Recent content by Archie

with all the very best of intentions, the holidays/ Christmas season, always turn out to be stressful and anxiety-provoking !!! And then new years eve comes along .............!

My symptoms improved markedly during the programme, and were absent for long stretches. I then went away over Christmas/ had lots of family interactions etc etc, and symptoms started to appear again - so for me they are absolutely an emotional barometer, indicating stress and anxiety in...

Hi, I am over the finish line at day 42! I have taken months to work through the programme but that felt right as it was a chance to stop beating myself up so much all the time to do, do, do! So I took my time. It has been a very very helpful experience, and coupled with therapy, has enabled me...

How true you are! my cat is sleep next to me as I write this, probably in quiet, pointless, joy !!!

I have just read the day 5 comment from the writer about finding it hard to figure out what things they enjoy. I am at day 37 and have run up against the same issue - what self-care do I do? Or rather - I feel very stuck re what to do to self-care. I have always had such a drive to "do" and...

Thankyou for your reply - it is always so helpful to hear that I am not the only one with various issues. When the lack of control becomes evident it also turns up my anxiety - just to ice the cake !!

This is easy - I seem to have less and less control on my emotions which makes life much harder, albeit more honest. I know it is much better for the emotions to be out rather than tightly kept under wraps as I used to do, but I find it very difficult at times to be so "at the mercy" of my...

Your post has been a very good reminder about self-care; I find it very hard to do, instead allowing myself to get swept away on the hamster wheel of activity and ignoring self. thankyou for the nice tap on the shoulder.

Hi MWsunnin12, thankyou very much for your reply. Yes, I have read that to, in various books, but I guess I still don't really "get it" so your reply was very helpful. I am going through some intense therapy at the moment so that may explain why I am getting the pain again in a site that I...

In answer to the questions - "which part of TMS do you think is frustrating or silly and which personality trait makes you feel this way?" - the frustrating thing for me is trying to figure out what is TMS and what is an organic structural problem/injury. The approach is very different -...

ah yes, thankyou :)