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Recent content by gray118

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    Mirroring Pain

    I am posting to see if anyone has had a similar experience to my own. I have been struggling with horrible neck and shoulder pain on my right side for 7 hrs and in the last 4-5 months my pain has shifted to my left side and is even more intense. Not sure if it could be related to my continued...
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    OCD and Befriending Nervous System Resources

    Hey! I am looking for some resources about OCD, mostly obsessive thinking, and itsrelationship to chronic pain. I am also interested in any books etc. on befriending your nervous system. Thanks in advance!
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    Day 16 Sharing TMS Diagnosis

    I honestly haven't really told anyone about my TMS diagnosis. My therapist probably knows the most about the diagnosis and the work I am doing because she was trained with Alan Gordon. My immediate family and partner know bits and pieces about the diagnosis and work I am doing to try to get...
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    Doubts

    How do you all "trust the process" of freeing yourself from TMS? I have doubts that this diagnosis and approach won't work but I know I can't have those doubts if I want to start feeling better. I think the best mantra I can think off right now is that my thoughts and doubts are not me. Do you...
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    Day 15 Two Week Check In

    During the last two weeks has your pain been moving around? How has this affected your belief in this diagnosis? During the last two or so weeks I have noticed that my pain has moved around a bit. I have had some tinnitus in my ear which typically doesn't last for long but for some reason is...
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    Day 10 Hiding Emotions From Friends

    Think of a person in your life from whom you hide your emotions. What is preventing you from telling this person how you feel? One of the biggest aspects of my life that my TMS pain has affected are my friendships. Looking back, my pain started after I graduated college and moved to a new city...
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    Day 9 Critical Thinking

    I have always been extremely over critical of myself. Most of this critical thinking has to do with an extreme drive that everything I do must be perfect or the best possible. I just recently turned 30 and with this significant age marker came even more criticism. A whole lot of "you didn't...
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    Day 8 Emotions Connected to Pain

    I do believe that I am having some success at recognizing the emotions that are connected to my pain. I think the educational activities have been extremely helpful as well as the journaling in providing clarity on what those emotions are and what they are related to in my life. I have realized...
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