Recent content by Lala

PS-Thanks Dahlia!

First to answer Jason's question: Yes Jason, my breakdown was cathartic...not initially...initially it was terrifying. The panic attacks were crippling and I was so drugged up on xanax I wasn't functioning. My husband, therapist and I all agreed that a voluntary check in into the Psychiatric...

Hello everyone, thank for your responses. Turns out my stomach issues were really underlying anxiety and panic disorder (essentially TMS). I ended up having a nervous breakdown in March (3 months into the stomach stuff)...but in the end it was the best thing that every happened to me. Now I'm...

I'm reading the book too, but the ideas are very abstract and take a while to sink in. The audiobook is more of a how to. Dr. Gendlin guides you through the 6 steps of focusing. I just listened and did it for the first time last night...really tuned my body into this problem of...

Thanks Boston, Yes, I'm in therapy...i just have a tendency to talk about my feelings rather than feeling my feelings....that is why i like this focusing technique...allows me to really feel, acknowledge and release my feelings without judgement. Yes, I am the ultimate perfectionist. I think...

I think just recognizing that the anxiety is in and of itself TMS (I'm struggling with that myself right now too). I am currently listening to FOCUSING by Dr. Eugene Gendlin on iTunes (also a book) and using his technique to help me access my emotions/fears...really name and feel them and then...

Hi guys. I have done the SED program. My first bout of TMS (foot pain mostly) was in 2002, then I had a relapse around 2012 with foot, neck, shoulder pain and that is what brought me to this site. It was then that I did the SED program. I have been seeing an MD for my stomach stuff. He has done...

So what has started out as a TMS relapse with stomach symptoms (gastritis) has now morphed into really intense depression and anxiety. How do I stop myself form slipping further into the rabbit hole. I am working with a Homeopathic doctor on a remedy to help me with this...waiting for remedy in...

Also check out www.focusing.org. I just started down this path of accessing my emotions with the help of a pair of Homeopathic doctors that are helping me to manage my depression and anxiety (TMS of course). I don't know about you, but I have a HARD time actually feeling my feelings. I am aware...

Ha! I missed the part where you said "another" baby....

JJ, Read Steve's book THE GREAT PAIN DECEPTION...his book was a turning point for me in my TMS healing. I think of Steve as my guru (Hi, Steve!)... It is very typical for pain to get worse as you get closer to the emotional source of the pain...extinction burst. I've experienced this many times...

Dahlia, I just went off the Nexium. It wasn't helping me anyway. I'm doing apple cider vinegar with honey, lemon and water as well as DSL licorice before meals...just to help with symptoms that are up and down each day. Lately the anxiety and depression have intensified which proves to me even...

PS-I also suggest reading STEVEN RAY OZANICH'S THE GREAT PAIN DECEPTION. It is my TMS bible.

Okay, so your Mom. Typical trigger right. Parents always are, no matter our relationships with them (good, bad or somewhere in between). You can detach with love. You need to for your own sanity. Your Mom is her own person and she made her own decision. Only she is responsible for her happiness...