Pain that no test has fully explained is still real pain.
What will surprise you is that the brain decides whether to turn on pain, and it treats emotional danger from childhood or from an unjust world as danger.
This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation
Dr. Aimie welcomes back Dr. Howard Schubiner, internist, Clinical Professor at Michigan State and author of Unlearn Your Pain. He describes how a child who learned to keep the peace grows into an adult whose brain still reacts to everyday stress as danger, and why he sees racism and injustice as sources of pain.
They talk about why chronic pain, fatigue and POTS keep rising while the body has not changed, why neuroplastic symptoms are real and reversible, and how someone with rheumatoid arthritis can carry both structural and neuroplastic pain.
04:23 How does a childhood without safety become pain later?
07:32 Can racism and injustice cause chronic pain?
10:08 Why are chronic pain, fatigue and POTS becoming more common?
14:37 Can rheumatoid arthritis pain be neuroplastic?
18:27 How can the nervous system learn it is safe?
“Not all pain is due to injury. It’s our job to sort it out because emotional pain can cause physical pain, and that’s a fact. And that’s how we’re wired.” ~ Dr. Howard Schubiner
If you live with pain that no test has fully explained, this episode is for you.
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