Recent content by Lavender_lily

Im sorry your suffering of headaches, I know how real the pain is and how debilitating pain is. Something I noticed you wrote was "I really need to work on now is quickly processing the emotions that arise" that sounds like pressure to do it quickly. I know how badly we want it to go away...

I believe you will not be an exception, you are already on the right path. One thing that might help is to think of and write down any times where you were feeling nerve pain but maybe got distracted by people, tv, shopping, etc and not until you finished the distraction did you notice the...

"I live alone and do not have friends as I moved to this city just 1-2 years ago." I think this is a very key idea you wrote down and might be something worth exploring more or journaling. I moved to a new state years back with my S/O and left my family and friends and surprise surprise my back...

I have dealt with insomnia in the past and still do now and again. Any symptom that starts to really bother me tends to cause a level of depression for me also. You feel the pressure of all the things you need to do in the day and the messaging we learn is sleep is one of the most important...

@JanAtheCPA Thank you for your thoughts. I will definitely explore that as a potential thought in my journal speak. Could be something I have repressed.

@HealingMe I really like where you said "One thing this flare reminded me of is not to dismiss the “small” stressors, like breaking old patterns and habits, as our brain doesn't know any better. Our conscious mind may think they’re no big deal, but sometimes those are exactly the things worth...

Thank you @Joulegirl It looks like mine does not have that option. oh well.

Also if anyone can share how I can add tags to my post I would appreciate it. I found this page however my post has no option for tagging. https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/tagging-is-an-easy-and-important-way-to-help-this-community.8201/ @Ellen maybe you can help me? The post above shows...

I’ve frequented this site for many years ever since healing myself from debilitating back pain after reading Dr Sarno’s book back in 2018. I’ve had small bouts of back pain since but I could always focus on the psychological stress and it would go away within a day or so. 10 months ago I gave...