Recent content by scottjmurray

These are definitely predictors of developing TMS/MBS as well as a whole host of other ailments. My anecdotal experience with the population that suffers from addiction would suggest that the majority of them suffered sexual or physical abuse in childhood. With the percentage that end up...

There are some recognizable traits that TMS/MBS has that differs from physical injuries. Psychogenic symptoms are inconsistent throughout the day, or will shift depending on what you're doing. Physical injuries generally only respond to movement that's specific to the afflicted area. TMS will...

Dr. Sarno did provide his patients with an explanation of where the repressed emotions could be found. You'll have to forgive me, sometimes I forget that people new to TMS theory don't have even a cursory understanding of the psychology. Here are the sources that he suggests: What I was...

The benefit of journaling from Sarno's perspective was to get the patient to focus on their psychology rather than their physiology. Most people that have TMS do not need to develop any awareness of what their repressed emotions are to get better, however. Accepting the diagnosis and returning...

The first time that I tried Redirecting I had a similar experience. I really had to be in the right place in life to dedicate myself fully to the practice. The release of anger can result in a depressive lull, which is the brain adjusting to what you just cleared out. The important thing...

The unconscious emotions that are at the core of these TMS-type disorders are not likely to be changed by actions that you are taking in your present life. My experience with these phenomenon suggests that guessing from the higher areas of the brain will not really make much of a difference. The...

I also have this "high-performance" personality trait. If I'm working on something, I start to catch fire from the amount of effort I put in. When I first started applying Dr. Sarno's method, I saw my accessory symptoms vanish rather quickly, but my main one was the sticking point for a while...

The symptoms started when I was 17 and they were constant. I was really messed up for about 3-4 years if my memory serves, and I collected many accessory disorders as well like tinnitus, migraine headaches, jaw pain, sciatica, anxiety symptoms, etc. I read Dr. Sarno's book, The Mindbody...

I had the same experience when my pelvic pain started. Antibiotics were ineffective, but they ruled out infection. I didn't have this many tests but I had a urologist that I was seeing at the time. I became disillusioned with the medical establishment that had no cure for me. I also found in...

TL;DR I had Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome starting at age 17 that lasted for about 4 years. I read Dr. John Sarno’s book The Mindbody Prescription, and had a functional cure within a few months time. Due to one lingering symptom which always kind of irked me, and the fact that I’m also an opioid...

Yes. I don't often get involved in testimony as I prefer my privacy in life with regard to these matters but my hope is that, like myself, someone might find what I've written here and find a kernel of truth in it. This road is not an easy one and more often than not I've found myself in...

Hello, my name is Scott. I used to visit these forums a number of years ago. When I was 17 years old I was stricken with intense anxiety and pelvic pain following a circumcision surgery. I tried the Stanford Protocol for around a year, followed by applying Sarnos Theory on mind body disorders...