Recent content by ttdsprtra

Thank you so much for your encouragement and suggestions, it feels good to get confirmation that this is normal and part of the process. I had a daily meditation practice for years, but stopped it once I started working on my TMS because I realized that my attitude towards meditation was one of...

Thank you for the encouragement. I have cut down on emotional stressors: I'm only working 3 days a week, I haven't been using media and social media at all, and I've become mindful about which friends I meet and how often. I've also developed the habit of holding these emotions as a parent, and...

I'm grateful and happy about the progress I've made: through the programs and advice from helpful people on these forums, I've reconnected to my emotions and mostly gotten rid of my symptoms. Because I've stopped repressing, however, I'm now racked with so much emotion during a day that most...

I would first like to give a quick summary of my recovery so far. 6 months ago, I was feeling constant debilitating exhaustion and pain and was unable to work, exercise, or deal with daily stresses. After working through the Structured Education Program and Alan Gordon's new program, getting...

Thank you both so much for your encouragement and advice. Yesterday night was a perfect example of what I was complaining about: I woke up in the middle of the night with bad insomnia and it felt like my body was shutting down: a painful mouth sore, pain in my left knee, sinking pain in my...

Since I've started the structured education program, my symptoms have grown more varied and harder to pin down. It seems like my body cycles through fatigue, gastrointestinal trouble, ear pain, mouth sores, hay fever, and several different areas of musculoskeletal pain and tension (feet, legs...

Yesterday, I was not mindful about the way I ate and ended up snacking throughout the day and then eating too much in the evening. Physically, I felt bloated and gassy throughout the day, and extremely so after dinner. I felt guilty for some time, but quickly noticed the pattern and turned my...

I've realized that by far the most prevalent emotion is anger. Growing up in an extremely religious family, I have been taught that anger is sinful, so I learned to repress it well at an early age and have been for so long. The second most prevalent emotion is fear, which I repress because of...

Thank you so much for the advice and encouragement @Andy Bayliss. I especially like the idea of using the Evidence List as a tool to combat exercise pain.

Things are good. I feel a huge improvement in my fatigue symptoms. I was able to travel back home and see my family, a feat which felt terrifying just a few weeks ago. My musculoskeletal pain has also gotten slightly better, but it's still there and has started moving around. I feel that my...