SYMPTOMATIC
Association for Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms
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Neuroplastic Symptoms (NS)
When high levels of stress are not fully recognized, the brain (“Neuro”) can generate real pain or illness anywhere in the body. This occurs in many people with strong, healthy minds and affects one in five adults and two in five patients. Fortunately, these symptoms can be changed (“plastic”).
Nerve Pathway Changes
Research shows changes in the nerve pathways in the brain. These occur in people with stress, trauma, and unprocessed emotions that often are linked to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). ACEs can be anything that happened to you as a child that would make you sad or angry if it had occurred to a child for whom you care.
Knowledge Becomes Healing
Fortunately, new scientific research shows that Pain Recovery Psychology achieves far better relief of neuroplastic pain and illness than older approaches.
Science Based.
In a referral-based pelvic pain clinic, 47% reported a history of physical or sexual abuse in childhood.
In a study of spine surgery, among patients with the highest number of adverse childhood experiences, the surgery was unsuccessful in 85%.
In a study in Los Angeles, 67% of older male veterans with chronic pain achieved at least 30% pain relief with Pain Relief Psychology.
In a study at Harvard, 64% of people with chronic back pain became pain-free after six months of Pain Relief Psychology treatment.
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PERSONALITY TRAITS
The following stressful characteristics are common among people with Neuroplastic Symptoms. Fortunately, these can change with treatment and this helps alleviate Neuroplastic pain and illness.
Excessive self-criticism
Low Self-Esteem
Neglecting your needs
Reliable and Detail-Oriented
Hard worker
Perfectionism
Approval-seeking
Stressful lifestyle
Unbalanced or toxic relationships
Poor assertiveness
Anxiety
Depression
Traumatic life event(s)
Adversity in Childhood
People often have more than one Neuroplastic Symptom, they can move around the body, and they can persist for years. Below are some of the many types of Neuroplastic Symptom.
COMMON SYMPTOMS
Back or Sciatic Pain
Fibromyalgia
Migraine or Headache
Long Covid
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Pelvic Pain
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Functional Neurologic Disorder
Interstitial Cystitis (Bladder spasm)
Chronic Lyme Disease
Dizziness or Vertigo
Visual Abnormalities
Symptoms that fail to improve as expected with treatment
4 out of 10 people seen by physicians suffer from neuroplastic conditions.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can lead to Neuroplastic Symptoms anywhere in the body that are generated by the brain.
ACEs Impact on Adults
Personality Traits
Perfectionism, excessive self-criticism, limitations in self-care, and many more.
Current Triggers
People, situations, or events that are stressful because of links to past trauma.
Unprocessed Emotions
Anger, fear, shame, grief, or guilt that might not be recognized.
Painful Numbers.
20% of U.S. adults (over 50 million people) experience Neuroplastic pain or illness. Most are not receiving the same quality of care as people with organ disease or structural injury.
In 88% of people with pain in the spine it is Neuroplastic (generated by the brain) and not from structural damage.
16% of adults have endured four or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). These increase the risk for developing Neuroplastic Symptoms.
adjective: Exhibiting or involving symptoms, especially of something undesirable.
Symp·to·mat·ic
Neu·ro·plas·tic
adjective: The capacity of neural networks in the brain to change.
Healing is Possible.
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Discounts on documentary films including All the Rage, This Might Hurt, and Pain Brain.