What rightly angers you about his response -- that sounds like positive support -- is that it's actually emotionally stifling. Look up "toxic...
Thanks. Confidence in the diagnosis is a critical part. I get it.
If you're putting the emotions at the beginning of your chain of events, then you're way ahead in the game no matter the terminology. But with the...
The "tension" in TMS is Sarno's term for stress and mental conflict and doesn't necessarily have to do with muscle tension. I think he was bored...
I'm going to back up @miffybunny on this. For people who have had a struggle with food and digestion, thinking about what you eat is not...
Yeah, that's obvious after a quick search for "Medical Medium." I just had to have some fun with it. :)
He's bringing a smoothie to a mind fight. ;)
Internally, magnesium is lovely and relaxing for a little bit, but then on comes the intestinal distress for me -- like you've also found, there...
I felt the same watching the Netflix documentary "Unrest" about the filmmaker's chronic fatigue syndrome. Clearly TMS, but it even has a segment...
My understanding from Sarno is that tinnitus can be caused by other things but is more commonly related to stress/emotions. Perhaps it's coming on...
This was one of the confusing things I experienced when first reading Sarno. I was like, "What? My father is the narcissist, not me!" :) But I...
Why is it "all day, every day"? The idea is to address the feelings and move on.
Why would you feel you need to escape from your emotional life? That's TMS defined, as far as I understand it. You're even consciously telling...
I really doubt that even the instinctual, reactive unconscious is really THAT stupid. Or if it is, I doubt that the ego wouldn't be able to...
Sarno definitely thought IBS was an equivalent of TMS and perhaps your incontinence is just a "milder" version of it. It's strange that I hear it...
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