tms personality traits

Hi! I’m a big fan of journaling. I’m literally learning more about myself from journaling than I ever thought possible. Anyway, a technique I found on the wiki by @AndrewMillerMFT looked interesting and I tried it. It was Really good! Per Andrew’s instructions, I come to find out (in my...

Hello, I have had chronic and mysterious repetitive stress injuries for more than four years from computer usage and similar fine motor activity. The primary injury is in my hands. I have seen many doctors for the problem, and they have ruled out a large range of physical disorders, but they...

I would say I have healed 97% from my pelvic pain sometimes it comes up rarely but I know exactly what it is and it subsides fairly quickly. However, since healing that pain I have had symptom substitutions left and right! From OCD to bloating to anxiety and When a new thing comes up when I...

So, I have been working with a lot of emotions lately and trying to move toward the pain and not being afraid of it, which is easier said than done. I am doing better with the arm and shoulder pain, and canal raise my arm up over my head, but it still hurts to put it behind. It does still pop...

Hi, I read that people-pleasing is a common trait with tms. I want to get over this, but have a hard time not always putting other people's needs ahead of mine. How do i become less of a people-pleaser?

As I am sorting through my emotional luggage (thanks to Alan and his SEP), it occurred to me that about 10 years ago, while beating back a bad bout of depression on a backdrop of a terrible job situation and terrible family situation, I concluded that the worst thing I could do was to feel sorry...

Hi All, Dr Sarno told that childhood repressed emotions,current stress and personality traits leads to symptoms. I well understand that journaling helps addressing first and second. But how to address personality traits. If i am a perfectionist i can't leave that. I still will be looking for...

I made note of many personality traits of a TMS'er after reading through Sarno's and Steve Ozanich book (14,15,16,17 chapters). There are many more to add. For now I am posting these. For some the very thoughts towards these personality traits will give healing as told by clay Warnick in a TMS...

hi all, I'm relatively new to TMS but it already feels so powerful and enlightening. I'm becoming more and more aware of how my neck and back pain have been a response to personality traits that I surely developed to survive having a very wounded man as a father (controlling, bullying, verbally...

Originally written by Dr. Schubiner on October 6, 2009 Everyone has a unique story to tell and often the paths that lead to healing are also quite different. I received the following email the other day, and I was very touched by the authenticity and depth of what Joe had to say. He...

I have had some reductions in pain, but they only generally last a few short hours before coming back. I have talked about some horrible things to my therapist. Although she is not specifically trained in TMS she does understand the basic concepts. I have started to wonder why the pain...

This is posted at my website. Below is a letter I wrote to a person I will name Jill, which I share here with her permission. Jill's psychological inquiry during a walk in the woods revealed neediness, rage, repression, and pain. These emotions related to her primary relationship. I think these...

At my current job I've gotten some feedback on my communication style that has prompted some interesting self-examination, particularly in its connection to my perfectionism and wanting everything to be correct. Last night when thinking about this issue, it occurred to me that I view myself -...

At the start of each month I'm entitled to 10 articles to view without paying a subscription fee to the Washington Post, so, lo and behold, look at what popped up when I looked at the main news items this monring...

INTRODUCTION Hello guys! I had Rotator Cuff Pain for 8 years now! It is a very sad and frustrating condition that led me to many depression/anxiety episodes. I am a fighter in life and i don't care to sacrifice everything and work my ass off day and night to reach my goal. So when this thing...

When looking at my personality type, I have made up a few. One personality is the all or none personality, another I call the head in the sand personality and I have always considered myself a "literal" ever since the Amanda Show. I think perhaps these personalities are all a sub-strain of the...

I've been reading and watching a series of lectures on mind-body medicine by Dr. Jason M. Satterfield, professor of behavioral medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. One of his lectures covers personality types and how they affect health. In this lecture, he asked the question...

I've been watching a series of lectures on mind-body medicine by Dr. Jason M. Satterfield, a professor of behavioral medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. In one of his lectures, Dr. Satterfield looks at personality types and how they affect health. Those of us who have...

Call-in Tuesday Dec. 3, Steve Ozanich Book Chapters 18: “Major Personality Types” and 19: “Separation and Rage.” This Tuesday, Dec. 3, the call-in discussion group will be discussing Chapters 18 (“Personality Types”) and 19 (“Separation and Rage”) in Steve Ozanich's book The Great Pain...

Theres a discussion on the other forum about people pleasing, being perfectionistic and goodist and being compulsive. I see all of these in myself....and understand the first three as being in my case anxious and actually very self centred if im out to please you its got conditions...that i'll...