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Eightball, I'm so sorry you're going through so much. I know what it's like to be hit with multiple symptoms, but don't you see? That is all the more reason to rejoice! It's glaring proof that your emotions are wreaking havoc on your body and not your body deteriorating. You have the...

Karina, I’m so glad my post helped. I’ve been there too. I used this site as a place of reassurance and comfort on my journey, and I’m so excited I’ve been able to pay some of that comfort and reassurance forward. Time2be, I completely agree, and did just that. There have been times where...

One more thing... 6. TMS healing is non-linear as SteveO, Alan Gordon, and so many others have experienced. It’s okay if you’re feeling fantastic one day and back in pain city the next. TMS ebbs and flows with the activity of our minds, more specifically our emotions. Just as a non-TMSer can...

Hi Eightball, I have made HUGE strides in the last 6 months since this post. My nerve symptoms are all but gone. It’s like someone is lowering the volume on them one day at a time. It’s been a hell of a journey, literally, but I’m so much stronger because of it. I plan on writing a success...

Kevin, I actually grew up in Jersey! Just an interesting side fact, because I've always felt kinship with people from the Tri-state, and so I definitely agree that we're practically neighbors! Not to mention the fact that my symptoms started a few years after my first kid was born, got a...

I couldn't agree more. I was lucky enough to see Dr. Andrea Leonard-Segal in Washington, D.C. Dr. Segal trained with Dr. Sarno and is a highly regarded Rheumatologist who also contributed to Dr. Sarno's "The Divided Mind" book. She looked at my imaging and looked me straight in the eye and...

Kevin, I'm so pumped for you! Our stories and symptoms are so similar, and I'm going through a rough patch myself (nothing major but enough to frighten me about things getting slowly worse). I know my own flare up has everything to do with starting a new job and the inherent stress therein. But...

Eightball, have you read Steve Ozanich's book? Your story sounds extremely similar to his. He also had pinched nerves, and arthritis, and malformations in his spine as seen on x-ray, and stenosis, and herniated discs, etc. The man was a walking Symptom Imperative. Just as he reached his own...

Baseball! Yes! I get this too! The first time this happened, that I can remember, was when I was a kid. Now I can't fall asleep easily until I listen to one of these ASMR videos. And I usually have the best night of sleep when I do. Maybe those of us sensitive to this "anti-tms" are just...

Hi Lostboy...I have something for you that others in this community gave me a while ago...hope. I had the same pain as you, almost identical in description, with WORSE MRI findings on those same discs, and one of my discs was an extrusion on the sciatic root. Before I knew about Sarno or TMS...

Dear Jan, Baseball65, and Plum, Thank you all for the kind words and advice. It's so encouraging to have such a nice support group to depend on when down in the trenches of pain. The middle back is still bothersome (pain levels up and down depending on activity), but I'm just doubling down on...

Hello All, As my low back continues to improve daily, my middle back (the region of my back between and below my shoulder blades) has been cranking up the spasms, especially when I'm leaning forward at my desk working or standing and looking down at my phone, or standing for a longer period of...

Thank you!

About two months after my diagnosis of herniated lumbar discs, I started having issues with my hands being uncoordinated and stiff while texting and typing at work. It got so bad a few times at work that I had to leave early because of the frustration and aching pain in my hands. I went in for...