What if your anxiety or your child's panic wasn't a mental illness — but your body's natural way of trying to protect you?

In this powerful episode, Dr. Tom Moorcroft sits down with Dr. Scott Antoine, an expert in PANS/PANDAS and complex chronic illness, to reveal how the brain and body miscommunicate during stress and inflammation—and what it takes to retrain the nervous system for safety, calm, and healing.

You'll discover: ✅ Why anxiety and panic are protective responses, not flaws ✅ The connection between infections, toxins, and brain inflammation (PANS/PANDAS, Lyme, etc.) ✅ How laughter, language, and calm connection can rewire the brain ✅ The "20–30% Rule" for nervous system recovery ✅ Simple parenting tools to help kids regulate emotion and behavior ✅ How words, mindset, and environment shape healing outcomes

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⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 01:12 – Why anxiety isn't a broken system 04:45 – The fight-or-flight response gone wrong 08:22 – PANS, Lyme, and immune-driven behavior changes 13:10 – How laughter resets the nervous system 18:03 – Parenting tools for calm connection 23:45 – The 20–30% rule for nervous system recovery 28:20 – How language shapes healing 32:40 – Closing thoughts