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Journalling and the Structured Educational Programme for me when I was at my worst. I also enjoyed reading success stories and TMS books. Hope you feel better soon.

It seems to me there is nothing wrong with your back. There is a lot wrong with your job. Is there anything you can do about that? I'm so sorry you are having a hard time.

Walt, thanks so much for that, very interesting reading. I suppose it is a reflex, so not a lot to be done, but mindfulness and mediation are definitely things I need to work on, which might have a positive effect on this as well.

Is your therapist a TMS specialist? If I find myself going back to therapy (which I will do if I can't kick this residual pain soon) I will specifically seek out a TMS practitioner. Not sure if this is practical or possible for you, but worth a though. (I had a regular therapist who helped me...

Have you made an evidence sheet? This really helps me when I doubt TMS as a diagnosis, because, like you, I'm sceptical by nature. But what Steve said above would be TOP OF MY LIST. You have got rid of the pain once, even if it just moved. I had about 5 glorious pain-free minutes after...

So generally I'm doing well. In fact, I haven't been around the forums as my symptoms are much reduced and I am trying not to focus on the remaining pain. But there is something that has been annoying me for years and it suddenly occurred to me that some of you helpful people might have some...

I have been struggling a bit lately with my TMJ (jaw pain). My jaw gets stuck and is very painful, until I can manipulate it free. I was thinking: How come I get so much relief when my jaw cracks if the problem isn't structural? I was free journalling my frustrations, and suddenly I had...

Thanks everyone for your lovely replies. Lots of insight there, and thanks especially to Delphy - it's nice to know I'm not the only one to have thought this way. Lots still to do, but I have now finished the programme, and that feels good.

Thanks JacketSpud. I think you've summed it up there: "I don't think anyone would hold it against you that you had a good childhood :)" The only person who would hold it against me... is me! It's like the very essence of TMS! I finish the programme in a couple of days. Then I will assess...

Hi JacketSpud, thanks for you reply! First off, sorry to hear about your horrible childhood. I know a lot of people will be unable to relate to my most first world of problems, 'it just wasn't bad enough!'. I feel like an idiot typing it to be honest, especially knowing how awful a lot of...

I'm back on the programme having taken some time off. My symptoms were much reduced, so I never finished up (I started about 18 months ago). Lately I've been doing the work again as my symptoms were coming back. Today's video with Andrew Miller resulted in a breakthrough for me. I realised...

Hi Debra, Sorry to hear you are in so much pain. Do you have an evidence sheet to remind you it is TMS? For me, that fact that I had one minute without pain was proof that it was TMS, because no other treatment had ever got rid of the pain. So I would say to remind yourself that if it can...