1. Alan has completed the new Pain Recovery Program. To read or share it, use this updated link: https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/painrecovery/
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
Our TMS drop-in chat is tomorrow (Saturday) from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Eastern (***NOTE*** now on US Daylight Time). It's a great way to get quick and interactive peer support, with Bonnard as your host. Look for the red Chat flag on top of the menu bar!

Recent Content by Ellen

  1. Ellen
    Post

    Day 3 Update on advances and also some questions :)

    I should add that expressing emotions through journaling is a technique that many people find useful.
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 23, 2024 at 10:51 AM in forum: Structured Educational Program
  2. Ellen
    Post

    Day 3 Update on advances and also some questions :)

    This is a good question. The goal is awareness of unconscious emotions. Making the unknown known, so to speak. If you are aware of the anger you...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 23, 2024 at 9:30 AM in forum: Structured Educational Program
  3. Ellen
    Post

    Day 8 The emotions connected to pain

    Yes! It's a journey of self exploration and knowledge with the payoff of release from our TMS symptoms.
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 21, 2024 at 12:33 PM in forum: Structured Educational Program
  4. Ellen
    Post

    Day 8 The emotions connected to pain

    Because we're dealing with something as complex and intangible as the human psyche, it is difficult to pinpoint the precise mechanism at play in...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 20, 2024 at 11:11 AM in forum: Structured Educational Program
  5. Ellen
    Post

    Pain caused during sleep?

    Congratulations on the birth of your baby boy! It's interesting to me that you haven't mentioned you were expecting a child. Being a parent is...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 19, 2024 in forum: Support Subforum
  6. Ellen
    Post

    Addicted to this forum: good or bad?

    The TMS approach is not supported in any way by 99.9% of the information that is out there. So participation in this Forum is one of only a...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 19, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
  7. Ellen
    Post

    As part of getting back to normal life, should you push through pain?

    I think a consistent element is to not focus on the body so much. My TMS disappears when I'm not watching it. Time goes by and then I notice that...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 18, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
  8. Ellen
    Post

    Question about tireness.

    This depends on the reason for your tiredness. If you have difficulty sleeping at night, the advice is to not nap so you will feel sleepy enough...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 18, 2024 in forum: Support Subforum
  9. Ellen
    Post

    Day 19

    Great evidence list! Our TMS symptoms do not hold up when we evaluate them with rational, logical thinking.
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 18, 2024 in forum: Alan Gordon TMS Recovery Program
  10. Ellen
    Post

    Day 10 Reduction in Fear

    Congratulations on making so much progress and having important insights after only 10 days. Realizing that you're becoming perfectionistic about...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 18, 2024 in forum: Structured Educational Program
  11. Ellen
    Post

    What is the theory behind more unusual symptoms?

    I'm not sure about TMS, but we know now that trauma can be inherited due to the science of epigenetics. There have been studies that show the...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 17, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
  12. Ellen
    Post

    repression of feelings in TMS

    There are levels of understanding and self knowledge. I think you could benefit from exploring why your self esteem is so linked to your height...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 17, 2024 in forum: Alan Gordon TMS Recovery Program
  13. Ellen
    Post

    As part of getting back to normal life, should you push through pain?

    For me it depends on how certain I am that the source of the pain is TMS. When I'm certain, I talk to my brain, and say "nice try, but you're not...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 17, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
  14. Ellen
    Post

    Setback...

    I used to be a big people pleaser, and I learned fairly recently that this is a common coping mechanism that we can develop in childhood because...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 15, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
  15. Ellen
    Post

    What is the theory behind more unusual symptoms?

    Oxygen deprivation is an old theory that is no longer considered to be accurate. Current theory is that the brain, through the autonomic nervous...
    Post by: Ellen, Apr 15, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum