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You said that the workout itself usually doesn’t hurt, but the reaction comes the next day. That’s usually where the whole thing tends to get decided. It’s really easy in that moment to interpret the soreness or pain as “I did something wrong” or “I set myself back,” even if part of you knows...

I relate to this a lot, especially your mind immediately latching onto the next thing to worry about once one stressor passes. To me, that’s often a sign that the deeper issue isn’t just the specific symptom or even the specific fear. It’s that the brain has gotten very practiced at scanning for...

I would also be very interested in finding Chinese translations of Sarno's works. I'm really surprised that none seem to be available after all this time.

Oh, I have thoughts. I'm pretty hard on myself as well, although not to the degree that you are. The difference is both in what I might initially say to myself upon, say - using your example - taking a wrong turn on the road. I tend to move past that reaction pretty quickly...and it turns out...

There is a concept called "extinction burst" in which pain intensifies after starting a TMS program. It happens because the brain resists addressing repressed emotions, so it ramps up the pain to get your attention back on the physical, hoping to distract you from those emotions. Alan Gordon's...

Perhaps I could have been a bit clearer: I had to reach an absolute crisis point before I became willing and able to take Sarno's approach and apply it. Without that crisis, I probably would have continued on and on down that rabbit hole. I was NEVER going to be entirely convinced based on what...

Yes, yes, and YES to everything Jan had to say! I spent two years obsessed with figuring out the cause of my pain while every doctor I saw told me something different than the last. They weren't sure, and my pain and test results never quite fit, so I went into the rabbit hole of research...

Oh, I know that place. There is a lot of scientific evidence that points to the same thing I've found to be true in my own experience - the more I focused on that noise, the louder it seemed, and the more anxious I became. I know this is a hard pill to swallow and tough to imagine doing, but the...

When I was in my mid-teens, I started having terrible stomach pain attacks that sent me to the emergency room every time, and every time after hours of tests and no pain meds forthcoming, staff would throw up their hands and, having found no discernible cause, relent and give me Vicodin. At some...

I'd like to echo Ellen's congratulations. While I've never had IBS-D, I did have a long struggle with daily headaches for several years. As it turned out, by using BC Powder (a combination of aspirin and caffeine), I had been bringing on rebound headaches as my body fought back against my daily...

Well, what's great is that I don't need to conquer it. I've really gotten to the point where I don't give shit whether it stays or goes; either way, I win. If it stays, it serves as an occasional reminder of where I'm coming from and how far I've come. It reminds me that I'm *alive*. If it...

Hi Jan, thanks for the welcome! I've actually been lurking on this board for years, and used to occasionally post on tmshelp way back in the day (back then I was the one looking for support). After my first big issue (testicular pain) was resolved, I just got on with my life and didn't really...

I'm glad you found that helpful! I am better now, from quite a few things. My big two were chronic testicular pain that had me unable to walk across a room without crippling pain for a couple of years (I'm 17 years pain free on that one; that's how I discovered Sarno), and then several years ago...

I think you're moving in the right direction. The fear cycle definitely fucks everything up and multiplies your worries to no good end. We've all wrestled with that. Especially people like me, whose initial bullshit thought everytime I feel some new, unexplained twinge or see something new and...

@eightball776 I read all of your post too, and like @JanAtheCPA, I initially wasn't sure what to say...but now I have stuff! @Diana-M inspired a lot of it. Hanging on and not giving up is key. The first year or so that I was struggling with tinnitus and the anxiety it provoked in me, I wasn't...