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When I spoke to Dr David Hanscom the other day I brought up the conversation about the flareups that I get when doing graded exercise. He does know my story well and he did not share the same opinion as you that all flareups are due to repressed emotions. He said that my central nervous system...

Thanks Diana I have done Davids course as well and I tend to agree with him in my case. I admire in you the courage and thats is what David talks about. Awareness, connection and persistence. The only anomaly is in my situation is when I go through emotional situations it doesnt seem to make...

I have gone back and experienced events of my childhood as it was then in a somatic experiencing therapy way however I am not saying more could not be done there.

thank you I will check these out and I agree with you about the pain scale. It is difficult as there seems to be many different theories and ways of getting better. I was speaking with Dr David Hanscom the other day and he was saying not to keep going back and re-visiting the past is that just...

Hi Diana, you sent me a link to one of his other videos and I watched it and it was really good so I have been following him since. I will check this out as well thanks.

Thanks Diana this was really supportive and helpful. I can resonate with it especially with not being able to work and having no purpose etc. I was talking with David Hanscom the other day and he said all of this exploring repressed emotions and thinking psychologically is working against me I...

The swimming example was just an example this happens in everything I do whether it be sitting, walking or standing. The longer that I do it the worse the pain gets and even when I increase the amount of time I can do something it never changes the pain. The baseline of the pain that I...

Thank you Diana I will have a look at it :) and I am just about to get back to Jans post.

Thanks JanAtheCPA I have nearly finished the SEP course and am trying to get into a practitioner. I do know how to show vulnerability I was more talking about specifically in the swimming situation what you classify as vulnerability as it seems to be different with different people? I see it...

Thats a really good way of going about it and I will try and adopt it. I certainly do not want to be sad the TMS Brian just keeps telling me its impossible to find joy in this much pain because the pain is constant and unrelenting. It is never not there trying to rob me of my joy

Today's task is to post about self-care and having fun and the importance of it. my problem is that the pain levels have got to such an extreme that I cant find anything that I find joy in. I have been going through this more than twenty six years and I have had many things that I have enjoyed...

Thanks Jen I am just unclear on where to show the vulnerability in this situation. In the past I have pushed through and said this is just TMS however it has always made me physically worse.

Thank you When I am experiencing the fear or anxiety I try not to struggle to overcome it will force my way through it I just try to have an awareness of it without judging it. And then if it is the case that my brain is judging it I try and be aware of that also. I only stopped the swimming...

thank you Jan can I give you an example and get your opinion on it then? I wanted to try swimming as an exercise to get back into and get fit. The pain levels that I am in after many years of it worsening are very high so I decided on a plan to gradually increase my laps. I started going to the...