Recent content by Hotchocolatecup

Hi friends, I wanted to share an update. I devoured the structured educational program a few months ago and while I was very much into the content, I dropped off the forum/wiki for a while. I had been dealing with acute back pain for over 3 years coming back in acute episodes making it extremely...

Wanted to share some insights/progress with my TMS journey: Last night I had a strong stress/emotional reaction to which I gathered evidence for this being TMS even more. After my reaction and conversation...my whole back was stiff and pain and it was hard to even roll over in bed. But on top...

The question today is: does the pain move around? How does this affect your belief in the diagnosis? My pain has been moving around! Or at least has not being consistent. Usually my pain is in my lower back on my right side. I had one odd moment when it moved to the left. Lots of moments where...

Some of the emotions I believe I can connect to my pain is an intense internal pressure to do things right. It gives me a lot of anxiety. Feeling I have to figure something out before I can rest. Anger with myself and with others. I feel that now that I know that the emotions are the root of the...

I'm afraid of causing emotional harm to my husband or baby, making "wrong" decisions that are difficult to repair, that I don't have as many skills as I would like to have, of doing harmful things to my body, afraid of bending over at the hips, that I won't have friends. Face value, these seem...

Think of some activities you really enjoy doing. If you could do one of these activities without feeling stressed out, without having anxiety, and without worrying about your family, kids, job, etc. how would that feel? Why do you not do this activity more often? What steps could you take to do...

What was the most disheartening thing a doctor has told you about your symptoms? In what ways have you kept that in your mind? I actually had very caring doctors/chiropractors along the way that I appreciate for their kindness. I think the most disheartening thing was what they didn't say: If...

When was the last time you exercised or did another physical activity? What was this activity? How did it make you feel physically and emotionally? If it has been a while since you last exercised, why? I feel like the last time I tried exercising was 3-4 months after my baby was born. I wanted...