Hi TMS community,
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. I haven’t read it yet, but it’s been highly recommended by several people.
Personally, I’ve had some powerful experiences with TMS where I was able to mentally able to control my pain —once...
Thanks, Jan! Interestingly, I just received a recommendation for The Myth of Normal from someone else today as well—what a nice coincidence!
I’ll definitely consider reading it. I already have the Audible version, so I’ll check it out there to see its availability.
Thank you, Cactus, for your detailed explanation. I appreciate your insights. While my writing may reflect anxiety, I would describe it more as a sense of helplessness—an awareness of everything that has happened beyond just healing the physical symptoms.
For years, I didn’t understand why I...
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On top of my childhood trauma, For nearly a decade (between age 23 to 33) , I lived with constant back and neck pain—so intense that I often felt life was no longer worth living. Like I always thought of self harm. At times, the pain left me bedridden, trapped in a cycle of...
Thanks Jan and Bruce for the inputs. Tennis Tom also have given his inputs privately. Thanks to him as well.
Thankfully this time it wasnt as aggressive as it was in the past but I will start making a plan to heal this Speed bump in life.
Hope everyone is doing great. A few years ago I recovered from my chronic back pain and know all about TMS.
Here is my success story. https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/healed-from-chronic-chronic-back-pain-i-love-myself-baby.14640/ (Healed from chronic chronic back pain.. I Love Myself...
Coming from India I know that these doctors have lot of Ego. Large percentage of population has already believed that doctors know everything. In India doctors have even coined a word "Urban Idiot" for the patients who asks questions. I didnt realize they also suffer from anxiety and trauma. I...
I cant wait for that day of Stage 3 where people start taking notice of it. World over there is so much of needless suffering. So many people are becoming disabled, depressed and taking their lives for these petty issues which can be resolved. Doctors think they are practicing Science while not...