Recent content by Tom_Chase

Yes. I don't know about any others but I'm not very active here. I don't think Dr Sarno is well-known at all in the UK, I only learnt about him and TMS through watching an interview with Larry David.

Another article from Monty Lyman: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/01/doctor-hypnotherapy-ibs-changed-belief-pain (I am a doctor, and having hypnotherapy for IBS has changed my belief about pain | Monty Lyman) This quote could have come straight out of Dan Buglio's book: "It...

I decided to listen to a podcast on YouTube featuring one of the authors mentioned in the article. He uses different terminology but essentially describes TMS/perceived danger pain in some of his anecdotes. Good to see these ideas reaching a wider audience and some additional research to add...

Article from The Guardian today. Have only skimmed so far but might be of interest. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/26/the-mindbody-revolution-how-the-division-between-mental-and-physical-illness-fails-us-all (The mind/body revolution: how the division between ‘mental’ and...

@anacoluthon33 I look forward to it! Would the various eating disorders fit within the TMS sphere? I see some people mention them. I'm thinking of Tony of course, but also Vito Spatafore and the Sacrimoni family.

Hi @anacoluthon33 I would be interested, and I would imagine there are some essays or papers in this area, but none with a TMS focus I'm sure. I'd forgotten about some of those other examples, but I think they fit well. Ralph Cifaretto also has back problems I think, though Janice does push...

In The Dry, an Irish TV show, after separating from her husband and thus ending an unhappy marriage, one of the characters removes a wrist brace that she had worn constantly up to that point and suddenly realises that she is now free from pain.

An old thread I know, but after learning about TMS I immediately thought about The Sopranos and Salvatore Bonpensiero and his back pain that comes at a time of great inner turmoil. The show itself focuses on Tony Soprano and through his sessions with a psychiatrist we learn about his traumatic...