Recent content by Bettina

Don’t be too surprised about the return of your sinus issues, Barkis. Sadly, that’s tms for you. The same is true for me with digestive problems - try not to put up with it. I’m doing my best to ignore it, remembering that my mind is just looking for a new outlet for my emotional pain...

Thanks so much for your quick response. It really helps. My experience is so similar, where I had a rather unpleasant root canal surgery in January - which, now, I'm alarmingly wondering if I ever even needed, that led to a roller coaster of obsessing about whether it healed, jaw pain from...

Barkis, I'm curious if you've had any improvement in the last month. I'm struggling with similar problems. It always helps to hear about others seeing progress on similar issues.

In my similar struggles, I came to understand that it wasn't so important to figure out whether or not you might have some physical "abnormality" -but rather to understand that such abnormalities do not generate the kind of pain we are experiencing. Thus, it is the pain generated by the brain...

oh this is all so helpful. I have been struggling all week to figure out why I am in pain again. As soon as I let go, I can feel my whole body relax and let go too. For me, the feeling of urgency that comes up in response to physical pain is so automatic, and leads directly to obsessive...

Thank you so much for your replies. Will take your thoughts deeply into consideration. It's fascinating to observe my own mind - some moments utterly convinced it is as described here, other moments sure there is something wrong with my spine and that I am a fool not to follow the doctor's...

Hi there - so helpful to explore the big questions here. I am struggling with sciatica and am currently in PT for it. I have been recommended to get an MRI for a likely herniated disk but I am very skeptical, as I fit well into the category of a person likely to have TMS - all the typical...