Recent content by dlane2530

True indeed.

Thanks! Ah, well, maybe I shouldn't have deleted it. I feel shame sometimes after I post and then sometimes I think that it's better not to have posted so as not to put myself into a vulnerability cycle. But yes, it did help to write it out! Thank you. And of course now I'm thinking I wish I had...

Deleting bc I think I just needed to write it out to understand. Thanks!

Just messaged you!

Thank you!! That realization led to quite a backlash for a few days! But coming out of it now and feeling better than ever.

Thanks, Cactusflower! I've had more pain again today, which is unsurprising after a breakthrough. I love this: "They are a coping mechanism to control the unknown."

Thanks!

Been working on it since 2009!

Thanks, Diana! It's called Skipping School. (So happy to hear your hands have been loosening!)

Thanks, Jan!

I've had so much success in the past year using allowing and other techniques with TMS. Slow and steady. Yay! Now I've learned another lesson: Telling yourself that you should never adjust anything can also be a presentation of TMS perfectionism! Saying to myself, "This is the normal thing...

I don't know why I'm even posting...I know d*mn well it's the symptom imperative. Lo and behold, eyestrain improves from getting a nice new monitor -- now we need something else...

You cannot get burning and tingling in your hands and forearms from just changing keyboards. You can't get these things from just a few hours on a new keyboard. It must be TMS. It's hard, guys, because I had this for 5 years so badly (docs: "It shouldn't be like this" and "Everything checks out...

Thank you so much, Adam! Yeah, I think the nerves must have been a big part of it. It feels like danger, you know? Thanks for helping me remember that I did some things well here.