Recent content by Murphy

Hey Alan, That is great advice. I live in Michigan, approximately 2.5 hours from Dr. Schubiner. I could make the trip and have thought pretty seriously about it. I've had pain since I was a little kid and brought to rheumatologists that told me I would have issues and put me on pain meds...

Excellent post! I agree that I was "primed" to believe in a structural source for my symptoms. Doctors told me to go out and buy books on arthritis and study them so I'd know how to cope. Meanwhile I was reinforcing a false diagnosis and feeding my subconscious just what it needed. I feel...

Thanks Gigalos! That helps. I appreciate it!

Yeah, I'm sure there is something to the fact that the symptoms occur when I'm at my computer working. Learned response perhaps. Pretty intense cramping as if my hand wants to close up on its own along with the tingling and muscle twitching. It's weird how symptoms move around. I'll have it...

Hello All, I've found this forum community to be a terrific resource for education and it has been immensely helpful to just read about others in a similar situation. I've read Dr. Sarno's books and they have been helpful as far as theory and cause of TMS / MBS., but i've really connected with...

I have noticed that over the past several months, I have experienced what I would call muscle twitches. They have continued to become more pronounced. From my face to my feet. Not painful, but distracting, which is exactly the aim of your unconscious mind. Some are quite tiny and some are...

Hello Everyone, Day 8 of the structured program. I'm trying my best to make things work. I am hoping to get some advice on a few things. 1. Recognizing emotions connected to my pain. I don't think I am very good at this yet, are there some suggestions for ways to help better connect...

I am trying to treat anxiety as a TMS equivalent for sure. I am going through a pretty stressful time right now, and the manifestations seem to be pain and anxiety. I've been running in the mornings even though there is some pain, trying to re-train myself that it is not a structural issue...

Hey Eveyone, I have been doing physical things with less fear lately thanks to this forum which I really appreciate. Does this sound like TMS to you guys? I wake up in the morning without pain. Typically every morning pain free. As I lay there in bed and my mind starts to engage, I find...

Hey everyone, Muscle tension. Anybody out there experience this as a symptom? Man, I have a lot of it. I work on the computer and draw for a living and I can literally feel my forearms and hands tighten up and cramp. I can watch my left arm as the symptom starts, I will get twitches in my arm...

The anxiety for me seems to be work related. I tend to really have problems with it when stresses at work come up. I tend to take my job/profession very seriously and when I am not feeling as though I am measuring up (especially when co workers might tell me so) I go into a tremendous funk. I...