Recent content by Michael D

Thanks Sebastian, I will try to focus on my breathing as I am working. I think what also makes my pain worse is when I am not connected to my true self. I feel like I am not really me when I am in an uncomfortable situation. I always feel like I must perform and impress others around me to feel...

Hi everyone, I suffer from TMS neck pain. I am certain it is TMS because there are times when I am no pain whatsoever, and then my neck can feel like someone is tightening a vise around my spine. My pain seems to get bad in the early afternoon, from roughly 1-4pm everyday. My pain is strongly...

This week has been tough for me too. My neck pain has been flaring up, after a week of relatively little pain. I am trying not to focus on that man, and instead I am learning to live in the present moment and not expect and worry about every single contingency. I have been getting into mindful...

Thank you for your kind words Bodhigirl. I understand in theory at least, that I can detach myself from my thoughts and not let them bother me, letting them enter my consciousness and watching them leave. But it is difficult to consistently do this subconsciously, which I suspect is necessary to...

Thanks Tennis Tom, I think I will give some of these people a call. I have never seen anyone about TMS, and it would be nice to confirm that I do in fact have TMS. I have moments of little pain, but it's not consistent, and I would like to talk to someone to develop skills to get rid of the pain.

Hi everyone, this is my first post on this forum as well. I have been suffering from neck pain this entire year. It started amid several stressful things going on in my life, in particular working an extremely stressful and busy physical therapy job, studying for the GRE, and taking two courses...