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Day 13 Books/info

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Steef177

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The books by Sarno, Schubiner, Nicole Sachs and Alan Gordon have been most helpful in solidifying my belief in TMS. Especially seeing how personality traits like perfectionism, responsibility and emotional repression play a role in symptoms made everything click. Reading multiple perspectives helped me stop doubting the diagnosis and start trusting the mindbody explanation.

Are there any other suggestions out there for books/information?
 
I'm a newbie too, so take my recommendation with a grain of salt, but Steve Ozanich's book The Great Pain Deception is essential in my opinion. He can come off a little bit preachy, dare I say, but I think it's just his tone; he has a lot of wisdom to offer and I kept being surprised by the depth of his insight. His book kept calling out a million different things I totally am and do, which was really helpful in strengthening belief in the diagnosis.

Hope and Help for Your Nerves gets recommended on here a lot. I'm only partway through but it is interesting and has given me some tools to manage my anxiety.

From the mentions and sources in Steve O's book, I made a list of further reading I want to check out, though I can't speak to these yet as I'm still working my way through the list. But here you are if you want a bunch more:

- The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron
- Deep healing, Healing Journey, The 10-Minute Stress Manager, and Easing Into Sleep by Emmett Miller
- Spontaneous Healing; Breathing: The Master Key to Life by Andrew Wiel
- Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins
- Alan Watts (audio recordings)
- Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain by Fred Amir
- Edmund Bourne
 
There isn't a single person on this forum who does not need to do something about their anxiety. Hope and Help For Your Nerves was the second book that saved me (after Sarno) in 2011 when I was 60 years old - but it was written in 1969 and even I thought it was a bit quaint by 2011. It may not speak to today's younger people, but this online resource is like an update (and the author references Weekes frequently) :
https://nothingworks.weebly.com/
 
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