Recent content by venice

Thank you Baseball65. It has really helped just to hear other people have had this symptom and recovered. The swelling has actually started going down just since I read JanAtheCPA's post! I have thought back to when this started and what was going on in my life and have really done some...

Thank you for your reply. It is really helpful to know that someone else had this and it resolved. It's a more obscure symptom - I have not really seen much on this subject here. In the greater scheme of things though, I agree it's more annoying than troubling. If I had to have a symptom I...

Is trigger finger a manifestation of TMS? I now have a trigger thumb- which is swollen, stuck and sore. I had back pain for 14 years, did countless things to try to help the pain, and then I found “Healing Back Pain” by Dr Sarno and the pain went away within a month. It came back off and on...

H Erik I also really like the workbook Unlearn Your Pain by Dr Schubiner as Sunny mentioned. I read it last year and did most of the exercises. Specifically what helped me was the the "Reprogramming Symptoms". I was still having back pain and would say the following every day, several times a...

Hi Walt- I hope you saw my previous reply to your comments, since I did not reply directly to your post. You are a gem!

Thank so much for your reply Andrew. You give very wise advice. I had done all the physical therapy with the belief that it would heal my back, so I definitely need to be careful that I do breathing and meditation for the right reasons. I definitely struggle with negative thoughts all day and...

Thank you David and Walt for your kind and insightful replies! The exhaustion started around the same time as the back pain 14 years ago. I am thinking it may be a combination of TMS and working too hard on TMS (and other things). You are correct when you say we are hard on ourselves. I push...

Hello Everyone- The good news is that my back pain has decreased to just about nothing, but unfortunately I am still struggling with fatigue and wondered if anyone could provide some guidance. I am a 48 yr old female. I had excruciating back pain that lasted about 14 years until I read Dr...