Recent content by moon123

I've been working my way gradually through the structured educational program and I'm now on day 39, where the "question to ponder" is what your best day or experience has been since starting the program. I love this question and would love to hear others' responses too! The first experience...

If you're not already in therapy it's probably worth trying that first, to see if there's an underlying emotional issue you could discover and work through.

I can definitely relate to this, and I'm so sorry to hear you went through this last night. I wish I had great advice to offer but I'm pretty new to navigating it and haven't been able to develop a reliable approach yet. But one thing I've been trying to do is to focus on the idea of "outcome...

I love the idea of baby steps too. When I see people's posts here about exercise it still really intimidates me, but I'm hopeful I'll eventually get there. Right now I'm just at the point where I can walk to a store from the parking lot, buy something, and walk back to the car. Even though it's...

I'm sorry to hear you guys are having some tough days. They can be so frustrating and discouraging! When I have a down day sometimes it helps to remember other dips that I eventually recovered from. And be kind to yourself (easier said than done, I know).

I can relate to what both of you have said. I definitely feel that anyone experiencing a debilitating pain flare deserves sympathy and support, and I can understand feeling angry if friends aren't providing that. I also really relate to the idea that TMS can force us to slow down and rest, both...

Thank you for this comment JBG. I have a lot more triggers related to fearing judgment from others too. Whether it's parenting, working, hanging out with friends, or doing activism, I put a lot of energy into taking care of everyone else's needs, and I think part of the reason behind that is I'm...

As I've been reading through the program and doing the exercises, I've become increasingly aware of how much my kids trigger my pain. I think this is partly because parenting can trigger feelings that aren't very socially acceptable (anger, resentment), so they get suppressed, and also partly...

Hi and welcome! I'm pretty new to this process too. I agree with what others have written, and would only add that for me it was important to start *very* gradually increasing my physical activity, slowly proving to myself that things I thought would make my pain worse actually didn't (e.g...

Hi Danny, I can definitely understand feeling ridiculous and self critical about this. I am a psychologist and I already go to therapy every week, so I see myself as emotionally "aware" and it was a very humbling shock for me to realize that my "medical problem" could be caused by repressed...

Marine89 I am so sorry to hear you're not feeling any relief. I can definitely understand why you'd be feeling angry and frustrated. Whenever I feel my pain I feel angry at myself because I interpret it to mean I'm "failing" at overcoming the TMS, even though I know being hard on myself makes it...

Hi marine89. I'm new here too and I can definitely relate to the disbelief. My pain is in my right pelvis/sacrum and it also followed a car accident. It's been 2 weeks since I read Sarno's book and though I've definitely made progress, every time I feel a hint of the pain worsening again I go...

Hello, I'm so happy to have discovered this forum today. I discovered Sarno's book two weeks ago and have experienced a great deal of improvement, but I'm having a set back right now and it's frustrating me. I know getting angry and pressuring myself about it is counter productive, but it's...