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I'm a member of Dan Buglio's group. It's pretty cost effective, $100/month. For that there is a 3 hour group Zoom call every Wednesday (actually 2 calls, to accomodate different time zones), and a dedicated Facebook page. He is incredibly giving with his time, in the group call and generally...

Thanks for your success story! For me this was your key sentence: "Recovery is actually pretty simple – stop thinking and worrying about your pain and get back to life". Thanks for coming back to share.

hi peacefulpath: I am not "better" by any means (although have glimmers of improvement from time to time), so take what I say with a grain of salt, but from what I can see when people get better they seem to fall into one of two broad categories: a) Those that "work hard" at it, journal...

Great success story! Wonderful to hear and happy for you. Question: if you had bad hand pain that must have affected almost everything you did in normal life; making a meal, getting dressed, using the phone, whatever. I'm wondering if you had started avoiding certain little things in everyday...

Sarno's "reduced oxygen" theory was probably not right (otherwise exercising that body part or getting a massage or wearing an oxygen mask would just make the pain go away). I think that is recognized. And as regards repressed emotions, my take is that it is also probably not the cause for...

Totally agree with @fridaynotes: your cocktail of symptoms is very very likely just one problem: nervous system/TMS. General feeling of tightness and uncomfortableness, skin issues, digestive, sensitivity to cold/heat/noise, "walking feels strange", can't take deep breath or weak voice, all the...

Grüß dich Kristina, willkommen. (Ich habe einige Jahre in Deutschland verbracht, aber vor 30 Jahren, trotzdem ich versuche es auf Deutsch zu schreiben). Vor allem kann ich sagen du bist nicht allein. Es gibt viele Leute hier mit "obsessive thoughts and fears", zum Beispiel ich. Das ist der...

Yes I think Georgie Oldfield was originally a physio, and I know some others were as well, like Jim Prussack in the US. But I think it was a progression for them: i.e. over and over they had patients who did not respond to physical treatment and/or they had TMS themselves, and thus they saw...

Contact or look at Georgie Oldfield's page, https://www.georgieoldfield.com/ (Georgie Oldfield - Your Pain Specialist) She is a TMS practicioner in the UK. She also created an organization called SIRPA which has links to other TMS practioners. I think most are also in the UK. There are a...

Hey @hopeful10: Just fyi, your experience of the problems going from the shoulder to the leg and other body parts is common I think, it definitely happened to me. I had two places where I had had legit physical problems in the past, my left hip and right shoulder, but both were basically ok...

hi Dancing: this sounds so much like TMS. Especially since you have had so many inconclusive tests and seen so many specialists, pain that moves around, plus the other stress-inducing events. If you are thinking/obsessing about the physical symptoms all the time during your day, that is also...

@Dorado: I know this is an old thread but thanks for posting this. What you described is basically what has happened with me: pre-TMS I enjoyed a regular beer or two and it always was a pleasant buzz. With TMS that has ended for unknown reasons: even a single beer makes me feel worse. I have...

Thanks Jan. So if you have pain, replace "Ugggh, no, not again", with "...." - can you give some specific examples that work for you?

Thanks a lot for coming back to give encouragement here. Can you give more tips about what you did or didn't do in those 6 months to get better? thanks

Thank you @IndiMarshall if you are still out there for posting this success story! Beautifully simple and encouraging.