Joanne Lee SmithChronic pain and symptoms recovery Nurse / Coach

Stop Talking About Your Problems: Do This Instead!

9 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this self‑help video excerpt, Joanne Smith argues that constantly talking about one’s symptoms, diagnoses, and suffering reinforces those problems in the unconscious mind, turning them into a perceived danger. She explains that repeatedly verbalizing pain not only keeps the issue in conscious awareness but also feeds the brain’s threat response. To break this cycle, she advises listeners to deliberately refrain from sharing detailed labels or diagnoses and to practice silence around their problems, positioning this restraint as a therapeutic alternative to the habitual venting that can perpetuate distress.

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Oh, this is a really important one. Okay, this is something that I did a lot. Anyone that was willing to listen, I would tell them all about it. Telling everyone and anyone that's willing to listen all about it, all about your symptoms, all about your suffering, all about what's happened, all about every little detail. Telling— talking about your symptoms All the time. You're not only talking it, you're hearing it, you're saying it, you're listening to it, and you're sharing it. And this is a big challenging one, but do the opposite. Refrain from talking about, about it. Refrain from sharing labels and diagnosis names and these words that scare us. You're scaring yourself when you're sharing that also. The unconscious mind is listening and it's taking it in, and the brain is taking that as a danger. So resist the urge to talk about these things. Do the opposite.