What is MS?
If you’ve lived with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), you know how confusing the condition can feel. One person begins with optic neuritis, another with numbness on one side of the body, someone else with rigidity in a leg—or even a foot that suddenly drags.
These symptoms look unrelated. They appear in different parts of the body, at different times, and with different intensities. Yet what if all of them follow a biological logic most people have never been taught?
In this article—and in the accompanying video—I’ll walk you through how German New Medicine (GNM) and Biodecoding help us understand not just what your MS symptoms are, but why they arrived in the exact way they did.
For those unfamiliar with GNM, I encourage you to first read my introductory post—this one will take you deeper.
How We’ve Traditionally Understood MS (and Why It Feels Incomplete)
In allopathic medicine and even many alternative approaches, MS is seen as a defect or misfire in the body—something gone wrong that needs to be corrected or suppressed. Blood tests and imaging look for irregularities, and treatment focuses on reducing those irregularities with pharmaceuticals, supplements, diets, detoxes, or physical interventions.
These methods can help manage symptoms.
But they don’t explain:
- why symptoms begin when they do
- why MS presents differently in every person
- why symptoms usually affect only one side
- why symptoms flare, disappear, and return
- or why some symptoms shift locations
The “why” remains a mystery. The cause of MS for traditional medicine remains “unknown”
German New Medicine offers a different lens—one rooted in natural science and biological intelligence.
GNM: Symptoms Are Adaptations, Not Malfunctions
GNM views the human body as part of nature—a system designed over millions of years to respond purposefully through adaptation to stress, danger, and shock. Welcome back Darwin!
The radical premise of GNM is this:
Symptoms are not mistakes; they are biological adaptations meant to help you survive.
This includes MS symptoms. These adaptations begin when the brain registers what Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer called a conflict shock—an unexpected, overwhelming moment your psyche couldn’t fully process. In the video, I share several real-life examples: a sudden relationship rupture, an unexpected emotional blow during COVID, a shocking family moment, or even a quiet internal crisis that no one else witnessed.
What matters is not the content of the event, but your inner experience of it:
- It was acute
- It caught you off guard
- It felt isolating
- You had no immediate solution
Your brain then assigns the conflict to a specific relay best adapted to the needs of the moment. That relay activates a tissue-specific biological program, creating the symptom of adaptation. In this case, the symptoms, such as numbing, or double vision, or dropped foot, that lead to the MS diagnosis.
German New Medicine and MS
How German New Medicine Was Developed
GNM was founded by Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, a German physician specializing in internal medicine. After the tragic death of his son in 1978, Dr. Hamer developed cancer and began questioning whether his diagnosis was connected to his emotional tragedy.
To investigate, he interviewed cancer patients and reviewed their brain CT scans. He discovered that:
- Every patient had experienced an unexpected emotional conflict before their diagnosis.
- Each type of conflict correlated with a specific area in the body.
- And each type of conflict causes a concentric ring (called Hamer Foci), visible in brain CT scans in exactly the brain region responsible for the the organ and tissue activated by the conflict.
This connection—psyche, brain, organ—is the foundation of GNM.
The Two Phases of a Biological Program
1. Active Conflict
The body mobilizes to help you survive the shock.
You may experience:
- numbness or sensory loss
- pins & needs or hypersensitivity
- weakness
- tension or rigidity
- cold sensations
- wake up at 3 am
- heightened alertness
2. Healing Phase
Once the conflict is resolved or downgraded, the body reverses the adaptation.
You may feel:
- warmth
- tingling
- hyposensitivity or dullness
- inflammation
- swelling
- spasms
- fatigue
This explains why MS symptoms often begin mysteriously, peak later, and resolve unexpectedly. You are witnessing different phases of the same program.
Why MS Symptoms Affect One Side of the Body
Another mystery of multiple sclerosis, is that the symptoms do not affect both sides of the body equally.
GNM explains this puzzle clearly:
Each hemisphere of the brain controls the opposite side of the body, and each hemisphere processes conflicts related to different people in your life (self, partner, child, mother, etc).
This is why MS is asymmetric—not random.
Tracks: The Missing Piece Behind Relapses
One of the most important concepts covered in the video, and in my work, is tracks.
A track is a subconscious reminder of the original shock. It can be:
- a person
- a place
- a tone of voice
- a smell
- a stressful environment
- and most importantly – a similar emotion as the original shock
When your brain recognizes a track, it reactivates the program even if the original conflict seems resolved. I like to think of it like the body has PTSD of the shocking event and wants to keep you as far away from anything that might attract the same problem once again…
This explains:
- relapsing-remitting MS
- sudden flare-ups
- symptoms that return during stress or in certain environments
- why “good days” and “bad days” seem unpredictable
They are not unpredictable—they are triggered.
How MS Symptoms Map to Specific Biological Programs
When looking at specific MS symptoms, we can detail the following using GNM terminology
Understanding the theme behind each tissue gives you a map of your body’s logic.
Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis Using GNM
Where to Begin: Tracking Your Symptoms
In the video above, we explore the first step of resolution:
Track your symptoms.
Track your shocks.
Track your relapses.
Ask yourself:
- When did each symptom begin?
- What was happening right before it?
- What moment caught you off guard?
- What triggers your symptoms today?
- What emotional themes repeat?
Most people discover the same pattern I’ve documented in my research:
a long period of chronic stress → one acute, unexpected shock → the first MS symptoms.
Moving Forward: Group Workshops
Sometimes it can be hard, if not impossible, to see your own patterns. Yet, witnessing another, can make them clear as day. One option is to join a German New Medicine for MS Group Workshop. These small groups offered in our Healing MS Circle Community (see button below) are designed to help you diving deep into:
- the meaning behind each MS symptom
- the biological conflict associated with each tissue
- how to track your symptoms and triggers
- how to resolve the original conflict
- how to complete the healing cycle
- how to support your body through the phases
- how to stop the relapse-loop
These groups are intentionally small so you can share, discover, and receive guidance in a supportive environment.
The goal is simple:
For you to finally understand your body—
and become your own healer.
Join our Healing MS Circle to sign up for our next group.
Final Thoughts
“Symptoms are not the problem. They are pointing to the problem.”
Through GNM, MS becomes far more understandable—and far less frightening.
Every symptom has a theme, a logic, and a purpose.
And when you understand that purpose, you begin to support your healing from a place of clarity, not fear.