this video helped.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's a bunch of resources down in the description box.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for watching.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll see you in the next one.