After being severely disabled by lower back pain for 15 years and having tried so many treatments I was ready to accept that this was my lot in life. I came to the dark realisation that there was no 'out' and I had to find a way to live like this without being sad all the time around my family. I was ready to go through the grieving of my true self which could not exist in the status quo.
One night after a long prayer asking for a way to authentically accept a life disabled and in pain until I died, I came across tms therapy. What unfolded in the coming months was such a miracle to me. One of the first questions to my therapist was "Is this a cure?" Her answer was 'Absolutely!". "How can this be?" I would ask myself over and over. The impact of those words from my therapist will stay with me forever. True joy that I let live at the forefront of my mind every single day. The contrast in the ensuing hopeful emotions threw me on a new pathway of recovery. This has been the single most important factor in my profound healing by giving me the enthusiasm and empowerment to mindfully take on each day as a newly discovered adventure.
I am finding my true self once again but I am much stronger and more centred. I realise that the only ceiling that we have is the one we put on ourselves. I wake up every day and smile
I am so grateful to this community of caring, intelligent, empathetic people.
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