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January 9th, 2023 | Author: admin
2023 January 9, 20:40 California – Teresa Jade LeYung’s blog post #619
Dear Reader,
Today I responded to a post from a fellow-member of Women’s Brain Exchange network. Her subject line was: “Recommendations for Parkinson’s”
I wish to share my response through this blog post.
I cheer for all brave folks who are coping with disease and illness and all the compassionate advocates!
I was an advocate for my father – he thrived in spite of Parkinson’s.
Information is powerful! What I had learned as an advocate enriched my own life and also everyone else’s in Papa’s community.
Be ahead of the game – know that Parkinson’s is a movement disorder… thus, find (not just a general neurologist) but a neurologist whose patient base is mainly movement disorder patients and who does not rely on “old” techniques.
Same for physical therapists – folks who aren’t trained in movement disorders caused heartaches for Papa. The right folks taught my father ways to “refresh” the brain.
RESOURCES:
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When one is not feeling well… learning new ways to improve one’s health can be overwhelming. I wish everyone compassionate advocates to help make the journey a gentler one.
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Walk Walk https://www.normandoidge.com Dr. Doidge’s books have been translated into 30+ languages!
Please ask librarians at public libraries.
Dr. Norman Doidge’s first book –
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Dr. Norman Doidge’s second book –
The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
Norman Doidge: Brain’s Healing Energies - 28 minutes
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Another helpful resource – the blog post by master teacher and holistic healer Gilles Marin -
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Thank you, holistic healer Stephanie Wilger, for telling me about:
Taoist Meditation: The Six Healing Sounds – https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7UZa_zhOg9A
Thank you, YouTube channel user Andrew McCart!
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Thank you for reading my blog post “Parkinson’s Disease – Resources for Brave Patients and Compassionate Advocates”
Thank you, Mr. George Carlin (Angel Carlin), for inspiring me to eliminate unnecessary words.
Teresa Jade LeYung, 2019 Paris, photo by Mary E. Knippel
Teresa Jade LeYung
Story Theme Consultant / Photo Historian / Author / Blogger / Public Library and Public School Advocate
http://www.OurBeautifulBrains.com goes to Teresa’s Blog
Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says: “I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
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February 11th, 2021 | Author: admin
Blog Post #601
2021 Feb 2, 22:08–22:43; Feb 6, 22:15–; Feb 8, 00:54–; Feb. 9, 21:21–; Feb. 11, 01:06–; Feb. 12, 01:45; amended Feb. 13; amended Feb. 15
Story Continuity / Theme Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung says…
Thank you to all the precious people in my life who have given me joyful memories – elixirs as I journey through the dark side of pain, practice neuroplasticity … to achieve wellness.
The experts and resources for wellness I found in 2015 to help my papa and friends are now helping me as I retrain my Brain to STOP sending my body pain signals and other unpleasant sensations after a bout of shingles last year. (According to Mayo Clinic… “After you’ve had chickenpox, the virus lies inactive in nerve tissue near your spinal cord and brain. Years later, the virus may reactivate as shingles…. Some people experience shingles pain without ever developing the rash.”)
I am forever grateful to Dusky Pierce, MFT who led me to Dr. Norman Doidge’s books (about neuroplasticity/our beautiful adaptable brains) which introduced me to methods developed by Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais, and, to Dr. Michael Moskowitz. Also, I am forever grateful to Linda A. Harris for remembering Dr. Danielle Rosenman https://www.medicalcounseling.net/; Dr. Rosenman (trained by Dr. Moskowitz) has coached me to practice neuroplasticity for wellness.
Techniques are simple, the journey not so easy. Persistent pain signals and other unpleasant sensations BE GONE BE GONE!
A unique aspect of retraining Beautiful Brain (BB) to rid persistent pain is not to talk about it. BB is so good at creating pain, my talking about it and thinking about it only sabotage my healing.
During a webinar with Dr. Michael Moskowitz and Dr. Marla Golden http://www.neuroplastix.com, Dr. Moskowitz recommended listening to Professor Lorimer Moseley talk about our brains and neuroplasticity – that Professor Moseley uses humor in his presentations.
This blog post contains my notes from –
“Getting a grip on pain and the brain – Professor Lorimer Moseley -
Successful Ageing Seminar 2013″
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p6sbi_0lLc
“What we now understand about pain.”
The term “neuroplasticity” = how adaptable our nervous system is. The other side of neuroplasticity is sometimes called “the dark side.”
“The mechanisms that cause us to change in a good way can also cause us to change in a way that makes our lives more difficult and more unpleasant.
“If you have a brain, you will experience pain. If you don’t have a brain, you won’t experience pain.
“We feel pain in our body, and, we feel it in a particular location, but, it is impossible to feel pain without a brain, and, it is completely possible to feel pain without the body part.”
Professor Moseley tells his story about encountering a man (with wooden leg) who was in agonizing pain (where his leg would have been). The man experienced SEVERE pain but he had NO tissue damage.
“The brain produces pain. The brain does not recognize pain coming from something else.”
“Chronic pain is misunderstood.”
All images are from “ Getting a grip on pain and the brain – Professor Lorimer Moseley - Successful Ageing Seminar 2013″
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p6sbi_0lLc
World’s most burdensome Health Issues
#1 Chronic back pain
#2 Depression
#4 Chronic neck pain
#8 Migraine and headache
#9 Diabetes
#11 Osteoarthritis
“Pain is our most sophisticated protective device.”
Nociceptors – detection of tissue damage or danger = danger receptors
[ Example from me, Teresa - at age 8, I touched a hot iron. The nerves in my finger sent messages to my brain which then instantaneously sent pain to protect me; the pain stopped me from continuing touching the source of danger. ]
Professor Moseley gave example: Violinists. Pain threshold of their left little finger is lower than pain threshold of their right little finger. Why? Left little finger is used to play the instrument while right little finger could be missing but musician would still be able to hold the bow. Fingers on left hand need more protection; brain is more protective of left hand.
For Professor Moseley’s talk “Getting a grip on pain and the brain” go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p6sbi_0lLc
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You can experience SEVERE pain but have NO damage.
AND
You can experience NO pain but have severe damage.
Brain produces pain. Brain is the most trainable we’ve got!
Pain depends on how much danger your brain THINKS you are in, not how much danger you are really in.
Information gets stored in the brain. Brain uses information to evaluate danger to your body. Does Brain think this situation is more dangerous or less dangerous? If Brain’s conclusion is “this is dangerous”, Brain sends pain.
[ Teresa here…
Even though shingles rash healed completely last year… the scar tissue is red. The color “red” has meaning for my Brain. “Red” represents “hot” and “dangerous”. My Brain remembers the hot iron incident from my childhood, and, all my experiences with pain. Brain evaluates all that information and concludes that I still need protecting, so, Brain does what Brain does so well . . . create pain signals to protect me. I can’t sip hot tea or stand in front of a hot stove for more than a minute … before Brain sends signals to “protect” me. How I retrain my brain (“interrupt” unpleasant signals) are summarized in my blog posts published on November 6, 2020, January 3, 2021, and January 13, 2021. Since our brains are unique (the way our fingerprints are unique), what works for me might not work for someone else. Not only do our brains record our experiences, but also incidents we’ve witnessed, heard about, read about.
If my brain had ignored what I had read and heard …
(from Mayo Clinic site, medical experts, and my own memory of a loved one describing her experience with shingles) – “that the condition can be very painful … that the most common complication is postherpetic neuralgia, which causes shingles pain for a long time after your blisters have cleared…”
then I wouldn’t be feeling pain now. ]
All images are from “ Getting a grip on pain and the brain – Professor Lorimer Moseley - Successful Ageing Seminar 2013?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p6sbi_0lLc
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What you’re seeing is produced by the brain. According to meaning!
At about 19 minutes and 39 seconds into his talk, Professor Moseley shows this slide on the screen to demonstrate how our “visual experience depends on the evaluation of sensory input.”
We see a checkerboard of white and gray squares; the greenish cylinder is casting shadows on some of the squares. The square that has “A” on it appears to be gray. The square that has “B” on it appears to be white.
Retinal information is sent to the Brain, then the Brain gathers everything else we’ve learned in our entire life – for meaning.
Professor Moseley then extracts these two squares from the board – the two square are the same color! They are the same color when no other data are presented to create meaning.
Our brain produces a different picture when it evaluates our experiences, contexts, and environment … for meaning.
You are seeing this, but, it’s not really there. Like pain. You are feeling it because the brain produces it.
Professor Moseley shows more examples . . .
” … the nature of your relationship, the roles that you have in society, the role in that context affects your pain. Not how you cope with your pain… It doesn’t change the ‘danger message,’ it changes the pain. ”
How dangerous is this, really?
When Brain concludes that the situation is dangerous, Brain will send pain signals, even when reality is not dangerous.
And vice versa . . .
At about 22 minutes and 30 seconds into his talk, Professor Moseley shows the slide of the runner who fractured his leg during triple jump at American Olympics Trials. The runner’s brain evaluated his priorities and ignored the danger messages. Even though his body was experiencing severe damage … his brain didn’t send pain … until he looked down at his knee.
Pain depends on how much danger your brain THINKS you are in, not how much danger you are really in.
At about 25 minutes and 10 seconds into his talk, Professor Lorimer Moseley shares personal experience.
He was walking in the bush, felt something on his outer leg.
How dangerous is this, really? He has walked in this setting hundreds of time.
Danger receptors in Body and Brain; nerves influence other nerves. His visual cortex plus memory circuits concluded that the sensation is the result of a twig scratching the skin of his leg.
He swam. He woke up 4 days later, had been bitten by Eastern Brown snake.
High danger but felt low pain.
Nine months later, walking in the bush again. He felt something on his outer leg. This time his brain sent harsh pain to protect him. When he looked down, this time it was just a twig. Very low danger but felt severe pain.
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at 34 minutes, Professor Lorimer Moseley talks about “The Brain’s evaluation of danger.”
All these systems that end up producing pain become more sensitive the longer you have pain.
Your systems learn how to make pain, so, you need less and less to aggravate your pain.
Things that don’t seem related can aggravate your pain.
Need to untangle the system.
Pain depends on how much danger my brain THINKS I am in, not how much danger I am really in.
[ Teresa here … Our neighbors are modifying their house to “age in place” – construction workers hammering, using power tools … Monday through Friday. The noise is impacting everyone’s tranquility, but, not everyone is experiencing pain the way I am. Thank you, Dr. Amy Grace Lam, for helping me decipher why my brain has concluded that noise is dangerous. I had (but my brain and body have not) forgotten … about another time in my life when noise from neighbors impacted my health, forcing me to leave a lovely home. So now my brain protects me by sending me pain and other unpleasant sensations. What beautiful brain-body communications we have!]
At 35 minutes, Professor Moseley gives additional data regarding the Dark Side of Neuroplasticity
“One in five Westerners have chronic pain that disable them. The majority… we can’t explain in their bodies. Understand what contributes to pain….”
What implies “Threat” to body tissue?
What implies “Safety”?
at 38 minutes and 20 seconds into his talk, Professor Moseley says:
“Aging system, less responsive. Sensitized system, more protective. Not just activity that Brain is exposed to. Anything that the Brain finds as threat.”
[ Teresa here … I was studying two Charles Chaplin movies – both scripts are brilliant. However, the themes in MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947) sparked pain signals; two scenes in A KING IN NEW YORK (1957) did the same. ]
The longer you have pain, the better your system gets at producing it.
The good news: My body and brain are adaptable and will change if I train them.
I am determined to walk and imagine my way to wellness!
This is my journey. All that I have learned from people who care about people have brought me here. I thank you with all my heart.
I wish everyone excellent health, kindness, and sweet laughter.
Thank you for reading my blog post “Brain / Pain Scientist Professor Lorimer Moseley uses humor to help us understand the Dark Side of Pain”
Again, thank you, Dr. Michael Moskowitz, for recommending Professor Lorimer Moseley’s talks.
Having been coached by Dr. Danielle Rosenman, and, remembering what I’ve learned from Dusky Pierce (Byron Katie https://thework.com/), and . . .
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now using the workbook TRANSFORMING THE BRAIN IN PAIN: NEUROPLASTIC TRANSFORMATION by Dr. Michael Moskowitz and Dr. Marla Golden . . . I am keeping my BB busy!
Dr. Michael Moskowitz and Dr. Marla Golden http://www.neuroplastix.com
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What else had helped me? Having learned the Feldenkrais Method when my right hand was on pain scale of 8 out of 10.
https://feldenkrais.com/
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2021 January 30 Haiku poem by Teresa Jade LeYung
Brain much too busy
to send Body pain signals
during walk, must walk.
If I cannot walk
I imagine legs walking
step by step by step
For other posts in my blog, please go to: https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog If you look at right side of screen, you’ll see the category “Beautiful Brains Neuroplasticity”. Please click on that category to get all my blog posts pertaining to our our Beautiful Brains and Neuroplasticity.
Love Made Of Heart ®
Story Continuity / Theme Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung offers resources regarding our beautiful brains / persistent pain / depression / wellness through her Blog: http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/
Teresa Jade LeYung, an American naturalized citizen of Chinese ancestry, is a story/theme consultant, author of LOVE MADE OF HEART: Journey Through Mental Illness (daughter-mother novel archived at the San Francisco History Center and used by college professors), BUILD YOUR WRITER’S PLATFORM & FANBASE IN 22 DAYS (a workbook), and TALKING TO MY DEAD MOM Monologues (the first monologue received an award from Redwood Writers Ten-Minute Play Festival), an advocate for public libraries and public schools, creator of http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/ , and, admirer of City of Light. Composing Haiku poems is a new love for LeYung.
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January 3rd, 2021 | Author: admin
January 3, 2021 California USA 20:00-22:00
Thank you, Marie-Christine Cornet, for sending this lovely image from France!
Meilleurs voeux 2021!
Story/Theme Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung says: “Adaptable Brain, Let Quiet Enter.”
IS part 2 of my trilogy to honor our Beautiful Brains.
Finding URLs (of videos posted on Youtube) for mentors has given me an opportunity to learn (again) what I can do to help myself transform persistent pain signals (when there isn’t new damage to body tissue) and depression signals… into a refreshed Brain so that I can do what I love doing during my waking hours. I am most grateful to the precious people in my life who care about my well-being.
May these sites help you, dear Reader, and your loved ones too . . .
Norman Doidge, M.D.
“Dr. Norman Doidge | The Power of Thought” on YouTube https://youtu.be/2c5aTlq3nYI
Dr. Doidge’s first book – The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (translated into 26 languages)
Dr. Doidge’s second book – The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity (translated into 19 languages so far)
Professor Lorimer Moseley
Michael H. Moskowitz, MD & Marla D. Golden, DO
Dr. Danielle Rosenman
https://www.medicalcounseling.net/ Danielle Rosenman, M.D. uses neuroplasticity, imagery, meditation, psychotherapy, and other techniques in her Medical Counseling practice and in her innovative “Tools for Healing” groups.
Learning about our beautiful adaptable brains has inspired Teresa Jade LeYung to write Haiku poems.
Thank you to the many poets who inspire me,
especially Frances Kakugawa https://franceskakugawa.wordpress.com/
and Dr. Amy Grace Lam ! vibrational energy healer http://amygracelam.com/
and Olga A. Malyj
and M. Emily Onglatco
and Kim McMillon https://www.facebook.com/kim.mcmillon
and Elisa “Sasa” Southard https://sasasouthard.com
and Linda A. Harris, and MaryT, and Nan Noonan
and Diane Ichiyasu
and Margaret R. Davis http://margaretdavisbooks.com/about/
and Chandra Garsson https://www.facebook.com/butterflybonesandhummingbirdsongs
Teresa Jade LeYung’s Haiku poem 2020 December 28 Monday 03:55
Sweet raindrop music
May we all be safe and warm
Today and always
(Although the 5-7-5 structure was added on December 28, 2020 to honor the Haiku form, the composition has been my fervent prayer for decades, long before the word “pandemic” was in my daily vocabulary. Because Haiku poems aren’t titled, please accept the publishing date as identifier for this piece.)
Teresa Jade LeYung’s Haiku poem 2021 January 3 Sunday 20:40
Quiet please enter
Let Brain imagine Paris
Depression Pain leave
To read Part 1 of my trilogy on our Beautiful Brains:
Story/Theme Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung says: “Scarecrow in THE WIZARD OF OZ would feel NO pain” http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/story-theme-consultant-teresa-jade-leyung-says-scarecrow-in-the-wizard-of-oz-would-feel-no-pain/
For other posts in my blog, please go to: https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog If you look at right side of screen, you’ll see the category “Beautiful Brains Neuroplasticity”. Please click on that category to get all my blog posts pertaining to our our Beautiful Brains and Neuroplasticity.
Sincerely,
author Teresa Jade LeYung, mask by Emily O
Love Made Of Heart ®
Teresa Jade LeYung, an American naturalized citizen of Chinese ancestry, is a story/theme consultant, author of LOVE MADE OF HEART (daughter-mother novel archived at the San Francisco History Center and used by college professors), BUILD YOUR WRITER’S PLATFORM & FANBASE IN 22 DAYS (a workbook), and TALKING TO MY DEAD MOM Monologues (the first monologue received an award from Redwood Writers Ten-Minute Play Festival), an advocate for public libraries and public schools, creator of http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/ , and, admirer of City of Light. Composing Haiku poems is a new love for LeYung.
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