tms awareness

We've all encountered an increasing amount of media coverage in the last several years about the effects of stress and how to reduce it, blah blah blah. This is the first time I've come across a definitive distillation of all of our TMS principles in one fairly short, very readable article...

Hi all, I just heard of TMS maybe about two weeks ago. I remember hearing Howard Stern, talking about Dr. Sarno and how he really helped out when he had bad back pain problems. I’ve had some degree back pain for the last 20 years or so even though I’m only 45 yrs old now. It started...

I’ve been in therapy (this time) for 3 years. I began this therapy because I was reading Sarno and doing all his advice, with nothing happening. So I decided I was one of the unlucky few he mentions who will need therapy. The therapy I am getting is called Internal Family Systems (IFS). The...

Here was always my game-plan: Be a reporter for the Washington Post; Become a famous novelist; Earn six figures as a freelance writer with my own business Small goals, right? And I wanted all three. All three did come to fruition in super small ways. I freelanced a couple stories for the...

Hi all, as someone who is many times "hanging on by a thread" I dedicate this song ❤️ And please remember that even if we're alone we still have friends in the TMS Forum :cat:

I was never officially diagnosed by an NHS Rheumatologist, but several doctors and healthcare professionals thought I had Crohn’s disease, Celiac disease or Ankylosing Spondylitis. I was ill to some extent with chronic fatigue, back pain and a steadily growing list of intolerances for about 9...

Hi I’ve had daily back pain for over 4 years. Got another MRI planned in January but the scan two years ago was clear, nothing to report. I am journaling and meditating. My back pain is worse in bed and morning. It’s actually worst in my sides just beneath the rib cage, I wake up every day...

Have you ever noticed that different programs and experts seem to almost be speaking in contrary ways? “Watch the pain, notice it, follow it” “Be completely indifferent to the pain.” “Shifting, changing symptoms is a good thing” ”Stubborn, unmoving symptoms are an opportunity to completely...

Hi Guys n Gals! I hope you will excuse my direct approach, but I have created some Chronic Pain / TMS Reference Cards, which I believe would make a great addition to anyone’s healing toolkit, currently struggling with the effects of chronic pain. As someone who has suffered personally with the...

Had a pain in my groin - looked it up and convinced myself it was ovarian cancer - blood test all clear. Then obsessed on pudendal Facebook page and now have almost ever symptom I have read. I am petrified of the sexual problems and keep thinking thats what I have. This all started at the start...

Hi Everyone, Just discovered this site, what a relieve and really great that so much knowledge and experiences are being shared here! Good to recognize I am not going crazy ;-) I am from Holland, and here TMS is not so much of a 'thing', people look at me as if I am crazy when I tell them...

Hi everyone, I host a podcast on life's predicaments called Friends With Deficits, and just released an episode about TMS, featuring a guest who has it, myself (who also deals with it) and Laura Heidrich from the Pain Cure Clinic. It's entertaining (I hope!) as well as informative, and may be...

Hi everyone, I host a podcast on life's predicaments called Friends With Deficits, and just released an episode about TMS, featuring a guest who has it, myself (who also deals with it) and Laura Heidrich from the Pain Cure Clinic. It's entertaining (I hope!) as well as informative, and may...

Going through this list have made me aware of various issues I had in my life. This list is very helpful. I hope this helps anyone out there. Please comment if it matches for anyone. Source : Causes of symptoms according to Louise Hay Symptoms list: A Abdominal Cramps: Fear. Stopping the...

Hi I haven't posted in here for a while because I have been pain-free for a while...however my preoccupation has moved to other departments of my life. For a while, I was obsessive about working out and controlling my food intake to the point where it was close to an eating disorder. I have a...

Hello all, I figured it had been some time since I last updated. Apart from having stress with job and doing a bunch of repairing, remodeling, and de-cluttering, I have felt pretty good. This is huge, since every winter before that, my ribs and shoulders, and neck, etc...would hurt so bad, but...

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...

Hi Guys, Still new here and too the whole TMS side of things. The recovery program along with Sarno's work have really changed my life alongside Jon Kabaat-Zinns audiobooks. Well, my wife and I have just found out we are expecting our first child, due date early next year. I am super excited...

Hi guys. So a while back I was having IBS symptoms. I was really into working out at the time( for the wrong reasons) and had a horrible relationship with food. Now im working on self love and restoring my relationship w food and my self. I haven't been doing any toning work outs and have just...

The pieces of the puzzle are fitting together, big-time! It’s a litle long, but a valuable read that explains when and how FM and CFS is triggered, (Trauma), how the sympathetic nervous system gets ramped up and put on hyperdrive, which then sets up TMS in adulthood. Here’s some excerpts I...