Recent content by Jonny91

I shall give Claire Weekes work a go, thankyou. My OCD varies in theme but is intrusive thoughts, no physical manifestations. I have found plenty of things that work to calm down my nervous system:- massages, candles, serotonin music on youtube, journaling, meditating. They all seem to help...

Thank you! It's more of a challenge to apply to OCD but I'm slowly making progress. Any tips?

I had sciatica down my left side, a strong pain at times. I've now overcome that pain and have the symptom imperative reaction Sarno discusses in his books (hip pain and OCD). I've alternated between the 3 a fair bit over the past couple of months. I'm at the beginning of my recovery journey...

TG, thank you for the reply. I'm now 3 chapters through the divided mind and many of Sarno's work rings true for me. The internal pressure I put on myself, the perfectionist/good pressure, divorced parents at the age of 5. My pain initially started when i began to compete in crossfit and when i...

Hello everyone, new to the forum today as i have just started reading the divided mind by Dr Sarno. A very brief history of my story: I'm 29, heavily into sports - football (soccer), crossfit, running and cycling. I can now do them all with much less pain than previously. Aug 19 gradual...