Recent content by JTaylor

I haven’t been on this forum for months. In fact, I haven’t really thought much about TMS over the last few months. I still experience pain everyday. It mainly only affects the middle finger of my right hand now and this is 30-50% better than it was, depending on the day. My shoulder and wrist...

I’ve really enjoyed this programme. It’s allowed me to learn a lot about myself and issues have come to the surface that I’ve repressed for many years. I’ve found the journaling particularly useful in that regard. I’ve also really enjoyed reading success stories. It makes me feel less alone. The...

There are two days that jump out at me. The first one is Christmas Day. It was the first time I’ve been able to spend the day with members of my family in 7 years as I just moved back home after many years living abroad this year. It was a really special to be able to spend that day with my...

I realised that I have been neglecting self care for a long time. There are a few things that I would like to do on a regular basis. These are things that I realise enjoy and feel will have a positive impact on me. I also feel that I will be able to incorporate them into my schedule: -watch...

I also feel like my symptoms tend to get a lot better when I’m on vacation. I think it might be because we are more relaxed and don’t need to think about the stresses of our daily lives so often. I think that when we are on vacation our mind knows that we are supposed to relax, even if we are...

Hi Satori, I’m wondering about this at the minute too. I guess this is my biggest fear and what continues to keep me in pain. I have noticed that my pain tends to be better when I’m busy and have something else to focus on. It tends to be worse on the weekends when I have more time to think...

I’ve noticed some more positive changes, especially as I’m coming to the end of this programme. The one that stands out the most to me is that I’m exercising without any fear of injury again. I’m making progress in my running that I would have never thought possible. After running my first half...

I was really quite stressed yesterday and let out a lot of emotions in my journaling last night. This really seemed to help calm me down and my TMS symptoms improved as well. I normally keep all my feelings bottled up, but today I talked to two friends about how I’ve been struggling to cope with...

Thanks so much for your reply. I have some support here and people I can talk to about it. It just feels strange because we loved together for around 7 years before I moved back to England, so it’s just a big change and I was quite emotional yesterday. I talked to some friends about it today and...