753: The Brain's Hidden Role in Chronic Pain, Migraines & Fatigue with Dr. Howard Schubiner

About this episode

Dr. Mariza and Dr. Howard Schubiner discuss the brain's role in chronic pain and how emotional factors can contribute to persistent symptoms.

What if your chronic pain, migraines, anxiety, fatigue, IBS, or other persistent symptoms aren't permanent at all? In this fascinating conversation, Dr. Mariza sits down with Dr. Howard Schubiner, physician, researcher, and leading expert in neuroplastic symptoms, to explore a groundbreaking approach that is helping people reverse chronic pain and other conditions long considered lifelong and irreversible. Dr. Schubiner explains how the brain creates pain as a protective danger signal, why emotional injuries can activate the same neural pathways as physical injuries, and how unresolved trauma, chronic stress, adverse childhood experiences, and self-silencing can contribute to chronic symptoms years or even decades later. Together, they discuss the growing body of research around neuroplastic pain, the connection between emotions and physical symptoms, and why many people continue suffering despite normal scans, medications, and conventional treatments. Dr. Mariza also shares her own experience with chronic migraines, leading to a powerful live demonstration of how pain reprocessing techniques can begin shifting the brain's expectations and neural patterns in real time. This…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Mariza Snyder

Guest: Dr. Howard Schubiner

Topics covered

• chronic pain
• neuroplasticity
• migraines
• fatigue
• emotional health
• trauma

Keywords

• chronic pain
• migraines
• neuroplastic symptoms
• emotional injuries
• trauma
• pain reprocessing
• IBS
• fatigue

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Books & works: Unlearn Your Pain

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