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Thank you, Pernille, You may well be right that what I'm looking for is someone I believe is trustworthy to tell me that "nothing is wrong." There are hearing sites which address my issues similarly to other TMS issues. And, I'm very confortable with that idea and believe I've found local...

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...

Thank you, IrishSceptic and Ellen, for your encouragement!

: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...

You, too, jodib! And, welcome! welcomea

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...

Mrs Whitney, I had never thought of back pain before either, and yet that was certainly my biggest bout with TMS. (And, I didn't learn about TMS until years later, a long time after having surgery.) I don't think it matters whether you've ever thought of the symptoms before. I've had tennis...

Thanks guys! I'm no longer surprised by this person's refusal to act on problems, but I'm still frustrated. And, being frustrated by the same thing for 18 years is a bit silly, if not simply stupid. Other journaling activities in this program have helped me to see what's going there. So, onward...

Thanks Mike2014! With the help of God, I can accept this person's differences, and slow down my own reactions.

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...

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(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...

Welcome, Squash! You are definitely on the right track. welcomea

Hello Lorrie! That's beautiful! And, it turns out it's okay to realize that adoption is not all roses. I thank God, too, for the realization, and for being adopted. (Is anyone else enjoying the chimes in the banner at the top of the page? )

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...

liatws22, Carmel? May I feel jealous for a moment? I haven't been there in years, and don't imagine ever going back, but I hope this was a lovely weekend for you. Let's enjoy those days we skip from SEP. I find that I need that time to process what I'm discovering, and that pushing myself...

I'm glad you're here! welcomea

painfreeB, I'm so glad you posted!!! As for the online therapist not replying yet, I'm not sure how that works. If you don't hear anything soon, it's reasonable to ask what you should expect, either in the same forum, or in a private message. Peace be with you.

Hello, and nice to meet you, Forest! My first, and definitely worst, TMS episode ended in surgery of the cervical spine, two levels fused, and a graft taken from my hip. That was in 1992. It was lesser events years later, and someone ordering Healing Back Pain for me about ten years ago...

Wow! Birdie, you did have a rough start! I had a foster mother for five months, so you could say I had three mothers in a short period of time as well. I have no memory of the foster mother. It seems natural then that you would have TMS symptoms even had your father been a kind man. Being that...