Recent content by cindy

It's been a long time since I've been here, but I figured that I'd share the happy news that the reason for my absence is because I've pretty much returned back to normal function. Three years ago, I slept with braces on both my wrists and could not type for longer than 5 minutes without...

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Other than the level of pain I experience? o_O The first thing that comes to mind is: my financial situation. I'm doing alright for a 25 year-old but my TMS has hampered my ability to work my main job as a writer for a while, so the cash flow has slowed. But I'm making ends meet and inching...

Lots of regret at my past actions Feeling wronged or abandoned (and the anger that comes with it) Feeling misunderstood, misjudged, undervalued, or disrespected (and the anger that comes with it) I took a few days off of the program. I was beginning to feel overwhelmed by the constant emotional...

Forest, Your point in the video about always being 'activated' really resonated with me. My anxiety-rooted emotional patterns are so deeply ingrained from years and years of reinforcement that it is very easy to not be aware of the constant effort I put into keeping my mind occupied at all...

I think it takes a while to assimilate the ideas if you are initially skeptical. I'm only now getting to a point where all my doubs are erased and I've been at the educational program for over two weeks. My pain has probably gone down 40-50 percent at this point. It's exciting to read about...

Making and re-making my lists after reading 'The Divided Mind' really made clear what needed to be on there. Like you, piano was one of the things I loved that I had to give up when my wrist pain got out of control. I'm happy to say that today, on day 16, I sat at my piano for about an hour and...

Leslie, I have the same fear of asking for help. It is very difficult for me to involve others in my inner world and be vulnerable in a group. It's why I always hated going to church as a child, and why I can't bring myself to attend an al-anon meeting, even though I probably need to to get...

I was walking my dogs yesterday and noticed that the sun had just barely finished setting. As a result it had just barely begun to get dark outside. I realized that I love that moment in the day, and was reminded of playing outside until dark when I was a kid. I felt grateful for being present...

One of the main symptoms of my RSI is a constant (hundreds of times a day) cracking and popping of the joints in my wrists and hands (I also crack and pop all over my upper body) that gets significantly worse with flare-ups. Does / has anyone else experienced this, and most importantly, did you...

I can relate to this success story. We share two key things in common: an RSI diagnosis, and an onset of symptoms in college. The truth is that I had hints of symptoms back in high school when I experienced IBS-related issues during extremely emotionally stressful times. But late in my...