success

Hey all, I promised a success story to go with my last post that was more just me looking for support, so here we go! I just graduated yesterday from university and earned my BA + a minor AND honors (Magna Cum Laude). This is already a big huge accomplishment for most people but to me it’s...

Hello TMS Discussion Forum community, My name is Tom Craig and I'm a PhD student in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Research at the University of Exeter in the UK. I’m also a TMSer myself. My own experience of struggling with my own unexplained physical symptoms, coming to Dr Sarno’s books...

In this long video interview (below) Dr. Paul Hansma shares a detailed personal story of overcoming 5 years of chronic shoulder pain and 15 years of osteoarthritis symptoms through mind-body understanding, which I've summarised... How it started His pain began with a gardening overuse injury...

I'm posting up this young woman's success story video (she became debilitated with mind/body symptoms from a very young age) for a couple of reasons ... First, she recovered from fibromyalgia and possibly FND (Functional Neurological Disorder) as, along with being housebound due to pain she had...

Hey there, I am almost done reading through “Mind Your Body” by Nicole Sachs and after I finish, since I will be on winter break from college for a month, I plan to start Nicole’s 28-day Challenge. I realized recently something that I had been kind of cagey to “announce” incase I was wrong, but...

I’ve been exploring Dan Ratner’s work recently, after listening to his recovery story in an interview with Dani Fagan on 'Your Stories #13', which came up in my YouTube feed. I had looked into Dan's three-column technique before, but at the time it seemed overly complicated. However, his...

Hey guys, I am a 29yr old male who has been familiar with Sarno's work since late 2020 and have cured myself of many TMS symptoms in the past. I'm working through the latest symptom right now (dry eyes) but have been remarkable progress there too which I'll talk about -- I know that I will beat...

Hi all, I've been a TMSer for most of my life. For years, unbeknownst to myself I replaced symptoms with orher symptoms. I had a emtionally vacant father, became a nurse, which looking back was the worst decision for the people pleaser I was, and still am. Diagnosed with Bipolar in my teenage...

I shared my success story in 2016, and I’m happy to say that as I continue to apply what I’ve learned through my pain journey, I am still a success story, almost 10 years later. But today, I want to share a relapse story for anyone who needs to read this, because it was the stories of others...

Hey all, I’ve been suffering from chronic vulval itching for over 2 years, and I’m really at the end of my rope. I’ve been making learning about TMS and trying to apply the theory/exercises my second full time job, but I really need some evidence that it can get better for my symptom. I’ve...

Long time lurker here and first time poster! You have no idea how many of you have helped me over the last couple of years! Thank you, and especially to the Beloved Grand Eagles :-). I am hoping that sharing some of the progress I have made can help some people. I also hope a kind soul or two...

I would be ever so grateful for success stories from anybody who’s had success using these techniques, following osteoarthritis and labrum tearing in hips. Thanks!

I have had a bucket load of TMS symptoms and many I am still working through, however dry eye is no longer one of them. Went to get my annual eye check up today and the doctor mentioned how healthy my eyes are and how, unlike most people my age (later middle age) I do not have dry eye. I was...

Hi everyone, I still have a lot of TMS symptoms and feel as much dscouragement as the next person, but I thought I'd make a list today of those I've conquered (or seen major progress on) so far so as to encourage others. Don't discount the progress you are making just because you still have...

“The part of your body where you have stored your anger is the part that has to express it” – John Lee I finally am getting round to posting my recovery story on here - been a long time lurker and have been inspired by so many of the wonderful regular contributors on this website. I...

This is an excellent recovery story written by Dr. Paul Garner who developed long Covid. He admits, he was not a person who dealt with psychological issues in the past, but developed extreme guilt and fear of harming others by being infected with Covid 19 on the job. Dr. Garner seemed to be able...

Hi, my name is Andrew Paiva. I’m a dad, husband, son, brother, and uncle. I’m also an executive at a private food manufacturing company in Massachusetts. For 27+ years, I lived with migraine. It wasn’t just “headaches”—they were the thief that stole days, memories, and moments I’ll never get...

I’ve been on this forum for eight months —making all sorts of mental and emotional headway. But this week was my first dramatic physical breakthrough! About 5days ago, I was getting ready to head upstairs to bed when my legs completely shut down on me. My left leg twisted so that I could only...

Hey, you wonderful TMS Wiki types. I promised myself if I ever got better, I’d post a success story. And while life is too busy to lay it all out in the detail it deserves, I will get to that someday. But this site and this community have been hugely influential in my recovery and so I wanted...