numbness and tingling

Hi everyone, I wanted to share another interview I did with Jen Johnson at Thought by Thought Healing. I speak about how the loss of my brother at age 38 led to many TMS symptoms. I also speak about TMS symptoms from parenting and how my Christian faith also caused symptoms as well. Hope it helps!

What does it take to get rid of TMS? A lot. Time. Changes in habits. Changes in attitudes. More time. MENTAL BATTLE! Battling day in and day out against a little voice that says you’ll never have a life again. Picking yourself up when things feel hopeless and pushing yourself to do one small...

I feel like everything I read about TMS always has a caveat - "by all means, get checked out first!" I think that's great and yes, you should. But I'm struggling with the question of, "When can I stop?" I had hip, low abdominal pain. Got an ultrasound. All clear. It felt better. I had right...

I hope my story can be of help to others struggeling with symptoms and conditions like me. It all started about three years ago. My calf started twitching after a workout. Then my arms started to feel num. The following days and weeks my symptoms only got worse. Tinitus, cramps, migrene, burning...

Hello Everyone~ I am writing to you today because I feel a little bit at my ‘wits end’ with some very persistent TMS discomforts and symptoms… and I need a little helpful boost of advice and encouragement~ I have had very successful recovery from classic TMS problems like lower back pain...

On my journey through numbness, burning, tingling that started in the middle of a crazy high anxiety episode. As I practice indifference the symptoms have spread throughout 95% of my body. I'm calmer now than I have been in a decade despite the symptoms. Assume spreading is a good thing...

This is going to be a long and interesting timeline of my life and how I’ve gone through different types of pain like backache, headache, chronic Insomnia, chronic fatigue, sciatica, tingling nerves in the body, numbing hands, depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia. I’d say I’ve recovered 95%. I...

Hi all. Haven’t posted here for awhile but have beaten thoracic pain with TMS methods but fell 2.5 years ago on ice and have been battling low back/buttock pain. Long story short MRI done then showed mild spondylolisthesis but advanced central canal stenosis. Ok so at THAT time my pain after...

I am wondering if anyone have seen stress illness present itself as burning, itchy, crawly, prickly, stinging, biting, cold, hot, a cold wet feeling, a hot steam feeling, pinching, stabbing, electric zap or shock, nerve pain, tickling, numbness, pins and needles, wire brushed feeling, tingling...

Just wanted to make a post for those who are dealing with fear, skepticism, disbelief, or worry. To me, overcoming TMS = overcoming fear. Understanding the information in the great Dr. Sarno’s books, lectures, movie, videos, etc. are definitely helpful in overcoming TMS symptoms. For me...

Hi, It's been nearly a year since my last posting to the site, well, because I was able to achieve some lasting relief from my symptoms. Like many of you, I struggled with back & leg pain and have been given the diagnosis of herniated disc(s), spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, etc...

If any of you are in the Chicago area and have TMS, you're probably familiar with Dr. John Stracks... he's an excellent TMS physician who's been at Northwestern for many years and just left to start his own practice. He's actually MY doctor, and he's the one who introduced me to TMS concepts...

2.5 years back I woke up one morning into hell, prior to that I was healthy athletic guy enjoying his life. My nightmare did not come gradually, it literally started overnight. I'll try to explain how I got TMS and how it can start structurally: 19.02.2015: This day changed my life forever. I...

Hi everyone I am new here so let me start off by talking about where this all started. I am a 26 year old male. When I was 20 I was diagnosed with acid reflux and given medication to stop it. I accepted the diagnoses and moved on never having an issue. I have always suffered with headaches and...

I read sarnos book, and my lower back pain decreased by 70% . I started learning about all the facts about TMS and what are the causes. I re-read the psychology part and TMS treatmeant chapters in heal back pain, here and there. My lower back pain really moves around to the butt area and L4-L5...

I am a 52 year old man. I started having back pain when I was a teenager. I “sprained” my back when I was 15 years old, and was temporarily paralyzed. I spent 3 weeks in bed and another 3 weeks on crutches. You have to understand that I was an otherwise healthy kid. I was very athletic and...

8 years ago I went through a very stressful period here I had severe back pain that morphed into TMJ then tinnitus then asthma. Within 6 months of the stress resolving all symptoms were gone. Last year, when a similar stressful situation developed my back pain returned. When my Demtist and Dr...