Recent content by Carma7

I'm new to the TMS wiki and found your post while searching the forums for hip-related issues. My story is quite similar and wonder how your situation has evolved?

Thank you for the reminder!!!

I appreciate your post @cap23 because it speaks to my issues around fear so well. I have severe osteoarthritis (not the same as RA, of course) but often think that while I intellectually believe it is TMS in reality, this might be different. I mean, this is a diagnosed structural deformity due...

I work at a school, too. Isn't amazing how having fun with kids often does the trick? And then back at the PC (and the phones, and the parents, yadda, yadda, yadda...) and there's a flare! (I think we all need to play more!)

Yes, absolutely! Although if I'm panicked about something I typically have pain. But if I'm happy/distracted sometimes I'll notice hours went by without a twinge (this was "before Sarno" LOL). Now that I'm aware of TMS and doing the work here, I seem to be hyper-focused (not in a good way) --...

As I've been journaling about past events, fear and shame are the emotions that dominate almost every memory. And if I'm understanding Dr. Sarno's teaching, then I'm guessing that the rage (about feeling fear and shame) is buried even deeper in my subconscious. So far, there's not been a lot of...

I've been very selective in who I tell about my TMS and the work I'm doing. My friends and family are all very different in their opinions and approaches to health/health care and, for now, I've chosen to share this piece with only a few people whom I'm sure will be supportive. I don't feel like...

I'm a couple of weeks into the SEP program and have definitely noticed the same thing. I don't always remember my dreams but the last few weeks I have been, and they are very dark and creepy. They don't seem to match what I'm consciously working through with the journaling, and I'm curious if...

So true! What IS this all about? LOL! Dinner went without a hitch, the girls helped prepare it and they actually ate everything on their plates. Best part of all is that it was decided we will do "Cooking Dinner With Nonni" once a week over summer vacation. In for the win!!

Today's question to think about asks if my pain has been moving around these past two weeks and if so, how has it affected my belief in the diagnosis. Actually, my pain consistently strikes in my hip and my leg. The location of the pain hasn't really moved around. But a couple of things that...

@NewBeginning I'm right there with you! I got my journaling mixed up on one of the days and did the Unsent Letter instead of Personality Trait. When I realized what I did, of course I went back and journaled on ...... "Perfectionism." You just have to laugh sometimes.....

Hi @Serend, I'm brand new here too, and my main issue is severe osteoarthritis of my hip. I've been dealing with the pain (everything from an "annoyance" to barely being able to walk) for about 5 or 6 years. I'm due for hip replacement surgery and have been stalling on that and postponing the...