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OMG. Hilarious. Tragic, too and frustrating. Sigh.

IFS is a therapy called Internal Family Systems. And, I see that @sav5000 just answered that. I'll go ahead and elaborate.

IFS is particularly effective for TMS because our emotional functionality (or lack thereof) stems from the patterns laid down in childhood.

You know how in real estate, the mantra is "Location, location, location"?

Or, as often quoted and memorably depicted in the excellent cop/detective show Major Crimes: "It's always the husband, it's always the husband, it's always the husband" (sorry, husbands).

Well, in TMS, my personal belief (after doing this for a full 13 years and observing a LOT of conversations on this forum) is that it always goes back to childhood.
It always goes back to childhood.
It always goes back to childhood.

I don't care how functional and excellent anyone's childhood was (and mine was both of those things) childhood and family interactions and relationships and experiences, even from birth, possibly in-utero (such as my overly-anxious first-time mother) are going to be the original source of our TMS, whenever and however it emerges.