Jim Curtis
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And I was like, oh, but I'm really unhappy. And I'm working 80 hours a week and I'm sick, like I'm out of shape and I'm all these things. And so I realized that I was doubling down and saying, yeah, this had to be true. And when someone else was doing it differently, I would see them succeeding. I would say, but that's not me. Really? They have something that I don't.
And I was like, oh, but I'm really unhappy. And I'm working 80 hours a week and I'm sick, like I'm out of shape and I'm all these things. And so I realized that I was doubling down and saying, yeah, this had to be true. And when someone else was doing it differently, I would see them succeeding. I would say, but that's not me. Really? They have something that I don't.
Or they're really good at this. I'd make an excuse until I had to snap out of it. What I call is these hypno-realizations. Really? Yeah. I could tell you a little bit more about that. The second thing, though, is my own health. When everybody else was healing, when everybody else had these miraculous breakthroughs at Joe Dispenza or wherever else, and I was like, no, they don't have what I have.
Or they're really good at this. I'd make an excuse until I had to snap out of it. What I call is these hypno-realizations. Really? Yeah. I could tell you a little bit more about that. The second thing, though, is my own health. When everybody else was healing, when everybody else had these miraculous breakthroughs at Joe Dispenza or wherever else, and I was like, no, they don't have what I have.
They don't have the pain that I have. They don't have the pain that I have. They don't have the condition. They don't have what I went through. They don't have all those things. They're different. And then I had that snap. I was like, oh, actually, that's not true.
They don't have the pain that I have. They don't have the pain that I have. They don't have the condition. They don't have what I went through. They don't have all those things. They're different. And then I had that snap. I was like, oh, actually, that's not true.
So when I had a lesion on my spinal cord and it created damage to the nerves on my spinal cord. So for a while I was in a wheelchair. I was in tons of pain physically. I was stiff. I had muscle spasms. I still walk with a limp. But I was, you know, it caused me not to exercise, not to date, not to do any of those things. I was in a... just in a place of like, this is my life.
So when I had a lesion on my spinal cord and it created damage to the nerves on my spinal cord. So for a while I was in a wheelchair. I was in tons of pain physically. I was stiff. I had muscle spasms. I still walk with a limp. But I was, you know, it caused me not to exercise, not to date, not to do any of those things. I was in a... just in a place of like, this is my life.
Yeah, I went from an athlete to that, and then I went downhill.
Yeah, I went from an athlete to that, and then I went downhill.
I wish that I did. So I was undiagnosed for a really long period of time.
I wish that I did. So I was undiagnosed for a really long period of time.
It happened quickly, quicker than that. And anybody that's undiagnosed will understand this because people, you know, when you, it's almost like you want, when you're undiagnosed with an illness, you want, you're looking so hard for the cancer. You want the, you want to put your finger on it.
It happened quickly, quicker than that. And anybody that's undiagnosed will understand this because people, you know, when you, it's almost like you want, when you're undiagnosed with an illness, you want, you're looking so hard for the cancer. You want the, you want to put your finger on it.
Tell me, give it a name. Because when you give it a name, you can heal it. When it's undiagnosed, you're like, okay, every day is anxiety. I'm searching, I'm searching, I'm searching. So just I woke up one day and I went into the shower and I couldn't feel my left foot. And it began to, you know, move up my leg. And I went to get an MRI.
Tell me, give it a name. Because when you give it a name, you can heal it. When it's undiagnosed, you're like, okay, every day is anxiety. I'm searching, I'm searching, I'm searching. So just I woke up one day and I went into the shower and I couldn't feel my left foot. And it began to, you know, move up my leg. And I went to get an MRI.
And when I got that MRI, it showed that I had a tumor or lesion on my spinal cord. And I didn't know where it was from. And then slowly it got worse. It started moving up to my waist. And then the numbness. The numbness. Oh, wow. And then my legs started to get weaker. And then the pain set in.
And when I got that MRI, it showed that I had a tumor or lesion on my spinal cord. And I didn't know where it was from. And then slowly it got worse. It started moving up to my waist. And then the numbness. The numbness. Oh, wow. And then my legs started to get weaker. And then the pain set in.
you know, we have this intricate wiring in our body. And so the nerves were obstructed, so it's nerve pain. And then all of a sudden you're walking differently. And so like now you're thrown off. And so it's like back pain. Now you're out of alignment and your joints are there. Yeah. And then there's the, you know, what I realized, and this is what really got me into hypnosis, is that
you know, we have this intricate wiring in our body. And so the nerves were obstructed, so it's nerve pain. And then all of a sudden you're walking differently. And so like now you're thrown off. And so it's like back pain. Now you're out of alignment and your joints are there. Yeah. And then there's the, you know, what I realized, and this is what really got me into hypnosis, is that