Recent content by Mark W

On Bill Maher's recent podcast he had James Brolin as a guest, and Bill mentioned Healing Back Pain and how Dr. Sarno was ahead of his time in identifying emotions as a source of chronic physical pain. First time I've ever heard of Maher mentioning Sarno, and as the podacst is hugely popular, a...

So I'm closing in on five years since my discovery/episode of severe TMS and my subsequent healing. I still feel great. I don't even get back pain anymore. When I do have a TMS symptom, which isn't often, it is usually short-lived nasal congestion, or a random pain in a random joint that...

It's been almost three years since I overcame TMS, so I thought I'd post an update. I am still pain free! I am a living example of the "A little TMS is ok." quote from Dr. Sarno. I occasionally feel a twinge in my back, or knee, or elbow, or my sinuses become stuffed up, or I feel the start of...

Dr. Sarno's work gave me my life back again, and what he has done for so many people in chronic pain is one of the most significant advances in medicine. Hopefully soon his ideas will be accepted as mainstream and everyone will be able to benefit. He may have left us, but his work will continue...

I think it can depend on the stressors in that person's life at the moment they have an "attack". One of my good friends would "throw his back out" a few times per year, and it would put him on the floor for 3-4 days at a time. He just accepted it as something that happens from time to time and...

I just watched it with my sister and my mother, both of whom have plenty of TMS symptoms yet never really seemed very interested in learning more about it when I went through my TMS journey. They said they both enjoyed it, but that was about it. No questions or discussion was brought up. I've...

I just finished watching the film, and it is outstanding! It is moving and heartfelt, which I think will go a long way in opening people to Sarno's message. The filmmakers have done a tremendous job, and I hope it will be on Netflix (or other widely used site) soon, as I think many, many people...

I have no idea if kidney stones are TMS related or not, but the one kidney stone attack I had happened right in the middle of a stressful relationship interaction. Coincidence? Could be, but once I learned about TMS a few years later and reflected upon the circumstances of the attack, it did...

Fantastic! I can't wait to see it.

I think the first step is to stop worrying about when the anxiety will go away. I found that the more I accepted that the anxiety was going to be there, the faster it dissipated. It may sound weird, but your resistance to your anxiety can cause you almost as much discomfort as the anxiety...

It is the symptom imperative that Dr. Sarno talks about. The subconscious was using your leg/back pain to distract you from the anger/fear/sadness in your unconscious, and once it sees that this strategy no longer works, it commonly will start to create pain in other areas of the body in an...

Great news on your anxiety Marnster, it means your subconscious is realizing that creating pain is no longer working to distract you. When I went through my TMS healing, I had intense anxiety as the pain decreased. It really helped to get the TMS message to sink in further for me, as sometimes...

I occasionally have sinus congestion. I recognize it as TMS, ignore it and within 30-60 minutes it is gone. I have also had a migraine aura a few times, but again I recognize it as TMS, and it never progresses to the actual headache and is gone in 10-15 minutes.

It depends on your level of depression. For mild to moderate depression, antidepressants are no better than placebo, and things like meditation, CBT, or MBSR are effective options. However, if you are severely depressed, antidepressants do help, and if you combine them with CBT the effect is...