Recent content by BaxterBean

hi @Redhead5591 - Glad you are here! I have gotten a lot of benefit from this forum as well as Dr. Sarno's book and the wisdom of other leaders in the TMS field so you are in the right place. I can attest to the effectiveness of this approach in dealing with both intermittent severe low-back...

@Hopeful_Alexandra Sorry to hear about your situation - it's so frustrating when we think we've "dealt with" TMS and then to have a flare-up/relapse that is this severe! With the going back to full-time work after a medical leave, sale of your grandmother's house and other big emotional...

Thanks @JanAtheCPA and @BloodMoon - your explanations make sense. I was falling into thinking of applying the mind-body tool (in this case the "reading cure") in a symptom-specific way to calm my brain, but I can see where that becomes a slippery slope. Onward... :-)

Thanks @JanAtheCPA and @BloodMoon - I've been working with the "talking to my skin" in a similar way to the somatic tracking/visualization approach I've used for the back pain/pelvic pain and it is helpful. And I do understand that the whole goal of the mind-body/TMS work is to calm a fearful...

hi all - The brain is such an interesting thing... I've been doing well without back pain since early April. I did the PRP and journaling work and started working with a TMS coach, who is really great. I had my first couple meetings with the coach and, since I wasn't in pain at that point, we...

Thank you - this makes a lot of sense. Not what I had done previously so it's a good time to learn something new! (Love the image of a "meerkat sentry brain" LOL!)

Yeah, this is pretty much the case for me @Rabscuttle - I would get to where I had no more pain and then "put the book away" and start living my stressful life again. Of course, I do have regular self-care practices - meditation, gratitude journaling (sporadic), etc. that I would continue. But...

Oh @Bhamgirl I can so relate to this! I was also a Sarno "book cure" for years then with a recent flare that approach just quit working. Like you, I had been previously active (not an athlete, but regular exercise) but I got a nasty bout of COVID last September and was unable to exercise for...

I've read a lot of the threads in this forum from people who are dealing with constant pain from TMS. My low back pain is intermittent but when it hits, it's severe. I'll go for years with no pain at all, so I can do all regular activities, exercise, etc. Then "out of the blue", I'll be hit...

hi - Having recently gone through a really severe flare-up of TMS back pain, I'm reinvigorating and expanding my TMS management strategies (including joining this Forum!) and feel confident that this approach will bring me to a good place. Unfortunately, my husband is pretty skeptical of the...

Thanks @JanAtheCPA! Lots to unpack in your post. I attribute the onset of my RA to pandemic-related stressors and concurrent life stress as well. I started on a pretty low dose of methotrexate (7.5 mg/wk) in December. Now I've worked up to 15 mg/wk because things weren't improving and really...

Thanks for the book suggestions @BloodMoon - they look like they would be very helpful. I also appreciate the story about your dad's experience with RA. It is unfortunately rare to hear positive stories of people effectively managing it and living full lives - all that gets posted/discussed...