Recent content by Benjiro

In my case, I had severely cut back on meat and was taking a supplement that is known to interfere with iron absorption.

During the last several months I’ve experienced some new symptoms — fatigue, brain fog, restless legs, dizziness, and confusion. At first, I attributed it to stress since I’ve had TMS equivalents in the past that got better. However, this time it never seemed to got better and kept getting...

“What you’re really speaking to, for me, is this idea that our pain, our chronic pain, is a signal. And if we can get to the root cause of what that signal is, the learnings we’re going to get from that will not only help our pain, but will help every other aspect of our life, as well.”...

“If we keep experiencing an old thing in a new context, it gets reoriented to the new context.” (Brian Powell)

Wanted to make this post as a prompt for people who have never heard of some popular therapies/techniques for emotional wellness. A dual focus therapy entails focusing on a neutral activity or stimuli while simultaneously focusing on troubling/disturbing emotions. Many dual focus therapies are...

I agree with this and @miffybunny that it is a tool… not a cause or a cure in itself.. And you hit on the word, balance. Where extremes exist, it may make the most sense to emphasize this one. Unfortunately, I do think the mainstream (at least in my country, the US) is quite out of step on...

You apparently don't agree with the premise or you wouldn't conclude that diet cannot be apart of a MB approach. Unless you are talking about a single, close-ended MB approach with only a few admissible therapies and lifestyle changes (which I don't find particularly interesting, because that...

Indeed, there are people who have a neurotic / pathological relationship to food. And general wisdom on diet for them may not be resourceful. On the flip side, that risk has to be balanced against the risk of silence in the case of people who do not fall into that category. I had TMS and a poor...

Content on the internet has a life cycle of its own. Crazy to think this post is almost a year old now. Likewise, I like peeking in here from time to time. Almost nostalgic at this point. I’m the same way.. Moderation, whole foods, and avoiding added sugars and verifiably toxic preservatives. I...

Hello all. Curious if anyone here has incorporated gratitude in their emotional health regimen. A lot of the journaling (SEP, etc.) that helped me heal years ago tended to focus directly on trauma, unresolved issues, and strong emotions, like anger, and fear. That’s super important and...

If something is important (and you don’t seem to believe it is), then people possibly getting confused or taking it the wrong way isn’t a good reason not to bring it up. However, I agree that this post isn’t ideal for beginners. Does that mean diet should never get brought up in any context? I...

I’m not sure where you are at in your recovery (or if you have a mindbody disorder to begin with). This forum is for mindbody disorders. As far as losing weight to improve physical and emotional health, there are other techniques you can experiment with in addition to time-restricted eating. If...