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Have devised a new version of mindfullness/journnaling / somatic trackinf which I call creative curious sensation analysis wherein the tracking takes on a creative task of a piem/haiku or a visual expression of my pain, its colour, form etc. Alan Gordon’s playfullness or e njoying the show?

Thanks. The Curable app with Alan Gordon snd Lara Burke helps to kickstart meditation

Many thanks, I've ordered the book direct from this site.

I live in theUK. Is it possible to buy Unlearn Your Pain from Dr. Schubiner's website? It's on Amazon uk at a very high price.

Thanks for replying. Yes, it does help because even though I've read much of the literature you quoted, until now nobody has said what they're taking and how much. On a bad day at the moment I take 2 Tramadol and taper off with 1 per day. Over a period of 15 years I've had pain free consecutive...

Hi Zippo, This is exactly my problem at the moment; trying to do the TMS work and not knowing whether I should be trying to stop taking painkillers and try to push through the pain. I suppose it depends on how much pain medication you're on and whether you feel that you're becoming dependent on...

After a relatively pain free summer I'm back again with pain, the programme and exactly your question : if it's TMS why can't I make it go away? What strategies do you find helpful when working on not blaming yourself; I think I know what you mean by 'blaming' and my instinct is to hide away or...

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Glad to hear of your progress. I too feel pain when doing journal tasks and blamed it on the act of writing, gripping the pen and pressing but then realised that it was the pain from thinking of the subject I was writing about and bad memories of completing reports to a deadline in the past; in...

Thanks for replying, TG957. I'm working on it and can see the benefits of longer sessions of meditation, trying to ignore pain or sometimes exploring the nature of the pain or anxiety by viewing them objectively, trying to find physical analogies. Not sure at the moment whether this is counter...

For a 5 minute meditation do you have any tips on this? I realise that everybody will have their own style and mantras even. but sometimes on these forums a posting gives a new insight to be tried or adapted. Thanks. I'm a returning user and have obviously not got to the root of my TMS but am...

How can we 'just be' in the face of existential angst at the moment. Feeling helpless, surrounded by societal ills over which we have no control , not to mention a global health crisis are constant sources of fear, anxiety and anger. I know there's no answer to this; I just need to write it down...

Great stuff, Jorge. Keep at it!

Hi Jorge I know how you feel. I was the same at the beginning and realised that worrying about it made things worse. I've had many, many relapses and thought it must be impossible to 'speak' to my unconscious mind. I reread Dr Sarno's book many times and then concentrated on pages 93-97. I...