triggers

Today, while reading an article titled The role of triggers: Holidays and headaches as part of the educational program, it felt like this article had being written just for me. The core of the article was about triggers and that once you have identified them you can start to reverse them. One of...

This is a short excerpt from today's email newsletter/blog by Dr David Hanscom MD, followed by the "read more" link to the entire blog post on his website. The discussion is about family members and emotional triggers, written in conjunction with Dr Les Aria. "The basic problem arises from...

Good Morning, Follow up question to a previous question where I asked about constant pain....I read a lot about figuring out and addressing the triggers for your pain whether it is walking/sitting/anger/saddness...My pain is constant (non stop for 17 years now), so I can't identify anything as...

So you completely (or mostly) believe that your symptoms are due to TMS or mind/body syndrome, and you're doing the work of looking at your emotions, maybe journaling, maybe meditation, some somatic tracking thrown in, but it just doesn’t seem to be enough. You’re not getting any results…no...

This might be common knowledge but I just wanted to share the power that music has in releasing powerful emotions. I've been avoiding certain songs because it reminded me of a relationship that I really missed. I never really processed that breakup since I was preoccupied with my TMS. I've been...

Last night I tried to think of something that had recently bothered me to "feel the feeling" as I read in many TMS books. I went from having no pain, to quickly having pain in lots of areas of my body. Questions: 1. Are you supposed to do the emotional work if you are not having pain IN THAT...

When I look back at advice and support I've given to others along the way, I have to laugh a little. I am so bad at following my own advice! Here's my problem. I am not new to TMS, I have had so many successes, and still struggle so acutely with FEAR. My current situation reveals to me the...

I'm three weeks through the structured education program. I read Sarno, eventually accepted what he had to say, and didn't get any better. Through the structured education program, I'm seeing some progress, which has been erased in recent days (as a result of a significant life stressor). I...

I needed a rage page. Posted in All the Rage, the film's page, because it was the closest thing I could find. May this be a page to confess rageful feelings aloud, and safely. I love that the TMS forums are not full of trolls or unkindness. Guess we goodists know how to get along. Too tired to...

One of my triggers is sitting. I see a moderate rise in pain while sitting, but nothing I can't handle. The fear/anxiety for me is that the sitting causes worse pain after the fact, like the next day. For example, yesterday hubs and I went to a friends house 30 miles away. I made myself sit the...

I am very new to TMS, but I have found it immediately beneficial for neck and shoulder tension/pain that's been plaguing me for months. It brought very quick relief and I am excited to investigate it further for my Chronic Prostatitis (I will post something about my story in the general forum)...

Hi everyone, the last weeks were quite good but also very stressful. I ended my relationship, had job interviews and am finishing my master degree these days. It's interesting that I recognized the stress and the tension and was aware of it but the pain did not increase. Only my shoulder pain...

Hi, guys, I woke with panic at 6AM this morning, running last night over and over in my mind... and body. I was tense as a board, with my heart pounding and the adrenaline wondering which trigger points to take up residency in. I thought I had debriefed with a colleague thoroughly before...

Hi guys. I have a question about triggers & tension. I'm a photographer. My favorite hobby since I was a teenager, it's now a full time profession, and has been since about two years ago. Before my main TMS episode in 2013 (severe upper back pain/neck pain/headaches began after a trip to NYC...

I have TMS. I've had a really great week. After listening to all of Alan Gordon's audio clips, I realized that I need to increase my soothe to rage ratio and that I have spent a lifetime scaring myself. I have chronic shoulder pain, some neck pain and the muscles between my shoulder blades get...