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I am a retired RN and former psych nurse so have always been interested in the mind body field. I share that part only to show that I can be duped by my mind and body just as easily as anyone else. I first learned about Sarno by watching John Stossel while I was in the midst of persistent sciatica pain. Within two weeks of applying the TMS principles my sciatica was completely gone. So I knew that it works. However recently I began to notice I was having more arrhythmias than I normally do. The more I noticed them the more I seemed to have. I was also having stomach and back pain. I decided I needed to have a heart check up due to my age and the fact that I hadn’t had one in many years. My 48 hour Holter monitor showed almost 14,000 irregular beats in 2 days. Luckily they are the benign type and my other heart tests checked out fine. Within 2 days of finding out nothing was wrong I pretty much stopped having them. That’s when the TMS lightbulb went off and I wondered could my stomach and back pain be TMS? So I re read The Mind Body Prescription, wrote out my list of all the things that bothered me and started working the principles again and sure enough my daily pain started to subside and I began to have days with no pain at all. I have a new mantra now that I repeat throughout the day to remind my brain that I am ok: Observation, Oxygenation, Relaxation. I truly did not realize how much tension I was holding in my body and how much my feelings were affecting me. I look back on this last TMS experience with kind of a DUH now but also with gratitude. Thank you to all of you who are willing to share. I read the forums often for knowledge and encouragement.