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Like Mind, Like Body

How to Stop Fearing the Unknown (Alyssa Heskin, LCSW)

Like Mind, Like Body

Curable Inc.

Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.7768 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Uncertainty can be one of the most activating experiences for the nervous system — especially when you’re living with chronic neuroplastic symptoms. In this episode, Christie Uipi, LCSW, and Alyssa Heskin, LCSW, explore why the brain interprets uncertainty as danger, how that drives fear and overthinking, and most importantly, what you can do to stop these unhelpful cycles.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another episode of Like Mind, Like Body, where we explore healing from chronic pain,

0:11.6

symptoms and conditions using a mind-body approach. I'm Christy Weepy, psychotherapist and founder

0:17.7

of the Better Mind Center, where our team treats chronic symptoms one-on-one.

0:22.9

Uncertainty is one of the most activating states for the human nervous system. And when you're

0:27.8

living with chronic neuroplastic symptoms, uncertainty can feel relentless. You know, I'm going to do

0:33.2

that saying mind-body symptoms, because they sometimes refer that.

0:38.4

Uncertainty is one of the most activating states for the human nervous system.

0:42.9

And when you're living with chronic mind-body symptoms, uncertainty can feel relentless.

0:48.1

Uncertainty about what your symptoms mean, whether they'll go away, whether you're doing

0:52.3

recovery right, whether this is ever going to fully resolve.

0:56.3

Our brains are wired to treat uncertainty like danger, so it makes sense that we brace,

1:01.8

overthink, research, and control.

1:04.5

But what if healing isn't about finally getting certainty?

1:08.4

What if recovery is really about increasing your capacity to feel safe

1:12.4

enough while uncertainty still exists, in your body, in your emotions, and in your life?

1:19.7

That's what we're exploring in today's episode. Before I introduce our guest, a reminder

1:24.7

that this podcast is brought to you by Curable, a very different approach

1:28.8

to healing chronic pain and symptoms. Curable is an online program and guided app that focuses

1:34.9

on the psychology of pain, teaching you how to find permanent relief and reclaim your life.

1:40.7

Curable helps you understand why you have pain, shows you it's possible to recover, and

1:46.0

leads you through science-back strategies that help you heal.

1:49.5

If you've tried it all and the pain remains, join more than a million people who have

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