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Hi everyone. When I was 18 I was very insecure due to my height. I am 5'5 and especially in high school it really bothered me. I began to use shoe lifts that gave me an extra 1-2 inches. This was uncomfortable but I wore them daily. I continued this well into college and my senior year of...

Here's a sweet little bit of whimsy for your Sunday afternoon! This has been around for a while, but I thought I'd share it. Along with the other random and silly and wonderful things it covers, there's a good TMS message about enjoying life as a soft and precious act of defiance in the face...

This seems like a trick question. The obvious response is, “I want to be pain-free. I want my body to be able to do all the things I want and need it to do, without restrictions.” But I’ve come to realize that it isn’t that simple. I didn’t develop this multi-faceted array of symptoms in a...

I'm in a place of frustration, where every symptom seems to be firing at once. So I thought, "Well, maybe I should post about it." Then I took a look at Jules' and Davideus's posts. Oh no! What is it about February that's causing so much difficulty and heartbreak? I can have two good days, then...

Hi all, I'm on the tail end of a flare (pain is slowly but surely fading away as I've got over my fear spike), and I noticed something strange. I have a fairly mild case of a BFRB (body-focused repetitive behavior) - basically, I chew my lip compulsively and kink my beard hairs between my...

Sorry if this is a newbie question or in the wrong place. I've recently discovered TMS and read Sarno's books. I've had bad back pain for over a decade now. I know that I'm supposed to get an appointment with a doctor to rule out a serious physical issue, but there's something I don't...

What do you know, today the pain is back full force. I was trying to process a very emotional, trumatic event, and was fine when I woke up this morning. I got dog food out for my dog, and went back in my room and went to sit on my bed, and I felt my rib pop. The muscle spasms thereafter were so...

I am interested to find out how many of you were stuck in the TMS pain cycle, until you were officially diagnosed by a TMS therapist. I have been seeing a pyschotherapist for the last two years, however my pain keeps coming back, even after years of doing this work. Its now so bad that my...

I can't handle dry eye anymore. I feel paralyzed by it. I hate the way my eyes look and feel and it's making me depressed. I don't know what to do anymore

Hi everyone I changed my name on here in case anyone thinks I'm new! Im not :) I work at a recovery community in Thailand, and I am writing occasionally for the blog. I thought this article might be of interest to people here, and it's my first proper piece, so I wanted to I'd share it. I...

Hi friends, It's my final day of the program. What I've learned about myself: I'm a lot stronger than I thought. Many of the messages I believed were external were really created by me. I can reject all of the negative messages I believed were true of me and replace them with those I believe...

Most of my current stress comes from my job. I think my work ethic and need to please others really compounds my work stress. I often think of others' with different personalities doing my job with ease. Add to that my general fear of doing or saying something wrong, especially in group...

Has anybody else had muscle atrophy? I have severe muscle atrophy in my right quad, for the last year I have pretty much avoided using my right leg such as walking up stairs etc. I have just started some exercises to build my muscle back , will this take long to do?

Ok, so this post is more for my mother. She had severe OA in her knee, and knee surgery ALMOST cured it, but she still has residual pain (i blame this on established neural pathways and TMS). She also has terrible OA in her feet, and as a result, has lots of pain and swelling after walking...

Hi everyone So its been a year and a half since my throat/voice pain and tension problem came out of nowhere, and life has changed a lot. I am doing much better overall, but I know there is some way to go. I am just noticing how many times a day I think about my pain and tell others about it...