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Podcast: The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW
Episode: S3 Ep37: Moving from Actual Fight/Flight/Freeze to Chronic Migraines with Kristin
Description:
Sometimes when we are actually in crisis, we are free of chronic symptoms because the brain and the nervous system are actively engaged in saving our own lives or someone else's. When the crisis is alleviated, however, it is then that many people come down with a chronic condition that holds the space for that long term panic. This is precisely what happened to Kristin. A busy schoolteacher and mom, Kristin was blindsided with a migraine disorder after her firstborn son emerged from years of struggle. She had no idea that her pain was tied to her long term...