@jennifergillan03 , @welchllb

Hi Jennifer - What a wonderful thing you did by posting these helpful videos. I could not agree more that omitting pain behaviors and focus on pain are the first steps towards managing and reducing symptoms. I see you attend Mayo for post-COVID. I attended the Jacksonville Mayo Pain Rehabilitation Center and learned from Dr. Sletten. It was a true life changing experience for both myself and my family because I got my life back on track and my family got a healthier version of me back. How are you doing since attending Mayo? What has been your most productive tool for managing your symptoms?

Here is the direct link to Dr. Sletten's recently revised Central Sensitization Syndrome video which includes post-COVID and other diagnoses:

I loved the Tame the Beast video you posted. So important to understand how and what is happening to our bodies.

Hi Lucy - I'm sorry and 100% understand your frustration with symptoms appearing out of the clear blue. I used to think I was going crazy based on fluctuating symptoms in my body. It's very hard to ignore and not breath life into symptoms, but as I hope you learned from watching the videos Jennifer attached, it does you no good and just adds fuel to your fire. The goal is to quelle that fire through distraction, shifting focus, and other tools. I see you are post-COVID. Do you feel you are making slow steady progress, despite bumps in the road? I hope these videos help.