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Day 4 Most Dishearting Thing by Doctor

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About 1 year ago, a doctor has said to me that it is all due to stress. At that time i was not ready for such a diagnosis and I (wrongly) dismiss his diagnosis and decided not to see him again. It wasn't until i saw 8 other specialists over the course of a year (orthopedics, neurologists and rheumatologists) who could not provide any diagnosis that I became ready to accept such a psychological disorder as cause to my pain. While i do not have any psychological issues per say, and i always see myself as beeing quiet strong emotionally. Sarno's book convinced me that there could be something in my unconsciousness (after all that is why it is called unconsciousness). I'm very quick to dismiss anything that really gets to me, and thereby ignoring all my problems. I think this have caused some repressed emotions that I am not aware of.
 
WOW! Great first post, one of the most honest to the point I've ever seen--where do you go from here?--that should be interesting. Was Doc Disheartening a cardio? He would be a keeper, wonder if he'd ever heard of Sarno or perhaps a case of parallel development--another Good Doctor. If you wish to share his contact maybe others could benefit by seeing him. Will you be going back to him?

Cheers!
tt
 
Great first post is right….af90 start the SEP asap and you will find out a lot about yourself, remember baby steps.
 
Tennis, just to be clear, the doctor i was referring to first diagnosed me by saying i have muscular imbalances due to mild scoliosis that i have, and he referred me to a physioterapy and at the same time told me to take it easy and not to think of the pain and that i had nothing to be concerned about. After 5 months of intensive physioterapy, i called him (because i moved to a new country) and told him that things havn't improved much and i started getting new symptoms like numbness and pins and needles in my wrists. He then said that he wants to see me (when i visit the country i was in) so he can refer me to a psychotherapist and follow my situation more closely.

Thanks Boston for the encouragement, yes i should expect that things will not change overnight.

I am considering quitting physioterapy now, but im not sure. any thoughts?
 
I think you would be doing yourself and your pain a favor by quitting this therapy, its just giving the pain more power.
 
af90 said:
...He then said that he wants to see me (when i visit the country i was in) so he can refer me to a psychotherapist and follow my situation more closely.

...I am considering quitting physioterapy now, but im not sure. any thoughts?
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WOW again! A doctor who refers patients with stress to psychotherapy--maybe Dr. Sarno has come out of retirement! Who and where is this doctor, can you share?

If it's TMS, doing any PT in hopes of fixing it is counterproductive. The body is not broken, it's the mind that's stressed.
 
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