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Hello Everyone, There seem to be two means for making a way through life: 1) By using fear and pain as a means of propulsion. Escaping from one moment into the next to get away from the one you are in (because it hurts too much emotionally and/or physically). This becomes overly...

I always knew I am anxious, but didn't give much attention to this. Ok, yes, I really often think that some event is tragic, is catastrophic, I worry almost about everything. What can somebody do for this??? How can somebody handle it?

I've suffered with TMS for 7 years. It started just after losing my dream job at my alma mater. I was fired. I was devastated! I never thought I'd recover from it. I sublet my apartment and moved into my brother's unfinished basement with my dog. I was miserable. Then one day it happened -...

When I was younger, I ran into a glass panel and smashed it by mistake. In an ambulance, I was taken to the hospital for sutures. Because of the accident, I'm finding it tough to get inspired to go running. I persuade myself not to do it. It's like I'm having obsessive thoughts about my horrible...

For the last year I have practiced Somatic Tracking in a variety of ways, slowly learning that the “attention” you give the symptom briefly is a very light, slight attention - simply being with the symptom and not being afraid of it. It is a form of acceptance. Being the perfectionist, I started...

How do you all work with repetitive fear thoughts? Now I can’t stop thinking/fearing about losing my hair. Granted I have no signs of hair loss, just another thing to fear about now…

I rarely feel with energy especially mentally. I'm constantly thinking and don't know how to stop my brain from thoughts. I feel lethargic, stressful and want to recover so bad. I'm trying a lot of things to recover mentally especially, but even talking sometimes is a struggle. I can sometimes...

It would probably even be good for my mental health, but I fear of stopping to weightlift because I think I could get fat. How can I get through this?

Your symptoms are going crazy and totally have you in pain and fear and then you read or hear that you should be “indifferent” to the symptoms. Seriously? How in the world? Worry not, gentle reader, I have a few ideas for you. I like to work with the gray areas when coaching clients through...

Hello! I finally found the courage to share this: from 2015, the year when several traumas happened, I'm scared of having an orgasm. It's something that I shared only with my therapist, it seems part of the TMS box, and then, I never told anybody, because it's really tough. I'm scared to have...

Hello! I am at the 2 round of the program, the first time I decided to quit after a couple of weeks because I felt better. Mistake! Now, with my therapist I decided to start over, and I am ad day 4. Anyways, given that my second job is meditation advisor (that's teacher+ coaching), and I'm in...

Have you ever noticed that different programs and experts seem to almost be speaking in contrary ways? “Watch the pain, notice it, follow it” “Be completely indifferent to the pain.” “Shifting, changing symptoms is a good thing” ”Stubborn, unmoving symptoms are an opportunity to completely...

"Don't act, just think." - Slavoj Zizek I realized something very potent today. Bear with me. My point is that replacing negative with positive feedback loops is a powerful tool to erode TMS symptoms and release rage, but I feel that telling my "rage" story - which is not entirely about TMS -...

I wanted to post an update for anyone who is struggling right now. I had a really rough couple of months starting in January. A history of TMS issues spanning back over the last 10 years or so that came and went. Had my worst episode from Jan-April this year. Terrible groin pain that brought on...

I have expanded the amount of activities I can do despite symptoms, but my illness has not improved. Actually, things have gone downhill despite me making some positive life changes to cut out stressors. I have become increasingly aware of the fact that I never feel safe or relaxed, not even...

After recovering from chronic pain + chronic constipation due to the precious support of people from this forum, I am back suspecting another manifestation of TMS: Despite using dual protection (combining two methods) while having sex, I started to be scared of pregnancy since a couple of...

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...

Hi Guys, So I recently finished the structured education program and now going through Dr. Schechter's workbook. The obsessions in my mind have drastically improved. I no longer wake up thinking firstly of my foot or how my big toe is doing, and I don't have any anxiety about my toe anymore-...

Hi everyone I have a conundrum. I have dysautonomia, which I have managed to greatly improve through TMS work. I know that I can heal, but I lack self belief. Part of this is because I have one very scary symptom that I struggle to overcome. When I sit, stand, or bend, my heart rate and BP...

Since doing Alan's pain recovery program and reading many success stories, particularly of Dorado, my symptoms are so much better. Pain is 90 percent gone, activity vastly improved, many minor symptoms gone. I also lost fear around most of my symptoms and scared of any permanent damage. But I...