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GUPTA amygdala retraining

Godstrength
Godstrength
Hi...have any of you watched this video from a doctor at the Mayo clinic who works on retraining the brain to disregard fibro. pain? I received it from the fibro. clinic there. I would like your opinions and if you have tried it. I would like to hear if you have had any success with this....Maybe i just had a bad attitude being newly diagnosed when I watched it, Curious...
PeaceN2You
PeaceN2You
If you have a bad attitude then so do I. I think it's amazing how many ways there are to try to convince people that they can "think" themselves well, and that somehow they are responsible if they can't.

I do know he makes some claims that are not true, including that the research has been published in a peer-reviewed journal. The premise of the program is not supported by research - other than his.

Anytime somebody claims to know the cause, or to have a cure, be suspicious. Science has not yet determined either.
Godstrength
Godstrength
Thank You...that makes me feel better. I feel bad sometimes that maybe I'm not trying hard enough to get better when there are so many saying that all You need to do is this or that...or drink this or that.
PeaceN2You
PeaceN2You
I'd love for anyone saying that to walk a few miles in our shoes and then come back and tell us about "trying harder" or "not doing this or that."

Even the fact that they might know someone else who has FMS doesn't mean they know what it's like for YOU, as we're all different.

I know people whose pain is very minimal except for the occasional flare, and I know other people whose pain is so severe they are on a fentalyl patch and pretty much bedridden.