Recent content by GoneSplit

I'm 100% aware of the fact that I am causing the pain myself. Whenever I rest for a few days, and see a reduction, I will do something that makes it come back again. It's like a compulsion. In the moment, I have some conviction that I should be doing what I am doing. Only afterwards is it...

Moved back home in June. Both good and bad. I'm trying to remake my life. That was essentially the cause of all of this. It's difficult to change. The symptoms scares me sometimes. It feels like I'm going mad. It's tough.

This is going quite well. Symptoms stick around, but I forget about them sometimes. I am out running a few times a week, helping around the house (still living in with relatives), out cycling doing errands, and working six hours a day. I take a morning walk, another before lunch and then a last...

Hi jula. I share some similarities with your case. There is a book "Hope and Help for Your Nerves" by Dr. Claire Weekes. I found it to contain a lot of useful and hopeful tidbits.

I tell myself "there is nothing here that is the cause of my anxiety" over and over when my awareness of symptoms is high, so that I don't escalate into panic. Very effective. (Did not mention it in the first post, but I had a lot of panic attacks initially.)

The last couple of days I have noticed how anchoring the sensations to a particular event, even, makes them much easier to handle. For example, I have watched a video today that would make me go into a panic if I don't watch myself. The subject of it is that which I believe was a major cause of...

I have experienced, in the last few days, sort-of intrusive thoughts which I then respond to anxiety from, because I am second-guessing myself or having doubts. I barely notice the thought itself, but the anxiety makes me think "hey, what was I thinking just now". At first I thought about how I...

The brain is really clever at creating distractions at every turn. This morning it has been anxiety over truly minor mundane tasks. All to distract from the things I need to deal with and resolve. Don't let TMS get to you, folks. Keep your focus. And don't let your TMS work become part of your...

Thank you for your support. It really means a lot. I was living without acknowledging my emotions for most of my life, and now my body is overwhelming me with it. I felt a lot of anger during the later part of today. It's a rumbling stomach and a hot head. I didn't know what it was at first...

I didn't continue acting on this anxiety, and it eventually turned to a rumbling anger in my stomach, no doubt due to me giving into fear in the first place. But at least I am identifying emotions now. That is, connecting the manifestations with what I actually feel. Baby steps I guess.

I think I just need to step back when I notice it, and talk to myself, ask questions like what am I feeling, how am I responding. Go slowly. Edit: This behavior is responding to fear with fear. It's not a behavior I want to reinforce.

I was writing a response to a thread here, when I noticed the anxiety manifesting as chest pain. The thread was about depression, asking whether anyone has had depression "due to TMS". I tried making my case for it, because the experiences I have had tells me the theory is real. I think my fear...

I am just getting started on healing with TMS. You can read my post in the support forum. I have started reading one of Dr. Sarnos books, but haven't gotten very far yet. I am a complete believer because of things I have experienced, but I don't expect miracles. The main point of TMS is this...

I am becoming more aware of my feelings. The anxiety comes just as I am thinking about something particular, or my mind is just drifting. I often do not pay much attention to that thought, but then I notice the anxiety in the throat, head, or chest, and I start wondering what I was thinking...