Recent content by Abbo

Grateful thanks to dear Plum and TG957 for posts on this thread. I totally agree with you both and I am so, so, relieved that finally someone else besides myself has GAD. I have not posted on the forum since Christmas as I fully intended to stay off it as all that I was doing regarding TMS was...

Hi Jan, I was really interested in your post about BLUSHING. I suffer blushing either of my face of legs on waking in the morning and I have identified it as FEAR. I also have it occasionally in the evening when an anxious thought creeps in. I will dig out 'The Divded Mind' and study it more...

Thank you Andy for your incredibly insightful post. On reading it I fully understood your pain and why you were experiencing it at this time of year. Thank you for sharing it with us all. I also had a very painful Christmas period and the only thing I can think of is how much I miss my sons...

Thanks RichiRich, I have the book so will dust it off and read it again. Huckleberry, I gave up on my TMS therapist as I was literally getting nowhere though he did say I needed to 'get a hold on my anxiety'. I now see a NHS psychologist who agrees with Sarno and has also stated the anxiety...

Hi Richierich, I am also suffering with anxiety, in fact it is this that is causing me tension and pain. I am listening to Claire Weeks over and over but I hate to say my anxiety levels have increased over the past six weeks. Please could you outline what you did to overcome your anxiety. Many...

Hi Huck, Yes I too have had a really tough Christmas and I am sorry to say I cannot offer any nuggets of wisdom. I know my reason is that my husband and I always went walking in the Peak District on Christmas Day calling out Merry Christmas to all fellow walkers, feeling exhilarated with the up...

A verse from a guided meditation by Tara Brach seems most appropriate here and I find on saying it meaningfully over and over my brain does let go and I feel totally relaxed. This is a definite plus for me. Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now...

Avik, I was horrified to read the diagnosis your chiropractor gave you, no wonder you freaked out! I must tell you how much I admire your courage and perseverance in becoming pain free. I always thought that females were the stronger gender but since reading the many posts on the forum I now...

Huckleberry, what the chiropractor told you is utter rubbish and you have to forget that. As you say these statements and suggestions can have a profound lasting effect on someone but it is so not true. Despite my age I just loved activity and nothing was 'too hot or heavy for me to handle' (I...

Oh Huckleberry, I am so glad to have met a like minded person with regard to chiropractors. My experience with them has literally changed my life. i just wished I had stuck with the condition that I went to them with (just a strained sacroiliac joint) I have since discovered that it would have...

Just interested to know, did you have success? We live in Barton-0n Sea, a village between Lymington and Christchurch.

Huckleberry, no, John my TMS therapist lives and works in a little village near Southampton.

Hi Avik, Yes, I have deeply explored my past childhood etc. There were a couple of issues that I hadn't realised upset me so much however, they have been fully dealt with. Nothing was (in my opinion ) deeply traumatic even though they concerned my therapist and I never felt upset, hurt or angry...

Avik, Once again many, many thanks for you extremely kind and helpful attention. Yes, I have done a structured programme with a TMS therapist (trained by Georgie Oldfiel) a year ago however, I made no progress whatsoever. He told me I would heal if I could only control my anxiety! I am now...

Avik, Please could you or another experienced member please clarify something for me. Because my underlying emotions are mainly anxiety and fear I have been taught to use breathing exercises to bring my parasympathetic system into action. I do these exercises in the morning, throughout the day...