Aubree Felderhoff: Welcome back to Mold Free Mom. Today for our QA episode, I have a very common question. I see it all the time. And it was something that I wondered myself during my road to recovery. And that is I feel worse than when I even started the process of trying to recover. Am I doing something wrong? It's a common question, And it can be really scary because if you're doing all of the work and doing all of the things that you think are the right things to do and yet you feel worse off than when you started. You start to wonder if you're failing, if you're missing something. For me, it was a lot of targeted internal, I'm doing something wrong. I'm not perfect on my diet. It was the candle I lit the other day. You start to really micromanage your life. And that's really not what healing is about. But I understand because I've been there and you're just so desperate to get well. And when you don't feel like you're making traction, it begins to really make you wonder if it's something that you are doing. So the first thing I recommend if this question is something that you're wondering yourself is I want you to take a step back. And I want you to really consider the facts of your situation. Because oftentimes, whenever we are aggressively working so hard and fighting so hard to get well, it does point to. A few different variables that I see pretty consistently across the board. And like I said, I've been guilty of doing all of these. But the first thing that it could point to is that you're still being exposed. And that's usually one of the top things. If you're doing all of the right things, you're following the protocol, you're doing the right steps, you're addressing all parts of the healing journey, and yet you're still not really making progress and maybe even feeling worse, it could point to continued exposure. The second thing that it could point to is the fact that you're moving too fast, that you are doing a lot of the right things, but you're being too aggressive. And your body is not able to keep up with reducing the amount of toxins in your body. I see this a lot with clients who have not made sure to open all of their detox pathways. And so they're actively doing things to help their body eliminate toxins. Maybe they're out of exposure and now they're really gung ho on trying to get everything out of their body so their body can start to heal. And yet their body just cannot keep up with that demand, And so they end up Feeling worse. And the third thing that I see is someone that is doing all the right things. Maybe they're out of exposure. Maybe their detox pathways are open. They're eliminating well. They've got lymphatic flow moving appropriately, and yet they're still not feeling better, maybe even feeling worse. It could come down to the fact that their nervous system is still trapped in fight and flight, that they are extremely dysregulated, and the body is not going to. Prioritize healing and eliminating toxins and moving back into balance if you are essentially telling your body that you're running from a tiger. It's not the way our body is wired. And a lot of people skip this step of really working on getting the nervous system to go back into alignment and bringing down that fight, flight, and fawn. Response, which in turn causes this massive cortisol dump, around the clock when you're as dysregulated as I was. And so we've got to look at addressing that nervous system picture. If you're someone that's done everything else and yet isn't really moving the needle, It's a huge piece that I work on with my clients in the program because pretty consistently across the board, if you're someone that's been dealing with chronic illness for a long period of time. you've got a dysregulated nervous system. So when you are looking to assess, okay, why am I not feeling well? I want you to consider those three areas. Looking at your current living situation and making sure you're not still being exposed either by active mold or maybe even just contaminated items that were not cleaned, maybe a missing step in a remediation protocol, but making sure that you're not still getting active exposure, making sure that your detox pathways are completely open. And flowing so that as you are beginning to eliminate these toxins, you're not getting clogged up and re-exposing yourself. And then third, making sure that your body is really primed to heal, that your nervous system is regulated, that you've got strong vagal nerve toning, and that your body is in a safe. And prime position to help you eliminate these toxins And at the end of the day, guys, I want you to remember that feeling worse, it isn't a sign that you're failing. It's just a sign that you need to adjust. And so I know it can be hard to view it this way, but if you can begin to view these signs and these symptoms as clues in your journey to healing, it will really help you to take the emotional response out of this, which in turn helps with our nervous system regulation with healing, and begin to really pinpoint what area needs to be adjusted. All right, I will see you next time on Mold Fray Mom. Aubree Felderhoff | Mold Fr...: Thanks for tuning in today. 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Aubree: Thanks for listening to Mold Free Mom. If this episode has helped you make sense of some of your symptoms, diagnoses, or why nothing has worked in the past, please make sure to follow the show and leave a quick review so others who are struggling can find it quicker. If this episode brought someone struggling with unexplained sickness or mold to mind, please share it so they don't have to waste years of their life chasing the wrong answers like I did. Remember, you're not broken. You can get your life back. You just need to be shown how.
