Recent content by Bonnard

Hey there @okaoka There is one phrase that is simple and can be devastating to someone tryin' to make some progress with TMS-style issues. That phrase is "Yes, but...." Just something for you to think about--it seems to be creeping in to a lot of your above posts. Wishing you well!

Thanks @Ellen & @BloodMoon much appreciated! I knew what to expect when I watched that video--came out with 10 of 10. The one or two I was quibbling with, not sure what to answer--I could watch myself starting to try to minimize what actually happened to me and within me. The cool (fun to...

Hi there @Jake , Just a reminder on "think pyschologically, not physically." From your post, it's all physical symptoms and how they're manifesting and affecting you. That's exactly the distraction that TMS provides, right? The trap. What about stuff that's just weighing on you; new...

I think mold situations have so many of the classic TMS kind of warning signs. These kinds of things can be really problematic for us TMSers: >Some validity that our brains can point to; our keyboards can go WebMDing, or MoldMD or some other site. Dr. Google Mold; questions can go out to...

Hi all, Following up here: Rachel Zoffness has an excellent interview that just came out from the show Hidden Brain (host/interviewer is Shankar Vedantam). She speaks so clearly to the point that pain is a warning signal produced by our brain and that the brain essentially decides what pain...

- “There is no epidemic of back pain in Asia. Do Americans have weaker spines? No – just shorter deadlines to meet” (pg. 139). Thanks for these quotations! The shorter deadlines can apply to one individual, where pain starts when responsibilities and pressures increase, then subsides as the...

Sarno wrote about this quite a bit. He talked about stuff we push down b/c it's inappropriate to express it. Like being disappointed and depressed over getting a new job--or a new hobby. He talked a lot about resenting one's own kids. There's a corollary here--how do you express frustration over...

Here it is! Finally. Thanks, Jan, for highlighting an article that provides some kind of answer to that persistent, seemingly never-to-fully-go-away question. "I have xxxx weird symptom. And maybe even this other oddity going on. Could this possibly be TMS?? I really don't think so. Nah, no...

Hi @Logan Cale, I followed up by asking ChatGPT to develop a brief (two paragraphs max.) response to your post--with the assumption that this is 100% TMS. This is the response provided by ChatGPT: What you describe sounds absolutely classic TMS to me. In Sarno’s world, the inconsistency is...

Based on Dr. Sarno's writings, just uncovering and feeling the emotions can be enough because it can eliminate the need for our brains to throw out symptoms as a distraction. If we feel the stuff we're repressing, and we're fine, it stops that panic that we can't deal with that stuff at all...

That's the beauty (one of so many!) in all of this. You ARE worthy. We all are. Each of us has our own experiences that are worth sharing (need to be shared, really) so others can get the help they need. We help others and help ourselves at the same time. There are folks out there who will...

This is such a caring and beautiful post--thank you. Several lines really hit me, so I'm going to take the liberty of pulling each out and commenting! Yes. More of this. Longtime members can't be isolated and alone when symptoms and really difficult stuff shows up. And, let's break the...

Oh, wow, @BloodMoon I didn't catch that AI developed that list--missed reading that first part of your post. Very interesting. The list was kinda complex and straightforward as well (if that makes any sense :)) in the way it was written, but I figured you must've put some time and thought into...

Thank you! This is such a great and helpful list. It can be really frustrating at times, and seeing a list like this breaks it down in a good way for me. This is so true as well! :

I saw Dan Buglio talk about that--here's the video link: I think it sounds good and seems like maybe it would make sense. But, if there's one thing that's screaming from the forum--on a daily or weekly basis--it's that TMS shows up in a wide variety of ways. All sorts of symptoms (even for the...