I know I’ve only been practicing this for a short time—trying to live my life and not respond to symptoms with fear. I do what I can: I breathe, I...
Does anyone grieve the life they had before chronic pain? Or fear the future? Have you got any tips for moving on healthily? I was so fit and...
This video just showed up on my feed. It’s by Anandi Sano. (Never heard of her.) It enthralled me. The answer is the body. It’s about being fully...
Hi all, Been a little less active on here as started a new job helping people with chronic pain learn about the role of brain and apply mindbody...
The biggest one for me would likely be my job. I would love to find something I enjoy more, but there is a lot of flexibility where I work now,...
Yesterday one of my best friends (two, actually, they used to be married and had kids together but are divorced now) lost his 21 year old daughter...
...where the TMS is not much known BUT YouTube is a great source of info and I bought all the books from Dr Sarno, Nichole Sachs, H.Shubiner. I...
I appreciate that this article (in the following link) is essentially about Martha Beck advertising her new book that became available to today in...
This has really taken a big toll on my life in all aspects and I'm writing this to see if anyone has any advice for me as I'm lost at the moment....
Here’s some quotes from a book called at last a life. it’s about anxiety and panic recovery but also talks about pain “When a thought enters...
Below is Angie who was about to be moved into a hospice to die due to how sick she was until a surgeon who had dealt with her before got back in...
Hi everyone, I have this new form of panic attack going on that happens during sleep. It’s basically my entire body burning and being clenched. I...
Figuring out that self-consciousness and embarrassment are a big aspect of my TMS. I’m embarrassed to let my grown kids see how weak I am (can’t...
Just finished reading Willard Gaylin MD's magnificent The Rage Within: Anger in Modern Life (1984), one of the self-acknowledged source books for...
Somewhere in a post in the past few days I read that a well known member recommending against reading Healing Back Pain as well as Mind over Back...
OMG. I'm 48 and Yesterday I told my mother "don't speak to me like that and leave my home". As usual she was like a witch but I did it. As far as...
Ever since I was young, I would get the occasional migraine. It wasn’t too bad, as it typically happened about once every couple of months, I’d...
if you started resuming your normal activity again, what steps did you take to get there? how did you get rid of fear associated with these...
Unsent Dear ***, You disgust me when I see you arrive I'm afraid that you stink, glue, be dirty, stagger, roll your eyes, get angry. I live in...
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,...
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