Recent content by jhc1013

I am so saddened to hear that your husband may be heading down the PD road - and thank you for making contact. There seem to be two types of PD sufferer's; 1) Those who become so frightened that they freeze and become reclusive and, 2; those who get great help from the outset from positive...

I’m a bit late commenting on this post - but as someone who has dealt with Parkinson’s Disease for 18 years now I can tell you one thing….Michael J Fox has done amazing work at his foundation to help with PD research. BUT….he is NOT the poster-child for the disease. Were you to see me sitting...

What I find interesting is that Alan Gordon, now Dan Buglio and others have completely departed from the Sarno idea of TMS and we can all be healed by simply. “getting rid of the fear”. No more talk of repressed emotions like rage, regret, shame or guilt. No more “five year-old in our head” who...

I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head with your thoughts about Alan and how he has distilled TMS to a point that it is “easier to understand”. I had not thought about it that way. I have been very quiet on this forum in terms of posting here. But I have followed you for years and...

I’m 72 years old. When I w . I’m 72 years old. When I was 50 I was President of a building materials company with 40 lumberyards in 5 Western states. I was away from home 2 weeks out of every month. I spent countless nights sleeping in airports due to canceled flights. I had 28 direct-reports...

Am I the only one who has been at the TMS program for 10 years or more who is a bit amazed that Alan Gordon has now distilled TMS down to “neuroplastic pain” and, according to Gordon, it is all about fear. His Pain Reprocessing technique doesn’t deal at all with repressed emotions, the “5...

Thank you for this recommendation! I just ordered the book!

You are very kind and helpful. One of my biggest issues is how I acted out for years beginning in my late teens and into my 30’s due to my abuse. I live with oppressive guilt and shame - not over my own abuse but more about how I allowed my anger to cause me to hurt others emotionally. I went...

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This is very helpful and I'm grateful you took the time to respond. I'm not one to mess around so I'll get after this and gratefully try the suggestions offered here. I quit drinking alcohol 20 years ago and I look at this battle in much the same way I viewed that addiction. Something had to be...

Agreed. I was sexually abused as a young boy. Lots of men face this but never really deal with the consequences of the trauma. "Somatic Tracking" may deal with my "sciatica" pain but, as you say, it will come back if I don't deal with the issue. I am a big fan of Nicole Sach's journaling. I...

Great way to look at this issue, and I tend to agree with you. It’s one thing to say…”fear is what is causing your pain - and it’s the pain you are afraid of.” It’s another to say “you have repressed rage, anger, fear and trauma that may be the reason your mind is trying to distract you with...

I don’t disagree. However, I have a friend who has been dealing with “sciatica” for 3 years now. Is currently taking high dose Gabapentin since that is all the rage these days as a painkiller. So I asked myself, do I give her a copy of The Way Out, or Healing Back Pain. The Way Out simply says...

Most of the information I read online about psychosomatic pain these days all leans toward NPP instead of the teachings and research of Dr. Sarno. I’m confused because this new NPP model doesn’t deal with the subconscious mind and the rage and fear that exist therein. I have come back to the...