Recent content by Ralph99

I am fairly certain all of your issues are TMS. I have pain also when I bite at a certain angle on my lower right molars. I went to a dentist and they said one of the teeth is cracked, but I get pain from 2 different teeth. She also said I have other cracked teeth, but I have no pain from...

You are in the right place and on the right track. Thank you for the kind words and I think the same thing for you!

thank you! This is excellent information.

Hi Laurie. Don't worry--I feel the same way a lot. I haven't figured all of this out. You are not missing anything. A lot of times I believe my TMS is evil and trying to harm me and scare me, not protect me or distract me. I am just hoping the TMS practitioners and most of the books I read...

Thank you, Mermaid. Very good advice. You are so right--I am angry at myself for being angry. I am putting a lot of pressure on myself to uncover my rage and let it go. And at least one of my parents is a definite TMSer. He just doesn't know what that means. He has 20 doctors and always...

Like a lot of people on here, I believe unresolved subconscious rage/anger and general life frustration is one of the main causes of my TMS. Some of it goes back to childhood and some is a result of my life experience, current experience, and even some related to having TMS itself. I have been...

I am reading it now. It is an amazing book. It has helped me better understand the underlying reason for TMS. I don't even want to try and explain it, because I will do a dis-service to the book. But it opened my eyes. It contains a spiritual explanation for TMS as well as anxiety...

Have you gone through any type of psychotherapy, like with the TMS practitioners on this site? They can help uncover some of the stuff you might not know about. Sarno recommended psychotherapy in stubborn cases.

It definitely has to do with reprogramming the neural pathways. Once you have a habit of anything, the brain rewires itself to do the habit automatically. It takes a lot of practice and work to change a habit, and that is because the neural pathways have become wired that way. This includes...

I have found an actual medical diagnosis that seems very similar if not equivalent to TMS. This is from the mayo clinic website, which is a credible Internet medical resource: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/somatic-symptom-disorder/basics/definition/con-20124065 (Somatic symptom...

Hi TG957. I don't know for sure yet. I am just working through my issues like everyone. Like you, I was hoping to find a smoking gun of repressed emotions to uncover and that would be the key. Therapy helped me while I was active, but I stopped once I felt better a year ago, and my symptoms...

Hi everyone. I have been battling TMS for over 3 years, and less chronic symptoms much longer. I only understood that's what it is about 2 years ago after reading John Sarno's books. I have worked with Derek Sapico, and he is great. I have had many different symptoms over the years, starting...