Faith, belief, healing and Emotions

[TG957]

But there is no relief in the pain; it actually feels worse.

It is very common to experience an explosion of pain. Most of those who got better went through the phase named "extinction burst" by Dr. Sarno. As long as you accept it as norm and hold on to your faith and stick to your plan, it will get better at some point. People on this forum are amazing in helping each other to get through those low points. As far as meditation goes, nothing worked better for me than Dr. Claire Weekes' recordings. She instills faith and relieves fears and anxiety,

 

[Cara]

Seangela,
Try Mindfulness by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. I have tried other meditation practices, but I always felt like I was doing wrong. Their perspective has helped me get over that "doing wrong" pressure, and it's ever-so-slowly helping me recognize my inner weather and how it's related to my pain. Good luck!
Cara

 

[seangela]

Thank you! I love Claire Weekes' recordings; I will continue to listen to those and I will check out Mindfulness by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. I appreciate the advice!

 

[Eric "Herbie" Watson]

Hi Herbie,

Glad to see you back here, was wondering what you were up to and figured you'd moved and you were busy getting settled into the new digs.

I just started reading SteveO's newest book, "BACK PAIN PERMANENT HEALING : Understanding the Myths, Lies, and Confusion" . In it's Foreword by Dr. Gwozdz, who had a very interesting path to his becoming a TMS physician, he picks a good word to go along with "faith" and "belief", since some are put off by references to traditional religious terms--not me though. I don't care if a person believes in whatever they want to, including a rock or a tree, as long as they're not cutting off anyone's head who doesn't share their "faith". Dr. Gwosdz uses the term "confidence" in the Good Doctor's theory. This sounds like a nice neutral term for what's needed to absorb the TMS KNOWLEDGE PENICILLIN.

Hey Tom, nice to hear from you brother. I just took some time away for awhile to clear my mind. I been focusing on work and being patient for some time. Those two together seems like frustration if it's not something you love.
I left the old Job down on the farm and am painting Homes for now. About to go out to the east coast of Florida and do roofing work where hurricane Matthew hit. A lot of damage in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
I agree totally that faith is belief, it's also courage.
I really like Steve's new book. I bought it a bit back. Simple reads are greatly needed in our tms language. I believe Steve did that.
You still traveling Tom? I still got to get my travelling boots on. I feel that's my next move and it feels good.

 

[plum]

I'm calm, relaxed, patient, and confident.
Say those words over and over again throughout your day, it will help you soothe your mindbody. It worked like a Miracle for me. I believe it was around the third to fourth months before the affirmations really kicked in.
Repeating the words peace, love, joy and actually feeling those emotions - same with the above affirmations will also help you in a huge way. That's what I did, it really worked.
As far as meditations, I always love mindful meditations. You can find them all on YouTube. Just pick some that relates to you and let go.
I'm sure you'll have more responses, a lot very helpful loving people here.
Bless you.

I also like may I be calm, may I peaceful, may I be kind, etc.

I borrowed that from the buddhist and psychologist Rick Hanson. Using 'may' acts as a softener for the ego and feels really good if you whisper it in your mind around people who drive you nuts. May you be happy, may you find peace, may you be loved...after all most people are hurting, scared or lonely in some way. They don't mean to be spiky so it does well to break the cycle of harm wherever we can.