Recent content by rainyday412

Yes!! Conditioning for sure. If I stand to bake cookies I worry about sciatica. And damn, I end up getting sciatica.

This really sounds like TMS. I was in remission but something really stressful happened in my life and the pain struck again. You need to break the cycle. I had symptoms like yours in my initial flare 15 years ago. My symptoms changed now, but is all in my head…as in the signals my brain...

Yes! I loved that episode with mouse!!!

I am still working through the process, but graded exposure is what’s helping me. As I slowly face my fear, the pain lessons as I feel less fear. I keep increasing the exposure a little bit each day. It’s working, but it’s incredibly hard at first. My heart would beat through my chest scared...

I find the fear the toughest part too. There are a few things from Buglio and Gordon that have helped me…to have the attitude of not giving a shit. There is an audio clip where Gordon is talking to a lady with wrist pain, and he is yelling at her to stop giving a shit about the pain…and then...

Just letting you know that u guys have helped me already. Approaching my recovering with less pressure on myself and it’s helping. Trying new chairs in very small increments to have a positive experience, like what Alan Gordon talks about. U r right, it’s the emotion of sitting not the task of...

I have some similar symptoms in my past fibromyalgia flares. Bladder, skin sensitivity, back pain, and pain in back of my leg. Tests ruled everything out. I am now certain my brain is the problem as I am learning I can turn some symptoms off quickly. My worst symptom in a flare is always the...

Good advice. I was doing much better before returning to work. New chair, new environment. I prob was focusing too hard on improvement instead of making it light. I need to face my fear. I will listen to Alan Gordon’s book again this week while working. I might be making recovery more of a...

Ok so keep on pushing through and try to break the fear. I have really made a lot of progress on fear. It used to make m3 pass out if I felt the pain might be coming on. But I am stronger now, should I try sitting in the office chair in smaller increments to teach myself it’s ok?

I have had fibromyalgia for a decade, flares with stress. Most flares involve issues with sitting. Burning in leg, or sometimes sharp pain. Can go a couple years between flares. Finally started noticing a mind connection during this last flare that started 2 months ago. I could tell when I...

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, but the lingering symptom on this flare is sitting! I have been getting better over past week with using tools from Alan Gordon, Dan buglio. Went from sitting only 10 seconds to sitting 12 minutes per sitting session after a week of brain training. BUT, now...