Recent content by hilbie

It’s definitely all the same thing, in my opinion. My back pain healed pretty fast but I had awful anxiety and chronic dizziness and weird under the skin itching sensations for years so I can totally relate to “inflammation in the brain”, in fact I quite like that concept. It really did feel...

Read my post. I'm also returning to this forum after a long time pain-free and having great success with healing using the learning from last time around. My holiday has been a huge trigger!

Hi TMS people. I thought I'd update about my TMS recovery this time around regarding my low back pain that started 3 weeks ago. Hopefully this will be encouraging to someone. I was on this forum and the old TMS forum maybe 11 years ago and fully recovered from back pain then. Believe me it...

Yes, the Dr Azipura book. It is really, really good. It's a very positive and practical read and I am learning a lot. I hope you get it from the library soon as I think you will really enjoy it. For me, it is the story of my life, I see myself in every page and how I have restricted myself...

Hi Jan! Nice to see you, thanks for your very kind and speedy reply and how interesting to hear that you also had a RA diagnosis. Well, the meds are there for a reason. I know when I first went on methotrexate and had steroid injections for RA there was absolutely no way around it - I was...

Well, this video and thread have pretty much blown my mind. I haven't been on this forum for years. I have an absolutely classic TMS personality, I know the programme really well and have patted myself on the back since then for my brilliant TMS recovery from back pain. That was maybe 15...

Hi CO girl. Many thanks for your reply. I feel for you as I honestly can't imagine what it would be like to be pregnant with a toddler (mine is 3 next month). Parenting is indeed very hard and like nothing I've ever done before... Very challenging to one's patience and when I'm in pain it's...

I've not posted for a while. I'm feeling at such a low place right now that I don't know what to do with myself. Back pain is really bad, knees hurt, shoulders are in agony and I've now developed carpal tunnel syndrome as well. I could really use a helping hand right now. In terms of big...

Ok, I've just read Ellen's thread again. I don't know how to do a quote but here is the cut and paste answer that she received: Depression is a defense mechanism, just like mind-body pain. The basic gist of the idea is that when unconscious feelings arise, the brain employs defense mechanisms...

Thank you all very much for such a warm welcome to the forum. Ellen, it was your question that I'd found earlier so thanks for linking that! The reply you got was very helpful to read. It was the first time I'd ever read such a clear description of how depression could be TMS. I will start...

Hi everyone. I guess this is my first post so hello to the forum. I first came across Sarno about 10 years ago and got through a bout of pretty crippling back pain fairly quickly. I was a member of the tmshelp board and that definitely was a good place to hang out and I got a lot of support...