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Greetings! One of my favorite phrases is "the symptom imperative," because it is so true. So, last week when I lost most of Friday with vertigo (please don't call it "dizziness"), and found online that I have all the symptoms of Meniere's Disease (vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and fullness...

:joyful: Greetings! I'm a confirmed believer in the existence of TMS and the "symptom imperative." Therefore, any new symptoms that come along are met immediately with the question, "Could this be TMS?" Well, a couple of weeks ago, and then again last night, I had a particular pain that...

Greetings! Day 24 had articles about personality traits, and I was reminded of a terrific little book which deals with the same topic from a Christian point of view: Who is God? Who am I? Who are You?, by Dee Pennock. (It's in print, as far as I know, but hard to find. Try the Greek Archdiocese...

Greetings! This was the first time I've tried the cluster journaling technique, but I'll get back to that in a moment. Today's reading included a response by Dr John Stracks to the question about how to distinguish between TMS and actual injury. His answer was brief, but useful. The other...

(I'm amused by the readiness of others to call themselves perfectionists or goodists, while I haven't yet met the legalists on this forum.) Well, the topic for today's journaling is to address a personality trait, and being the contrary person that I am, I chose legalist. How does this...

For Day 15 I used the recommended dialogue journaling technique. I found it interesting, and then wrote a long post about it, promptly deleting for some reason I don't remember, perhaps simply rambling. Anyway, I chose the same person for today's journaling, to go further, using The Work. It's...

Greetings! I was adopted at 5 months old, into what was certainly a best-case scenario life. (I know that's not true for everyone.) What I'm realizing now as I work through the SEP on this site, as well as make use of the various recommended resources, is that even in the best-case scenario...

Greetings! Day 13 has a long and excellent article about pain, which I read in its entirety, and appreciated because I've had TMS pain symptoms in the past. However, my symptoms right now are respiratory, and affect my voice. This is huge for me, because I LOVE my voice :joyful:. I sing and I...

Greetings! Back on SEP 9, after journaling for a while, I decided to google the person on my mind to see if she is still alive. She is, but I also found an obituary for her son. So, I decided to write a letter to her, after no contact for 20 years, and mail this one. I finished that just now...

Greetings! I loved the first article in today's work, and particularly this quote: In 1918, psychiatrist Henry Maudsley wrote that ‘The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep’24. The article talked about whiplash -- well, I've had that, too. I haven't seen that on the...

"Are you having success at recognizing the emotions connected to your symptoms? If you have, how do these emotions make you feel?" Fear, worry, anxiety,...how many synonyms are there? I'm one of those people who is always planning for every possible outcome, or so I think, since I may think of...

By the time I sat down at the computer on Saturday, Day 7, I was so beat I wasn't sure I wanted to do the activities. So, you can imagine my joy when I saw that I had the day off. Then, on Sunday, I did something I'd been wanting to do. It's been a rough week so far, so I'm saving Day 8...

Greetings! First, I really enjoyed Dr. Schubiner's video for Day 6, watching it again after completing the other activities. Second, I found it interesting that, again, although I began with a topic in my early events list, and was surprised by which one I chose, I soon found myself writing...

Greetings! While doing today's work, free writing in my journal (I use the Penzu online journal), on one topic, I remembered a different time: I'd been called for jury duty, but not selected for the jury. Later that day, my dad told me that I was not chosen because I'd answered something...

Greetings! I have plenty of current stresses, and have been increasingly aware that I'm becoming overwhelmed, and TMS symptoms are kind of lining up one behind the other. But the really big current stress is that someone in my home, whom I love very much, is rapidly declining and her dementia is...

Greetings. I've never been an active person, and my TMS symptoms do not involve back pain. However, they have in the past. In fact, I've had spinal surgery, and plenty of PT, pain medications, and muscle relaxers. I've had tennis elbow, TMJ, IBS, laryngitis, and so forth. I'm convinced of the...