THIS
THIS AS
THIS AS WELL. SO THIS HAS TAKEN A LOT OUT OF ME, OUT OF MY FAMILY JUST THE WORST PAIN THAT
I'VE EVER IMAGINED IN MY LIFE.
HE'S TAKING ALL THESE MEDS
MEDICINE. HE'S NO BETTER THAN
HE WAS. MILLIONS OF PATIENTS
WITH PAIN HAVE BECOME OPIOID
ADDICTED. WE HAVE THIS IDEA
THAT WHEN THERE'S PAIN THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BODY.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT SIMPLE AND
YOU'RE SEEING THERE ARE A CLIP
FROM THIS MIGHT HURT A FILM
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THIS MORNING A
DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTING PEOPLE
SUFFERING AND STRUGGLING WITH
CHRONIC PAIN. AND THIS MORNING
THE DIRECTOR OF THIS MIGHT HURT
BASSETT JOINS US ALONGSIDE THE
DOCTOR FEATURED IN THE FILM THE
DOCUMENTARY DR. HOWARD DUBNER.
GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TO
TALK ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT
SUBJECT, OK? YEAH. THANK SO I
WANT TO START WITH YOU. CAN YOU
HAVE TALKED ABOUT YOUR CHRONIC
PAIN YOURSELF? WHAT EXPERIENCE
HAVE YOU GONE THROUGH? HOW DID
THIS FILM COME TO BE? YEAH SO
WHEN I WAS TWENTY TWO AND IN
COLLEGE I DEVELOPED REALLY
DEBILITATING ARM PAIN AND I WAS
DIAGNOSED TENDONITIS AND PUT ON
OPIOIDS AND IT DIDN'T GET
BETTER. I JUST GOT WORSE AND
WORSE. I TRIED PHYSICAL THERAPY
AND THEN ONE DAY I READ A BOOK
BY DR. JOHN SANO FROM NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY AND HIS THEORY THAT
ANXIETY AND STRESS AND THE
BRAIN ITSELF CAN CREATE
PHYSICAL PAIN AND BY
RECOGNIZING THAT PROCESS YOU
CAN RECOVER REALLY RESONATED
WITH ME AND I HAD A PRETTY
RAPID AND DRAMATIC
RECOVERY AFTER A YEAR OF PAIN.
AND DR. TROUBADOR, I MEAN TELL
US ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS. WE'RE
A COUNTRY THAT TYPICALLY RELIES
ON A LOT OF PHARMACEUTICAL
DRUGS MAYBE OVER RELYING ON
THOSE KINDS OF DRUGS. WHAT'S
YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE IN IN
TREATING CHRONIC? RIGHT. WELL,
WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S ALL IN
PEOPLE'S HEADS. THAT'S
DISMISSIVE. THAT'S INSULTING.
CHRONIC PAIN IS REAL. IT'S
SEVERE. IT'S OVERWHELMING IN
THE MODERN MEDICAL TREATMENT IS
OFTEN INEFFECTIVE. BUT THERE'S
A NEW NEUROSCIENCE OF HOW THE
BRAIN AND PAIN INTERACT ON THE
BRAIN IN THE BODY INTERACT AS
KENT WAS SAYING. AND WHAT WE
HAVE NOW RESEARCH DATA SHOWING
THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP
PEOPLE REVERSE THEIR PAIN
RATHER THAN SIMPLY HAVING TO
COPE WITH IT. SO THIS IS REALLY
KIND OF A RADICAL IDEA BUT ONE
THAT WE REALLY NEED NOW. AND
KENT, TELL US YOU GUYS ARE
GOING TO BE ON THE DOCTORS
TODAY. YOU'VE GOT THE FILM
RELEASE COMING OF COURSE
VIRTUAL KIND OF WATCH PARTIES.
WHAT'S THAT INFORMATION THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT KIND
OF GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON
THE FILM? YEAH, WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED TO BE TO HAVE HOWARD
FEATURED ON THE DOCTORS. THEY
DID A WONDERFUL SEVEN MINUTE
SEGMENT AND THE FILM IS GOING
TO BE SCREENED FOR AUDIENCE AND
VIRTUALLY THIS SUNDAY WITH A
LIVE Q&A WITH DR. HUEBNER AND
ME AND MARIANNE, MY DIRECTING
PARTNER AS WELL AS ANOTHER
DOCTOR, DAVID CLARK AND IT'S
REALLY AN EXCITING VIRTUAL
EXPERIENCE. YOU RECOMMEND
PEOPLE JOIN US. IT'S AT THIS
MIGHT HURT FILM DOTCOM THAT'S
THIS MIGHT HURT FILM DOTCOM AND
YOU CAN WATCH THE TRAILER THERE
AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE
FILM'S ALL ABOUT. BUT THE FILM
IS BASED ON SCIENCE. IT'S BASED
ON THESE NEW STUDIES COMING OUT
THAT DR. SCHUMPETER WAS A PART
OF THAT SHOWS PEOPLE GOING
THROUGH PROFOUND DRAMATIC
CHANGES GOING FROM HAVING PAIN
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO GETTING
BETTER. AND IN THE FILM YOU
ACTUALLY GET TO WITNESS PEOPLE
WITH FIBROMYALGIA, PEOPLE WITH
CHRONIC SORRY COMPLEX REGIONAL
PAIN SYNDROME GO THROUGH REALLY
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND SO WE
REALLY INVITE PEOPLE TO COME
CHECK IT OUT AND SEE FOR
YOURSELF EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE
SKEPTICAL. IT'S A IT'S A
COUNTERINTUITIVE IDEA. SO WE
RECOGNIZE THAT. YEAH, I WANT TO
KIND OF DOVE INTO THAT A LITTLE
BIT MORE DR. SOUVENIRING. I
MEAN EMOTIONAL ACCEPTANCE AND
EXPRESSION THERAPY WHAT DOES
THAT ACTUALLY ENTAIL FOR THOSE
PATIENTS? YEAH, WHAT WE
REALIZED IS THAT THE SCIENCE
SHOWS WHEN SOMEONE GETS A
PHYSICAL INJURY A CERTAIN PART
OF THEIR BRAIN LIGHTS UP AND
WHEN THEY GET AN EMOTIONAL
INJURY THE SAME PART THEIR
BRAIN LIGHTS UP. THIS IS KIND
OF A QUIRK IN HOW OUR BRAINS
ARE. AND SO WE'VE WE NOW KNOW
THAT EMOTIONS ARE LINKED TO
PAIN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH
PAIN HAVE UNDERLYING EMOTIONS
THAT THEY HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED OR
DEALT WITH OR EXPRESSED. AND SO
PART OF THE TREATMENT IS
RECOGNIZING THAT THE PAIN IS
ACTUALLY IN THE BRAIN NOT IN
YOUR HEAD REAL AND IT'S
CONNECTED TO EMOTIONS AND SO
DEALING WITH THE EMOTIONS AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE NOT
ACTUALLY AS DAMAGED AS YOU
THOUGHT YOU WERE, THAT
COMBINATION CAN HAVE A POWERFUL
IMPACT ON LITERALLY TURNING OFF
THE PAIN. ALL RIGHT. PRETTY
INCREDIBLE STUFF THERE AND
AMAZING RESEARCH THAT YOU GUYS
HAVE MORE INFORMATION IS ON
THIS MIGHT HURT FILM DOTCOM.
THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS
MORNING. AND AS YOU GUYS
MENTIONED, YOU CAN SEE THEM ON
THE DOCTOR'S AS WELL WITH THAT
SEGMENT GOING