fear and anxiety about physical injury

To set the scene: 4/30/25 I could barely walk yet again with a dystonia flare up/pain. I was so terrified of my 3 weeks Florida vacation with tons of walking at Disney and looking into purchasing a mobility scooter. 5/1/25 I said let's go all in on trying this TMS thing. About 2 weeks later my...

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Hello all, I'm new here; good to meet you all! I'm a former athlete who's suffered chronic back pain for over a decade. Tried everything including PT, injections, RFAs...nothing ever gave lasting relief. I recently (only a week or so ago) discovered Dr. Sarno's work and theories, and it makes...

Good morning everyone, in this period I'm reading the Divided Mind for the first time and I wanted to report my experience, hoping to have some suggestions and that my considerations on the subject can be of support to those who have recently started TMS approach. I started following this...

I love this technique because it's very simple and you can use it when pain in intense, when you're feeling overwhelmed by emotions, or when you're fear or anxiety are running high. It's a very gentle way of letting your fear brain know that you are safe in this moment. I'd love to hear about...

Hi I was in a high-impact automobile accident in 2002 where I fractured my left ankle and had surgery to repair the fracture (screws). I had no PT for this injury. Then, in 2008 I tore my left ACL while snow skiing. I had ACL reconstruction and did 4 to 6 weeks of PT to rehab my knee. After...

Hi to all. This weekend I realized that I've had a strong fear of being ill or injured since I was a little girl. I know where it came from, but it's my first run reaction to any possibility of being injured or falling ill. I'm wondering if this is a big common denominator between TMS people...

Greetings, I am a long-time TMS patient and first-time poster, but have recently encountered a situation which I can't figure out. I hope that some of you on this forum can offer some advice. Sorry this is so long... I am 40 years old. I had a major bout with TMS about 13 years ago which...

Dear fellow forum members, I was so happy to have found Sarno and all of you and was able to get beyond my pelvic pain over the course of five months. Feeling blessed. Then, a couple months after that, I had an intense upper back pain that I didn't recognize as the beginning of shingles...

I'm definitely doing this less than I once was. At one time I was participating daily in groups for interstitial cystitis. I dropped them all, but I still sometimes scroll through posts on another site for folks with this diagnosis. When I have some moments of worsening symptoms I think it will...

I don't know if anyone who doesn't have back pain will understand how happy I am to find this forum. I'm 25 years old and have been suffering from severe lower back pain for the past 4 years. It was diagnosed as a herniated disc. I've tried everything. Steroid shots, acupuncture, acupressure...

Hi my name is Cameron, I am 23 years old, and I recently finished reading The Mindbody Prescription by Dr. John Sarno. For the past 2.5 years, I have been a victim of chronic knee pain. I use to be an avid long distance runner. Back in the beginning of 2014, I was preparing for the Houston...

Hi All, I haven't posted in a while. Usually I don't spill my life story on the internet! But you all have become family to me! My TMS family and support! Over the Christmas Holiday my 90 year old Mom had fallen one day before Christmas Eve. I had to call an the paradmedics and she was in...

Hi everyone, Read about TMS, sought out TMS therapy . . all good , ,,,,, been anxious and agoraphobic for decades. Since starting therapy anxiety going up and down like yo yo and symptoms getting huge. I am now scaring myself that something terrible is wrong ... or imminent and I cant seem to...

I have had neck and shoulder pain and headaches since high school, over 20 years, the lower back started a couple years ago and my heels/feet started hurting a year ago and I'm realizing I'm tender in most places. I've been to the chiropractor but find little relief and concluded it's more...

So my usual pain is gone. I have none of that. I've had a cold for a week and throughout this duration, my back pain moved from my SI joints/glutes to higher up and actually kinda radiates to my stomach. I think it's TMS but just wondering if the moving pain is a sign my brain has caught on...

Hello everyone! Today's question is, if I could change one thing about my life, what would it be? I think for me, the change would not be external but internal. Life is going to have ups and downs and if it didn't, I think it would be depressing. I have friends that can handle stress with so...

I have worked through the structured education program all the way to Day 31, however, this is the first time I have made a post. I fully believe that I have TMS and the program/journalling is definitely helping me. I started to get pain in my shoulders/back/arms at the same time I started my...

Happy to report life is back to normal and I am 100% healed. The road to success was not an easy, but I want to encourage all my fellow TMSers to NOT GIVE UP. What I have learned from this journey has made me happier, wiser and more at peace with the challenges that come in life. In February...

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