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    Day 3 Battling to accept the diagnosis

    Hang in there! I hit rock bottom back in September. It was a few months after I started posting here and things got worse and worse (after a brief...
    Post by: Chris1138, Apr 28, 2020 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 8 TMS treatment update

    Thanks @ssxl4000. I think have been getting caught up in the end result and gotten away from just focusing on accepting the TMS diagnosis and...
    Post by: Chris1138, Jun 18, 2019 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Looking for some reassurance

    Thanks @birdsetfree! That was exactly the reinforcement/reassurance I was looking for! I'm very achy and stiff today, but I'm going to stick to...
    Post by: Chris1138, Jun 14, 2019 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Looking for some reassurance

    Hi everyone, I'm approximately 8 days (taken a few involuntary days off here and there as my work and parental schedule takes up most of my time)...
    Thread by: Chris1138, Jun 13, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Support Subforum
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    Day 8 TMS treatment update

    Hi Andy, Thanks for the words of encouragement. I really like your framing around a habit rather than a fixed pipeline of pain. I was at the...
    Post by: Chris1138, Jun 12, 2019 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 8 TMS treatment update

    Hi everyone, After a week of TMS treatment and following the Structured Education Program I can certainly say that I have made progress in...
    Thread by: Chris1138, Jun 11, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 5 Can't journal because of egoic defences

    Thanks for the reassurance @zclesa and @ssxl4000. Yesterday was pretty bad pain-wise and I found myself really unable to 'think psychologically'...
    Post by: Chris1138, Jun 9, 2019 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 5 Can't journal because of egoic defences

    Yes, it was a really strange sensation to find myself involuntarily talking to my child self! I think I cut myself a little short though and maybe...
    Post by: Chris1138, Jun 7, 2019 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 5 Can't journal because of egoic defences

    I just tried my first journalling session. I sat down and immediately had the same challenges as you @zclesa. I found myself writing descriptions...
    Post by: Chris1138, Jun 7, 2019 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 4 What a difference a day makes!

    Yesterday, my pain was up and I was struggling with accepting the TMS diagnosis. Today, it feels much easier. I know there will be ups and downs,...
    Thread by: Chris1138, Jun 6, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 3 Battling to accept the diagnosis

    I did some thinking on my history with running after my post last night and I recalled that leading up to my back pain and sciatic pain I had been...
    Post by: Chris1138, Jun 6, 2019 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 3 Battling to accept the diagnosis

    I know that accepting the diagnosis is going to be a big challenge for me. I've been trying to tell myself there is nothing wrong structurally...
    Thread by: Chris1138, Jun 5, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Structured Educational Program