The brain is an association drawing MACHINE. This is life-saving and life-preserving. Usually.

However, like many of the other mechanisms of the brain, this function can be hijacked by a nervous system sensitized by stress and trauma.

If you have good evidence that your physical conditions are mind-body in nature, attempting to draw associations between every stimuli that is potentially triggering symptoms in your body— is a mind trap!

I did it for years, as it was the only way I knew to try and find safety for my seemingly very sensitive body- in this very harsh world. (It didn’t work)

However- so many of the associations I drew were false, shifting, not always connected….and worst than all— BECAME true because my brain now anticipated that response from the stimuli.

Associations can look like this:

-I eat X food = I get X response

-I do X activity = I get X response

-I take/don’t take this medicine= I get X response

-I take/don’t take X supplement= I get X response

-I leave the house= I get X response

-I spend time in the sun= I get X response

-I travel= I get X response

-I exercise= I get X response

-I sleep/don’t sleep= I get X response…..

Because of the nature of the brain, the attempt to continually try to draw associations between a whole combination of choices, will inevitably cause misfiring, AND inaccurate associations.

If you are recovering from chronic health issues, we invite you to put the association-detective work aside while you focus on healing your nervous system! You will likely experience much better “outcomes” of this work which can transform not only your physical health, but your entire life! (We do encourage using wisdom in maintaining a relatively healthy lifestyle, and reintroducing things you have strong reactions to in a slow, incremental way)