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I have been going a bit slowly through this program.. missing a few days at a time. But I'm not going to beat myself up over it. I also am going to EMDR therapy once a week (for the last 2 months or so), and things have been getting very intense during those sessions. I'm digging deep into my...

Have you been overly critical of yourself lately? How and why have you done this? You can find a review on recognizing destructive behaviors, such as self-criticism. I am extremely self critical, to the point where I find myself calling myself names. This happens to me most often when I play...

What was the most disheartening thing a doctor has told you about your symptoms? In what ways have you kept that in your mind? One doctor told me that there is a bell curve for the types of problems/diseases that people have, and this Dr. told me I am "far on the outside of the bell curve,"...

When was the last time you exercised or did another physical activity? What was this activity? How did it make you feel physically and emotionally? If it is has been a while since you last exercised, why? I went swimming for the first time in two years yesterday. I was on day 3 of a major flare...

I'm approaching 2 years of rectal and pelvic pain. Been through 20+ doctors, multiple pelvic floor PTs, got hip surgery for a labral tear, dealt with depression and massive amounts of anxiety. This all kicked off when I tried using a prostate massager and felt pain. That snowballed completely...