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Thanks for that, it is encouraging. I don't ever really expect TMS to disappear entirely. It's been years since I fixed a knee problem by treating it as TMS, and even now the knee will sometimes suddenly hurt (and I'll say to it, 'Really? You're really trying this on again?') The numbness thing...

Hi Jan, Thanks for that. I'd done a bit of searching for numbness but hadn't limited it to the Success Stories subforum, so that's useful. I definitely have experience of TMS choosing a symptom, or place, that generates specific anxiety for me. I think this one has worked better (from the...

Hi. I came across TMS some years ago (it changed my life!) and have used Sarno's theories to get rid of medically diagnosed "RSI" and a mystery knee injury that had left me unable to lift my knee to horizontal when sitting (knee is now fine). So I'm familiar with the principles, understand that...

Thanks, PainNoMore! Congrats on turning that corner, too. Anything that made me less afraid of the whole thing helped me. Occasionally (when I'm under some kind of stress, usually) my arms will suddenly hurt again out of the blue. I say to them/my brain, 'Seriously? You're really trying this on...

Thanks, Eileen! It's been on my mind to post it for ages. The change – from feeling like I was becoming more and more limited and the world was closing in on me to the sense of freedom I felt when I started thinking about things the TMS way – was extraordinary. And so useful. And here I am with...

I’ve been meaning to add my TMS success story, because for me some of the changes took years, rather than weeks or months. I want to tell people who find things aren’t changing quickly that that doesn’t mean they won’t change! Back in 2008, I was in a bad way. I had RSI, with pain primarily in...