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Oh yes, this comment was meant to be in support of Dr. Sarno's hope and a criticism of Gabor Mate. The benign and/or reversible nature of many of the symptoms is what Sarno was so brilliant at uncovering. Never read any of Mate's books, but I've seen some interviews and it's sometimes some...

I completely agree that Gabor Mate's "stress kills!" message is just about the worst thing for this personality type. Although Dr. Sarno was interested in why the brain could choose a serious disease, it's much more calming to realize that even symptoms of extreme pain can be perfectly benign.

What rightly angers you about his response -- that sounds like positive support -- is that it's actually emotionally stifling. Look up "toxic positivity" and you'll find some interesting stuff. There's little that's more infuriating than facile advice to "just relax" if you're anxious or "just...

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 symptom imperative and TMS equivalents there can be symptoms that you can't really relate so easily to muscle tension, which seems to throw off a lot...

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 with the term "stress" because it doesn't detail the depth of the conflict within the person. Even if it does lead to muscular tension, the key here is...

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 productive at all. I was raised to believe that sugar was not just unhealthy, but that it was practically deadly poison. And then every ailment or sickness was...

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 never seemed to be a safe dosage. A safer way is to use a magnesium oil spray on your skin on your abdomen. I guess there's some debate on whether or...

I felt the same watching the Netflix documentary "Unrest" about the filmmaker's chronic fatigue syndrome. Clearly TMS, but it even has a segment where it mocks the idea of emotions and psychology being involved as outdated, ridiculous, and cruel. Long way to go...

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 now because you are having feelings about entering therapy? I wish someone had suggested to me way back when I was struggling with tinnitus that it...

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 think what he means is that we all have an instinct for self-preservation that the "goodist" can actually end up denying, which is enraging to the...

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 yourself that emotions aren't safe. That could be good though, as it might help you understand why they seem so dangerous to you. As far as doing too...