stress

I think I am a little confused on the cause of pain with TMS in regards to Stress vs (Rage)Repression. I have many instances where I am thinking about something stressfull, trying to plan out things in my future, worrying about if things will end up ok etc. Nearly seconds later I will have a...

Hi everyone, the last weeks were quite fine. Many things in my life are changing at the moment. I do things that I stopped doing during the last 3 years. Now, in a period of change, where I think abput many things in my life, I recognize that my body begins (again) to spasm. Back, shoulder...

For as long as I can remember I have been susceptible to what I clearly understand to be unproductive and even dangerous thought patterns. I am wondering if anyone here in the forum knows of a technique or exercise that might be able to help. I have told myself again and again that there is...

Hi all, I originally came to this website because of lower back pain and rsi in my wrists and hands. Over the past 6 months, my back / hand pain has decreased pbly around 90% so I feel like I'm almost out of the woods because of TMS :) Now however, whenever I start working, my upper back...

There's a lot of good advice here on how to deal with anxiety and stress... from Daniel P. Keating Adapted from Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity and How to Break the Cycle. We're all feeling much more stressed out these days, showing up as increases over the last few...

So I am identifying sources of stress (they are rather obvious actually), and one of them recently has been my roommate. I'm not sure why, because he didn't use to bother me in the past, but I seem to keep noticing things he is doing that annoy me, and they all relate to the idea that I...

So the other day I partied a little too hard on my birthday and ended up puking in front of the toilet multiple times, after which point my lower back seized up (this was Saturday evening). I have been icing it on sunday, and will continue to do so today, as well as take some meds. What I'm...

Hello, I stumbled across this article which I thought I'd share with you: Source: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2017/apr/09/doctor-back-pacbe-linked-emotional-stress/421955/ (Doctor: Back pain can be linked to emotional stress) Dr. Matt McClanahan believes the pain you feel in...

So, a little while back I posted on here about shoulder pain in my left that has been bothering me for the last couple of months, with pain and popping sensations and not being able to lift my arm above my head or behind my back. I went to my massage therapist yesterday ( Who is also an R.N.)...

I have just discovered my personality type through Myers-Briggs test and read Your Emotional Type by Michael A. Jawer & Marc S. Micozzi, M.D./Ph.D. (I'm closer to the thin-boundary/skinned type). This research has led me to wonder and question if those aspects about ourselves lead us to be more...

Here's a new article/blog about stress from Shannon Harvey, the director/producer of The Connection (an excellent movie about mindbody conditions): https://www.thewholehealthlife.com/blogs/blog/the-simple-mental-shift-that-reduces-stress (The Simple Mental Shift That Reduces Stress) The article...

I became certain that my problems are, at least in part, the result of TMS when I was using guided imagery to revisit the past. Afterwards, my back started hurting. In the grander scheme, I have trouble thinking. It is so bad, that if I were in school, I'd have to drop out. This started as...

Hello all, I am gonna be honest this is all new to me and I am keen to utilise knowledge and skills to combat my dreaded pain. Here is a summary of who I am, my understanding and where I am at. Any user comments would be like gold to me. TMS experience - wife suffered severe back and sciatic...

I am not quite a 100% success story, but I am about 80% there. After almost two years of lower back pain that seemed to get worse and worse, I took a leave of absence from my job as driving (one hour commute both ways) had become so painful that I would often be in tears by the time I arrived...

Ever since my TMS symptoms started years ago, I've been under quite a bit of stress. A few days ago, a very stressful event occurred. Ever since, I've been having pains that I know, without question, are psychological in nature. I wonder if all of my "TMS" issues are not the result of some...

Thought I'd share this research article with you. It adds to what we already know from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study that our early experiences with caregivers effects us throughout our lifetime. May shed some light on why it takes some of us longer to recover from TMS and TMS...

I totally get the link between negative emotion and pain but often I get headaches nausea or stomach pain when I'm very aware of negative emotions. Therefore I don't really get how being aware of repressed emotions necessarily stops pain. I know the Theory is that the pain is a distraction from...

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I had an interesting occurrence a few days ago I wanted to share. Basically I've overcome a few of my painful symptoms by having psychotherapy, I still have a long way to go as I have many symptoms. Amongst these is pretty bad anxiety so much so that I'm very much a hermit. I decided to join a...

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