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Hi everyone! I just wanted to share an article I had published on the RSDSA site recently, in which I recount my TMS success story! https://rsds.org/i-recovered-and-so-can-you/?fbclid=IwAR3sf6gCV6Vqu8Ac13ju5cVZP123pj2ZnLWfXvvv-I1uYIn9aUyC9frrjP8 (I Recovered and So Can You! - RSDSA)

This article was posted by Vox in August, but I only just came across it. It quotes Alan Gordon, mentions Dr. Sarno, and interviews a number of researchers who are working on the FACT that our experience of pain is created in our brains, and that there is a growing body of evidence showing that...

Hi, I've been reading about anxious attachment a bit just now and I found an article which had a paragraph or two which reminded me a lot about Sarno's writings in The Mindbody Prescription...

hello all! Saw this on the BBC today: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44910438 ('How I meditated away chronic pelvic pain') Prostatitis: 'How I meditated away chronic pelvic pain' Last December, I had my first pain-free days in 18 months. Soon they became the norm. Admittedly, there is...

I think people will find this article published in The Age newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald very interesting. It indicated that the medical consensus about back pain seems to be changing somewhat, at least in Australia...

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180219-toxic-perfectionism-is-on-the-rise (The dangerous downsides of perfectionism) It caused all kind of health problems. We tmser's know about this long ago.

Hi, I am on day 34 and just finished what I think is a really great article that I posted in the title and that you can access by going to day 34. From the start I have totally believed in the cause of my pain being emotional and that I need to stop thinking about it in ways that I have done...

This article in the Guardian on depression is really good and treats the topic from a Mindbody perspective. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/07/is-everything-you-think-you-know-about-depression-wrong-johann-hari-lost-connections? (Is everything you think you know about depression...

Here's an interesting article I stumbled across, I think it has TMS implications--doesn't everything!?! https://betterhumans.coach.me/this-is-why-you-are-afraid-of-being-happy-33b7302cfff7 (This Is Why You Are Afraid of Being Happy – Better Humans)

Hi everyone I changed my name on here in case anyone thinks I'm new! Im not :) I work at a recovery community in Thailand, and I am writing occasionally for the blog. I thought this article might be of interest to people here, and it's my first proper piece, so I wanted to I'd share it. I...

Not sure if this already got posted but here it is, discussion of how many surgeries function no better than placebo effect ("minor" surgeries not including life saving procedures): https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/20/when-surgery-is-just-a-stitch-up-placebo-effect (When surgery is...

http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/08/10/emotionalacceptance/ great study on repression of negative emotions

So i read this, and i think it does a really good job explaining sensitivity in the nervous system, and chronic pain. I was a tad put off by their criticisms of mind/body approach (they said it can be helpful, but almost too simplistic. you'll have to read it to know what i mean) it does talk...

I just read this and found it interesting. The guy is obviously quite sceptical and has weird preconceptions about meditation etc. But it seemed that he made a lot of progress using similar techniques to Alan Gordons current program. Worth a read ...

Ran across this article and thought I'd share it: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/surgery-is-one-hell-of-a-placebo/ (Surgery Is One Hell Of A Placebo)

Have found another article about Michael Moskovitz's method for curing chronic pain which has really given me hope. Near the end of the article it mentions people with actual physical damage who have had improvements in their pain levels. This could give hope to TMSers that their pain can be...

Hi all, I came across this article which had gained popularity over the last week: https://qz.com/1010259/the-100-billion-per-year-back-pain-industry-is-mostly-a-hoax/ (The $100 billion per year back pain industry is mostly a hoax) Mostly about the book "Crooked" that came out recently. I...

Here's an article off the wires from India regarding NSAIDS, gels, heat and cold for relieving pain from a structural / allopathic perspective : http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/health-lifestyle/rub-on-relief-the-painful-facts/articleshow/59075348.cms

Found this while googling around " Psychological Factors in Chronic Pain: An Introduction to Psychosomatic Pain Management by Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D., PhD This lecture was presented at the 14th annual meeting of the American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine, Tempe Arizona Feb.21, 1997...

Here's an interesting article on "posture", a topic which has been discussed here recently and in the past. It comes from a structural solution bias but is rife with TMS implications. So, straighten up and pay attention--or lie on your stomach, and tell the posture experts to piss off ...