Recent content by gitch

I think the part that it's easy to miss (which perhaps explains the lack of replies to my original post) is that, just because the signal our body sends us is physical pain, that doesn't mean the intent behind the original message is a bad one. Most people can relate to the concept of "gut...

I did a gratitude post the other day, as my embracing of mind/body health has really transformed my health and my entire life. Today, I had a revelation about TMS which may or may not resonate with some of you. I'm actually grateful when I get TMS now, because it's a sign that I'm not at all...

I wanted to make a post here to express some gratitude to a couple of you who helped me immensely earlier this year. @plum and @Baseball65 I came here with aspirations of treating my ulcerative colitis at a mind level, as I was convinced it and other health issues I was experiencing were the...

I'm interested to know how you reconcile those two differences. On one hand, as you say, nature thrives when left alone (and in fact, the planet will do just fine without us) yet on the other hand, someone wants to 'tame' it and make it look 'ordered'. Do you not get a sense, when you're...

Thanks to your help, @plum, I have been exploring spirituality this week. I started watching videos on Monday night, which kind of confused me more and in a way, added to my stress, so on Tuesday night I decided I would step back a bit and follow the path I had taken on Monday, just following my...

You guys know my shortcomings better than I do. That's why I love communities like this. I have done exactly what @plum suggests, and dismissed spirituality all my life because i always associated it with religion, which I don't subscribe to. I've done I don't know how many self-improvement...

I watched a lot about 'mind/body health' last year. I'm now at the point where that term is meaningless to me. Because we are one integrated being, not a mind separate from a body. People like Dr Sarno, Dr Lissa Rankin, Marisa Peer and Bruce Lipton all discuss slightly different approaches to...

Hi all I've had my share of TMS experiences over the years - notably, extreme back pain, which later turned into shoulder pain then jaw pain. I've also witnessed related behaviours on my immediate family, and coached my brother out of it using some of the concepts in Dr. Sarno's book, on one...

Hi all. I've been here on and off over the past year, since discovering Healing Back Pain and conquering some pretty nasty nocturnal back and rib pain, as well as an inability to sit down for any reasonable length of time. Apart from the occasional battle during sleeping, I've been largely...

I felt the earthquake pretty heavily, but there was no damage where I am, thankfully. I am pretty sure I have established the cause of this recent relapse. Last night I had a dream about someone who left my workplace a short time ago, and woke up in the middle of it feeling close to tears. I...

I don't really have a lot to add, other than to say I am facing the exact same dilemma. Physical use of my back during the day seems to increase the likelihood of experiencing TMS symptoms in my back when I sleep. If I do no exercise, the pain doesn't exist. I've done a post about it recently...