Pain Is Controlled by Your Brain (Here’s How to Turn it Off!) | Dr. Daniel Amen

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What if your chronic pain isn’t coming from your body — but from your brain? In this conversation, double board-certified psychiatrist and brain health expert Dr. Daniel Amen, explains how the brain creates and amplifies pain, and what you can do to retrain your nervous system to finally break the pain cycle naturally. Dr. Daniel Amen is back to share groundbreaking principles from his new book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain. You’ll learn powerful insights on: • How trauma and stress change the brain • The brain-pain connection • Inflammation, anxiety, and limbic system dysfunction • How to rewire your neural pathways to reduce pain • Practical tools to calm the nervous system • Dr. Amen’s protocols for healing chronic pain • The role of neuroplasticity and brain chemistry • Lifestyle strategies to improve brain health fast If you struggle with chronic pain, nerve pain, inflammation, stress, or emotional trauma, this episode breaks down the exact science behind why your brain may be stuck in a pain loop, and what you can do today to fix it. Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro: Why your brain controls pain 02:10 – The neuroscience of chronic pain 06:45 – How trauma wires the brain for pain 12:20 – Limbic system dysfunction explained 18:05 – Brain inflammation & emotional pain 24:30 – Neuroplasticity: retraining pain pathways 30:40 – Stress, anxiety, and amplified pain 36:20 – How to calm the nervous system fast 41:00 – Final advice to break the pain cycle Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/TheShawnModel?sub_confirmation=1 Watch more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eihatOf7ebg&list=UULFtFV6nJ5zZ0__SXBkikfLlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLneHPcxbJs&t=311s&list=UULFtFV6nJ5zZ0__SXBkikfLlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvYjVHzCD0I&list=UULFtFV6nJ5zZ0__SXBkikfLlg Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7TBclRyh_Q&list=PL3zvw5sD7WKwvFPRKgEYjea5sXBG5RlMd Shawn Stevenson is the author of the USA Today National bestsellers Eat Smarter and the Eat Smarter Family Cookbook, as well as the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter. He’s also the creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each year. A graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science and became the cofounder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, Muscle & Fitness, Good Morning America, ESPN, and many other major media outlets. Get the Eat Smarter Book here: https://eatsmarterbook.com Start the Fat Loss Code Course here: https://www.thefatlosscode.com Order the Eat Smarter Family Cookbook here: https://eatsmartercookbook.com Let’s Connect... Website: https://themodelhealthshow.com X: https://twitter.com/ShawnModel IG: https://www.instagram.com/shawnmodel/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheModelHealthShow