Recent content by ReturnofHope

It was amazing, but not surprising, when I did this exercise. I was observing critical, pressure, and fear thoughts, and I discovered that most of the problematic thoughts are fear thoughts. I’ve been meditating regularly for about a year, so I was familiar with the observer position. That...

I would caution, though, that dismissing your symptoms as “just TMS” might inadvertently contribute to more repression. Be sure to be self compassionate and give your feelings time to speak so that you can appropriately assess whether the symptoms are TMS or not. With me, I grew up in a very...

Hi, Andy! I agree. The pieces of all I have been learning as a student of suffering are coming together in wonderful ways. I am very grateful. I have noticed that so very many of the people suffering with Lyme and its after effects are of the personality profile that often suffers TMS...

A life free from fear? That sounds heavenly! I always sailed through my life repressing fear for the most part. I went through multiple objectively fear inducing experiences, seemingly without a shimmy It was necessary to get me through being raised by sociopathic parents in a very rough...

Thank you. Have a great evening!

You can find great info on self compassion on Kristin Neff’s SelfCompassion site. There are meditations and exercises as well.

Whoaaaa...a sense of safety. Sign me up!!!

Oops. That was FOLKS not faults. Automistake strikes again.

By that, I am assuming technology actually worked faster than usual this time.

Yep!

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum, but not new to TMS. I was diagnosed about 20 years ago and recovered. I did rather well for about 10 years, and then life imploded when the recession hit and we lost our sole source of income and all our savings. Under the extreme stress on multiple...

I went to the site and sent a message. Then it all went blank. I am not sure if it sent it really fast or not at all. If it didn’t, I’m interested!