Recent content by john_clifton

I feel low back and (new) rib pain so frequently and intensely throughout the day that I struggle to find "when" to do somatic tracking. I know that being obsessive about it is not helpful per Gordon's book, but i'm having a tough time trying to learn how to orient towards the pain throughout...

Thank you Ellen! This is definitely how I've been feeling. Andy- both are parts to the challenge/question. It seems to me that personality characteristics influence how we create stories and narratives around pain, especially in our relationships with others and ourselves. I'm nervous about...

It's clear that part of the solution to TMS is giving the pain less attention and care less about it. For so many years I've developed narratives around the pain and shared them enthusiastically with friends and family, which only further solidified the stories. Breaking out of them now I can...

I've had chronic back pain for 10+ yrs starting at age 13. we discovered I had a birth defect in my facet joint L4/L5, with some apparent hypoplasia on one side and hyperplasia on one side. Apparently THAT was causing my issues somehow to where I couldn't sit or stand for 20 minutes and had to...