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  1. Cactusflower replied to the thread Relapse Recovery.

    What wonderful news Ellen. Please let us remind you again and again that you are so valued and loved here. Hope you have a wonderful...

    Dec 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM

  2. Cactusflower replied to the thread Day 8 Why would it be different?.

    Excellent and insightful post!

    Dec 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM

  3. Cactusflower replied to the thread Chronic pain.

    spot on Ellen! Ruminating and then trying to dig into emotions of rumination is just getting on the TMS hamster wheel. Explore the...

    Dec 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM

  4. Cactusflower liked Ellen's post in the thread Chronic pain.

    We TMSers are over thinkers. We can engage in a debate about whether or not our assessment of the state of our lives is objectively...

    Dec 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM

  5. Cactusflower replied to the thread I miss my life.

    This is what you are learning to do as you work through the SEP. The SEP isn't the end of your journey, it teaches you the skills to...

    Dec 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM

  6. Cactusflower replied to the thread I miss my life.

    @Mani You mentioned the other day that you had no stress in your life, but in the above post, you point out so many things that are...

    Dec 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM

  7. Cactusflower replied to the thread Travel actually went... fine?.

    Wonderful news!

    Dec 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM

  8. Cactusflower replied to the thread Nuance of self compassion and standing up to the negative thoughts.

    Of course it makes sense! Think about self-compassion as what you deserve for simply existing. That can be hard to define for ourselves,...

    Dec 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM

  9. Cactusflower liked JanAtheCPA's post in the thread How did you break your conditoned responses ? Any tips would be appreciated.

    1. Deep therapeutic breathing to engage the vagus nerve (easy to do, plenty of advice on the web) 2. Followed by rational self-talk to...

    Dec 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM

  10. Cactusflower liked Rusty Red's post in the thread Book talk - Molecules of Emotion, Candace Pert.

    So she worked on possible cures for AIDS and found the opiate receptor, but it also led her to work on the mindbody link, that the...

    Dec 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM

  11. Cactusflower replied to the thread Flare.

    @HealingNow You don't need a mantra, you don't need to "fix" this moment. It simply is what it is. You did NOTHING at all by "prodding"...

    Dec 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM

  12. Cactusflower replied to the thread Poetry.

    Fantastic! I definitely resonate with “our minds aren’t meant, to store the world inside” For myself it’s also heart and spirit. I’ve...

    Dec 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM

  13. Cactusflower replied to the thread Book talk - Molecules of Emotion, Candace Pert.

    You are leaving us dangling, @Rusty Red! What is so captivating about the book? What is the scientific premise?

    Dec 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM

  14. Cactusflower replied to the thread Flare.

    Personal suggestion: try to stop dissecting your pain as nerve pain into muscle. We understand that is what it feels like, but the...

    Dec 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM

  15. Cactusflower replied to the thread TMS lists.

    It's far less about the symptoms themselves and more about the situation they place you in. Write about how you feel to have to become...

    Dec 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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