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I am getting closer to full acceptance of my pain being TMS. As I get myself active again my only fear is an increased risk of an actual injury. Are Oxygen deprived muscles more tense/stiff, making me more likely to really pull/strain a muscle while exercising? If I feel like I pull something...

after 3 months of writing and meditating almost every day I am really beginning to accept this is TMS. I have had low back and butt pain for about 2 months. I have a couple good days a week and those good days are getting better. I have occasional days with virtually no pain at all. The...

in the 21 day program Alan Gordon has a systematic desensitization meditation where you observe your breath then your pain and keep going back and forth. I find it quite helpful but it is only like 6 min long. Does anyone know of a guided meditation just like this that longer? Thanks

Hi Anne, Thank you so much for your reply. It’s so easy to know the importance of not TRYING to heal but so hard to do sometimes. I know I was extra tuned into my pain today, wondering how it would feel after some exercise. I think I read about so many people who are either stuck or heal very...

so I have been doing the work for around 3 months now. My pain which began as upper back and chest pain moved into my lower back/ butt about 6 weeks ago. I have had some days that are better than others but most days are pretty bad. Sometimes it’s concentrated in my lower back and sometimes...

Thanks. I have not read Facing the Fire but will check it out. I’m just having trouble right now believing this could all be TMS. I’m having referred pain to my lower left back when I touch my left buttock and diahrea off and on for a week. I know I’m stressed. And I can sense there’s some...

For the first time I truly feel like I can’t go on. Since beginning doing the TMS work 8 weeks or so ago I have had ups and down but was hopeful over all. Since my lower back started hurting over the weekend on vacation I have slowly been getting worse. I have stopped exercising. I have been...

Thanks for the reply. What your saying makes a lot of sense. I have had pain come on during vacation before but usually it’s something I was having off and on anyways. This time the low back pain really caught me off guard. And after a day back at work it’s still hurting pretty bad. Of...

I have had TMS symptoms for a few years. Mostly upper back/neck pain and pelvic pain. I have had many other symptoms though and some periods of very little pain. About 7 weeks ago it all got really bad right at the end of a week off from work. I got a TMS diagnosis from a TMS doctor and...