Recent content by orffgirl

Today's question to ponder is: What do I find the most helpful in the SEP? There are 2 things that I feel are helping me a lot. I love having a new reading every day. It always gives me something new to think about. And I love the support network. I try to read a couple of posts every day and...

Goof for you! awesome, honest post.

Oh thanks Walt that was a really good insight that wanting to help other people who clearly have TMS is part of a "goodist" personality! Up to now I hadn't considered myself to be on that category. Time to re-think…..

Eve,Thanks for your reply!! I forgot to also add that my 92 yr old mother has acute TMS - shoulder pain that rules her life. She also used to have bladder leakage at night but that cleared up when her shoulder pain got worse. She and her husband moved out of their home and into a seniors'...

Hi riv44. I really enjoyed reading your post. I just spent 2 weeks with my 92-hr-old mother and got her to talk about some things from our family's past. I think you are right about trauma being passed on generationally and I felt it really helped me to talk with her and hear her words. She...

It certainly is great to have family support when you have TMS. My younger daughter is going through the SEP as well so we are supporting each other. We have known about TMS for years but only recently discovered this website. It is helping us to deal with TMS one and for all (we hope). My...

I often get episodes of sensitivity in my teeth when I feel stresses. I believe it is TMS! Everyone is different. Your pain does not have to follow the same pattern as mine or anyone else's

I'm away from home for a couple of weeks with sporadic access to internet. I actually think it's good for the TMS to be unplugged for awhile since I tend to obsess…(oh yes totally a TMS personality here…) It's great to get back online and see these supportive comments though…the pain comes and...

Up until today I never realized I have low self esteem. But when I read the list of prompts under that heading, I answered yes to every one of them. I do often feel other people are better at most things than I am. I think other people don't like me as much as other people. I get anxious when...

I had a very similar experience to you. Read the Sarno books years ago and thought I had the back pain licked. Then I had an episode of acid reflux that inflamed my vocal cords so badly I had to take a month off from work (I am retired now, but was a school music teacher). It was not until I...

Yes I think even though it's more uncomfortable, it's a sign that the brain's strategy is failing…getting desperate. Let's hope…..

From everything I have read on this site, I feel that the fact that my pain is moving around is great news at this point in my recovery. A week ago I had pain in my right ankle. Then it moved to my right hip. Then yesterday it completely went away for a whole day! Today I woke up with pain in my...