Recent content by elizabethswan

Hi all, I'm currently in an interesting situation, which helps me prove more and more to myself that my pain is coming from my brain, but the pain won't seem to get past the next hurdle. About a month ago my brain became obsessed with my own fear of mortality, its all I could think about for...

Thanks so much for the advice! I will definitely look into these

Hi All I've been at this TMS journey for a few months now and I feel like somehow in just a few short days I am regressing to the pain levels I felt when I first started this journey. I am struggling with the anger associated from not getting better, which is also increasing doubt in the...

I have hit sort of a reversal with my TMS progress. I thought I was doing really well, I was in progress on the structured education program, I felt like I had control over my emotions and how I was reacting to my back pain, and I felt like it was bothering me less on a day to day basis...

Really great advice!! I really think stress is the biggest factor for me and I’m currently experiencing an increase in pain so thanks for the advice to get me back into focusing on what is causing the stress rather than thinking structurally about the pain

I just read a success story by Armchair Linguist and parts of it really resonate. "I stopped having knee pain and my upper-back pain has receded a great deal. I still get it some, perhaps because it seems “legitimate” to me to be tense there." This really resonates with me because I have the...

Definitely know that I need to fully accept the diagnosis to heal. I wasn't seeing a lot of "tight low back" posting on here so just wanted to see if anyone had that experience and could share some insights and words of encouragement.

This is a really great point, thank you so much for sharing!

I have a very stressful job, which can sometimes mean, when it's not stressful and I want to give myself a mental break, I feel bad about it. I find myself worrying that I'm not doing enough, even though my body and my mind is clearly telling me I need a break and some rest. In the name of...

Are you having success at recognizing the emotions connected to your pain? If you have, how do these emotions make you feel? If not, what do you think is preventing you from doing this? I think in the back of my mind I was/maybe still am struggling with this a bit because my pain is constant...