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I was successful in following the recovery programs on this site, after reading Healing Back Pain and The Divided Mind. In 2011 I injured my back and over the course of a year it became chronically worse. I tried Chiro, physio, pills, traction, acupuncture, massage. My life was revolved around...

Well, I'm halfway through the program! When I started on Day 1 I was crippled with sciatic leg pain and lower back pain. All I could do was lie on the floor helplessly and it was an excruciating effort to get up and use the washroom or go to bed. I could barely get into my car and I had to drive...

Still going strong in the structured education program. I have a thought on pressure and anxiety. I have come to believe that pressure triggers all sorts of anxiety inside me and causes TMS symptoms. I've been very successful dealing with past emotional trauma and removing fear and concern, but...

It's been about four weeks since I first learned about TMS. I've read Healing Back Pain twice. Listened to the audiobook versions of The Divided Mind and The Mindbody Prescription. The first week of the structured program saw the pain shift, get better, then get worse at times. All in all, it...

I'd just like to add that the most helpful things for me have been the journaling, removing all doubt and fear, and every time I feel symptoms I listen to Alan's talk with Christy about outcome independence. That chat snippet can literally make my symptoms disappear within a minute or two.

wow!!!!! Yesterday, on Day 13 of the program and I was able to drive 8 hours with no symptoms. A bit of pain at night, but nothing to it! For a bit of perspective: Three weeks ago I couldn't even drive for five minutes across town to a chiropractor, without an elaborate effort of slowly...

I have reached Day 8 of the structured program and its been quite a journey so far of self doubt and self discovery. The pain that will go unnamed has made a comeback on certain days, only to vanish on other days. The sciatic spasms have turned into ear aches (on either ear) and wrist pain and...

I should also add a final note that I may have omitted - I quit all my painkillers, ice and chiropractic sessions. My chiropractor called me panicking and trying to rope me back in saying I had "classic disc" issues. Oddly, the rest of the day I had pain, probably because I was thinking about...

I might add that one huge tell for me that I have TMS - last weekend, after I had finished Sarnos book, I was getting ready to leave the house and I had a bit of weakness in my left leg and I slipped on my floor and literally fell down my stairs HARD on my back. A week ago such a fall would have...