Recent content by Cactusflower

Perhaps the hip is more in pain because of a few things: Predictive coding - you have experienced the pain and now it's hard to let go of it. You are expecting it, and you search for it. You might not even be aware of this because of course 85% of what goes on in the brain is under the radar. I...

@Rosebud1941 The "tension" is not necessarily what is happening now. You are fully aware that the heat is an annoyance. It may have contributed to your "tension" but there is much more going on under the surface of your stress. Why would you not feel the physical pain of annoyance to heat at...

@Kira790 It might help you to know that a few years ago Dan Buglio reported having a similar surgery. He was just fine, and als talked a bit about managing some fear by allowing things without dwelling on them.

I'm so sorry @BloodMoon best wishes for all positive outcomes.

There are different ways of understanding TMS. Predominantly it is fear based, since you are already doing psychological work, focusing on the fear by utilizing the principals of PRT may be very beneficial. In essence, you are already probably doing half the work so don't sweat doing a little...

Rest assured that TMS is not a death sentence, it is exactly the opposite, but at first it can seem frighteningly overwhelming. Instead of putting your wellness in the hands of someone else eg. a Doctor etc, it lands in your lap. Which for someone who is stressed and overwhelmed and is seeing...

I have had scans, and MRI's. In the past, they showed what Dr. Sarno called "normal abnormalities" some of which might cause pain from time to time. The last time I had a scan, I had a multitude of "abnormalities" listed by the technician. However, when the neurosurgeon read the MRI he stated...

Hi @gthaler The people on this website, in general are all simply TMS-ers. We are not professionals and we interact here on this forum. That said, a few folks are TMS coaches or professionals and they do take appointments virtually or by phone for a fee. Depending on where you live, there are...

There are two TMS folks who specialize in athletes: Charlie Merrill who is a PT specifically for competitive athletes through the lens of TMS (there are great interviews with him on Youtube), and Jessica who has a website called the Pain Free Athlete. She has a lot of personal experience, as a...

@invincible You are going through it, but I think we sometimes have to go through the things we haven't dealt with to get to the other side. As for your friend, we make mistakes and others have boundaries - and within that realm we need to find forgiveness towards ourselves for simply being...

Find a way to get excited about your vacation! I make a list of all kinds of things before we go away: things I want to do, things he might enjoy but most likely isn't aware of, restaurants, food we'll take, any entertainment or friends we could see. I choose a favorite outfit for one dinner...

Choice. This is a very clear tenant of Clair Weekes. Did you read any of her little books? "My brain is a kamikaze pilot" - that's anxiety, and it's not about the thoughts, it's about you JUDGING yourself for having those thoughts, it's about the hampster wheel of a busy mind which constantly...

@Mani I think it's less about being deeply insecure than it is about JUDGING yourself for the insecurity. One thing that really helped me is to constantly repeat that other peoples thoughts and judgements about myself are not true. Heck, my own thoughts and judgements towards myself aren't...

@Fal I hope this is just a down day for you, and that you are going to re-read what you've written and see the despair and the sense of being abandoned. There are ways to begin feeling better within the things you have going on, and it might be slow. I wear a night splint, and I also wear it...

"I was in a similar situation 2 years ago and i tried to get on with life but i was stopped in my tracks by the tms. I need to do something differently this time around. Dont quite know what it will be." "Getting on with my life" was BEFORE you really knew more about TMS. You tried getting on...