Recent content by saulgoodman

your story is really inspiring. Could you provide more details on the techniques you used to overcame the fear of pain? I’m really struggling with it. Once the pain start I build anxiety and fear and it seems I can’t exit this negative loop. thanks

Bowel movements are the real problem. Is impossible to avoid them, hence the gradual exposure is not possible. I’ve almost no pain in the morning, but after BM everything explode. It depends also on the stool consistency. It’s a real mistery

I’m not alone then :) did you manage to have some relief during these years? In my experience I had pretty long relief periods when I was taking Cymbalta 60mg and Lyrica (75 in the morning, 150 in the evening). Every time I stopped the meds thinking I was cured, the symptoms came back. In...

I'll try it

Fear of the pain and not accepting it is my biggest issue. It's really hard not thinking about it and obsessing about it. I have pudendal neuralgia and considering the zone it's really hard to ignore it. Any suggestions on how to overcame the fear and ignore the pain?

I know that it’s totally psychosomatic. I read all the Sarno’s book (I’m finishing “the divided mind”). But now that the proctologist diagnosed me the prolapse and suggest surgery my mind tend to think “maybe with surgery everything will fix”. But on the other end, in the last 10 months I was...

Hi. Since 7 years I wake up feeling pretty good, but once I have a bowel movement, after 10 minutes it starts a burning sensation in my perineum that sometimes irradiates to my penis and buttocks. The sensation is never the same. Sometimes is burning, sometimes is pain, sometimes just a...