230: I Taught Psychology But Ignored My Own Nervous System Warning Signs | Jan Rothney

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In this video, Jan Rothney shares how she recovered from ME/CFS after being bedridden, relapsing, and being told by specialists that recovery was impossible. She explains how chronic symptoms can become stuck in brain-body loops, why safety, self-agency, emotional work, and supportive community matter, and how tiny “green shoots” can help rebuild confidence in recovery.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 💔 Told “You’ll Never Recover”
03:01 🚨 10 Years of Warning Signs
04:48 🔁 Recovering, Relapsing, and Learning the Hard Way
05:15 🥀 The Words That Destroyed Her
06:05 📘 Writing Breaking Free During Lockdown
07:21 🌱 How Reset to Thrive Grew
08:37 🧠 Acute Illness vs. Chronic Loops
09:55 🔄 The Negative Feedback Loop
11:09 🎯 Attention Bias to Threat
12:46 🚪 Why Going Outside Can Feel Unsafe
15:00 🧘 The First Step: Become Conscious
16:33 🪷 Learning to Sit With Symptoms
18:28 💪 Self-Agency Changes the Brain
21:27 🌿 Green Shoots of Recovery
23:46 🕺 Making Energy Feel Rewarding Again
25:30 💭 The Emotional Work Underneath Recovery
26:35 🫣 Shame, Fear, and Perfectionism
29:17 🔓 Resentment, Forgiveness, and Somatic Work
33:12 🤲 Why Supportive Community Matters

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REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you.

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