Recent content by victoriab1301

Hello! I’ve been struggling with my symptoms for a while now, and I felt as if I was finally getting some relief the past few weeks. I had been thinking about it less, staying off this website and away from anything to do with my pain and anxiety, which I’ve found is the best thing for me...

Hi, thanks for sharing your story! I’ve been struggling for a long time with overcoming my fear of my own hand/wrist pain. I think this comes from my own worrying about this being a structural issue that may have been missed, or that it’s something worse. What was able to convince you that it...

Hi guys, I’ve been on this TMS journey for a while now but something that’s confused me for a bit is anxiety vs tms. I worry about the pain a lot and fear it too which seems to make it worse. From what I gather pain symptoms stay because we are afraid of them, is that any different from anxiety...

Hello everyone, I’m having a lot of trouble breaking my obsession with my symptoms as well as treatment. I am certain that my hand/arm pain is tms and I’ve extended a lot of my activities since learning this, however I’m still scared of my pain and I end up working myself up constantly about...

thanks for replying, you're definitely right about all of that. i know that when i dealt with IBS years ago i did something similar before i discovered IMS but the connection between my symptoms and my anxiety seemed more obvious at the time, i still seem to jump back to doubt when my symptoms...

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting here! i have had thumb pain and forearm pain for a little over a year now, it started at the beginning of quarantine after i got laid off from my job. i began playing a bunch of video games, knitting, using my phone and lots of other activities with...