Retraining Brain's Protective Mode: Ben Ahrens' Path to Recovery

In this video, Ben Ahrens talks abut the brain's surprising ability to "rewire" itself out of illness by retraining its responses to stress. MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 🏠 https://youtu.be/uZhXGhuBVNo - Ben's Severe Illness Full Recovery Story 📖 Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2784694 📖 Chronic social stress: effects on limbic brain structures - https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9384(03)00161-6 📖 Mitrovic, I., Peña, L.F., Frassetto, L.A., & Mellin, L.M. (2011). Rewiring the stress response: A new paradigm for health care. CONNECT WITH BEN AHRENS 👉 Website - http://www.re-origin.com/ 🎥 Ben's YT Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@re_origin 📸 Ben's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/reorigin_official/ _ _ _ ✅ OTHER HELPFUL RECOVERY RESOURCES: 📈 Miguel's FREE Recovery Foundations Masterclass: https://www.cfsrecovery.co/2?am_id=raelan 📱 Recovery app on your phone! Try Curable—6 weeks FREE: http://www.curable.com/raelanagle 👩🏻‍🦱 Prefer a self-study course? One-time purchase with bi-weekly support. Try BT101 with Raelan — https://bit.ly/BT101Raelan 🌍 Need help in your language? The Gupta program is available in 7 languages (German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew and Finnish) with a 28-day FREE trial: https://guptaprogram.com/aff/825 ________ BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER (Just $4 a month!) ✅ Your support makes a huge difference in sharing recovery stories 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy4EjD4exCbtuGQkSa71ozA/join STRUGGLING WITH LONG VIDEOS? ✅ Subscribe to my weekly newsletter for a bullet-point summary from our latest recovery interview 💌 https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle LEARN MORE: ✅ Check out my book! 📖 Finding Freedom: Escaping From the Prison of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. View on Amazon - https://amzn.to/2LtzBcl ✅ Join my free course! 👩🏻 Lifestyle Pacing: Tools for Optimizing Your Energy and Achieving Your Goals (join for FREE with this affiliate link) - https://skl.sh/3BMsuqk ✅ Need help with food? 🥝 Join my course Mastering Meal Planning: Stress Less, Enjoy More, & Thrive - https://bit.ly/40SDHyM LET’S BE FRIENDS: 📌 Join My Supportive Facebook Group — https://www.facebook.com/groups/healingmecfs 📸 Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/raelan.agle 🌐 Visit My Website — https://raelanagle.com 📌 WANT TO BE A GUEST ON MY CHANNEL? Let me know here 👉 https://forms.gle/qF2TXFzGVcJCbc6E6 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - ✨ Introducing Ben Ahrens, Co-founder of Re-Origin 01:58 - 💪 Ben's Fascination with Body Conditioning 02:56 - 🤕 How He Completely Lost His Health 03:58 - 🖥️ Computer Analogy for Chronic Illness 07:12 - ⚖️ Explaining the Brain's Allostatic Load 10:39 - 🌈 Why It Feel As If Your Brain Turned On You 11:29 - 🤯 Brain's Misguided Protection Mechanism 15:10 - 👉 How to Rewire the Stress Response 19:34 - 🧘‍♂️ Simple Exercises to Calm the Nervous System 23:34 - 🏃‍♂️ Managing Stress Responses for Healing 29:00 - 🎓 Can Full Recovery Be Achieved? 30:03 - 🛠 Applying Brain Retraining Tools Long-Term 31:35 - 📚 Ben's Most Important Recommendation … NOTE: This description may contain affiliate links to products I enjoy using myself. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Should you choose to use these links, this channel may earn affiliate commissions at no additional cost to you. I appreciate your support! REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you. #chronicfatigue #recoverystories #chronicfatigue #fatigue #longhaul #longcovid #longhaulers