SCP Podcast Episode 284: Dr. David Rabin (A Simple Guide to Being Alive)

*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" data-turn-id= "request-WEB:e0593763-1c92-45bf-9f36-5c67c62d2950-1" data-turn-id-container= "request-WEB:e0593763-1c92-45bf-9f36-5c67c62d2950-1" data-testid= "conversation-turn-4" data-turn="assistant"> What if one of the most powerful tools for healing has been with you all along...your own nervous system? In this episode of the Stop Chasing Pain Podcast, Dr. Perry sits down with physician, neuroscientist, author, and Apollo Neuro co-founder Dr. David Rabin to dicuss how stress, soothing touch, vibration, and the vagus nerve influence pain, recovery, resilience, and emotional well-being. They discuss why chronic distress can keep the body locked in survival mode redirecting resources away from digestion, immunity, sleep, learning, creativity, and pain and why effective healing strategies don't always need to be complicated. You'll discover how gentle touch and vibration may communicate safety to the nervous system, why the body responds differently to distress and growth-promoting "eustress," and how changing your interpretation of a challenge can change your physiological response to it. This conversation offers a hopeful reminder: your nervous system is not broken—it may simply need consistent signals that help it feel safe enough to recover. In this episode, you'll learn: Why soothing touch may activate vagal pathways involved in recovery How chronic fight-or-flight activation can affect pain and healing The difference between distress and beneficial eustress Why perceived safety matters to digestion, immunity, sleep, and repair How gentle vibration can influence nervous-system regulation Why mindset can help transform hardship into an opportunity for growth How simple, consistent practices can build greater resilience Why healing requires treating the whole human—not merely the painful body part If you're living with chronic pain, inflammation, stress, poor sleep, or the feeling that your body is constantly on high alert, this episode will help you understand what may be happening beneath the symptoms. Listen now—and if this conversation helps you think differently about your body, subscribe to the Stop Chasing Pain Podcast, share the episode with someone who needs it, and join us as we learn to think systems, not symptoms. BOOK LINK APOLLO NEURO LINK Use code SCP _:empty]:hidden">