imperative

Back in 2021 when I started the work and got huge emotional releases, I got several symptom imperatives. One of them was a completely new thing. When all pain disappeared, I suddenly got a skin rash in my hand. Think it is dyshidrotic eczema. I have had it a little bit now and then since, but...

The symptom imperative is throwing everything at me today after I lived a "normal" day yesterday. Every symptom. Everything. UGH.

Out of curiosity! Has anyone ever experienced the symptom imperative happening in the same place as their original pain? My TMS journey “started” with pelvic pain. However, I have had other pains like an itchy scalp, lower back pain, things that looked like bug bites but weren’t, knee pain...

I recovered from years of back pain in 2018 with the help of a tms coach. About a year and a half ago I started having weird side aches in my right side. This sensation showed up shortly after I had read that people get right side pain from alcoholism. I drink light beer regularly and It scared...

I have been on this journey for a few months now and am very much learning the nature of "nonlinear healing" ... some days I feel I am truly on the right track and things are looking up and other days I find myself consumed with fear and dread and wondering if it's worse than it's been in the...

Does anyone else feel like it was a bad idea to plant the seed in Divided Mind that the symptom imperative can cause your benign pain to transform into deadly illness, cancer, and autoimmunity? The people the book was written for are already highly suggestible and dealing with extreme fear of...

Hey guys! I healed from chronic pain last year regarding TMS but have been experiencing anxiety and chest pain induced by anxiety. I am glad to be running and lifting weights again but I believe at least partially my anxiety is a symptom imperative as my chronic pain is all gone. Any tips...

Hi I am diagnosed with cfs and pots and have been doing fairly well the past few years with the tms approach. However, the past week my arms have get sore like I just worked out even tho I have not worked out at all recently. Not trying to search for reassurance but has anyone else experienced...

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year! Haven't been on here in years because well, I learned how to live and stand up to my headaches/migraines and they have been drastically reduced (and when they do come on, I float through it). Came here to say something about how crazy and bizarre the symptom...

Hi all. I have only posted once or twice on this site, but I'd love some insight from those who'd like to offer it. I've dealt with various forms of TMS for over a decade: it started with terrible pelvic pain but I've also had stomach ulcers, back pain, nerve burning in my feet and hip pain at...

Hi guys, It’s been some time since I’ve been on here. Been dealing with a lot of personal stuff, especially the after-effects of major oral surgery (All of 4 dental implants). I was doing so well and just need some clarification before I accept that this too is TMS. So, just some background...

Hi all, I wish my post was a permenant success story, but alas, not yet. I thought I would update you all and see if I could get some advice. I posted a while back about how I’ve been dealing with digestive and bowel issues and a nasty headache, alternating between the two. All of my other...

Hi all, This forum is amazing. I'm a new member but have been browsing for awhile! I'm a 25-year-old female and classic TMS personality. I discovered Dr. Sarno and this theory last year while suffering from sudden onset and debilitating RSI in my hands; my work in digital marketing is 100% at...

I've mentioned in other posts that one of my goals has been to resume exercising on my elliptical. I love to use an elliptical because the benefit is immediate. You can burn calories, exercise muscles, and get a cardio workout all at the same time. The last time I used it was 2014 -right before...

Curious to hear about others experience in this regard... Over the past 9 years, I've had a number of baseline "main" symptoms with my stress disorder. (Morning panic, rolling panic, GI issues, headaches.) The latest over the past year has been dizziness/off balance issues which have become my...

Hello, Would love some input from anyone who successfully broke the symptom imperative cycle. I have had too many TMS symptoms to list here and like the game Whack-a-mole, when one symptom goes away, another takes its place. My first success was getting my back pain to go away in 2005. Since...

It's been a long while since I posted. It's probably more like day 67 rather than da7 27. Lots of things have dramatically improved. Over the course of several weeks i started to have less and less IBS symptoms, and back pain and pain in general. I have had about 1- panic attack and very little...

Around January, I was reading the Wiki forums and came across a lot of discussion surrounding pelvic pain. I thought "thank goodness I've not had that one yet!" Wouldn't you know it, within a few weeks I began to have pelvic pain. At first, it a minor annoyance so I tried treating it like any...

I have had TMS symptoms for a few years. Mostly upper back/neck pain and pelvic pain. I have had many other symptoms though and some periods of very little pain. About 7 weeks ago it all got really bad right at the end of a week off from work. I got a TMS diagnosis from a TMS doctor and...