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I have two refuges that have worked for me so far (and I am sure everybody has something like that). Number 1 is my Lazy-Boy recliner. Because I sit there to read, watch TV, surf the net, and sometimes just sit to contemplate things, my pain is almost always absent when I sit there. I even sleep...

I have exactly the same problem! I find it so hard to grasp the explanation of pain as a distraction. It is counter-intuitive, and counter-productive. Can you say that headaches or hay-fever allergy are also distractions? Can we even generalize more to many other physical symptoms as...

Thank you Mike. Although I am a newbie compared to some of you, I have struggled with my TMS for just over 12 months now. I stumbled on Dr. Sarno and this site early but didn't take it seriously for the first 6 months, only after all the conventional treatments failed. At the worst period...

Doing things correctly is the easy part. I stopped seeing any therapists, stop using my cane, go to the gym to exercise everyday, walk a lot, I even stop using the cart when grocery shopping and carry a basket instead. Thinking correctly is much more challenging. Sometimes you don't know for...

Thank you all for explaining. I think I understand it now. I have read "Healing Back Pain" twice, and Marc Sopher once. There's still plenty to learn. I have improved about 75%since following Dr. Sarno for three months, then get stuck here. I am sure I am DOING things correctly, but still not...

Oops, it must be Freudian! TSM: the sex maniac

Thanks everybody for correcting me and taking the time to explain things to me. Since the question in this post asked if TMS was religious, and have invoked some very interesting discussions, I am under the impression that there might be new comers who would think that this resembles a religious...

If the community has presented itself the image of a religious group, and worse still, as a "cult", then it is not good. It should stay within the realm of "health science" and adhere to the theories of Dr. Sarno and other medical professionals and researchers. TSM has often been criticized as...

Can anyone tell me what thinking psychologically really means? A poster mentioned a technique by thinking of a part of your body that has no pain. That's is not thinking psychologically? Nor thinking of something to distract your attention of the pain, like a beach in Hawaii, a pleasant event in...

Tom, I had a careful look at the stressor inventory, and no matter how hard I tried, I can never score higher than 100. In fact almost none of he items applies to me. I cannot find one that says "filling out your income tax return", "clean toilet bows every week", or "Dandelions in garden"...

Tom, you are right. I was just joking. I have read Sarno's "Healing Back Pain" twice, and Sopher's "To be or Not to be In Pain" once. Perhaps I will pick up another good book. Thanks for the wise words. Yes, Riv44, I feel the same. I feel like an obsessive over-thinker myself, and I also...

Thank you Ryan and Tom. Now, forgive me if I still don't get it. You don't have to find out exactly what you are repressing, but you have to "admit" or "realize" that you are repressing something, right? For arguments sake, what if I cannot feel I am "repressing" anything. What if I feel I am...

I think I believe I have tms and have been following Dr Sarnos advice, namely, I do physical exercise everyday: jogging, swimming, cycling etc. My sciatica is a little more than 12 months old, and I consider myself about 80% healed. However, I remain skeptical of the underlying theory, namely...

can someone tell me what "mindfulness and living in the moment" means? Is it a specific technique?