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There is a pattern that will sound more than familiar to anyone in mind‑body recovery circles. People come on here, describe their symptoms, get thoughtful, proven advice from others who’ve walked the same path — and then… they disappear. Or they say they’ll try something “later”, but life gets...

I was recently asked by a man who is a primary caretaker for his wife, who suffers from a severe case of CRPS, how he can best support his wife. I found it to be a difficult question to answer, because people are different, and when they are ill, they may have different needs and expectations...

I've been struggling lately and I'm so disappointed in myself. When school started back up for my kids and activities started-my pain increased. I had a good summer of low pain amounts so of course I was frustrated with this. Fast forward to now-my main symptoms have always been IBS. Mainly...

I've been working with a psychotherapist (EMDR) for the past couple of months. EMDR has helped attenuate the emotional charge for some recent traumatic memories but hasn't helped with the psychosomatic pains. Last week we started to explore childhood memories, childhood events, relationships...

Hello- I have overcome many TMS symptoms in my life thankfully to Dr. Sarno and his techniques. I am the classic TMS person. I overcame upper back pain almost 30 years ago and over the years have been able to knock out other symptoms when they have shown up correlating them to stressful times in...

This is a Vox article. They'll ask for support (I'm a subscribing supporter) but there's never a paywall. This article is focused on navigating the US health insurance system to obtain mental health benefits that are covered, but there's also some decent advice about alternatives to covered...

Hi everyone This is a recurring problem for me. When I see my family (grown kids) they are very disturbed with how slowly I’m improving (it’s undetectable for them) and how disabled I currently seem to be. They don’t readily accept what TMS is; in fact they don’t say it, but I know they think...

Hello, first of all I am from Germany so my English might not be perfect. I have posted in this forum about a year ago and I was suffering from severe CFS and tons and tons of symptoms. This forum content and some youtube channels helped me to recover a lot (maybe around 90 %) - so I will soon...

Dear community, I can't believe that the last time I created a thread to promote my favorite TMS guru was on June 3rd! I know I've mentioned some of these episodes on other threads since then, but here they are together, because honestly, I've come across a lot of posts recently that could be...

Hi Everyone, Some of you may remember me, I was very active on the site a few years ago. I was in a real mess before I discovered TMS and with a lot of soul searching and belief in the TMS process I got my life back from fibro/chronic migraine diagnosis and the medical mismanagement of both of...

Hi there! I'm hoping to get a bit of reassurance that what I'm struggling with at the moment is TMS, and would love some input. A very brief overview of my situation: I first developed leg pain when I was 12. It became extremely painful and chronic and lasted for about 7 years. I had a million...

Hi all. Sorry to post such a specific topic, but couldn't find a ton when I searched... probably just typing in the wrong keywords! Just experienced, for my first time really, somebody in an FB "neural retraining" group (PPD, TMS adjacent) quite doggedly telling me that "there's no way your...

I seem to be suffering from a lot of fatigue for the last few years. I think it's TMS related, but I am not sure 100% sure. I sleep fine at night, then in the day I will sometimes get overwhelming fatigue and need to lie down for a while. It's like a nap but without the sleep. Other times at...

Someone I know is very intelligent, goodhearted and capable, but has problems with self-awareness and managing emotions. When under stress, he can burst out in anger at random, sometimes over trivial matters when he feels threatened or unable to resolve the situation. He is not likely to seek...

Hello! I have recently begun learning about TMS/MBS and was hoping to find some advice from others since I currently am having some difficulty with medical professionals. In 2022 I tore my hip labrum on the left side of my body. I've recently had an MRI to verify it so I know this for a fact. I...

Hello Everybody and Greetings from Germany, I do feel that in my case the journalling really helps to get some feeling-space instead of just being occupied with ongoing 24/7-pain. Also, so much happened in my last year that it makes a ton of sense to me that eventually my mindbody decided that...

Hi I've had low back pain and sciatica pain since I was 17. I'm 29 now and it's the worst it's ever been. Even just walking hurts I feel like I'm walking with a big Popsicle stick attached to my back and any movement that would move the Popsicle stick hurts me. I know it's tms I've had x rays...

I have been experiencing pelvic pain and other uncomfortable sensations for almost 10 months. Those symptoms have included the following: Urge incontinence - frequently feeling the need to pee Lower abdominal pain Rectal pain Intense tingling in inner and back thighs Hip, thigh, calf, and foot...

Hello my name is Bowen and I am from Australia. Ive have TMS so many years now. And years ago I did all of the courses Sarno courses and TMSwiki and read all the books and worked with a TMS therapist over a year with no change. And since then I have done many different brain retraining programs...

Hi folks, Intro For a little background, I used to be very active in the TMS communities for years during my pain cycles, but have not in the past few years as I beat my major pain issues (at the time, it was back and hip, which I overcame talking to others about TMS and reading Sarno's books)...