Recent content by EricFeelsThisWay

Mine went away. Relax, wait it out, don’t focus on it, make lifestyle changes if you need to, focus on your emotions and your personal issues rather than your physical symptoms.

I can absolutely relate. It’s been 7 years of chronic back pain with no continual relief despite accepting the condition, doing the reading, journaling, minimizing stress in my life etc..... In my experience the only time physical symptoms dissipate is when my AFFLICTIVE EMOTIONS threaten my...

There must be something about going to the gym that your subconscious brain doesn’t want you to acknowledge. For me, it’s the feeling of “Why do I have to compare myself to all these other people whose bodies are nicer than mine?” There’s A LOT of inferiority, inadequacy, incompetence...

Great post. Thank you.

The terms “practical” and “beat” imply that there’s something we have to DO in order to start feeling kinder to ourselves. But TMS-era are consummate do-ers. They’re great at getting things accomplished, not so great at letting go, relaxing, loosening to grip of self-criticism. Having said...

I spent thousands of dollars on chiropractor, acupuncture, physical therapy, Dr’s visits, massages, personal training, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy.....so yea I def have resentment. However what I will say is that knowing my issues are emotional in nature has kept me away from traditional...

I would imagine your anger/disappointment/hurt/fill-in-the-blank emotion tvwrsjng your current situation is fraying just below the surface, but is intolerable to you to feel, which warrants the pain sensation as a distraction. When the emotions come to the forefront and are now “real”, the...

Can you explain more of what focal dystonia is? I’m a musician too and I’m curious. Hesitant to ask as these kinds of conditions have a contagious nature :-/ But here we go.

I'm tempted to say that because pain is a subjective experience, everyone's pain is different. There's always an emotion component to my physical pain, even if I don't want to admit it.

Hi guys, I usually get back pain after the gym that I define as "soreness" but I know it's really TMS in disguise. Was wondering if anyone else experiences that and can add some kernels of wisdom. I'm pretty good at repeating to myself the TMS self-talk: -Your pain started at the gym years...

That's an excellent book. I also really recommend "Healing Developmental Trauma". I've read it a couple times and it's the most in-depth approach to the day-to-day traumas that many TMS-ers seem to suffer from. They have a specialized therapy treatment based in LA I believe that is very...

I was on Wellbutrin for about 9 months and it did nothing to alleviate the physical pain, but it helped in restructuring my emotional response to the pain. So instead of thinking, "I'm in pain, and I"m so frustrated about it, and my day is ruined," I would think, "I'm in pain, but I know that if...

[QUOTE="Bodhigirl, post: 84178, member: 3060"I am usually kind to my brain. "I know... you're scared. Angry. Stressed... feel the feelings, ok? Feel them instead of hurting, ok?" I like this one the best. I'm not a fan of cursing at my pain (although I'm sure it works fine for some people)...

I get pain flair-ups when I sit (or stay in the same place for too long). Interestingly enough, I can be engaged in an activity like writing or chopping vegetables or wrapping a present or WHATEVER, and I don't have any pain UNTIL my conscious awareness turns to my memory that sometimes my pain...