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Bodhigirl
My journey into TMS began when I was very small. I would become anxious about going to school and cook up symptoms like stomach pain. It was real to me and it got the desired effect from my mom.
I have had a series of diagnoses that brought me to John Sarno's work. My orthopedist suggested his work nearly 20 years ago when I went to him for knee pain. Another surgeon wanted to do surgery. My doctor said, "You've probably had this tear for years, probably have one in the other knee. Read John Sarno and see what's going on with you emotionally."
I bought the book but didn't read it.
Years later, my back 'went out' while vacationing in the south of France. Severe, debilitating pain. I couldn't walk. A friend reminded me of Sarno's work and I was willing to read it. I rested, I read, and the pain remitted.
I have since done years of clinical hypnosis combined with somatic experiencing, Rolfing, Schubiner's workbook, 12 step programs... I have worked with many people who have suffered TMS but weren't ready to feel the feelings beneath the symptoms.
I have long had a fascination with the ego/brain connection and it was in the journey through my own body that I was lead to a healing place. It's a one day at a time healing... not a permanent cure but I have come to accept it.
I have a mostly loving and slightly comedic relationship to my symptoms today. Now and then they can flare up and scare me but for the most part, it's an intercommuncation system between my conscious mind, body, and my unconscious, which in my experience is vast and limitless.
There's always more to learn.
I have had a series of diagnoses that brought me to John Sarno's work. My orthopedist suggested his work nearly 20 years ago when I went to him for knee pain. Another surgeon wanted to do surgery. My doctor said, "You've probably had this tear for years, probably have one in the other knee. Read John Sarno and see what's going on with you emotionally."
I bought the book but didn't read it.
Years later, my back 'went out' while vacationing in the south of France. Severe, debilitating pain. I couldn't walk. A friend reminded me of Sarno's work and I was willing to read it. I rested, I read, and the pain remitted.
I have since done years of clinical hypnosis combined with somatic experiencing, Rolfing, Schubiner's workbook, 12 step programs... I have worked with many people who have suffered TMS but weren't ready to feel the feelings beneath the symptoms.
I have long had a fascination with the ego/brain connection and it was in the journey through my own body that I was lead to a healing place. It's a one day at a time healing... not a permanent cure but I have come to accept it.
I have a mostly loving and slightly comedic relationship to my symptoms today. Now and then they can flare up and scare me but for the most part, it's an intercommuncation system between my conscious mind, body, and my unconscious, which in my experience is vast and limitless.
There's always more to learn.
- Diagnoses
- IC, migraines, hip, neck and back pain, gastrointestinal illness
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- psychotherapist
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