Recent content by narcissus1888

Hey thank you ! Yes I find myself trying to avoid fear/obsession of the symptom because we hear everywhere that it reinforces the symptom...so maybe the middle ground is to allow these obsessions without engaging with them, the way you describe; I just don't find it natural, it may take practice...

Interesting that you are mentioning David Hanscom, I am currently reading the section of his website dedicated to OCD/anxiety, and I find myself in everything he describes. It is a relief to learn that we don't have to fight these thoughts ; my initial reaction was to think "I have thoughts...

Hi everyone, I guess this work for TMS-related thoughts too ? The last few months I've been having constant thoughts about TMS : the physical symptom, fear, my own thought processes, chances of recovery, etc...It has become some kind of an obsession, I think about it hours a day.

Hello there, and thank you for the reply. This is very funny because the last few days, it occurred to me that I should exercise regularly, for overall health and wellbeing, and not as a means to end my specific symptom. I started with a small stretching routine in the morning, and it helps a...

Thank you ! One big challenge for me is that I don't know who I am. I spent all my childhood trying to please my parents so they wouldn't punish me. And then from 17 years old to now, completely consumed by the constipation and fixing myself. I don't know if I'm a sports kind of person, an...

Yes I do...and honestly the thoughts it brings up are sometimes very dark. When you say "the work" what are you referring to ? There are so many different things in the TMS space. Are you referring to conquering fear, hence the link you included ?

Oh thank you, it resonates a lot. In my case the obsession of constipation itself is prevalent because there's guilt around it. But I developed the same issue that you describe, avoiding "negative" feelings like boredom, sadness, anxiety, because I label them as a sign that something in me is...

Thank you for the reframing :D I sometimes feel discouraged about the fact that I've been at this for 3 years, and relapsed after doing good. But maybe the more positive outlook on it is : "It is possible to get better". probably I relapsed because I indulged in fear instead of "keeping calm and...

So what you are saying is you stopped compulsively looking for meaning, just did the work (which I suppose is about thinking psychologically, observing instead of engaging with fearful thoughts) and things started to emerge naturally ? This is what I think too. Sometimes I feel like my desire to...

Thank you ! It is true, there's some reframing that can be done. I hope that the reframing I'll keep doing about the constipation will also help me reframe other uncomfortable things

Thank you very much ! I had already read the first one but not the second, and it is very inspiring too. I like how they overcame decades of ill health. It shows that the body and brain are capable of anything ; sometimes I lack faith in my own ability to create a new life, which goes beyond...

Thank you so much for your uplifting reply ! My 9 months of getting well were actually powered by the decision that I was so done obsessing over my bowels, and that whatever my bowels choose to do, I would live my life. I didn't have much knowledge of TMS at this time, but then I realized I was...

Hello there, I've been doing the TMS work for quite some time now, in order to heal chronic constipation which I've had since I'm 16 (I'm now 31). For 9 months this work helped me tremendously, I was able to go to the bathroom almost everyday without any diet, supplements or anything else...