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All wonderful news....you are almost done with this hard part....stay with it and keep us posted.....you encourage us !

None of this is easy!

The next step is turning your thoughts away from the fearful, worrisome ideas that keep popping into your mind....replacing them with thoughts that you are fine, safe, nothing is wrong based on all the tests you have had that proved this....talk to your brain....

Hard as it is...and it is hard....it must be done....otherwise you will be tortured with constant what ifs, maybes, could bes, etc. and if you leave one stone unturned all the other tests that turned out negative won't matter because you will be consumed with the one you didn't do....

You are doing the "do diligence" necessary....the first step....nerve wracking at best....but necessary! I do think you have to be prepared that when you have done everything prescribed you will put it to bed....and turn your attention and energies to the next step in the TMS program....hard as...

All good news.....when you get all your results and nothing adverse shows up you can turn your attention to letting go and working on changing your thinking ....knowing nothing is physically wrong will help....

This is so hard!

Get tested....then when anything structural or physical is ruled out it will make the TMS Diagnosis much easier to accept....this is the rule anyway....new problems have to be evaluated first....most things are ruled out as nothing....we TMS people do a lot of testing which proves to be...

AlyssaCa, Glad you came across Dr. Sarno's work and this forum. Now you will not feel so alone in your journey with TMS. Enjoyed reading your story....very similar to my own....different symptoms but same idea. All consuming fear and constant worry are the devils that keep us suffering! I...

I do believe you are right....and I am giving it my best effort! It is scary though to let go of long held beliefs and drift out into unchartered waters.....I have seen a psychologist a few times...not sure this is for me but one thing he did say that resonated was habits are very hard to break...

Thank you for the links for self-soothing.....I will put several of the suggestions into practice. I am struggling with accepting TMS 100 0/0 as my reason for pain, constipation and anxiety....I too have that little nagging voice in my head that says there has to be a physical reason for...

How do you do self-soothing?

Thank you!

Lizzy.....thank you for your response. This is the hardest thing I have ever tried doing! Steve is a beacon of hope....a wonderful success story! I have to extinguish that last little doubt if I am to move forward....

I have suffered many painful conditions over the years that went away.....without any realization of what was causing them....now I believe they were TMS....this latest episode ( pelvic pain/anxiety) is the worst....mainly because it has just about shut my life down....I am presently reading...