awareness

Good morning y'all. I saw a GI neurologist last week who told me that when we're in fight/flight mode we become more aware of our body's autonomic activities e.g. blinking, breathing, swallowing, heartbeats etc. I've noticed this to be the case and I've had bouts where my mind is focussed on...

Was curious to know if anyone has tried and explored the martial art Tai Chi as a way to help with TMS? I have been doing it for the last month or so and have found it very helpful. It's almost like a form of somatic tracking as you have to be very mindful and aware of how you hold your body in...

Hi I have excruciating pain inside my mouth on my inner cheeks particularly when I talk but a milder pain is there 24/7. I am now 95% certain it must be TMS - numerous tests/ specialists and there is nothing medically wrong. The stumbling block is that I find it impossible not to focus on the...

Awareness of my rage etc. is not enough when the pressure builds too much. Or at least I have not mastered it yet. I have to physically act is out in combination with fantasy and acknowledging my truth feelings about things. Recently we got our second son. We got Omicron during the birth and...

Hi all! I am based in London UK, recently joined this brilliant forum and am so grateful for the wealth of valuable resources. I have had a terrible chronic headache for 4.5 years. Numerous misdiagnoses left me unable to work and depressingly out of touch with the world. I finally learned...

I’m in the UK and just heard a great interview on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour programme with Judith Hoare who has written a biography of Claire Weekes. For those not familiar with Dr Weekes’ work, she wrote a series of books including Self Help For Your Nerves. She outlined a simple and...

I am only on Day 9, taking it slowly in order to be thorough. I know there are a lot of forms of self abuse, and to be aware of it now is overwhelming. I would never treat another person the way I treat myself: "I should . . . " "Why can't I . . . " "Why did I do that . . ." -- even when I...

I think im into day 11 of the program -- trying to turn down, or rather 'release' my perfectionism by following the structured program completely by the book. But i feel so wonderful. even went for a run the other day! I have a picture of the daily reminders as my phone lock screen, and try to...

Today I kept asking myself what emotion I was feeling. Up came anger, sadness, and I realized I felt them in my body all the way down to my belly...but not in my hips and legs. Guess what? The very areas that are stiff and numb! I understood "TMS" at a deeper level. Yesterday I decided to start...