Yes. We had two nearly identical topics going and I posted on the other one. I had swelling and the sports Doc told me I had fluid on the knee. But when I saw the negligible amount of fluid (3 quarters stacked in a pile) The engineer in me that builds stuff knew that the physics made no sense. I treated it as TMS and have had zero negative consequence.. I am 57 and still run and jump and climb and all of that good stuff... not even in particularly good shape.
This may just be semantics, But I DO attack the pain.
I have been staying TMS free for decades and playing sports and working in all facets of construction . When I know something is TMS I absolutely attack it.. it's a part of my strategy to disable it.
EXAMPLE;
This week. On a barn burner of a job. ... I made a calendar mistake and promised a guy a deadline that I never would have promised if I was reading the calendar correctly....What I thought would be a difficult 10 day job had to be done in 4 !!
I normally work alone but had to hire two of my friends...They are good painters. But I am an "oh my god, don't miss one little thing OCD, perfecto-painter"... after working with them for 3 days my hip was totally stiff and killing me. I was in a RAGE at the situation I had got myself into, being dependent on their help, but less than satisfied with their neatness and quality of work....reigning Narcissist tyrant!! But unable to express it based on the situation
As the pain grew in my awareness, I immediately attacked it. Went out and tried to run in spite of being hardly able to walk normally..throwing things hard for my dog in spite of the pain and stiffness. In SPITE of... it's like a little war inside of us.."No...little angry narcissist doesn't get to run the show. You are IN the world, you are not the world"....I focused my attention on feelings of not being good enough, and feeling helpless. And the next morning, I am pain free. all the stiffness is gone.
Any time I have what I call a 'tickle', ,, the discernible onset of a pain or stiffness, I Immediately get involved in an activity that the symptom would seem to preclude...if my shoulder hurts I do push-ups or play catch... if my hip hurts, I run and hit balls off a tee. If My foot hurts, I go for a long walk...Important to that statement is, I do it in a therapeutic context. While I am doing the 'attack' or I prefer 'challenge' as Sarno said, I focus my mind on all of the little rage makers that I am aware of to send an instant message down to my unconscious "Hey...STOP that crap right now!"
We never really know what goes on down there, BUT I have been doing this for two and a half decades with zero negative consequences. Mind you, I was very very versed in TMS theory before I did this. Even Sarno said that is was a bad idea except for people who understood the priciples and he always gave the example of the woman who had 'bursitis' and then went running... it's in the text of 'Healing back Pain', and i believed he mentioned it elsewhere.
