Recent content by mleach

I appreciate the vote of confidence. I've done Dr. Schubiner's Unlearn Your Pain program twice as well as other programs. In the past I've certainly tried way too hard to heal. I think my path is returning to normal life while no longer trying to control my pain or trying to heal. I can get lost...

I've posted on and off in the past both when I first discovered TMS and during flare ups. My version of TMS started with "epdidymitis," then "prostatitis," and then "Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome." I have the usual story of bouncing around doctors, medications, PT, alternative medicine etc. I...

22mmmiller22 - I too have had 4 extended bouts of testicular pain lasting 4-8 months over the past 10 years. I seem to have had longer pain free stretches in between than you have but that doesn't change my advice. I would confidently say your pain comes from chronic muscle tension. The...

This video resonated strongly with me today. I am currently doing so many things to try to treat my pelvic pain via TMS that I was working on a schedule to organize my morning, noon, and night activities thinking it would lower my stress levels. I am meditating, stretching, doing yoga, using a...

Thanks for the reply and hopefully I didn't stir anything up in your subconcious to. I was laughing at my scrotal pain last week when it went from the right side to the left and then in the center, all in 36 hours. That was clearly a nerve pain that was easier to shrug off. The pain and...

GTfan, I see you haven't been on here in awhile and I hope you're doing well. My story closely mimics yours and thought I'd chime in since I'm on this site today with increased epididymis pain. I first got "epididimytis" in my first job months out of college and it went away in a day with...

I started making some progress and was really doing better mentally the past few days. My anxiety was down and I was able to focus on non-pain thoughts at times. I even laid on a couch and watched TV at night a few times over the weekend which I hadn't done in months thinking my time would be...

Yeah I've been doing all the exercises and stretches telling myself Im rehabbing an injury. That let me feel like I was moving forward and doing something to control my fate. If I step back I've been at it for 2 months and am the same if not worse now. I got better when I stopped PT, cut way...

Thanks for the kind words. To say I have anxiety about this condition again is an understatement. When I woke up that morning and noticed my scrotum was swollen my heart rate jumped, I was shaky, and short of breath. It's been 2 months of meditation to even help the anxiety a little. I wake up...

Doctors have only ever told me I have "epididymitis" but when I've been given an ultrasound everything looks ok and there's no bacteria. Last time I had an ultrasound during a very similar flare up 2 years ago I did have a small hydocele. Basically the urologist I last saw 2 years ago said he...

Yeah I've gone the usual route, antibiotics for months, beta blockers, PT, etc. The only times my symptoms ever improved were when I hit a breaking point and avoided reading, talking, or anything else to do with CPPS. I got better slowly over the period of a few months after doing Dr...

Thanks for the advice. I know my meditation practice has a long way to go to where it's really benefiting me and calming me down. In reality last time after I did Dr. Schubiner's program it probably did take a year till I was feeling close to 100%. What helped the most was I stopped all...

I didn't when I was feeling better but have been meditating daily for the past month or so. It definitely helps but I still struggle mightily to not just focus on my pain and then let my mind wander from there while I meditate. I read Full Catastrophe Living and have been doing that program...

My journey is a roundabout one back to believing Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome is TMS. After years of vary degrees of severity with this condition I did Dr. Schubiner's program in 2011. I felt better and as I was finishing the program I began taking a muscle relaxer...