A lifetime basic membership to the Global Community Forum is included with your purchase of the DNRS program. There you will find over 15,000 members and 15 years of archived information, including dozens of resources applicable to implementing the DNRS program.

This includes everything from a welcoming community of people who are focused on healing with DNRS, recovery stories, recommended resources and of course, inspiring posts from people like Freya who are reclaiming their lives through the power of neuroplasticity and brain retraining. 

If you are looking for inspiration on your own brain retraining journey this month, we invite you to read Freya’s letter below (with minor edits for clarity). Her words are a powerful reminder of what is possible as you dedicate yourself to rewiring your brain. 

2023 Gratitudes & Gains — And Celebrating 9 Months With DNRS!

I’ve been wanting to write a post for months that captures the incredible experience DNRS has had for me, but I haven’t managed to.

Not sure what kind of POP that might be but I’m letting my idea of that post go and instead sharing a list of changes I’m grateful for that I wrote down on January 2nd, looking back on the 9 months since I started. It makes me really happy and I hope it will encourage others. I do mention some ITs.

I’ve seen big physical changes as well as some small and unlooked-for physical changes, and mental/emotional and social changes.

I had no idea when I started that the program had the potential to transform my idea of who I am and open up a whole new way of being in life – being more “me” and letting go of constraints, so many of which come back to fear.

I am looking forward to more physical ITs dropping away but I am most excited about the potential to live freely and joyfully in all ways. This program is the answer to a wish I didn’t even know I had (as well as a lot of wishes I did know I had!).

• I can now play tag, soccer, and just race and frisk and giggle with my kids, something that’s been limited for years
• I can hike! And walk. I’m up to 2kms on a relatively steep trail, but this is huge as when I started I could walk about 2 blocks, slowly
• I am so grateful for whipped cream, beans, corn, tomatoes, french fries and all potatoey things, popcorn, cheese, and sugary holiday treats – so many delicious things
• Energy! It is so life-changing to have this again
• Digging in my garden/being able to have a big garden and not having to ask my husband to do jobs that involve exertion
• Leaning into physical tasks, knowing that effort and physical difficulty make me stronger rather than weaker. This was a huge realization for me after years of trying to protect myself by doing less.
• Tension I didn’t even know I had disappeared – feels so good
• Being able to do child’s pose (from yoga) without pain, and have my forehead and nose touch the floor rather than my hairline touch the floor
• Fingers and knuckles stay relatively comfortable in winter, even with more cold exposure/less protection
• Beginning to find a sense of comfort in and ability to be myself/to be true to myself/to be free in who I am – lots more to explore here
• My ability to laugh and feel radiant joy
• A different (higher) baseline of happiness, confidence, and trust in the world
• Seeking joy and connection more often amidst lots of responsibilities, rather than just slogging away all the time
• I’m better at being present and savouring life (though still working on it) rushing less, and I don’t have internal stress/panic the same way I used to when I am late for something
• Seeing the tangible reality of rewiring a couple of times when I started POPing about something and some other part of my brain told me to stop or overrode it with one of the popposites I’ve been drilling the last many months – so cool! I’m looking forward to more of this.
• Limby taking a back seat while I’m driving. I love the realization that, even if there were some kind of danger while I was driving, it would be 100% unhelpful to have my limbic system involved. I’ve got this, Limby!
• My expanded vocal range – I just checked what notes I can sing and it’s what it was 25 years ago. Also, way less tension when I read or sing.
• More expression in my voice
• A few times I’ve noticed my breathing has shifted lower – looking forward to this becoming a consistent thing
• I started incrementally training with little bits of gluten. Whoah. After so many health professionals telling me this was likely part of my troubles I have a lot of POPs here. It feels good to face it head-on – crumb by crumb!
• Finding ways to delight more in my family, and being calmer and more compassionate with my kids
• Being physically stronger than I was
• Being more able to tolerate sad, upsetting or distressing things without Limby feeling threatened, and feeling less need to shelter myself (though mostly I still am as it feels like the right thing to do)
• Rarely use one of my asthma inhalers that I used to use every day!
• Saying goodbye to dry eyes, and having much less off-and-on blurry vision, a relatively new IT before I started retraining
• Having some colds be mild or only last a few days – totally new for me
• Heart ITs and random big body twitches are almost a thing of the past – they only say hi when Limby thinks I’m in danger

I am proud of myself for getting this far, and for doing at least one round every single day since I started. I’ll also say that I haven’t done an hour a day every day – sometimes I’ve only done 1 short round. Being absolute about my commitment to things is a POP for me and raises CAN, so I felt that I needed to allow myself flexibility from the start.

When I started DNRS in April 2023 (after watching the videos in 2022 but not actually doing full rounds then) I had been off work for 6 weeks because of ITs. One of my early changes was that I was able to start gradually working again.

That was wonderful but meant I had way less time to do rounds, elevate my mood, be aware of POPs, etc. It’s been a juggling act to prioritize DNRS along with a high-intensity job, a volunteer role, parenting 2 young kids including one with extra needs, and other normal life things.

About 5 or 6 months in I realized that what was limiting me wasn’t my ITs anymore (though I had plenty still) but the way I’ve set up my life. For example, I stopped incremental training on walking because I was able to walk 20-30 minutes at that point, and I never had time to do more than that.

I realize now that to achieve my goals and do the things I’m imagining in my FVs I need to change my life, not just fix my ITs. So I am trying to figure that out. Also, exploring how to keep decreasing CAN and increasing DOSE in daily life.

I am so immensely grateful to Annie for creating this program, all the coaches and staff who keep it running and support us, and this incredible community of supportive, wise, hopeful, determined people. Our lives are changing, one thought at a time. 💖

Interested in Learning More About DNRS and the Global Community Forum?

The Dynamic Neural Retraining System is a drug-free, self-directed program that uses the principles of neuroplasticity to help reverse limbic system impairment in the brain, and to regulate a maladapted stress response involved with many chronic illnesses. 

When you purchase the program, you’ll have a full year of access to the DNRS on-demand, streaming instructional video program. This includes 12 hours of in-depth content that incorporates both top-down (brain to body) and bottom-up (body to brain) processing strategies to heal the brain and body. 

You will also receive a lifetime basic membership to the Global Community Forum, where you will find inspiration, motivation and support from fellow DNRS participants like Freya. Professionally moderated and updated every day, it is the perfect space to support you as you navigate the DNRS program for the first time. 

To learn more about DNRS, click here. To get more clarity about whether your own symptoms may be associated with limbic system impairment, we encourage you to complete the self-assessment survey, as well as view the many success stories of DNRS participants.

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Jason, age 45, was previously healthy and active before contracting COVID-19 in March of 2020. The acute infection led to two months of bronchitis, which eventually resolved with medical treatment. However, once the cough subsided, Jason noticed his heart felt strange and was beating irregularly. He had developed a form of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart).

Jason also experienced cognitive difficulties and extreme fatigue that led to spending most of the day in bed sleeping and watching Netflix. When he felt well enough, he would go for a walk or run, and then feel exhausted for a few days. As the months wore on, Jason was starting to lose hope that he would ever return to his active life and career.

Jason struggled to find solutions, and was willing to go to great lengths to feel better. For example, based on guidance from others experiencing fatigue, Jason went on an anti-inflammatory vegetarian diet. “I was like, well if I have to eat veggies for the rest of my life, I guess I’ll eat veggies for the rest of my life,” Jason explained.

Fortunately, a friend who had found relief from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after retraining the brain with the DNRS Program recommended Jason try it as a COVID long-haulers treatment.

Jasons’ Outcomes from the DNRS Program

Jason started the DNRS Program in December of 2020 and began to experience changes in the first few days. “A lot of that skepticism and jadedness had lifted,” he said, “and [I felt] more hope and joy in general.”

Jason committed to daily DNRS brain retraining, and by April of 2021 his fatigue and brain fog had lifted and he was living a normal life once more. He now has the energy to dance and do hill sprints without being tired the next day. With a smile on his face, Jason described his new diet. He can eat everything now: meat, dairy, cheese, chocolate, peanut butter, ice cream, really tasty stuff. Even better, Jason is no longer experiencing the sugar crashes he used to have pre-COVID.

How does he explain this change? Jason said:

“The science [behind the DNRS Program] is the science behind how people recover from strokes and head injury so it’s a really solid science about how the brain creates new pathways. It’s new wiring. I tapped into a new battery.”

When Jason reflects back on the summer of 2020 he remembers thinking, “How am I going to travel again? Will I ever fly again, take a road trip?” Fast forward to April of 2021, and through grateful tears Jason shared about his recent road trip across the country to stay with friends. He was able to drive a 12 hour day, stay in a hotel overnight, and get up and drive another 12 hours. Before DNRS this would have been unimaginable! Jason is amazed at how fast life changed and how quickly he recovered using DNRS as a long-hauler’s treatment.

Jason Has More Energy Now Than Before Contracting Covid

Recently, Jason sent an email to DNRS founder, Annie Hopper, with an update about how different and remarkable life is after doing the DNRS program:

Hi Annie,

Even though we’ve talked about how remarkable my recovery was from long haul Covid, I wanted to follow up with how noticeable my recovery is to other people. I’m in a 1 year intensive masters program this year at NYU and a number of my classmates (some are 20 or more years younger than me) have remarked how much energy I have. 

We were in Berlin for a short January semester and we’d go out dancing sober to 4am, 6am, sometimes 9:30am, and still kept up with my studies. Younger students openly wondered how I had more energy than them, and one said “you have more of a lust for life than anyone I know.” 

[With Long-Covid] if I did mild exertion for a couple of hours, I’d have to be in bed for days. The change was the DNRS program and I want to thank you again for sharing your gift with the world. -Jason Snell

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It was only after taking the Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS) program online that she made her way to full recovery from Long-Covid. Listen as she shares her journey in the video below:

A summary of Sandra’s recovery from Long-Covid using DNRS:

Sandra’s Long-Covid symptoms included

• Initial loss of taste and smell
• Headaches
• Eye irritation
• A blocked ear
• Gut issues
• Brain fog
• Amnesia
• Fatigue & weakness.
• Sensitivities to light, sound & smells
• Numbness in her hands & face
• Insomnia
• Blood pressure that had “gone haywire”

Sandra lost control of her legs. “They just wouldn’t do what I wanted them to do— as if the signal from my brain didn’t reach all the way.” She had difficulty balancing, and was too weak to stand up.”

Cognitively, she was impaired enough to call it “dementia.” She forgot how to write. “I couldn’t remember what letters looked like, or how to shape them with a pen.”

At her worst, she says, “I was fully disabled. I was in a wheelchair, I could hardly move… I’ve never been so miserable in all my life,” Sandra says of her ordeal.

Yet all of the diagnostic tests kept coming back normal. “Being knowledgeable about my condition— and being a researcher by education— gave me a slight advantage in my encounters with the health practitioners,” she says. “But unfortunately, there are so many other people suffering from long covid out there, whose symptoms are only psychologized.”

Eventually, a research scientist recommended Sandra try neuroplasticity training with the Dynamic Neural Retraining System as a rehabilitation for long covid.

When she learned about the limbic system of the brain, and how it can affect all systems in the body, “It made sense to me… I had gone through a very traumatic event with the covid 19 infection.” Sandra goes on to explain, “Long covid really displays a lot of different symptoms. They don’t seem to be related at all,” she explains. “So the cause of that has to be the brain.”

She started the DNRS program in February of 2021. After a few days, she was going for walks in the neighbourhood. A month later, she was back to work part time and working full time again by May. Sandra says within weeks, she had fully recovered from all of her symptoms, and enthusiastically recommends DNRS to other covid long-haulers who are suffering.

“Today, I lead a very active life,” Sandra says happily. “I play with my daughter, I can cook every day, I have energy to go on outings, take care of the house— everything I couldn’t do before.” She’s even taken a brand-new work position “that I never thought I would be able to do so soon, after having been so ill.”

Sandra follows a handful of other covid long-haulers who are implementing the DNRS program. “All of them are experiencing a positive change,” she reports. “Two of them have recovered fully within a few weeks.”

Her advice is to “give neuroplasticity training a go. I would recommend trying this non-invasive, very easy-to-follow program. It may take longer for some, but it can change your life, DNRS can give you your life back. I am fully restored and I’m looking forward to a lot of adventures with my daughter!”

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Jenny provided updates about her recovery with DNRS in the Global Community Forum. You can read about the initial five months of her progress in our first article about her journey. 

In her own words (lightly edited for length and clarity) here is the letter Jenny wrote to our community at the one year anniversary of doing DNRS. She reflects on her many victories and the ways that the DNRS practices continue to improve her life. 

She ends by reassuring anyone putting their trust in DNRS that “…you are on your way to healing and to a completely new life that will be better than you could ever have believed!”

Dear Retrainers 

I am not very active on this forum anymore, since I got my full and active life back and I am busy doing all the things normal, healthy people do. When I started DNRS 1 year ago I was mostly bedridden for 4 years, living with my parents who had to help me with basically everything except personal hygiene. I could not stand up long enough to take a shower or leave bed for more than meals. What a complete contrast to the life I am living now – having practiced DNRS for one year – I am as healthy as anyone. Probably healthier than most. 

I have no physical limitations. I am biking everywhere and enjoying the freedom of exercising and going wherever I want, whenever I want, to the fullest. 20 km does not even feel like a long distance to bike anymore, and that would have been far even for my pre-illness self. 

I am not counting the “first time I did this since I got sick” anymore. I am beating the records that I had before my limbic system impairment. I biked 60 km, which is a LIFE RECORD. I am not only the strongest I have been since I fell ill, I feel like I am stronger than ever before in my life. 

One of Jenny’s reflections on how much her life has improved since doing DNRS.

One Last Hurdle: Work Life

The one thing I am still training on (that I just started to train on) is work. I just started going back to work and even though I feel that is within my training zone with some margins, I still do the DNRS practices because I know I have some limbic over-firing regarding work since even before I fell ill. I use tips I got from retraining friends and I’m participating in a Living DNRS class, and it is going great so far. 

I decided that I am not going to think of work as a stressful threat to my health anymore. Instead I’ll think of work as something fun and easy and relaxing that is good for me. I can feel my attitude towards work and previous limbic responses change day by day. Some of the strategies I use is to think of going to work as going to a spa. I go there to relax and have fun. I enjoy a fruit break every day and I laugh at myself in the mirror when I take a trip to the bathroom. 

I take small moments before, during or after the day to read and add new things to my list “Things I love about my work”. During my DNRS practice I visualize having fun at work, feeling professional, feeling valued and appreciated by patients and colleagues. I use my best work-related memories from before I fell ill and I use the new ones I am creating now since I started work again. Like laughing with colleagues during the lunch break and feeling connected, feeling like I am part of something meaningful.

I celebrate every new work-related victory, like completing tasks. I feel good about myself for what I accomplish, and focus only on what I actually did – not what I didn’t do yet. I do a DNRS exercise on my way to work and on my way home from work. 

Using DNRS Strategies for the Long-Term

One strategy that I use in general with my DNRS practice is inspired from Rick Hanson’s book Hardwiring Happiness, and that is giving myself the opposite feeling, that is – the one I am needing right in the moment. For example, if I am feeling lonely, I focus on a memory of having good times with friends or my deep connection with a loved one. If I feel stressed and busy I visualize being on vacation, relaxing or going to a spa. 

If I feel like I am useless or not enough I do a round of DNRS practices with the theme of being appreciated and loved. For example, I’ll focus on a time when someone did something that made me feel valuable to them or when I did something that was very appreciated by others. I find this to be a very effective way for me to make the rounds help me the most in that specific moment. 

I feel like I am in control now and that I have the tools that I need to retrain my brain about basically anything. I know that with training I can take control of my limbic responses in whatever shape they may show up, and fill my life with whatever I want to have instead of limbic reactions. 

I will probably be training on work the coming year or so, to really take the time to fundamentally break those old, unhelpful limbic system reactions associated with it. Not because I have to, I might do fine at work anyway feeling healthy and all as I already do now, but I want to move beyond managing and into thriving in and enjoying every area of my life. 

I want to keep training not because I have to in order to be able to do things, I already do things now, but I want to make my life as magical and joyful and enjoyable as possible. I want to keep training beyond being healthy to actually being truly happy and grateful every day. Because it is more than possible and I (and everyone else) deserve that. Life will always throw challenges at us, and I want to handle them as smoothly and easy as possible. My time is too valuable not to.

“I am not only the strongest I have been since I fell ill, I feel like I am stronger than ever before in my life.” – Jenny

This Is Only the Beginning

I am not the victim of my automatic responses to my surroundings anymore, I am the creator of my best responses and my best life possible every day. It will be a lifelong exciting project and a magical journey without limitations. This is only the beginning of all that is still to come. I know anything is possible, having made it back to a second chance at life. I am forever grateful for this knowledge and for these tools to make anything happen. 

I wish everyone in this community the very best, you are on your way to healing and to a completely new life that will be better than you could ever have believed. And I wish that everyone that is not yet in this forum but in need of it will find it and begin their own journey to health and happiness 🙂 

By the way, if you read my 5 month update, I wrote that my next goal was to be able to travel – and oh I did!! Starting with small steps like just going out of town, and now I am traveling anywhere! This August I traveled with my boyfriend to the other side of the globe to attend my friend’s wedding in Vietnam and we stayed for 2 weeks. I enjoyed every part of the journey without any symptoms — I even slept fine in a completely wrong timezone, ha ha! 

6 months earlier I was probably among the most inflexible and immobile persons on this earth. Miraculous. Sharing some pictures from the great victory of going to Vietnam with you here below!  

All the best!

Jenny Lord

P.S. If you are wondering whether or not to sign up for a Living DNRS class, do it! I hesitated but did and it was so worth it!!

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Kate enthusiastically shared the details of her recovery journey on our Global Community Forum recently. She suffered from severe food allergies, multiple chemical sensitivity, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, and more. During an eleven-day anaphylactic shock episode, her new functional medicine doctor suggested she try DNRS. Read her story in her own words below. 

*Note: Kate’s testimonial is reprinted here with her permission and has been lightly edited for clarity and length. This information should not be used or relied on to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition. The information is intended for educational purposes only. The information is not intended to replace medical advice offered by licensed medical physicians. Please consult your doctor or health practitioner for any medical advice.

Kate’s “Aha” Moment About Her Allergies

I threw my EpiPen away; it expired and I hadn’t needed it in more than two years.

I didn’t know anything about DNRS until a new functional medicine doctor at the practice said it was the only thing that was going to save my life. 

You see, at that point I’d been in anaphylactic shock for eleven days and nothing doctors could do was getting me out of it. I hadn’t eaten anything and it would be fifteen days in total before I could take a bite of food and even drink water. That fifteen day mark was when I began the DNRS video program. I sat down with my two kids and husband and started watching Annie explain my entire life to me and that what I had was Limbic System Impairment (LSI). This was my “Aha” moment.

My Limbic System Impairment really got started when I was fifteen and we lived in a mold infested house. When I started DNRS I was 38 years old and no one had ever mentioned LSI to me in all those years. I had seen 20+ doctors I’d and tried all their protocols, but just kept getting sicker and sicker. 

And here Annie was making the most sense and connecting all the dots. She said, “Just devote six months to the program and see how it goes.” I was full in from the start and filled with the biggest hope and belief that this was the answer and none of it was my fault.

The First Test of DNRS

The next morning I decided I was going to eat something and use the tools I learned the night before in the DNRS program.

Lo and behold, I could do it without any medical interference. I took a few bites and called it good enough because I had been fifteen days without food. I didn’t want to overdo it with my stomach being so small.

I spent the next two weeks building up my appetite and getting two solid meals daily that I could live sustainably off of and turned my focus to all the other areas first. Because yes, I was able to get two meals back in, but those were my meals that I had lived off of for three years. I knew that I needed to calm my system down before going after all foods, so I stuck with those seven items that formed two meals.

I made a lot of gains because I was at rock bottom. I couldn’t lose a lot more positive things because they weren’t there. The only things I could lose at that point were my symptoms.

Kate’s Recovery Trajectory

My purpose in coming back here and sharing that I’m healed is to leave a “what worked for me” guide for those of you in the midst of training. It’s what I hoped to find on the forum along my journey.

The Global Community Forum was my source for truth. I just kept finding food sensitivities mentioned. My reaction to food was more severe than that. I needed to convince myself that there were people who had more than just sensitivity to food as well and that had healed. I found a couple of blog posts and threads that by reading between the lines I convinced myself they were like me and healed.

It took a few months to really start to believe that I could heal my food allergies and disregard other’s input about what I could do with this program. 

In the beginning, I knew that as a mom, a homeschooling one at that, I would need longer than the six months time frame to heal. It wasn’t a limiting belief, I just knew that I had to carry my kids as well and that I wouldn’t be able to devote every waking hour to myself. Eventually, they understood not to interrupt my rounds.

My advice is: follow the program and believe in the program. Thousands of people are on this journey with you rewiring their brains. 

“Now I have total food and life freedom!.. No longer do these health issues have any part of my identity. I am a whole new person!” – Kate

Kate Waves Goodbye to Her Symptoms

It’s completely true what they say that you forget where you came from and what you were. The long list of symptoms I used to suffer from has escaped me now that I’ve come so far. I remember it like a vague dream, and not like I can step right in and vividly remember everything and be exactly in that moment again. That’s a big win!

I found eventually I could go on the Global Community Forum and truly enjoy it. Particularly the group gratitude list. Are you participating in that list and catching other’s wins and joys?

I started DNRS April 4, 2020. What a godsend it was too! Just as the world was shutting down, mine began to open up. Without Covid coursing through the world, I may not have ever had my trigger event and been introduced to DNRS. I will always be grateful for the world turning upside down. Since then I’ve had the best life possible.

I’ve never been so strong and calm and capable and able to do anything. Today while on my period I swam and played with my kids at the pool, played tennis for an hour in 97F degree heat in the sun, and walked two miles to end my day. That’s a regular day for me now. 

I’ve been eating dairy and gluten and nuts and eggs and literally anything I want without any issues. I hadn’t been able to eat freely since I was fifteen. Really ever. And as I mentioned earlier, I was down to two meals (a smoothie and chicken and rice) for years. Every time I had a big stress event, another food was lost. After my trigger event everything I ate or smelled triggered anaphylactic shock. But now I have total food and life freedom!

Fuelled by the DNRS Community

Build a community on the Global Community Forum. Take their wins as your own. Building a community helps you dream bigger. Reach bigger. Expand your hopes and dreams.

Martin with his amazing bike races and endurance was my inspiration to gain my strength and energy. He could do it, I could too.

Bettina made great strides on a trip in Germany. Her wins convinced me that I could travel someday. I did – I went to Florida for a month at my year anniversary and hung out on the beach with my family living out my rounds. I highly recommend taking a calm vacation if you can.

Kristin gained back her capacity to eat all foods so quickly and was running races and lifting weights. If she could do all that, so could I.

Paul is dancing and seeing his life as beautiful! I want to dance too!

We don’t realize how small our worlds became and how big that they can be! Shore up your brain and heart with other’s wins so that when your brain’s limbic system says “no” you can say “yes!” and cite examples. I always needed examples to win the argument.

Kate’s List of Former Symptoms

I list my former symptoms below in case there is someone searching to see if their similar symptoms were helped by doing DNRS. 

Vivid nightmares: gone. It took months, but they are gone.

POTS: gone. No constant syncope. No racing heartbeat.

Temperature dysregulation: gone. Heat intolerance, gone — I don’t love triple digits but now they just make me sweat, not hurt. I still get cold easily, but I am able to warm up again without great lengths taken.

EMF sensitivity: gone. They used to cause me chest pressure that would lead to me collapsing. Cell phones sent shocks through my arms. Not anymore. Now cell towers are simply wonderful pieces of technology that connect me to the world and help me navigate life.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: gone. During summer 2020, a quarter of my town decided to paint their house’s exterior and that made my daily walks interesting. I had to do my DNRS practices while walking daily. I remember the first time I walked by an active paint project and nothing was triggered. That was a joyous win!

Food allergies/Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: gone. Total food freedom!

Hormone issues: gone. I was told I needed a hysterectomy. No debilitating cramps, no huge clots, not bed ridden for five days minimum, everything is regulated. It’s a non-issue now. 

Skin outbreaks: gone. Weeks of constipation: gone. Diarrhea: gone. Exhaustion: gone.

Chronic fatigue: gone. I am filled with energy! I live a very active life and don’t need to recover from it. Previously I needed an hour and a half to get out of bed. And unable to continue upright after 4pm.

Brain fog: gone.

Ringing in ears: gone.

Chronic pain: gone. Nerve pain from a surgery 12 years ago gone. Three tendon injuries that wouldn’t heal are healed. Back pain gone.

Migraines: gone.

Light sensitivity: gone. I live in Big Sky Country and don’t wear sunglasses unless I want to. Previously I needed big hats and wrap-around sunnies, and even then struggled.

Noise sensitivity: gone.

Crowds don’t over stimulate me.

Smells don’t trigger me – I think perfume smells good! My nose hasn’t turned off and I didn’t want it to but I am not triggered by smells.

We remodeled our house this year and nothing triggered me. I could never imagine doing that previously from environmental ITS.

Constant alertness and hyper-vigilance, gone.

I sleep through the night without interruptions. Previously I wouldn’t have believed that possible.

PTSD, healed.

Bladder always needing to be emptied: completely regulated.

Heartburn: healed.

Hunger is back online and operating as it should.

Adrenaline surges: gone.

Anxiety: gone.

And I’m sure there’s more I’ve forgotten!

Kate is a Whole New Person

Here’s the thing with this list – I could remember off hand only about five of these issues. These old “friends” haven’t been part of my life for long enough that I had to be reminded they once existed as the major part of my life. They once defined me. No longer do these health issues have any part of my identity. I am a whole new person!

For those wondering about the timeline with food. I knew that my body was calm and able to receive the food for six months before my brain/limbic chatter was calm enough to reintroduce food. It was all in for me. Once I knew I was ready, I was all in: I had dairy and gluten for the first time in over 12 years. That was it, everything was back in. I had zero push back. Zero symptoms besides bloating from beans for the first week eating them. That quickly sorted itself out. 

I was worried that cheese would take hold of me as it once did. Same with chocolate. That they would become something that ruled me rather than just a food. Turns out I don’t like chocolate anymore. This shocked me. And I can eat cheese without any cravings for more. I don’t have the cravings that I feared bringing back food would reestablish. 

I don’t have to fight with food. Food is wonderful and good and nourishing.

Eat the food! Enjoy it! It’s a beautiful blessing.

If you are a current member of DNRS, you can read Kate’s first Global Community Forum entry about her recovery, which she wrote prior to this update. The quote above is from that entry, which can be viewed at this link. 

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Before beginning DNRS, Samantha described herself as living “like the boy in the bubble.”

In her own words (lightly edited for length and clarity) here is the third and final part of Samantha’s recovery diary.

Revisiting Recovery Goals

I started this program like most of you, with the intention of getting back into society and living a normal life again. 

MY BIGGEST GOALS WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR THE PROGRAM:

• To move out of the tiny camper in my boyfriend’s driveway where I’ve been for just shy of 2 years after needing to move out of his home and abandon my things (now stored in his garage)
• To be able to buy items like clothing, general living necessities, and other items in the world without crippling symptoms
• Bring more foods back into my diet that I used to love 
• To fall asleep without scary symptoms
• To be able to buy a mattress since I had to remove the one in the camper leaving me sleeping on cushions intended for a couch. 
• To be able to wear makeup or use hair products again (haven’t been able to in 2 years)
• To be able to go back into my boyfriend’s home or go near my old things again
• To get vaccinated so I can socialize without fear and so I can be maskless around my boyfriend
• To be able to get back to running my business that I love, as a portrait photographer

Week 13 Update: I Feel REBORN And I’m Ready For This New Life!

The week before I started this program I was fairly certain I was not going to survive. 

I took this photo of myself (below) just days before I found DNRS. I’m wearing a sports bra because I was down to only ONE shirt I could wear, so I tried to only wear it when I absolutely had to so I didn’t have to wash it so frequently.

I don’t really know why I took that photo. I felt hopeless and scared, and being a photographer I suppose I wanted to document it. I NEVER thought I’d share it with anyone. I haven’t even shown Randy my boyfriend yet and he’s my best friend and biggest supporter. The amazing thing is, I don’t even recognize that woman now. And, I certainly don’t feel anything remotely close to that state anymore, but I’m glad I took it because I can see HOW far I’ve come.

I used to be allergic to EVERYTHING, even half my “bed” was covered in garbage bags (see photo below) and the camper was getting smaller and smaller because I kept “contaminating” new areas. 

My life was incredibly limiting, and worsening by the day. The last two blog posts I’ve made, I’ve written a lot about my miraculous recovery, and things keep getting better! Don’t get me wrong, I still have symptoms and my brain is still trying to sort all this out, and that can be uncomfortable at times. But I would take those symptoms and uncomfortableness 1000 times over the life I had been living.

I can now spend HOURS in the house that was part of my “perfect storm.” I have slowly moved some items that I couldn’t even go near, into the camper. I’ve used incremental training, baby steps, to get to this point. 

I definitely overtrained last weekend though when I had pizza, cookies, AND ice cream. I felt not-so-hot for a couple of days but I kept up with my rounds and I wasn’t scared or upset. Once I felt better I had a small portion of ice cream as incremental training and have been fine and enjoying the process.  

The one thing I have noticed is that every day is SO DIFFERENT. If I don’t feel like I’m having the best day, I know there’s a good chance I will feel awesome the next day. So, I try not to get irritated if things aren’t going how I want them to. I remember that squiggly line of progress… eventually it will straighten out and stay that way!  

I took the photo below today! I’m a photographer, that’s been my profession for 11 years. Up until about a month ago I hadn’t worked in months. Now that I’m getting back to work, my creative juices have been flowing and it’s exciting again! 

Last night the idea for this image just sort of came to me. I write my proclamation 10 times “I am healthy, I am strong, I am limitless” nearly every day (I’ve only forgotten a few times). I have saved a lot of the papers, so I decided to create a portrait with them. Randy went to the studio with me, and I set up all the lights and guided him on how to take it for me. It was really special.

The best part about this photo is that the shirt I am wearing is from the house I had to flee. The ring and bracelet are from my items stored in the garage from the PREVIOUS house I had to flee. I wanted to make a portrait that expressed how I feel NOW, that included reminders of this process, and included some of my wins. The fact that I can wear any of those items is a true miracle. I had severe reactions to them just 3 months ago! 

Lastly, a few other big wins:

• I went to the “weekly happy hour” that Randy always goes to on Friday nights. I could never go before because it was too risky and also they would burn a fire which I couldn’t be near. I am happy to say that they had a big fire and I had no reactions. I also had pizza, ice cream and cookies that weekend.

• I have incorporated other items into the camper, things like my favorite mug I thought I had to give up, a really cool tweed jacket, a dessert dish, jewelry, and a favorite t-shirt. It took a while for my brain to be okay with these items but I am having NO reactions to any of it now.

• I am no longer allergic to dogs!! The allergist tested me TWICE!! Woohoo!!

It has become comical when I have symptoms now, especially now that I know I can stand in the basement which was the scariest thing I could fathom going near. I feel like any reactions I have now are like a toddler testing me. Often it’s for something that I KNOW I have no issues with, so I laugh at the symptom, and usually within minutes it goes away. 

I am for the first time in 8 years confident that I will never go through anything like this again because at the first signs of limbic system impairment I will know what to do and can shut it down. I’m so grateful for that. I feel like a HUMAN again, a human with a future, and the future looks so bright. 

Happy training everyone, I hope you have many joyous moments this week!

You can revisit the other two parts of Samantha’s recovery diary by clicking the links below:

• Read Part 1 of Samantha’s diary.
• Read Part 2 of Samantha’s diary.

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Birch’s journey is a remarkable testament to the power of resilience, determination, and a scientifically designed recovery program.

Birch’s Spiraling College Experience After Covid

For years, Birch endured numerous health issues, including POTS, Dysautonomia, and anxiety. When she contracted Covid, these issues intensified. Her daily life was overrun by a persistent brain fog that made processing complex thoughts and engaging in conversations difficult. Each day started and ended with overwhelming exhaustion, regardless of sleeping upwards of 12 hours.

These symptoms were only the beginning. Every aspect of her life was touched by the debilitating effects of long-Covid. Her body was weak, rendering her unable to perform even the simplest tasks without immense difficulty. The young woman who had once relished the thrill of competitive swimming found her body shutting down when pushed too hard, taking days or weeks to recover.

Her diet became increasingly limited as her body began rejecting more and more foods. And with a severe sensitivity to light, sound, and temperature, leaving the confines of her room was a monumental challenge.

As Birch’s physical symptoms grew worse, so did her anxiety, spiraling to new heights despite her ongoing medication. Doctors offered little consolation, informing her that she would simply have to manage her symptoms for life. Birch found herself trapped in a world where she was convinced that she was fundamentally different. Resigned to the belief that she would live and die with these debilitating symptoms, she felt misunderstood and alone.

One Triumph Among Countless Treatment Duds

Despite the numerous specialists, therapists, and countless medical appointments that strained her parents’ financial resources, Birch’s search for answers seemed fruitless. That was until she discovered DNRS in her last semester of college. Birch explains,

“I found this program the night before I was leaving to go on a spring break trip to the beach with my best friends. I watched the videos while I was there. And boy, am I glad I did, because that [DNRS] was the thing that I needed most in the whole entire world.”

Watching the DNRS neuroplasticity based, educational videos, she found something she didn’t expect: Hope. Embracing the program, she started to notice a shift, and her symptoms started to lessen. The program gave her the tools she needed to reclaim her life. Against all odds, Birch managed to enjoy a European trip she had previously planned to cancel due to her worsening condition.

Birch’s transformation was remarkable. She started living outside her room, engaging in activities that she had previously written-off. She began eating the food she loved and genuinely enjoying life’s experiences: “Something that was absolutely just unimaginable for me was that I was eating whatever I wanted.”

Beyond Physical Improvements

More than the physical changes, it was Birch’s emotional transformation that astounded her. She became a calmer, more stable individual, who now brought peace and ease into every room she entered.

Birch initially embarked on this journey with the hope of returning to the state she was in pre-Covid. She wanted to manage her life, not live it in fear and pain. But the program did more than that; using DNRS allowed her to exceed her own expectations and enabled her to live in a way she never thought possible. The path to recovery was a challenging journey, but Birch emerged with a renewed sense of self and resilience. The DNRS program allowed her not just to reclaim her health, but also reshape her outlook on life. It helped her transform into a better friend, partner, daughter, and sister. It also taught her to set boundaries, maintain her peace, and most importantly, that her health and wellbeing were within her control.

“In my darkest days, I would have given anything just to swim again,” Birch confides. “Now, I can do so much more. I feel healthier, happier, and stronger than ever before. I can proudly say that I am not just surviving; I am thriving.”

2 Additional Game-Changing Resources

Birch’s transformation was astonishing, but it didn’t occur overnight. She found invaluable support in the DNRS community and by working closely with a certified DNRS coach.

“I had so many days when I felt I was fighting a losing battle,” Birch recalls. “There were days I didn’t even want to get out of bed. But, I remembered the advice of my DNRS coach, ‘Healing isn’t linear. Trust the process.’ So, I did.”

The assistance of a certified DNRS coach was a game-changer for Birch. Having an experienced guide who understood her struggle was invaluable. Her coach not only provided her with advice and insight but also gave her the motivation to continue the program when she felt overwhelmed or hopeless. Birch explains,

“My coach was my lifeline. She cheered for me when I made progress and picked me up when I was down. She guided me through my healing process, and having someone who genuinely believed in my recovery made all the difference.”

Birch describes her participation in the DNRS program as an exploration of the uncharted territory of her mind. The process was overwhelming, frustrating, and even scary at times, but her determination, coupled with her coach’s guidance, propelled her forward.

“As I delved into my mind, I started to see patterns (that are symptoms of limbic system impairment) I had never noticed before. I saw how I was holding on to negative thoughts and how they were affecting my physical health. My coach helped me recognize and disrupt these patterns, which was a crucial part of my recovery,” Birch shares.

Having found strength in her struggle, Birch started sharing her experiences on the DNRS community forum. Here, she found solace in the stories of others and offered her own insights and support. She was no longer alone in her fight, surrounded by others who understood her experience.

“The community forum was like a sanctuary for me,” she says. “I connected with so many incredible people who were going through similar experiences. We encouraged and supported each other through our toughest days. I don’t think I would have made it without them.”

A Testament to the Power of Neuroplasticity

Birch’s journey from debilitating symptoms to a joyful, fulfilling life is a testament to the transformative power of DNRS. Her story is an invitation to those suffering from similar ailments to embrace the science behind the program. The power of DNRS to tap into the brain’s neuroplastic capabilities can calm an overactive limbic system and its downstream impact on other systems in the body.

In sharing her story, Birch aims to encourage others struggling with long-Covid or other health issues. She wants them to know that they don’t have to accept living with debilitating symptoms. Recovery, she emphasizes, is possible, and the DNRS program could be their key to unlocking a new lease on life.

Birch’s journey is a remarkable testament to the power of resilience, determination, and a scientifically designed recovery program. It is a story that holds the promise of transformation and the hope of a healthier, happier life.

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She was used to regularly feeling ill. Every three months or so, she would be sick for 10 or more days. As Katja explains, “I always had this fear… if I do too much or if I [do] too many activities, will I be sick again? And that was a constant threat.” This was her reality for more than a decade. Perhaps not surprisingly, a Covid infection thrust Katja’s body into a severe and ongoing illness that she could not shake. The illness derailed her life almost completely.

Happily, Katja discovered the Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS). It was this brain retraining program that helped pull her body back into health, her mind back from the brink of despair, and her life into a place of thriving and joy.

Here is her story.

Frustration, Fear and Dead-Ends

“I had the constant feeling that my body had no energy,” Katja recalls.

She became very choosy in how much she took on in a day because of the limits on her energy. Her capacity for work, for parenting and for her beloved bike riding diminished by the day. Katja confides, “It was emotionally quite difficult to accept that I’m more and more limited in what I do.”

Unpredictability was the hardest part for Katja; her symptoms ebbed and flowed without warning, sowing seeds of anxiety and uncertainty. Frustrated by her illness and the seeming lack of solutions, Katja’s outlook on life darkened, creating a sense of isolation. Her worst fear was confirmed when she saw her condition affecting her son, who too started showing a decline in energy.

Katja found no relief in the diagnosis from various doctors, who suggested Long-Covid, Epstein-Barr virus, or even that it might all be in her head. The well-meaning advice often made things worse rather than better, with some treatments exacerbating her symptoms. Her despair deepened, leaving her feeling alone and helpless.

Brain Retraining for the WIN

Then, during a chance meeting with a student who was also suffering from Epstein-Barr virus, Katja was introduced to the concept of brain retraining. Intrigued, she Googled ‘retraining the brain’, leading her to the Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS). “Right from the beginning when I started the program, I had this feeling that I can get healthy again,” she remembers, her voice echoing the hope she had lost for so long.

With DNRS, Katja began to see changes she had hardly dared to dream about. She started feeling more optimistic about her life and her condition. In just a week, she had the energy to go for a small run. “That felt quite liberating,” she reminisces. Over the next few weeks, she found the strength to resume yoga classes, her body responding positively to the rhythm and routine. “It felt so like a miracle that I could be there and I could do the exercise,” Katja shares with a note of triumph in her voice.

The breakthroughs didn’t stop there. Katja managed to take part in a Bikram yoga class and go for a 50-minute run, both of which she hadn’t been able to do since falling sick. More importantly, she started noticing an improvement in her son’s ailments and depleting energy levels, providing a heartening confirmation of her own progress.

Katja has also found joy in the simple pleasures of life again. She now listens to music, dances at home, and even hosts guests – activities she had given up during her illness. “It felt really warm and welcoming and felt great to be able to do that again,” she explains.

But perhaps the most profound change for Katja is her newfound freedom. “I’ve found a freedom that I haven’t felt ever in my life,” she says, reflecting on having lived for a decade with the constant fear of being sick the next day. Now, she lives in hope and positivity, a feeling she attributes to DNRS.

What Made All the Difference

Not only did DNRS provide Katja with the tools to regain her health, but it also offered her a number of supportive resources that made a significant impact on her healing process:

• She took the 12-week online, facilitated group program called Living DNRS. Here she was provided guidance and learning from a certified DNRS facilitator and connected live with DNRS participants to share encouragement, tips, and celebrate progress.
• She engaged a Certified DNRS Coach for individual support. She received crucial advice to help address specific triggers and plan how to reintegrate work into her life.
• She leaned into the supportive online community, called the Global Community Forum. She also joined the forum’s live “Share-a-Laugh” sessions, a light-hearted addition to her healing journey that she relished.

Today, Katja is a testament to the power of DNRS and its potential to help those battling Long-Covid. If asked for advice by someone in her previous position, she wouldn’t hesitate to recommend DNRS. “It’s the only thing that really gave me a good outlook on life and gave me the opportunity to… start to become healthy again.”

In her journey from fear to freedom, from sickness to health, Katja found the strength not only to regain her life but also to redefine it. Her story is a beacon of hope for everyone struggling with Long-Covid, a testament to the human spirit’s resilience and the power of innovative solutions like DNRS.

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Wendy had gone through a period of isolation and medical uncertainty, even ending up in the emergency room multiple times due to her health crisis. She tried various treatments, but nothing seemed to work until she found DNRS.

Watch the video below or read on to learn about Wendy’s healing journey.

Wendy found out about the DNRS program after hearing a doctor mention it. Wendy goes on to say, “He was talking about all the reasons why you can never heal from MCAS. And then at the very end he said, “I have had testimonials from people that I don’t know, and they have used the term miraculous. I can’t vouch for them because I don’t know anything about this program. But it’s called DNRS.”

Wendy researched the Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS) online and lo and behold, found testimonials from so many people who had been suffering as she had been. In DNRS they had found an answer and were actually getting better!

Wendy immediately ordered the program.

As Wendy explains, prior to starting DNRS, “I was basically allergic to everything that I ate and everything that I breathed in.”

Once she began incorporating the DNRS practices into her daily routine, She noticed shifts right away. She regained optimism, energy, and happiness. But this was just the beginning.

The program’s positive impact was significant, allowing her to gradually tolerate fragrances, expand her food choices, and regain her normal weight. Wendy happily reports, “I’m only seven months into the training, but the shifts have been monumental.”

“My body started to fill out and come back to a normal weight, which was just miraculous to me!”

Eventually, she was able to travel and engage in activities she thought were impossible before.

“I just got back last week from traveling overseas, taking a plane ride to another country to visit my daughter, who I hadn’t seen in a year. My ultimate goal was to be able to do this.”

Wendy was able to resume activities she hadn’t been able to do in years: “I was hiking in the forest, ten-kilometer hikes. I was eating street food and enjoying it and not having any fear about having a reaction whatsoever.”

In addition to the program, Wendy appreciated the supportive DNRS community, participating in the Global Community Forum, Certified DNRS Coaching, and the Living DNRS program. The Living DNRS sessions were particularly crucial to her healing journey, where she found comfort in the shared experiences of others and the positive, healing energy within the group.

“When you go through such a health crisis, like I personally went through, you feel very alone. You feel like you’re doing it alone, that you’re not like anybody else and you’re trying to figure it out by yourself. When you come to the Living DNRS program, all of a sudden you have this little family group of people that are all like you, and they’re all working to better their health and work through the program.”

“And I think that that’s a very healing energy to have a whole bunch of people all with very positive energy, very supportive energy all together in one space.”

She credits DNRS with transforming her life from one of fear and vulnerability to empowerment and gratitude.

“The DNRS program has made my life complete again. Going from a place of hopelessness to actually having a full and wonderful life in seven short months is a miracle! I am so filled with gratitude I can barely express it!”

Wendy’s story highlights how the DNRS program offered a lifeline and a path to healing for her debilitating health conditions. Through training, community support, and perseverance, she was able to reclaim her life, overcome crippling health challenges, and experience a profound sense of empowerment and gratitude!

“I’ve gone from a person who was filled with fear and anxiety and vulnerability at the hands of the illness that I was suffering with, to someone who feels completely empowered to live a full and beautiful life in every way.”

“I can’t think of a bigger gift to receive!”

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Overcoming the Unseen

Before her COVID infection, Angel had already grappled with chronic health issues and sensitivities. She had kept her once-manageable chronic symptoms at bay with a disciplined lifestyle. However, after contracting COVID , her life took a drastic turn. Angel recalls, “ My COVID infection lasted for a typical ten day period… but one day it just hit me out of the blue —I felt like somebody had plugged me into an electric socket, like adrenaline.”

What followed was a roller-coaster ride of overwhelming symptoms and emotional turmoil. “I felt like I was in a continuous panic attack…I was not able to work…I was overstimulated by anything.” Her daily routine was marked by physical struggles and debilitating symptoms. Every minor task required herculean effort. Her life, as she knew it, came to a standstill. 

On some days, Angel woke up feeling as if she had the flu. Her heart raced, she felt lightheaded, and dizziness overwhelmed her when she stood up. She had lost her appetite, was fatigued, and her days were punctuated by multiple panic attacks. “I had a really hard time focusing and concentrating because I had so much brain fog,” she explains. It was a punishing reality that defined her post-COVID-19 experience, one that brought her to the brink of despair.

Fruitless Therapies Turned Angel Into a Skeptic

In her struggle to regain health Angel sought help from traditional and alternative therapies. From medical doctors to chiropractic treatments, from brain stimulators to yoga – she exhausted every avenue she could think of. She spent tens of thousands of dollars on various treatments in the process. But, nothing seemed to work. “I ended up doing an in-depth mold detox protocol…every time I would take a supplement, I would have a bad reaction, and we’d have to back off and slow down,” she recalls, describing the cycle of failed treatments that only served to push her further into despair.

Angel recalls trying some of the following treatments and practices without success:

• Elimination diets
• Neurofeedback
• Mold detox protocol
• Supplement protocols
• Chiropractic treatments
• EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
• Brain stimulation devices
• Acupuncture
• Cranial sacral therapy
• Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Meditation and yoga

Then she discovered the Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS), a glimmer of hope when she had nearly given up. “I found out about DNRS through a therapist I was working with. You know, she mentioned it to me and I was just like, ‘Yeah, yeah. Another program, another protocol, another…’ or whatever.”

However, when Angel took the self-assessment for DNRS, she felt a sense of recognition and decided to give it a go.

It was a leap of faith that paid off.

Gradual and Meaningful Transformation

After beginning the DNRS program, Angel experienced reassuring early improvements. “I knew from day one, I would get better. I would say within the first week I already was sleeping better. And within the month, I felt like the cobwebs were starting to be swept away. I could think a little clearer again. I was starting to walk further distances.”

Progress was slow but steady. “By six months, I was doing everything I wanted to do again,” Angel joyfully shares. She re-discovered her vibrancy, attended church, went to concerts, even started planning vacations. From being bed-bound, she was now hiking and setting physical milestones for herself. She was back to living her life to the fullest.

Loving Life With a New Perspective

Her experience was not just a physical transformation but also a mental one. Angel found herself experiencing life like a child again. She was playful, laughed heartily, and danced around her house. “I feel a sense of calm and peace in my body that I haven’t felt for quite some time. Even before COVID. I think clearer. I can focus better. I’m just happier,” she states, expressing her newfound vitality.

For Angel, the DNRS program wasn’t just a means to recovery, but a transformative journey that gave her lifelong tools to maintain her health. It offered her freedom from the fears that held her back, and relief from the struggle she had endured.

In Angel’s words, “I am forever grateful to Annie and the DNRS program for giving me the tools I need, in a system that works for me, that I can use for the rest of my life. And that is what I had been searching for so long.”

Angel Reflects on Her Fruitful Leap of Faith

Today, Angel encourages anyone suffering from long-Covid, anxiety, depression, or chronic fatigue to take a leap of faith and try the DNRS program. She concludes with words of motivation, “I know that you don’t want to try another thing. I didn’t either, but the program works…It changed my life, and I know it could change yours too.”

Angel’s journey is a testament to the power of resilience, determination, and the right healing protocol. It’s a beacon of hope for those battling similar conditions, a reassurance that they, too, can regain control over their lives and health. Her story underscores the efficacy of the Dynamic Neural Retraining System, a promising program that could potentially change many more lives.

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Deciding to embrace DNRS as a healing modality on the advice of a progressive doctor he respected was a pivotal moment in Paul’s life. He had once brushed off the suggestion of a friend to try DNRS, but now he was ready. At the time, he could barely function, and his mother had to care for him as he could no longer do simple activities of daily living, like showering or cooking.  It seemed like everything he did would cause an upswell in symptoms.  Once Paul made the commitment to engage in DNRS, he applied the DNRS neuroplasticity exercises daily, and developed creative ways to stay motivated.

Along the way, Paul reached out to the community of brain retrainers and utilized DNRS support services to their fullest:

• Enlisting support from a Certified DNRS Coach.
•  Attending the 12 week Living DNRS classes.
• Engaging with fellow members on the DNRS Global Community Forum on a regular basis.
• Often practicing his exercises with other DNRS participants. 

As a result of his dedication to his healing journey, Paul’s reality is completely different now. 

Spoiler alert: Paul admits that sometimes he cries tears of joy because he didn’t know the level of happiness he has now could exist. 

In this, a reflection on his recovery journey in his own words (with minor edits for length and clarity), Paul describes the life events and habits that culminated in a health crisis, what Star-Trek inspiration he used to fuel his DNRS-based recovery, and what his life is like now. 

Exciting New Capacities After Overcoming the Odds

I am writing this update with an open heart and a feeling of immense gratitude. I remember back in early 2020 when I joined the DNRS community, I would read similar sentiments from other brain retrainers who were either recovered or at the later stages of their recovery journey. It was such a foreign concept to me and one that I could not relate to back then.

Since that time, my life has expanded and I continue to grow as a person: 

• I have hopped on a couple of airplanes, once to fly to Houston, Texas to visit a close friend and the other time to fly to Las Vegas. 
• I can dance for long periods of time any day of the week. 
• I went on a 9 mile hike recently. 
• I have been spending a lot of time in the kitchen, sometimes on my feet for 2 hours, cooking away new inventions or trying out new recipes. I remember back in the day when I could only eat one food and even eating that one food caused discomfort.
• While I have had food freedom for quite some time now, it seems that even foods that used to give me moderate issues don’t bother me at all. 

Someone asked me recently if I had recovered. I honestly didn’t know how to answer that momentarily because that word doesn’t have the same meaning that it once did. The short answer to that question is no. I still have symptoms that I want to rewire. I still have some beliefs and ways of being that I want to rewire.

But I have my life back. 

I can do almost anything. I can go anywhere. I recently drove for 6 hours straight and felt I could drive another 6. I don’t second guess my decisions anymore. If I want to drive an hour away to go visit a friend, I do it. Later on in this blog post I will share some of the medical labels that I have overcome, some of which I was told I would have for the rest of my life or that there was no known cure for it. I think to really understand how far I have come it’s important to give a little background information about myself.

Limbic System Dysregulation From a Young Age 

I was born into a chaotic household, with an alcoholic father who was unpredictable and would be calm and nice one minute and then as if someone flipped a switch he would start yelling and behaving erratically. One of the ways our limbic system and nervous system learns how to regulate is through our caretakers, which is usually our parents. Both my parents were not regulated people so my brain and nervous system didn’t stand a chance. 

As a very young child I remember my parents taking me to the health fairy (my word for any health professional) several times because they thought something was wrong with me. I would get reactions from a lot of foods, I had trouble sleeping, I wet the bed until I was 6 years old, and sometimes I wouldn’t talk for days. My parents were concerned about me.

Physical Traumas Compounded

In high school I was playing Spiderman on one of the spiral staircases and I fell down two stories and I landed on a very hard floor flat on my back. Two of my classmates found me passed out on the floor and told me to go see one of my teachers. I had a slight concussion and a broken left hand, but nothing major happened. At least, that’s what it seemed like back then. 

During my college years I was involved in two head on car collisions while I was driving, both were the other driver’s fault. After my first car accident I developed panic attacks and I had trouble driving through intersections that had traffic lights. 

There were times when I would be sitting in the classroom and I would get up suddenly and run towards the exit. Most of my professors didn’t appreciate that and after class I went to go talk to them to explain what I was dealing with. One of my psychology professors pulled me aside and said “I understand what you are going through.” I could see kindness and empathy in his eyes. He gave me the phone number to a therapist. That therapist was a wonderful person and he helped get rid of my panic attacks using hypnosis and they would stay away for about 2 decades.

Self-Medicating Away Sensitivities

Growing up I always felt different. I felt like I could read people’s thoughts and could feel everyone’s emotions. If someone was upset I would literally feel their emotions. I felt like a freak. I felt alone and misunderstood. I spent most of my weekends numbing myself with alcohol. It was the only thing that made me feel good and it numbed the pain deep inside of me.

After college I dove head first into my career, working for financial institutions and also starting businesses on the side. I was usually working or hanging out with my friends. I hardly ever slept and coffee and energy drinks were my jam. In late 1997 I lost my 20 year old baby sister and I felt numb for what seemed like months. I didn’t know how to grieve so I held it inside me and began doubling my work output at work and partying even harder on the weekends. I believed at that time that if life was so tough then I should at least go out and have fun with my friends.

The body has innate wisdom and I ignored all the signals it was trying to tell me. I began developing a bunch of symptoms such as digestive issues, memory issues, and more. Yet, I kept pushing and pushing. When I look back at those last few years that I worked, I honestly don’t even know how I did it – probably just sheer force of will. In early 2018, even that wasn’t enough to keep me going. 

After my nth trip to the emergency room, my boss pulled me aside and said that I needed to go on medical leave because I was unable to perform my duties at work. He was a very understanding manager; I was surprised he let me work as long as he did. New symptoms began surfacing and I no longer had the energy or the will to continue working. 

I wasn’t able to work and I was trying to hold onto my home, my cars, my relationship, and my sanity. I eventually lost them all and moved out of state with my mother and Stepfather. I felt alone, defeated, and deeply misunderstood.

I’m not going to get into what came next except to say that I spent a lot of time by myself in a dark room, not being able to handle light, sound, or much of anything. I didn’t think it was possible, but I continued to decline. 

My mother was supportive but didn’t understand what I was going through. And even though my stepfather let me live in their house rent free, he made it pretty clear that he didn’t understand and he wasn’t convinced that what I was experiencing was real. Things got to a point where I didn’t want to live anymore. I felt miserable and felt like a burden to my family. I wasn’t able to sleep and even medications weren’t helping. There was a period of several months where I could only sleep for 15-30 minutes at a time, if that.

A Pivotal Decision & Commitment

One night during one of my darkest hours, I decided to make a choice. I made a decision that I would do whatever it took to get better. I also made a promise that I would do whatever it took so that my dear mother would not have to experience that kind of loss again. Once I made that firm decision, my outlook began to change.

About a year later, I was following a doctor on Facebook and he mentioned DNRS. I remember him mentioning that about 2 years ago but I discounted it. Well, I was in a much different state of mind. I was fueled by something much bigger than myself, and that was to get better so that my mother wouldn’t have to suffer watching her son decline. It gave me a strength and focus that I didn’t think was possible. 

I bought DNRS in January of 2020, but didn’t start watching it until the beginning of March. It took me nearly a month to get through all the material because I could only watch it in increments of a few minutes. Part of me believed it could help and part of me didn’t. It was a near-constant battle inside of me. The part of me that made the decision to do whatever it took won and would continue winning.

At the start of my journey with DNRS  I could barely function, my mother had to cook all my meals for me, I needed help to go to the bathroom, and I rarely showered because if I did, it would cause an increase in symptoms. 

The Kobayashi Maru-Inspired Approach

Despite the rough start I dedicated myself to the program. Though I hated structure, I have to admit I needed the structure that DNRS gave me in the beginning. I had a lot of cognitive issues so knowing what to do each day was helpful. As time went on I slowly began adding more tools to my toolbox. I was relentless.

Please note that relentlessness did not mean using my tools all day long. It just meant that I would do my daily practice, even if it meant not doing my whole hour of rounds. I would make it a point to do something, even if it was to go outside, sit down on the grass, and listen to the birds sing.

Because working the program was so challenging for me in the beginning, I began thinking about how I could make this process easier or at least more joyful. I started thinking about that episode of Star Trek where Captain Kirk passed a test that had a No-Win scenario called the Kobayashi Maru. He won the test by reprogramming the simulation.

I decided to go “Kobayashi Maru” on DNRS. In other words, I decided to create a container and environment that stacked the odds in my favor. 

For example, I realized that I hated to do the DNRS exercises and my limbic impaired brain was also resistant to doing them. Just being honest. So I struggled with them for a few months until I decided to ask a better question. What process can I come up with so that I can hard rewire my brain to either like doing them or at least feel neutral about them? To learn more about how I did it click here. *Editor’s note: to view Paul’s original post in the Global Community Forum, you must be a member of the DNRS program.

Turning a Corner

After some time I began liking doing the DNRS exercises. And today, I love to do them. And if you’re wondering if I still get resistance to doing them, the answer is yes. The limbic system likes to resist doing them sometimes, but since I look forward to doing them, they get done. It’s kinda strange to me sometimes that I can like to do something but my limbic system has something else to say about it.

I began connecting with others to do things that were supportive of our recovery journeys. We began doing pillar 5 together by laughing together, dancing together, singing together, doing meditations together, and more. Over time I had enough friends that I could call up that finding someone to do practice with or elevate our moods together wasn’t an issue. I didn’t feel so alone anymore and it made it much, much easier to do my daily practice.

My Kobayashi-Maru-Captain-Kirk-inspired strategy worked. As my daily practice turned into newly formed habits, I didn’t have to think anymore about doing it. I would do my practice everyday and I began noticing things starting to shift.

Then & Now: Much More Than Physical Recovery

It’s been 34 months and while there is more work to be done, I am living a full life! I started a business at the beginning of the year and it is going better than expected. I am very active. I walk nearly every day, I shadow box, play basketball, and do Qigong several times a week. I went on a couple of dates recently which felt really good. I hadn’t gone out on a date in years but I handled the dates with ease and grace. At first I hesitated even trying to go out on a date because I don’t have my own place or car yet and I am still in the early stages of putting my life back together, but then I eventually realized that the right person will see past all that.

And while I am happy about all these things, what stands out for me is how I feel and how clear-headed I am. I wake up most days full of gratitude, contentment and joy. My family has noticed how much I have changed, especially these past few months. I laugh a lot. My silliness has returned and I crack a lot of jokes. I sometimes cry tears of joy because I didn’t know this level of happiness even existed. 

Part of me thought that some of the testimonials I read in the past were probably exaggerated. I can definitely say they were not. It really is that good! And looking back at all the hard work, it was SO totally worth it all.

For those of you that are curious about which symptoms I have overcome so far, I am about to mention them.

I have overcome the following labels:

• Lyme, Babesia
• Food sensitivities, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Mold sensitivity
• Night terrors, Nightmares, Sleepwalking, Insomnia
• Chronic Fatigue, Brain fog, Malaise, Adrenal Fatigue
• Muscle weakness, Back pain, Pelvic pain
• Paraesthesia (burning or prickling sensations), Twitching, Blood pressure spikes
• Extreme weight loss, Malnutrition, Hypoglycemia, Hyperglycemia
• Dry skin, Dry eyes, Eye floaters
• Body temperature dysregulation, Excessive sweating, Frequent urination
• ADHD, Depression, Panic attacks, Suicidal ideation, Hallucinations (visual and auditory)
• Fear of being alone, Fear of people, Fear of driving, and other phobias
• SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), Gastroparesis, Erosive gastritis, Esophagitism, Barret’s Esophagus

Rewiring Your Reality: Parting Words of Wisdom 

There’s a part of me that wants to hop onto a time machine and go back during my darkest times in 2018 and give myself a very long, deep hug and tell myself that everything will eventually be okay. I want to tell my past self that no matter how challenging things get there is always hope; the mind and body have an amazing ability to heal and sometimes it needs extra support, encouragement, and tenacity wrapped under a blanket of self love and self compassion.

There’s a lot I could write about all the ups and downs, how I handled the doubt and the fear, and how to overcome adversity, and I will go into more details in later blog posts. I think for now I want to give a word of encouragement that no matter how dark things get, there are plenty of sources of light to light the way. And there is always a way forward. Don’t allow the imbalanced limbic system to convince you otherwise.

One of the biggest cons that the limbic system played on me was that it had me believe that it was in charge. Well, it turns out that it’s not. Once I realized that I had the power to override my limbic system, I knew it wasn’t my boss. Not only was it not in charge, but if I kept doing and saying certain things every day, the limbic system would have to take notice and the new neural pathways would eventually force it to see things my way. While one of the primary functions of the limbic system was to keep me alive and safe, it also had another purpose: to help me get what I want. So I made sure that I sent it a unified message every single day of what I wanted.

Through most of my life I had a brain and nervous system that never felt truly safe. So I learned how to send those signals of safety to my brain in a language it understood. I started doing it from a paradigm of wanting to fix myself, but then I moved away from that because that was creating another limbic stress loop . So, I changed to a paradigm of softness, patience, self love and compassion. There was nothing to fix. 

 “In the middle of winter, I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.“

– Albert Camus

I just needed to find that invincible summer inside of me. For me, my invincible summer started with a choice, followed by a commitment to myself and something greater than myself, following my own intuition, and never giving up. And that has made all the difference in the world. 

No matter how bad the winters get, each of you have an invincible summer inside of you. I know that you do. I believe in you. Keep moving forward.

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Over the first 5 months of practicing the exercises taught in DNRS, she provided updates in the Global Community Forum. 

In her own words (lightly edited for length and clarity) here are Jenny’s updates on the trajectory of her recovery over 5 months.

What Started it All

I started getting symptoms in March 2018. It was a sudden onset of headache and severe fatigue. I figured it was due to a stressful life situation with full-time work and part-time studies at the same time. 

I was able to continue working part time at 50% speed for about 6 months and then I had to move to another city for a new job. I started my new full-time job in December 2018 and that was when I totally crashed. 

I was so fatigued I could not take care of simple things like cooking or cleaning my apartment. I had friends and family help me but I only got worse during the coming year and in December 2019 I had to move to my parents house to have more assistance. 

Just Existing Was Exhausting

I got so sensitive to sounds I needed hearing protection most of the time and I struggled with cognitive stimuli like reading or watching television. I could barely take in any information at all. Any kind of physical exertion was more than I could tolerate, I had to use a chair to be able to take a shower because I could not stand up long enough. I lost 13 kg (29 pounds) in mostly muscle weight and I could not walk far enough to leave the house. I got a wheelchair to use if I had to leave the house for doctor’s appointments, but I could barely sit up long enough to use it. 

I spent 75% of the day laying down resting and only managed to sit up for meals. I had dysautonomia leading to episodes of heart palpitations and tachycardia. I had a fluctuating low-grade fever and I developed Raynaud’s phenomenon (cold feet with following pain and inflammation). I got an increased thirst and developed a sensitivity to low blood sugar. 

Worst of all, I had no energy at all and I could not tolerate any activities. Just existing was exhausting. I lost my whole active life and what was left of it was burning, feverish fatigue and trying to find anything that could help. 

In July 2022, 4 years after the onset of illness, I finally got diagnosed with ME/CFS. But the doctors did not know how to treat me. Luckily by then, I had already started with DNRS and was recovering at an amazing speed.

Small Big Steps

The last weeks have offered so much progress and I am so grateful to know I am on the right path to recovery 🙏 I have challenged myself every day and been able to extend my walking distance by a couple of meters every other day. The distance is still quite short but it is doubled. And I know I can double it again and again until I am finally out hiking and trekking wherever I want again! This is such a wonderful insight. It is the biggest blessing and gift to know I have the tools to recover now. 

I am slowly, one day at a time, adding small shores and different routines. Each step may seem small from the outside but I can feel the greatness of these little victories. They tell me my brain can relearn to handle activity again and I try to cherish every bit of it — every added meter to my daily walking distance, every social activity and household shore. Writing this first blog post is a kind of celebration. There was a time I never could have imagined progress like this and I am so excited to reclaim my life and be able to enjoy it like never before! 🥰

Sending love and trust and motivation to anyone reading this! Know that DNRS will change your brain and let you create the life you wish for and deserve 💖 One small big step at a time. 

Dinner at my sister’s place

This weekend I visited my sister for the first time!! I can barely believe it. It was amazing. We had dinner and I stayed for hours. I can feel the old carefree, happy, social me slowly awakening again from somewhere deep down. Still dazed, but definitely coming back. It is beyond what I could have dreamed of just months ago.

DNRS is the thing. I am breaking boundaries every day and I am just stunned. There are so many “firsts” I can barely wait to experience again. And knowing they will be possible again makes me happier than words can say. It means I will get my life back. It means everything. 

Annie’s response to Jenny’s update on the Global Community Forum.

My 3rd Month: Future Visualizations Are Coming True

I have made so much progress during the last week! I have had lots of sleep issues in the past. Just weeks ago the possibility of sleeping in the same room as someone else felt so far away. Now I spent my first night sleeping in the same bed as my boyfriend! 🥳 I also spent 4 days with him in our apartment, new record! I am so looking forward to being able to move in with him and have our own independent life (I have been living at my parents’ house for years since I fell ill). 

What’s more, I not only spent some days there, I was more active than I would have thought possible! We even went out for dinner at a restaurant nearby! First time in in years that I have been to a restaurant and I felt so wonderful and alive 🥳 We also cooked together, talked all night and even built our first piece of IKEA furniture together 🤯

Life is coming back to me one bit at a time and I love it!! 🤩 What used to be far off future visualizations, like going to a restaurant and staying in our apartment doing normal activities together, now just happened for real. I am so grateful and so excited about everything good that will come out of this training, I am ready to start a new life at this second chance 🙏 

Taking new steps into the unknown, letting my limbic system know she can trust me and is safe, is amazing and frightening at the same time. I feel like doing that jump gets easier and easier and I am so excited about every new conquest 🥳

Hitting 5 Months And I AM LIVING LIFE AGAIN!

Hi dear retrainers, 

I haven’t checked in with you in a while for the best reason possible – I HAVE BEEN BUSY LIVING MY LIFE AGAIN!!! I started from zero, living with my parents as caregivers, not being able to leave their house or barely walk to the bathroom. But, these last 5 months have TOTALLY changed everything and DNRS has given me my life back. 

I still have retraining to do, next steps for my incremental training will be traveling and then to address my work life, but for now I am still focused mostly on rebuilding my body. I have already gained many kilograms in muscle weight. All this is just a miracle I would never have believed was possible just 5 months ago. 

I am tearing up now as I write this as I realize that I am one of those success stories like those I used to read. Recovery used to seem so far away – but now it is my reality in just 5 months of retraining. I am so grateful as one can be for getting to live life again, for getting to rebuild my body, my health, my life, my relationships. EVERYTHING I dreamed of for years and thought I might have lost for life is coming back and I am enjoying it to the fullest. 

This truly is like rising from the dead, like getting a second chance at life. And this chance I am going to take the best possible care of! 

List of WINS

Just to mention some of my wins last months, they are all HUGE (and I think that you are exactly the right people to know that 🙂

• I MOVED from my parents’ house into an apartment with my boyfriend and I TAKE CARE OF MYSELF!!! I cook, I clean, I go shopping, I do dishes, laundry – all those household chores I couldn’t do that left me depending on my parents are not even a big thing to do for me anymore! 
• I have started EXERCISE! I literally go to the gym again, I go climbing, I go swimming and I take long walks – oh what a dream and joy it is to do this again! I could barely leave my bed 5 months ago and now this week I hit a new walking record of 10,000 steps in one day!!! I can barely believe it myself, it is nothing short of a MIRACLE! I am out exploring my new neighborhoods and the city and enjoying the spring sun, and I just LOVE life again! I just got my bicycle fixed and yesterday I went for a ride and I felt like I was flying, so amazingly, wonderfully free to go anywhere again!!
• I took up contact with friends that I have not even been able to call for years. Now they come to visit, we go out to restaurants, we talk. I even attended my best friend’s birthday party and stayed for hours socializing and playing billiards — and, of course, on this streak I am on now I even won the game! I feel so alive and I am back again – able to be the happy, energized friend I once used to be.

I still do my full hour of DNRS exercises every day and I keep practicing the 5 pillars on a daily basis.  There is limbic system resistance every now and then to new activities or to unexpected things, but I always come out stronger for every incremental challenge. I feel like anything is possible again. 

If you are where I was 5 months ago just know that everything is about to change and that DNRS works. All that you have to do is just to do the training and give it time and it will be oh so worth it!!! 

These are some pictures of me RECLAIMING my life and loving it like never before!

Photos of Jenny reclaiming her life after 5 months of DNRS.

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