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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    :) I completely agree! It's totally possible that once we process a particular traumatic event or piece of emotional baggage it opens a door to...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 6, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    My image of someone new coming to the TMS world is a person whose had little or no therapy and has spent little time exploring their emotions or...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 4, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    Good question, @Ellen. It is a rather ambiguous term. I made a feeble attempt at describing it in my original post: "For example, expressive...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 4, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    Well said!
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 4, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    I'd like to hear more view points too, @JanAtheCPA. So the reason I brought this up is there is some messaging inconsistency on the importance of...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 4, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    It's completely understandable why you might think that. :) It's a logical train of thought. And whose to say that in some cases there is an...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 3, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    I hadn't thought about that. But I suppose that could cause unrealistic expectations. I took me about 5 months to fully recover from my back...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 3, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    Yeah, it makes sense to me too, @Diana-M. Both of these TMS dudes have videos on Alexithymia: https://www.youtube.com/@thepainpt...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 2, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    Yeah. There seems to be a misconception that there's some magical hidden trauma or piece of emotional baggage, that once uncovered, will be the...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 2, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    I've also noticed this phenomenon with many of those who struggle, as well. When you start asking questions about what steps they're taking to...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 2, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery.

    Would love to hear your thoughts on deep emotional work and its' importance to recovery. 1) It's necessary, 2) It's not necessary, but a best...
    Thread by: Cap'n Spanky, Apr 2, 2025, 39 replies, in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Falling into despair over journaling

    I'm a big believer in deep-dive, expressive writing, like Nichole Sachs' JournalSpeak and similar. But I have also learned that journaling isn't...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Feb 10, 2025 in forum: Support Subforum
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    New with a question!

    Your worries are very normal, @BernieB. Almost of us who have recovered were worried at one time that our problem was structural. How to...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Feb 4, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    question about doubts

    Hi @okaoka - so sorry for the pain you are going through! Whenever you a google medical condition, there's a very good chance you will find some...
    Post by: Cap'n Spanky, Feb 3, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum