symptom imperative

Hi guys, It’s been some time since I’ve been on here. Been dealing with a lot of personal stuff, especially the after-effects of major oral surgery (All of 4 dental implants). I was doing so well and just need some clarification before I accept that this too is TMS. So, just some background...

Hi all, I wish my post was a permenant success story, but alas, not yet. I thought I would update you all and see if I could get some advice. I posted a while back about how I’ve been dealing with digestive and bowel issues and a nasty headache, alternating between the two. All of my other...

Hi All, I just wanted to point out an interesting observation. The closer I am to healing, the more the symptom imperative ramps up and I end up with all kinds of symptoms (that, thankfully, don't make afraid). I am now going through severe nocturnal panic attacks, frequent urination...

So a year ago I dealt with some pretty crazy mind body symptoms. I had weird itchy feet....sharp pains in my arms and scalp. Went for an mri to rule out MS. Of course they found narrowing of the cervical spine and degeneration (I’m 42 duh there will be degeneration). They also discovered a...

Hi all, This forum is amazing. I'm a new member but have been browsing for awhile! I'm a 25-year-old female and classic TMS personality. I discovered Dr. Sarno and this theory last year while suffering from sudden onset and debilitating RSI in my hands; my work in digital marketing is 100% at...

Ok, I'm asking this because I'm curious about it, not being obsessive. Today I got a totally new symptom while doing activity, but the old ones hadn't left. So it wasn't a substitute symptom, but an added symptom. One I've never had before actually. I got really heavy-feeling legs today when...

Hi all, After healing from back pain (still feels like a miracle) and cautiously returning to running, I've had some tendonitis-like injuries: plantar fasciitis in the fall, and now posterior tibialis tendonitis--both diagnosed and treated by a really great sports chiropractor who really just...

I've mentioned in other posts that one of my goals has been to resume exercising on my elliptical. I love to use an elliptical because the benefit is immediate. You can burn calories, exercise muscles, and get a cardio workout all at the same time. The last time I used it was 2014 -right before...

Curious to hear about others experience in this regard... Over the past 9 years, I've had a number of baseline "main" symptoms with my stress disorder. (Morning panic, rolling panic, GI issues, headaches.) The latest over the past year has been dizziness/off balance issues which have become my...

This is an interesting development and perhaps some one can weigh in. I realized that most of my TMS recovery has been sloppy and then very obsessed and trying too hard. A while back I wrote about letting go of the reins. What I realized I was doing was actually wanting to stop trying so hard. I...

Hello, Would love some input from anyone who successfully broke the symptom imperative cycle. I have had too many TMS symptoms to list here and like the game Whack-a-mole, when one symptom goes away, another takes its place. My first success was getting my back pain to go away in 2005. Since...

It's been a long while since I posted. It's probably more like day 67 rather than da7 27. Lots of things have dramatically improved. Over the course of several weeks i started to have less and less IBS symptoms, and back pain and pain in general. I have had about 1- panic attack and very little...

Okay, I’m not an expert by any means, but I’ve been on this TMS healing roller coaster for four years now, so I can at least tell you what I’ve learned. Not everything is TMS - however, structural issues or injuries that should have healed in due time, but hasn’t, IS. This is an important...

This sounds weird, but I was stung on my wrist by a wasp four weeks ago, which hurt like a motherf****. I put aloe vera on it and it seemed to get better, however, two weeks after that, it started itching like crazy and the site started swelling again. I went to my doctor and he thought it was...

Around January, I was reading the Wiki forums and came across a lot of discussion surrounding pelvic pain. I thought "thank goodness I've not had that one yet!" Wouldn't you know it, within a few weeks I began to have pelvic pain. At first, it a minor annoyance so I tried treating it like any...

Good morning everyone, in this period I'm reading the Divided Mind for the first time and I wanted to report my experience, hoping to have some suggestions and that my considerations on the subject can be of support to those who have recently started TMS approach. I started following this...

Hi everyone, long time ago I was nearly every here in this forum. Since 8 months I am more or less symptomfree. My shoulder pain and acid reflux are on a normal level. I go to gym as I did before TMS and Drink as much coffee and alcohol as I want. It‘s like a wonder! I am very thankful and proud...

Many of you know my story, so won’t rehash it here. I was doing quite well, thinking I had licked tms, once and for all, after 20 years of chronic pain, and some intense emotional work for the last few years. I even was able to get a fulltime job 5 months ago, just to prove I could. Now, pain...

Hello, everyone! So, for the last couple weeks my TMS (fibromyalgia body aches and dizziness) have eased up significantly due to some changes I made in my TMS work, which was completely amazing and I was feeling good, trying no to get too excited but in the back of my mind feeling that the pain...

I have had TMS for the past 20 years. I have been working on this program off amd on for the last five years, but only this year, consistently. I have done quite a lot to rid my body of chronic pain, and for the most part, have succeeded. The symptom imperative has, however, I belive, taken root...