Recent content by tarala

Hi all-- sorry to have abandoned the forum for so long. When I did my first TPP it went so smoothly, and I actually enjoyed the whole thing. Then when I started the second at the beginning of the year, I had nothing but resistance, to every part of it. I slogged along for a while then gave up...

I used to try lucid dreaming but I never seemed to get anywhere. It seems like it could be an amazing tool for healing. Maybe I'll have another go. As for India I do yoga, swim and have cheap massages (for health and pleasure, not pain), but mostly I go because I am pretty much pain free when I...

Hi painfree (like the name), I used to have asthma and discovered I'm an "overbreather." I am very careful to breathe in a way that works for me. I think that's fine in the context of TPP; I think most important is breathing consciously, and staying present, not how long, deep, etc each...

Hi Brian, I disappeared off to India for four months. Interestingly, my TMS always goes away almost entirely when I travel. Very telling! I didn't actually find that all that much happened during the three weeks after my first TPP. But recently some family issues have triggered anger and now...

Hi TPPers, I've only done one but it was amazing. PainfreeB, I had to do the last two weeks on vacation and I found it a little disruptive, but still better than not doing it at all. Brian, #4!!! That is incredible. Lucky for us we have you as our own TPP guru. I'm starting my second today as...

Thanks Forest, bookmarks are a fabulous idea.

Thanks Anne, this seems useful in a wider sense too. With a choice of two or more thoughts about any situation, pick the one that feels best!

I think it's human nature to always want things to be the way we think they should be, and of course it so often isn't. In this sense I don't think there is anyone that doesn't have anger, whether they are in touch with it or not. But I've always thought that fear is really the base emotion...

I'm an INFJ too Caroline. For me it's the perfectionism part of the personality that really gets me into TMS trouble. Too stressful trying to get it all right!

Hi and welcome to the forum. It might be helpful to focus on what was going on when the problem started. Were you under more stress than usual? Did your circumstances change, or was it an anniversary of something difficult in the past? As long as you are checking out the medical end of things...

Ha ha you'd also get pictures of my kids and my dog and my last trip to India and the shopping list!

Hi Andrew, sorry for the late reply but I'm on my phone at the moment and I'm not much of a thumb typer. It does sound like a lot to start both at once, but if you are like me it's a measure of desperation! If you have time I'm sure the TMS work and TPP are very complimentary. What is really...

@Ellen I want to double like your post but there is no such thing.

Thanks Caroline, that was amazing! It's incredible what the mind can do.

Yes, the recordings are wonderful for those of us in farther time zones, thank you for posting them Forest. Ellen, the quote in your signature in fantastic. On to my fridge.