The role the brain plays in pain, The Mind Body Syndrome

Welcome to the Mind Body Syndrome/Tension Myositis Syndrome Educational program developed by Howard Schubiner, MD ( Dr. Schubiner's email is howard.schubiner@stjohn.org
His website for more information is http://www.yourpainisreal.com )

It hurts. Your pain is awful, and you can't get rid of it.

You went to your doctor and he told you that you had a medical condition. The diagnosis was back or neck pain presumably due to arthritis, a bulging disk or spinal stenosis. Or the diagnosis was tension headaches or migraine headaches. Or fibromyalgia or whiplash or chronic tendonitis. Or it might have been stomach pains or pelvic pains with diagnoses of irritable bowel syndrome or interstitial cystitis. Your doctor prescribed drugs. You took them and they didn't really help. Maybe you even had surgery, but that didn't help either.

So you decided to explore alternative medicine. Maybe you took herbal remedies, vitamins or saw a chiropractor. You're considering acupuncture, hypnosis, even crystals.

But still the pain is there. You get the impression that your doctor doesn't really know how to help you or understand you. Maybe your doctor referred you to a psychiatrist or psychologist, suggesting that your pain isn't real, that it's all in your head.

But you're not imagining or making up the pain. The pain is in your body and it is real. It's real. But the problem is your diagnosis. If your diagnosis is wrong, you can't get better.

You may not have a serious disease. But you do have a medical condition. And you're not crazy. In fact, you're not much different from most people.

Here's the real problem: Your body is producing pain because it's manifesting unresolved stress, possibly from your childhood, or from stressful events in your adulthood, or from your present circumstances, and as a result of your personality traits (which affects how you respond to stress and how much pressure you tend to put upon yourself).

Your mind has twisted your body into pain as a way to avoid some of the emotions that are inside you. If you haven't been helped by traditional or alternative medical care, the diagnosis may be the Mind Body Syndrome and most people have some form of it.

But you don't have to live the rest of your life with this pain. In fact, if you begin to understand this syndrome and recognize what causes it, you've taken a powerful first step.

And the rest of the steps, though they require wholehearted commitment, are not difficult.

You may be able to rid yourself of the pain, without drugs, without medical treatments (either conventional or alternative), without psychotherapy. Results may occur within 3-4 weeks, even though you may have been suffering for months or years. You don't have to go back and figure out all your unresolved emotional issues either.

You can break the connection between your mind and your physical pain. And you can start to use your mental energy to overcome your pain and rebuild your life.

I know this is true, because I have done it myself. I've changed my understanding of the source of my pain and now I can prevent my body from producing pain due to the stresses of everyday life. More importantly, I've seen it happen in hundreds of patients. This website will help you determine if you have the Mind Body Syndrome and how to cure yourself.

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[NorthviewVids]

if pain is in the mind, than why does it feel as if it's coming straight from the source (e.g. finger), not from your brain? So the only way to get rid of your pain is to get rid of your brain, is that right?

[mblumenthal5558]

@NorthviewVids The point that Dr Schubiner is making is that the pain sensation IS real. The neural pathways have "learned bad habits" and you definitely feel it. Dr. Schubiner's approach is to retrain the brain's neural pathways rather than get rid of the brain.

[sugarbabyuk]

MBS disregards the fact that some pain manifests itself from INJURY. How would it explain this, as this stress model doesn't. It only explain chronic illness.

[mblumenthal5558]

Hi SugarBabyUK

I think Dr. Schubiner would agree that much pain has a physiologic explanation. He really emphasizes that his practice should only be followed after the those physical causes have been eliminated as possible sources for the pain.

[SherrinBernstein]

@mblumenthal5558 I think the point is also though that physical pain manifesting from injury is still caused by the brain. If you consider that pain is the brain's interpretation of danger, which leads us to protecting ourselves, you can easily see that physical manifestations of pain from "injuries" really do come from the brain. It is the brain's job to pull us back from danger, including re-irritating an injury, how else would it do that? This is what pain is for originally; to protect us.

[mblumenthal5558]

@SherrinBernstein Yes that is very true... Dr. Schubiner thinks that on occasion and for some people, the brain remembers those pain pathways even after the immediate danger has passed. Would you agree?

[TheLotusMantis]

I suffered with extreme "Fibromyalgia" for 6 years. I was in pain 24 hours a day and had loss and numbness down my legs, in my back, base of my skull, shooting pain in my feet, etc.

I found out about Mind-Body healing about a year and a half ago. I did the mental work, went to a therapist who specializes in TMS/ AOS.

I have been pain free for about a year and never even think about it anymore or am limited physically.

This is VERY real, I am living proof.

[AirPurifierTV]

A great explanation of the "how" of TMS and mind-body pain syndromes.

[puketinho]

@mblumenthal5558 I know about phantom pain, only incase of amputations, and this tells, brain feel pain ,having no pian anywhere. but how to remove this computer mistake , nobody knows

[GGTopGuitarist]

This also helped me understand my anxiety depersonalization disorder, at the same time as my RSI. Seriously! It's even more simple than i thought it would be. I never hoped to understand the connection between mind and body but it's basically cured my anxiety now that i know what i'm dealing with. Excellent explanation too couldn't be clearer.

[JohnnyX1239]

You guys are all crazy fucks...fibromyalgia/ CFS is proven to be a real physical disease which is caused by a virus in the immune system...You guys are all a bunch of mindless fucking sheep, you people are a disgrace to people who suffer massive pain (some can't even move their body at all a whole day, and suffer 24/7) But what do you people do??! You sick motherfuckers ALL believe and support that what this retard said is true. You people sicken me!!

[HypnoticSubliminals]

Awesome information. Thank you! 95% of the thoughts in our unconscious mind directly effect our life--amazing.

[bobbyp719]

why do we blush?? why do we get goose bumps watching a movie in a warm theater ? why do we get butterflies on a first date? you can believe the mind can cause pain without injury because its true that it does

[melj7230]

Great explanation of non injury related pain. his explanation has been so much more insightful than the three heavy text books I've just read on the matter! Thank you for posting :)