Dr. Howard Schubiner

You don't see with your eyes. If you needed your eyes to see, you couldn't see in your dreams. We don't hear with our ears. And there's a lot of stuff on that. I've got a course on the Coursera platform that explains all this. It's free if people want to look at that. But anyway, and our brain generates what we feel. So it's understanding that.

You don't see with your eyes. If you needed your eyes to see, you couldn't see in your dreams. We don't hear with our ears. And there's a lot of stuff on that. I've got a course on the Coursera platform that explains all this. It's free if people want to look at that. But anyway, and our brain generates what we feel. So it's understanding that.

And once people understand that, then they can be open. They can begin to open their mind to the possibility that their pain or their other symptoms might be caused by the brain, just might be. But that's the first step. being open and understanding that if you have pain generated by your brain, it's not because you're weak. It's not because you're crazy. It's not because you're deficient.

And once people understand that, then they can be open. They can begin to open their mind to the possibility that their pain or their other symptoms might be caused by the brain, just might be. But that's the first step. being open and understanding that if you have pain generated by your brain, it's not because you're weak. It's not because you're crazy. It's not because you're deficient.

And once people understand that, then they can be open. They can begin to open their mind to the possibility that their pain or their other symptoms might be caused by the brain, just might be. But that's the first step. being open and understanding that if you have pain generated by your brain, it's not because you're weak. It's not because you're crazy. It's not because you're deficient.

It's not because you want it. It's not because it's your fault. It's because that's what your brain is generating in response to whatever was going on in your life, which triggered it in the first place. You're just human.

It's not because you want it. It's not because it's your fault. It's because that's what your brain is generating in response to whatever was going on in your life, which triggered it in the first place. You're just human.

It's not because you want it. It's not because it's your fault. It's because that's what your brain is generating in response to whatever was going on in your life, which triggered it in the first place. You're just human.

Exactly, exactly. So that's the first step. The second step is this assessment step that we've been kind of talking about. And the assessment step involves a number of things. Again, it's all written in our materials. But it involves things like looking for things like childhood trauma or not necessarily big trauma. Sometimes it's little trauma. Sometimes it's bullying.

Exactly, exactly. So that's the first step. The second step is this assessment step that we've been kind of talking about. And the assessment step involves a number of things. Again, it's all written in our materials. But it involves things like looking for things like childhood trauma or not necessarily big trauma. Sometimes it's little trauma. Sometimes it's bullying.

Exactly, exactly. So that's the first step. The second step is this assessment step that we've been kind of talking about. And the assessment step involves a number of things. Again, it's all written in our materials. But it involves things like looking for things like childhood trauma or not necessarily big trauma. Sometimes it's little trauma. Sometimes it's bullying.

Sometimes it's illness in the family. Sometimes it's some amount of overly perfectionism or criticism. So it's looking for that. It's looking for other illnesses that have occurred in your life. So when someone comes to me in their 40s or 50s and they say, well, I've got this neck pain, let's say, And I'll say, well, let's look at what other things. Did you have anything else?

Sometimes it's illness in the family. Sometimes it's some amount of overly perfectionism or criticism. So it's looking for that. It's looking for other illnesses that have occurred in your life. So when someone comes to me in their 40s or 50s and they say, well, I've got this neck pain, let's say, And I'll say, well, let's look at what other things. Did you have anything else?

Sometimes it's illness in the family. Sometimes it's some amount of overly perfectionism or criticism. So it's looking for that. It's looking for other illnesses that have occurred in your life. So when someone comes to me in their 40s or 50s and they say, well, I've got this neck pain, let's say, And I'll say, well, let's look at what other things. Did you have anything else?

Well, I had school phobia when I was a kid. I had an eating disorder when I was a teenager. I had migraine when I was in my 20s. I had heartburn or irritable bowel when I was in my 30s. Maybe I had some pelvic pain. So you're seeing a story that's being built, right? You're seeing evidence that's coming in. And then we're looking at the symptoms themselves.

Well, I had school phobia when I was a kid. I had an eating disorder when I was a teenager. I had migraine when I was in my 20s. I had heartburn or irritable bowel when I was in my 30s. Maybe I had some pelvic pain. So you're seeing a story that's being built, right? You're seeing evidence that's coming in. And then we're looking at the symptoms themselves.

Well, I had school phobia when I was a kid. I had an eating disorder when I was a teenager. I had migraine when I was in my 20s. I had heartburn or irritable bowel when I was in my 30s. Maybe I had some pelvic pain. So you're seeing a story that's being built, right? You're seeing evidence that's coming in. And then we're looking at the symptoms themselves.

If you're having neck pain, well, is it always there? Well, it's not always there. When does it come or when does it go? Well, it's much worse when I'm at work. Okay. It's better when I go on vacation. Okay. It's worse when I, if I even think about it, it jumps up. It's worse when the weather occurs. It sometimes is in the right side of my neck, but sometimes it's on the left side of my neck.

If you're having neck pain, well, is it always there? Well, it's not always there. When does it come or when does it go? Well, it's much worse when I'm at work. Okay. It's better when I go on vacation. Okay. It's worse when I, if I even think about it, it jumps up. It's worse when the weather occurs. It sometimes is in the right side of my neck, but sometimes it's on the left side of my neck.

If you're having neck pain, well, is it always there? Well, it's not always there. When does it come or when does it go? Well, it's much worse when I'm at work. Okay. It's better when I go on vacation. Okay. It's worse when I, if I even think about it, it jumps up. It's worse when the weather occurs. It sometimes is in the right side of my neck, but sometimes it's on the left side of my neck.