Recent content by Lilibet

Thank your TMS therapist for me Anne. This is really helpful! Thank you for posting. :-)

Thanks Emily. I feel the same way about the forums.

AFRAID (terror, fear, panic) with all the other feelings that join in like powerless, helpless, vulnerable, unsafe, untrusting, unprotected, abandoned. ANGRY (rage, fury, irritation, resentment) along with misunderstood, discounted, ignored, pressured. SAD (depressed, despair, heartbroken)...

Forest, Could you please clarify the last sentence in your first paragraph? I'm confused. Or is it a typo? Inquiring, perfectionist minds want to know. :-) I can't remember if Gordon's evidence sheet asks you to go very far back in your history, but the first time I started working with...

I agree, Sheree. I've had two cervical and two lumbar MRIs in the past 11 years. Both supposedly "explained" the intense pain I was in. But each time that pain dramatically eased or disappeared without further intervention (I don't really count PT) when the acute stress I was in resolved. Those...

ROFLMBO!!!! That is perfect, Forest. Love it! Thanks for playing along with my humor. :-)

I've been saying "Oh whatEVER" to my symptoms too, Anne. You just have to make sure you put the proper emphasis on the "ever" the way teens do. And don't forget the snotty tone of voice. It's been over 50 years since I was a teen, but I can still do disrespectful/dismissive really well. Of...

This is really valuable for me Stella. I've heard "Anger turned inward is depression" before. Even though I feel the anger, it's often hard to pinpoint the particular anger that brings on the depressed feelings. It's brave of you to dig for it. It was hard for me to do any work like this when...

These poor kids! It certainly sounds like it could be TMS. I hope psychological causes are being looked at, although I think it would be very hard for parents to accept a TMS diagnosis because it can reflect on their parenting. I had an alcoholic father and a controlling mother who were in...

Exactly, Lori. It's so much better to wait until someone asks why you are doing so well. In the meantime, I don't want to try to explain what I'm doing! :-)

I've only talked to my husband and a friend who lives across the country. My husband is always supportive. He zeroed in five years ago on the possibility that my various ailments and back pain were stress-related. I think he is experiencing some TMS pain in his back, but I haven't told him that...

Thanks so much, Lori. This is a "keeper." :-)

After my back pain started in 2007, my husband made a list of all the physical ailments that had popped up in the previous couple of years. He could see clearly that they were stress-related, so he decided that we should make some adjustments to our very stressful (to me, not him) lifestyle. It...