emotions

As a strategy for managing negative emotions and thoughts, I try to ask myself questions to help interject logic and positivity in. For example if I'm angry at someone, I'll ask myself things like does it really matter? what is their side of the situation? what does my ideal self do in this...

I’ve been reflecting on why chronic hypervigilance and overprotection can feel so suffocating — and I think I’ve finally found a key piece of the puzzle. For years, my brain treated emotional vulnerability like physical danger, trying to keep me safe by controlling everything. Overprotection...

So I’ve recovered from a bunch of TMS-symptoms throughout the years, but I’m still somewhat caught in the symptom imperative so I’m clearly not completely out of the woods yet. That said, the intensity of the symptoms are not as high as before, and I’ve been able to take a lot of my life back...

Hey all! I suspect this comes up a lot but after initially very good progress on my TMS journey am having serious setbacks after breaking my toe nearly three weeks ago. I haven't been able to exercise like I had been and I know this is underpinning the strong emotions I've been feeling the...

Insomnia. I’m going to be as honest as possible. When I was 28 years old I had an attack of insomnia. I was renting with a friend and all of a sudden one night I could no longer sleep. My stomach seized up and I was lying awake all night long for days. I thought I was going to die. Now, in...

I went through each Journal entry and this is what came up... Sad / Angry / Guilty / Jealous / Fear / Anger / Fear / Shame / Sad / proud +pride / Guilty / Angry / Sad / angry / Vulnerable / Angry / Sad / Angry / Fear / Angry / resentment / Anger / Shame /Guilt Until recently I thought... I was...

The emotions I feel are most at the surface the last few weeks are rage and despair. Having said that, I don't feel that way today. I'm working really hard to feel my feelings as my default has been to be so damn angry at everyone and everything, all while trying to project an image of calmness...

Hi everyone, I’ve been working through chronic symptoms for years — mostly pelvic pain, urgency, and anxiety — and like many of you, I’ve gone deep into the work of Dr. Sarno, Alan Gordon, and Nichole Sachs. Journaling has been one of the most powerful tools for me, especially when I stick with...

This isn't my first ride on the rodeo so I've figured out a lot of things tied to my symptoms, or at least worsening of them. I have a lot of anger around my relationships with men, starting with my dad and going through an early abusive relationship and having a traumatic event in my first...

Is it fear or suppression of emotions that is driving TMS? I have MECFS. For quite a while, I realized that there is an emotional underpinning to the condition. I was told by some to try to push through my limitations to some degree, to show my brain that doing so it's safe. Others have said...

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/therapy-targeted-at-controlling-emotions-could-help-ease-chronic-physical (Therapy Targeted at Controlling Emotions Could Help Ease Chronic Physical Pain)

I tend to lift heavy and find myself angry and emotional sometimes after lifting. Any ideas why?

Thanks to Diana-M for her direction to the SEP and Baseball65 for his advice. I did some deep soul searching this morning to figure out why I feel so much pain and this is what flowed from me. This is a message to Diana-M and Baseball65 for my gratitude. I do not know if my child unconscious...

I finished Dr Sarno's audiobook healing back pain. He mentions that people with tms need to address repressed emotions. I am wondering how do you identify emotions that are in the subconscious? Once you identify these emotions what do you do to overcome these emotions?

Since 2012, after reading When The Body Says No, by Gabor Mate MD, I have believed in the link between unresolved emotional repression and cognitive decline - but I hesitate to bring it up because people are so terrified by the prospect of dementia. Well, here's a study that was started in 2023...

As I read my journal entries now I see a lot of common themes in what I am feeling. While writing over the last week especially I can see how ever event I'm writing about comes back to the same root emotion. Some of my old entries are just pure rage and frustration. Some of the insults I've...

Hi I have a few questions for those who might be able to shed their light please. 1. We are not our thoughts and I know that now after a life time of believing every thought. I want to practice mindfulness and observe the thoughts but not give into them. Which book would help in grasping this...

I have had Costochonditris for 4 years and it’s been constant pain. I came across the mind body connection a year ago and have very good knowledge of how it works. The theory is the same but some tms vary in approach. for the past 4 years I haven’t felt an emotion just numb. I know when the...

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Why is this emotional stuff so confusing ? Am i the only one ? I am always reading that we have to feel all our emotions like sadness anxiety etc. I am anxious when i am going to socially crowded environment for example, but thats an unhealthy emotion which i should get therapy for so i should...