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Please would someone be able to explain what deconditioning is regarding pain. I keep reading about it but don't understand it / how to apply? many thanks

I have struggled with atypical trigeminal neuralgia for the past year. I have been journospeaking for 5 months and a few insights etc around various topics have arisen but nothing major. I'm now 49 and did 3 rounds of unsuccessful IVF 8 years ago alone (with a sperm donor) and have always found...

@Sterling Many cultures treasure pain as it a tool for self growth. we in the west don't. I am so not hippy dippy and i kept asking my face pain what it wanted to tell me ( but not really believing this would work.) it never gave me an answer. Today it did give me an answer - telling me I...

Hi @Sterling How are you struggling hon? With the anxiety or flare ups? If it's anxiety remember that all anxiety is is a thought and a body sensation. Focus on the body sensation not the thoughts are they just multiply and multiply and are only dependent on your mood in the moment. ie if in...

HI @Sterling. and great reply from @JanAtheCPA Personally being in a similar situation to you I think that your Tms evidence is incredibly strong. The way I see it is that there is absolutely no firm evidence that there is nerve damage and so many people with incredibly severe symptoms...

Hi @Sterling Many thanks for your message and apologies for not writing sooner. Well mentally I'm in a great place but the pain is pretty bad still. I am however getting the very odd reprieve and the pain is vaguely unnoticeable. However if i look at my journey since this started in March 2021...

Many thanks @Baseball65 much appreciated. Did you have tiny windows of no pain in the v early stages of your recovery ie not a lapse once you had recovered. Wondered if tiny window of no pain and then back to endless pain was sign of something starting to shift!

@Eureka Thanks so much for taking the time to encourage us....hugely appreciated. wow I have my first 2 hours per day of no pain for 2 days and now it is back to the same of being in pain every day. ( emotions/ stress levels etc all stayed low). It has given me hope as this is the first time I...

HI @Aria and @Sterling Good to hear from you and would be great to support each other. Also thank you for the tips as to what you have found helpful. I am regularly throughout the day repeating to myself that there is nothing structurally wrong etc plus saw a hypnosis lady who made me a...

Hi @Sterling - thanks so much for taking the time to reply - much appreciated Regarding your comment of if things are progressing it's TMS - do you mean if the pain is getting worse? if so yes it is getting much worse with time! My stress (with the exception of the last month) got much...

HI I wondered if anyone would be able to advise me. I had a biopsy inside my mouth in the cheek ( negative). Over the course of the last year a pain has progressively developed such that when I speak it is akin to a knife being inside my mouth. Incredibly painful and no reprieve. All medical...

Please can someone help me here! @Baseball65 your brilliant inventory - thank you. I have terrible pain in my mouth whenever I speak - the problem is what do I with the knowledge of my inventory ie WORK I'm truly truly pissed off I can't work due to excruciating pain speakin, FAMILY - I...