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It’s me again, seems every week it gets worse feeling….I’m hoping to get some support from the group on my confining doubt in my abilities to overcome pain-fear-avoidance cycle, seems like the longer I do this work the worse and more disabling symptoms have become lately. At this point I feel I...

Please Join BruceMC as your host on the PPD/TMS Peer Network’s weekly free Peer Support Drop-in (text) chat room session this Saturday October 5th at 3 pm eastern New York time. Bruce is a rock climber, technical writer and college English instructor who specialized in the Anglo-Irish Literary...

Hello, i am new to this forum. Making my first post. I suffer from Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, Vestibular Migraines, PTSD, IBS Vertigo. I read that feeling suppressed emotions leads to healing i struggle with the feeling aspect and would love any advice on how to feel our feelings even suppressed...

Hi there! Last week I had very high lower back pain and doctor indicated an MRI. The images showed a small broken fibrous ring in my lower back which caused the electric pain in my lower back. But I also had my neck images and they show an inverted curvature of my neck. It is not rectified. It...

Hi All, I am a TMS success story, having recovered from chronic hand pain and stiffness that I had suffered from for years. I have been recovered for a year. Recently, I also recovered from some facial pain that had developed due to my fear surrounding rosacea (which have since treated and...

Really interesting article and recent interview from Time Magazine, with the author of "The Body Keeps The Score" (often recommended by members of our community). https://time.com/6998595/bessel-van-der-kolk-trauma-profile/ (Why People Still Misunderstand Trauma) First paragraph: "Dr. Bessel...

So, I went through every single success story posted here (https://www.reddit.com/r/PelvicFloor/comments/185m1w2/every_success_story_in_this_group_summarized/) and I noticed a pattern that applied to my situation - in every situation where physical therapy, internal PT work and other physical...

I just stumbled across this new in depth discussion by the David Schechter about his new book of reminiscences about his long-term relationship with John E. Sarno MD whose student he was. Their areas of agreement and disagreement. Lots of intimate details about Schechter's relationship with the...

I have recently found out that I am pregnant - only 5 weeks along. As I long suspected, the symptoms that I have been battling -- and making much progress on -- have entirely ceased since becoming pregnant. I speculate this may be due to a couple different reasons: 1. A prominent emotional...

Hi everyone. I have been reading the posts on this site for a few months now and finally feel as though now is the time to join in on the conversation. I would love to say that my journey with TMS is an interesting one, although if this work has taught me anything, as much as my mind wants to...

For context: I have had TMS for 7 years. It all started with dizziness and a flurry of other symptoms that doesn't really matter. I have finally come to a place where my fear is really low and symptoms have been improving. Now in the last 3 months, I have had two UTI's (Dr. Confirmed) that...

Once again - the role of inflammation in our mental and physical health is becoming more and more apparent. And just in case you haven't seen me say this more and more often recently, let me remind everyone that inflammation is a natural response of our immune system to danger, injury, or...

So I figured I'd just document my own experience here because while I am starting to think that I might have this I would just like to get opinions from other peers as well as share it in case anyone else is going through the same thing. So about five years ago i got what i presumed to be my...

Hello everybody, I am infinitely appreciative of you taking the time to read my story. Let me start by letting you know that I am a 24 year old male. My concern about my health began when I started having panic attacks in March 2023 which at the time I did not know that it’s a panic attack and...

https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18001364/oslo-chronic-fatigue-consortium-offers-a-fresh-perspective-on-chronic-fatigue-syndromes-and-post-covid-conditions?publisherId=7860342&fbclid=IwAR0spjmPXk2e0YwLmtrwtWm_brxv66X2ANMp09iX8iFyeGihbZ6Xev_bIvE (Oslo Chronic Fatigue Consortium Offers a...

Folks may or may not know that Curable has a podcast for non-subscribers, called Like Mind, Like Body - and although the episodes are kind of few and far between, they are excellent. The latest episode is no exception, with Daniel Lyman, LCSW talking about obsessive thoughts and behaviors...

This weeks' Back In Control Live podcast episode from Dr. David Hanscom is all about male pelvic pain. "In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Michael Hodge – a mind / body coach specializing in men’s pelvic health. He shares his personal journey with pelvic pain and how it led him to...