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I shared my success story in 2016, and I’m happy to say that as I continue to apply what I’ve learned through my pain journey, I am still a success story, almost 10 years later. But today, I want to share a relapse story for anyone who needs to read this, because it was the stories of others...

I am so sorry you are going through this. One thing that jumps out to me is that you are afraid of the fear, which is stacking your emotions leading to their escalation. The goal is to allow all feelings without judgment, including fear. Your brain is responding to the fear and adding more on...

Knowledge of the physiological mechanisms behind the pain was very important to my healing. I am a skeptical person by nature, I am a trained scientific researcher, pseudoscience wouldn’t cut the mustard with me. Sarno opened my mind to the theory, but the modern brain research helped my brain...

I think journaling is very useful. For me journaling helped me organize the thoughts that had been going around in my head. I began to understand why I responsed and reacted to life from a place of fear. But I also think for myself, journaling kept me in the story. If you have read Pema Chodron...

Thank you!! I was not a patient of Ronald Siegel. I read and referred to his books over and over again, Back Sense and The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems.

Thank you so much for your post. I experienced many of the same TMS equivalents as you. I had severe leg cramps or "growing pains" as a child, TMJ as an adolescent, severe social anxiety (I didn't know that was what it was until a year ago), endometriosis, GERD, hiatal hernia, IBS, recurrent...

Wow! I'm here to write my success story. My journey began almost three years ago and I never believed I would be writing my story to share with others. I'm writing for those of you who doubt, who are stuck, who are frightened and confused and who are not healing like everyone else seems to be...

I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to know if you have come any further in connecting the two theories, Levine and Sarno. I read Sarno in January and just found Levine's work this month. After reading Levines book I am having trouble accepting Sarno's theory that the pain is generated...

Thank you drreisner for the supportive words. I think I needed to hear that this is part of the process. I do have a good psychotherapist. I thought I had dealt with my past, but I think things in my present are triggering old wounds. The anxiety is so intense. I have never taken medication, but...

Hi, I am in need of some support. I am into about a week of very intense anxiety and bursts of crying. I am exhausted and overwhelmed. The good news is my back pain is just about gone. I remember hearing Eric say that when his pain went away he had really bad anxiety, so I am visualizing that...

Great advice!

Simply stated, yet well said! Thank you for this!