ibs - irritable bowel syndrome

From this source 5.1. Neuroticism and Perfectionism In IBD patients, the commonest personality trait is reported to be neuroticism [17, 43, 44]; furthermore, high neuroticism scores appear to reduce psychological wellbeing, psychological adjustment, and quality of life in patients with IBD [44...

I have TMS. I've had a really great week. After listening to all of Alan Gordon's audio clips, I realized that I need to increase my soothe to rage ratio and that I have spent a lifetime scaring myself. I have chronic shoulder pain, some neck pain and the muscles between my shoulder blades get...

I am having a bad TMS day. Woke up feeling bad. I didn't sleep well and my body is telling me so. My neck, low back, and shoulder aches. Last night I went to bed with low back and right foot pain (think I twisted it wrong). It's so frustrating. I keep telling this pain that I know its...

I have been told my IBS will be with me the rest of my life. Just started reading Dr. Schubiner's book and am hoping this will help. I know this all started with stress. Now in the last year I have severe anal and rectal problems associated with the IBS. There are no TMS doctors near me...

I found it very interesting how a conventional doctor explains so well the mind-gut connection and offers hipnotherapy and other treatments as a solution to heal. I find that IBS needs more than journalling, what is your experience?

Just to say hello. I've been lurking around this website for a while - and have found it such a support. Thank you to those who set it up and who maintain it. I'm 66 and the IBS and levator ani syndrome first kicked off in 2011 following two years when I was housebound with a back injury and...

hi I am new here and this is my first post. I just wanted to ask the experts here if I can do the SEP program even though I don't have pain as a symptom. I have urinary issues and IBS for 2 years now. Out of Dr. Sarno's list I've had about 8-9 of the 11 or so conditions he describes as TMS and...

Hi. New to the forum. I have severe ibs and levator Ani. I'm hoping this new mind set will help me as I wake up thinking about these awful problems and go to bed thinking about these problems. It is all consuming. I've seen four gi doctors and colorectal which do confirm these diagnoses but I...

Originally posted: July 15, 2015 David Schechter, MD Researchers in Belgium found that that certain psychological factors were associated with infections in the gut after inadvertent exposure to contaminated water. Specifically, anxiety and somatization were associated, but not...

Written by Dr. Schubiner on November 26, 2009 One of the great books of the twentieth century is Victor Frankel’s, Man’s Search for Meaning. In the book, he describes the need we have to understand why things happen. When someone gets sick, one of the first questions asked is, “Why did this...

hi everyone!! :) just signed-up for this question of mine, but will probably do more in the future. a little background about me before my query - i'm on the tail-end of my 7 year bout with TMS - i can feel it coming to a close :) but have a lingering "problems" that i could use clarification...

hello! so, i can't seem to find anything written about this anywhere or even in dr.sarno's books, so i'm hoping anyone here can help me out. it's about my bouts with IBS, more specifically about hemorrhoids and gas/bloating. i understand IBS is an equivalent of TMS, but i'm having a hard time...

This is a question about IBS and TMS. As background, I've suffered from TMS back pain and anxiety which was helped with self-help techniques and therapy. I don't like to say cured because I still have episodes but I know it's TMS so they usually go away pretty quickly. In the last few years...

When going through the recovery process, is there any way to target (prioritize) a specific symptom? For example, if you have headaches, back pain and IBS, is there any method to specifically target one symptom over the others?

Originally posted: April 8, 2015 Taiwanese researchers reviewed a nationwide database and found that indivudals diagnosed with fibromyalgia-- muscle pain, myofascial pain, sleep issues, etc. had a higher incidence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The frequency compared to the rest of the...

Hello, I was first diagnosed with IBS in the mid-90's while in Graduate school. It receded with minor treatment, and until recently has not bothered me. However, living as an expat in central america seems to have brought it back full force, as well as a stool panel suggesting my gut is leaky...

This is my first post here. Just joined last night. I am a member at tmshelp.com forum for a couple years and post frequently over there. I have know about this forum but just didn't have the time to spend at both places. Don't want to be redundant. I saw quite a few members belong to both...