stress

Alan Gordon (author of The Way Out) once mentioned carrying around with him a brain-shaped stress ball and looking at it kindly, thinking, ‘This poor little primitive brain,’ to help calm the fear response behind his chronic pain. He’s also described the primitive brain as a scared kitten that...

So, after a while of having hand and wrist pain and weakness, alternating between the left and right sides, I went to Norway last week. And for the entire week.....nothing. Not a flicker. I gripped the stair rails on a whale watching boat to stop myself from sliding over in the ice - nothing. I...

Psychologists from the University of Sussex, England, put volunteers under unexpected stress and using thermal imaging cameras have shown that when this happens blood flow is reduced to our noses. In the research it showed that nose temperature dropped 3 to 6 degrees as the nervous system pushes...

Hello everyone! I'm proud that i finished this program months ago, and my symptoms really faded away except in some conditioning situations. In these past months me and my family went through some changes and difficult situations in life, there was a lot of stress and i couldn't find a way to...

Well, I am not a fan of the cluster/spider writing! I felt like it didn't dig deep at all! And 5 mins? It takes me more time to flesh out my thoughts than 5 mins. Even when journaling I am having a hard time digging to my emotions. Sometimes I don't feel like it does a thing and other times...

Hi, I am curious is it better to manage stressful situations without getting angry (I am dealing with something and it is not going my way so I am trying to adopt a calm approach since it's not going to change the situation) or fly in a rage and feel the anger? I'm confused as TMS says to feel...

Internally generated stresses take their toll without seeming any way out of the ordinary. Gabor Mate This is the genesis of TMS - stress and our reactions and emotions to it and surrounding it create physical symptoms. Even the stress itself isn't recognized...often buried deep in our...

Hello, I am from Colombia, I am 32 years old and a little new to this topic. Since last year I started having lower back pain caused by exercise, I stopped training for a few days and the pain went to my leg and hip, over time the lower back pain disappears and I feel a twinge in my sacrum. I...

Hi, I am waving and saying hi. I had a diagnosis of pudendal neuralgia/ entrapment 12 years ago after a physio used some repetitive movements on SI joint and pubic area I ended up in a and e with suspected cauda equina and came home in a nappy. I had surgery in France in 2015. My bad side...

Hi everyone. Hope all is well. I just got fired today via Text and i was not expecting that. I got angry, mad, sad at the same time. I started talking to myself to vent, but i dont know what else to do to avoid a setback. Any advice please, I am doing really great and dont want to go back to how...

Hi Guys. I have a veryyy stressful job, i am a physician, also work in the ER. Today is my day #16 SEP..And i would like to ask you about stress management and how to avoid TMS symptoms...I Had a very difficult day, have been managing my TMS really good, very positive thoughts, mindfulness...

I have posted before and have focused primarily on the physical. The reason for this, I think, is that I’ve had very poor success dealing with the psychological aspects of TMS. In particular, I have MECFS. For me, this primarily manifest as muscle weakness And lack of muscle recovery after...

Hi there! Here comes the (success)story about my sleep problems and how I found a way to fix them, hoping that somebody with similar issues might benefit from reading about my experience. How my sleep problems started and what they looked like: First of all I have to say, I have never been a...

I am going to try to word this the best as I can, to try to explain what I mean. Is TMS the same as physical symptoms caused by stress? I know stress can really mess you up, and cause physical symptoms. It caused my stomach lining to erode a few years ago, per findings on an endoscopy. This isnt...

Here is the replay of my interview on TMS RoundTable Global with Dr. Tovah Goldfine. We discussed 1. How to use your body-mind connection to overcome mind-body conditions 2. How to bring about rapid change for better health 3. What I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger and how it can help with...

In a new article from the NYT, 15 stress-reduction experts ("psychologists, counselors, neuroscientists and others") were asked for book recommendations, and the journalist put together this list of five. I included short excerpts about each. The entire article is at...

[NOTE: I excerpted this from a longer article in National Geographic about a gradual rise in cases of shingles among people under the age of 50.] Reasons for the uptick Exactly why the overall incidence of shingles has been increasing, and why it’s been on the rise among adults under age 50...

I have read Dr. Sarno and totally believe in his theories. I am confused however how to us those theories when dealing with ongoing stress. I know that many times changing a situation can play a major part, however with a husband with dementia the stress is ongoing and daily. And yes, I know...

From my personal favorite meditation app, Ten Percent Happier, last week's newsletter is here. It takes almost no time to read, but it covers some essential aspects of the connection between our minds and our bodies. The author focuses on the use of breathing to lessen stress, and provides one...

I experience a lot of mental fatigue and I do have anxiety, ocd and probably stress. What books do you guys recommend reading to calm intrusive thoughts?