Nerva reviews

This is my first week using Nerva Hypnosis. I started with doubts, having spent my whole life coping with IBS-D and searching for relief. I am an 84 year old retired trauma Informed mental health counselor. I am also a complex trauma survivor. During this first week I am noticing subtle changes in my conscious awareness of tension in my body and in my outlook on life. I am using breath many times during the day to relieve tension. I am also feeling a fragile sense of hope that I could feel better living with this body for the rest of my life❣️ I have been using NERVA hypnosis and breathing techniques for more than a year now. It has been a very challenging year for me at 85 and 1/2 years of age….many losses including my home and most of my belongings in Hurricane Helene. I use a hypnosis session every morning as my body awakens to tension and bowel activity. I seldom have explosive diarrhea anymore and for the first time in my life that I can remember, I experience regular formed bowel movements. I still have IBS symptoms during the day but am able to reassure myself that they are not a dangerous illness. Then I am able to cope with the symptoms with breathing and go on with my day. Eating is still a challenge as many foods in the USA exacerbate my symptoms. I have been using a plant based nutritional supplement from a company in California called Kate Farms which has helped me maintain my weight and soothes my digestive system. I am so grateful to have Nerva hypnosis sessions always available to help me cope with stress and anxiety in my everyday life. I can imagine using them also to ease my way through the dying process when that occurs for me. Thankyou NERVA❣️

Over 15yrs of IBS with FODMAP sensitivity I've tried many things. After this program I still have trigger foods but my symptoms have greatly reduced. I was disappointed that the breathing exercise was removed from the required daily tasks, as I feel that the diaphragmatic breathing was significant in my health improvement. I recommend others to do it daily. The audio sessions are variable in quality of hypnotic induction, and ADHD folks may initially struggle, plus there's some jarring inconsistencies that autistic brains will bump into. The whistling S's can be quite distracting too. But overall, I recommend breathing through it and sitting through the whole session even if you get mentally derailed. Hopefully they'll eventually fix the bug of the daily star tracker getting confused if a day is missed but the tasks are later caught up. An unexpected side-effect of the change in my nervous system was moderate anhedonia that slipped into depression for a while. I suspect I had some cortisol addiction/functional stress habits, that were disrupted. Some weeks after finishing the course, I'm not depressed but my motivation is still changed. I was also of the firm belief that the cost of the app was going to be AUD200 after the first week trial but my bank account showed it was USD200. If a friend signs up I'll be checking how that's presented. Regardless, the result is satisfying, and I'd tell my past self to justify the extra cost.

I received this as an Ad on Instagram, which I’m sometimes sceptical of. After seeing the Ad a few times I looked into the app more and thought I might give it a trial. I’ve suffered with IBS for 9 years since the passing of my mom, and I’ve always known that stress/anxiety shows in me as primarily gut symptoms but also in my throat area, and my thought pattern. My symptoms were so physical that I was suspected of having Crohn’s disease which my dad has. My mom also passed of bowel cancer. My anxiety particularly around travelling was so bad that it was stopping me from driving, being a passenger, going abroad, etc. I tried private therapy for these issues but it was incredibly expensive. The price of the app was less than one session of private therapy so I thought I’d try it. I’m about 6 weeks in, haven’t been 100% consistent or fully utilised the readings and breath things, but I notice a huge difference. A huge reduction in flare ups, and when I am travelling or having a flare up I listen to a session and I genuinely can feel the pain stop until I feel very calm and comfortable. Usually my symptoms are so bad when I’m travelling I have to get to a bathroom straight away, but there have been times where I’ve felt that way, listened to a session and the pain/urge has gone away and I can complete my journey comfortably. It’s incredibly really. I feel I have some of my life back for the first time in years, and it makes me feel optimistic that I can continue improving until I can live ‘normally’. I re-listen to the sessions over and over, and plan to restart the whole treatment from the start to keep building consistency.

When I started Nerva, my IBS was out of control. I could not leave my house. I had to change my dates for a vacation I planned twice. I felt desperate knowing that I couldn’t live that way. At the time I was not working, and if I had continued on the way I was headed I was not going to be able to work. My life was literally on hold. I was overwhelmed. Not knowing what to do, I started “researching” online about IBS solutions and found Nerva. Knowing that the GI tract is the first place the body manifests stress in most people, I recognized that Nerva could provide a helpful, alternative way to manage IBS. I subscribed immediately, and that day began doing the hypnotherapy sessions. Without changing anything else I was doing, I had results within 36 hours. I have learned techniques and now have skills that I use when I begin to feel like I am starting to have IBS symptoms. As soon as I sense something is amiss, I immediately use the techniques that I have learned through Nerva with unbelievable results. In addition to the hypnotherapy sessions, I have enjoyed the reading provided that has given me more insight into IBS, and some of the things that may instigate IBS flare ups. Prior to starting Nerva, I had already changed my diet. However, I can honestly say with no exaggeration that participating in the Nerva program is the factor that has completely changed my life! Thank you Nerva!!

This app worked impressively well for me. I have struggled with ibs-c for ten years and had become anxious and depressed alongside which often exacerbated it (and vice versa). After completing the Nerva course once I have been almost symptom free for three months. This is really promising. I can genuinely feel my digestion improving in the middle of most sessions on the app, and the maintenance program is well set up if you experience a flare. It’s also been so nice not to have to restrict foods as aggressively. I can eat chickpeas and cheese and lentils again. Magic. Update: after being symptom free for a couple of months I haven’t been using Nerva, so I was really appreciative (and honestly surprised bc this is so rare) when they emailed me to remind me that my automatic renewal was coming up. I got in touch to opt out for now (on a budget, but will come back if/when I get ibs symptoms again). Devina at their customer service was very helpful. Thank you Devina! Just a really solid company and tool, I really hope more people give this a shot. IBS (like so many chronic conditions) can really put you in a place where you don’t want to get your hopes up about yet another intervention and then be disappointed. I know some folks I’ve recommended it to were also skeptical bc they didn’t feel their IBS was related to mood/mental health. I get it, but people the science is there! There is so much that goes on in our nervous systems that we can impact with our concentration. Just give it a try. You don’t have to believe it’s going to work. You don’t have to will it to work. You just have to sit down and listen to the dreamy lady and try to visualize what she says. The program meets you wherever you’re at, even if that’s 99.5% skepticism and .5% openness. And at worst, you’ll get a meditation out of it. Time well spent.

Just starting on week 3 of listening and am already starting to feel better. Have had 4 days in a row without any real pain or issues except for the odd day here and there where I’ve had a bit of a flair up. Bowel motions are back to normal even with the flair ups tho a little more frequent. Hopefully by week six I’ll be feeling even better and have longer stints between flairs. I seriously would recommend this app to anyone who is suffering from ibs. It’s easy to listen to the sessions and only takes 15 minutes a day off your time. I do it as soon as i walk in the door from work as my down time before joining the family and find I’m much calmer and happier. I started to feel the results by week 2 so here’s to getting better and better. Update: Well I’ve finished the 6 weeks and am on the maintenance program now and have to say I’m sitting at 95-100% better. Sure i still get the odd day where i have a very mild flair but on the whole I’m pretty well cured if you can call IBS ever cured. I still listen every day when i get home as it’s now part of my wind down routine and i look forward to it for the relaxation aspect as well as the breathing exercises. One thing that could make this awesome app even better would be to include some hypnotherapy tracks in the maintenance section geared towards anxiety and stress as this can also be a big driver for IBS. I’ve downloaded mindset to listen to but 100% much prefer the female voice in Nerva and find she fully relaxes me and i enter a hypnotic state really quickly. Please please please add this into the maintenance section to make this the single best app available.

Just starting on week 3 of listening and am already starting to feel better. Have had 4 days in a row without any real pain or issues except for the odd day here and there where I’ve had a bit of a flair up. Bowel motions are back to normal even with the flair ups tho a little more frequent. Hopefully by week six I’ll be feeling even better and have longer stints between flairs. I seriously would recommend this app to anyone who is suffering from ibs. It’s easy to listen to the sessions and only takes 15 minutes a day off your time. I do it as soon as i walk in the door from work as my down time before joining the family and find I’m much calmer and happier. I started to feel the results by week 2 so here’s to getting better and better. Update: Well I’ve finished the 6 weeks and am on the maintenance program now and have to say I’m sitting at 95-100% better. Sure i still get the odd day where i have a very mild flair but on the whole I’m pretty well cured if you can call IBS ever cured. I still listen every day when i get home as it’s now part of my wind down routine and i look forward to it for the relaxation aspect as well as the breathing exercises. One thing that could make this awesome app even better would be to include some hypnotherapy tracks in the maintenance section geared towards anxiety and stress as this can also be a big driver for IBS. I’ve downloaded mindset to listen to but 100% much prefer the female voice in Nerva and find she fully relaxes me and i enter a hypnotic state really quickly. Please please please add this into the maintenance section to make this the single best app available.

I was highly skeptical of hypnotherapy but after doing some research and discussing this program with my doctor, decided to give it a go. The results were nothing short of astounding. After only a few sessions, Nerva kick-started my sluggish digestion into gear and “got things moving”, resulting in an immediate weight loss of about 5 lbs. I had more energy during the day (most likely because my body was eliminating waste more effectively than it had in years) and I felt more comfortable in both my clothes and my skin. During the 6 weeks of daily Nerva sessions, I also slept better. I typically completed my daily sessions in the early evening. While I would often fall asleep during the latter half due to being in a deeply relaxed state, I would awaken refreshed, be able to tackle my nightly to-do list, and also found myself better able to fall asleep again later and stay asleep for the entire night. Having tried the low FODMAP diet in the past, I can honestly say that Nerva is much more effective, time efficient, and stress relieving. I found the low FODMAP diet to be stress inducing due to the need to read labels, consider portions, and eliminate many foods that I previously enjoyed. This diet caused me a lot of social anxiety as well since most social events are centered around food. I now know that my IBS is clearly linked to my brain-gut connection and not necessarily high FODMAP foods. My gut is a lot happier now that I am able to eat a highly varied diet and Nerva has helped me re-program the signals my gut receives when under stress. Bottom line: I highly recommend this program. My sincere thanks to Dr. Simone Peters and her team for putting together this incredible resource! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! The change you are effecting in people’s lives is far-reaching and it is REAL!