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    Day 1

    "Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I set out walking and just carried on through the hip pain." Ahhh, this pointing in the direction of...
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    New Symptom: Extreme Hunger and Insomnia — I Need Help!

    "Around the same time, however, I was hit with an unusually intense hunger." Oh, it's a symptom all right. I think it's quite TMS-y. We derive...
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Day 6 My fears

    6. Being abandoned because I’m sick. My partner might stop seeing value in me. My parents might stop seeing value in me. My friends might not want...
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Flonase, tho?

    Your doc is amazing! He’s forcing you off the “crutches” us TMS-ers tend to use to cope instead of coping through emotion and acceptance. You will...
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Paused SEP, doing work with therapist

    You certainly have an excellent grasp of Sarno! Keep doing the good work and hang tight!!
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    I’ve begun openly discussing TMS with people

    I don’t often mention it. Most folks nod, discuss it and brush it off. Doing the “work” impacts their habitual lifestyles and they aren’t ready or...
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Day 1

    “food intolerance tests done and all results have been different” Inconsistencies are most often a finger point to TMS. We often chase “testing”...
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    New here and trying to escape pain, obsession and despair

    Yes! Sarno states that we are to focus on the psychological!
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Stand Up to the Inner Bully

    Angry rant is why we journal personally and then tear it up and throw it away. Nobody else sees it, nobody is offended by spilling our nastiest...
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Have a great time!!

    Have a great time!!
    Profile Post Comment by Cactusflower, May 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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    Visceral pain, reflux & TMS? (Long, but I’d love your input)

    @Marie A. I never had a TMS diagnoses but I have had some Medical diagnoses. Some are possibly "real" but some are not. One is Dysautonomia. I see...
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    How do you approach the co-occurring psychological symptoms? (e.g. anxiety, obsessive thoughts, and

    “while practising.” It IS practice! There is no perfect or right way to meditate. Your mind gets pulled away a thousand times, that is normal....
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Visceral pain, reflux & TMS? (Long, but I’d love your input)

    “visceral/oesophageal hypersensitivity'? ” This actually screams TMS, especially if you’ve had a time in your life without these symptoms.
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM in forum: Support Subforum
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    How do you approach the co-occurring psychological symptoms? (e.g. anxiety, obsessive thoughts, and

    I think a big key to learning to work with the nervous system is understanding that although external things can effect it, it is internal things...
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Athletic addiction (well, any addiction)

    You need to read the article to understand the difference between “activity” and what can drive athleticism.
    Post by: Cactusflower, May 15, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum