My mantra has been "Hold the baby safe." It helps.
Disarming our anxiety is one of my favorite cognitive shifts. The fear that I have overdone it, especially in athletics, has been with me since my 20's when I fell off a bike and started in with back pain - literally copying the symptoms a co-worker had... my unconscious followed eagerly in her footsteps.
I medicated fear and anxiety through my 20's and thought I was fearless. Really.
Upon discovering my truly anxious, traumatized "baby self" I began to have amazing pain ...usually erupting from pushing too hard at yoga, running, weights... always with the classic TMS "pop" followed by panic that I had gone too far.
Now, when the hear a pop I smile, say aloud "TMS" and keep going. I have not sprained anything, I am just sitting atop grief, fear or anger.
I love how this new program is unfolding... thank you!
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Alan has completed the new Pain Recovery Program. To read or share it, use this updated link: https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/painrecovery/Dismiss Notice
