Dr. Howard Schubiner
YouTube interview
In this interview, Dr. Howard Schubiner, a Clinical Professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, shares:
Why emotional injury activates the same area of your brain as physical injury — and what that means for your symptoms.
How the brain that learned to keep you stuck can also learn to let you recover, even after years of illness.
Research referenced in this interview
The Boulder Chronic Back Pain Study — 66% of participants became pain-free or nearly pain-free with Pain Reprocessing Therapy, maintained at one year.
Harvard Psychophysiologic Symptom Relief Therapy — for post-acute sequelae of Covid.
Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for fibromyalgia — a randomized controlled trial.
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This amazing human being helped save my life. Fast forward 5 years — I'm walking miles, back on my bicycle, socialising and loving life again.
@jue7434This is the episode that finally made me click. My symptoms are nearly all physical — but I've come around to the idea that it's from a fearful brain stuck on railroad tracks. It makes total sense.
@yingle6027I suffered with Lupus, Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, and several other issues for 17 years. I fully recovered by addressing my emotional traumas using mind-body processes. Dr. Schubiner is making a huge paradigm shift.
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@melaniemurphyofficialCompassion brings safety. This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you, this was so deep and important.
@rl6852I thought I'd have symptoms that night — and had NONE for days. All that pent-up fear and resentment was gone. My limbic brain finally got the release it needed.
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