Recent content by TMUlrich

Thanks for your input, @Cactusflower. Being okay with being uncomfortable sounds right. I sometimes get the idea from mind-body theory that the problem arises because the mind magnifies small things that are going on in the body and essentially blows them out of proportion. I read on a post on...

Hello, all. Though I've lurked a bit, I haven't posted on this forum for a while. Until recently I was doing pretty well, and I was trying to deprive my TMS tendencies of oxygen by ignoring them as much as possible. I didn't and don't want to wallow in my symptoms. I wanted to live my life, and...

Thanks for the thoughtful and thorough response, @Cactusflower!

This is helpful, @JanAtheCPA. Thanks for your wise counsel.

The voice inside my head that is being hard on me . . . how do I stop that? The harmful personality traits . . . how do I disable them? For example, feeling guilty all the time . . . how do I "feel that feeling" and then "let it go"? Okay, so I observe that self-criticism, guilt, feeling...

Yeah, I know I'm still new to this and that I need to be patient. Even the best success stories involve a turnaround that is measured in weeks, not days. I'm certainly not giving up on TMS yet. But like probably everyone here, I have explored a lot of theories over the years and have had a lot...

The SEP suggests that I post about doubts and/or aha moments that I'm experiencing right now. My main aha, as I have indicated in other posts, is the idea that just recognizing that the symptoms are psychologically caused and deciding to reassert control over yourself is astonishingly...

I'm in a little bit of a similar situation to you, @LAguy. Couple of weeks in, have been trying to just ignore back pain and live like there's nothing wrong. Today, there's some pain. Not a ton, and I'm just trying to do all my regular activities. Even went out and played a couple of hours of...

You're an inspiration, @Baseball65. Not just to me but obviously to a lot of other people on this forum. Yeah, we definitely have some parallels. I especially identify with this: Oh, and also this: Thanks for the support!

Thanks for all these good thoughts, @Diana-M. I'm sure you're right that there are deeper things under the sluggishness, etc. When things are going well I don't feel that way at all but rather the opposite, so there's clearly stuff going on below that level. I'm going to do some reflecting and...

Thanks for the thoughts, @JanAtheCPA. I'm currently on a little pause from the SEP but I intend to hop back on before too long. For now, I'm kind of in full-on Dan Buglio mode -- you are fine, everything's fine, there's nothing wrong with you, just live your life, etc. I do think there's a lot...

My experience is very similar to Scott's. If my experience is anything to go by, the best thing you can do is tell yourself that there's really nothing wrong with your digestive system. What you're experiencing is mostly if not entirely about nervous tension along your digestive tract. The best...

I can't imagine that it wouldn't help, both psychologically/emotionally AND physically. Actually, isn't the whole point of this TMS/MBS thing that the psychological and the physical are just two sides of the same coin? What I'm experiencing in the short time since I discovered all this stuff is...