Recent content by Ariana

Hi Katy, thanks for sharing your story with us, and I'm sorry you've struggled so much. I feel a lot of similarities with my own story - I'm 32, struggled with anxiety most of my life, developed IBS symptoms at the age of 14, and then in my mid-20s whilst studying for my Masters, severe chronic...

Thanks for your reply, Baseball65. Yes I agree that we need to investigate why certain relationships induce anger, and that the 'issue' often lies within us, rather than getting them to change. And I totally agree that there's no such thing as a perfect partner! We'd be forever searching if...

Hi Matthew, sorry to hear you're still struggling with pain and sitting in particular. I can empathise - pain when sitting was the first form of back pain I developed 7 years ago, and I think for this reason, it has been the hardest to shift. I didn't know about the mindbody connection for the...

Just thought I'd share my musings on today's post. Something I've been wondering about is how my frustrations towards my partner might be hindering my TMS recovery. I have acknowledged and journaled about anger and frustration I feel towards him (for not being a proactive/ambitious person), and...

Hi Jux. I don't have much in the way of suggestions for you, but just wanted to say that I really relate to how you're feeling, and I do believe this process can take a lot of TIME. I've been in severe widespread pain for around 8 years and working on mindbody approaches for almost a year and a...

Hi Andy, thanks for your response. Yes I've begun to acknowledge and honour any feelings of anger when they arise, and understand that it is the most natural of human emotions, not something to be concerned about. Thanks for the example of self-talk, I will use it. Ariana

In answer to 'Take a look at your journal entries. What emotions are most prevalent?' I noticed this... Anger, sadness and fear. Anger towards people who have treated me unfairly (my mum, my brother, my partner). Sadness for the little me who experienced so much, and adapted herself to cope, to...

Hi Sarah. Thanks for sharing your experience with this. I can very much relate - I think that we all have to come to the understanding of TMS/MBS in our own time, as when others try to suggest it as the cause for our (very real) symptoms, it just feels offensive! And I too feel cautious when...

Thanks for your response! I'm glad you've seen so much improvement using the TMS approach. I saw a post from Dr Schubiner saying that he didn't believe the longer you had a condition, the longer it might take to overcome it... But like you, I still believe that it must take longer, because we...

Hey Dawn, sounds great that you have lots of fulfilling activities to do... but I know what you mean, I used to try and 'power thru' and ended up crashing with more symptoms. According to Mickel, boredom is one of the reasons our fatigue might increase, but if it is another emotion there are...

Hi Dawn, yes I hope we will be adding to the success stories before too long. Yes there's definitely a lot of overlap with Mickel therapy and TMS - Mickel teaches you that the emotional brain sends you symptoms as a message when you aren't acting on your emotions in the 'right' way. And when you...

Hi Dawn, thanks so much for your repsonse! I'm sorry you too are struggling with Fibromyalgia and CFS, it's hard isn't it. I was diagnosed with Fibro too, although funnily enough since thinking about things in mindbody terms I don't really identify with that diagnosis anymore. I did the 21 Pain...

Hello. I'm on day 8 of the Structured Educational Programme but this is my first post. I've been living with TMS symptoms since I was 14 (I'm 32 now), and around 8 years ago they started to seriously affect my life. A (very) long story short, I developed chronic back pain, insomnia and chronic...