Lavender_lily
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I’ve frequented this site for many years ever since healing myself from debilitating back pain after reading Dr Sarno’s book back in 2018. I’ve had small bouts of back pain since but I could always focus on the psychological stress and it would go away within a day or so.
10 months ago I gave birth to my first child (we already know children can cause stress along with the stress of giving birth). A few weeks later I developed severe sciatica pain. Knowing this was tms I didn’t worry about the pain and tried to address the anxiety I had around being a new mom. I was able to get rid of the pain 3 separate times but it kept coming back and each time it came back with more vengeance, along with more fear as the pain worsened and increased in time. There is no fear for structural damage let’s be clear. Mainly the fear of struggling to care for my child as a stay at home mom when at times has been almost impossible to carry or pick him up. It has now been 10 months and I’ve journaled, meditated and tried all my tools I’ve used previously and seen some progress but not full recovery and still have lots of pain doing everything.
Pretty much all the stories I’ve read are people who need to get over the fear of structural damage, but I released that fear back in 2018. I feel a bit lost on how to help me progress and was hoping to hear the advice of others. I’ve reread the book, I journal following the nicole sacks method, and I’ve also tried to work on outcome independence but will admit it’s difficult to do when the pain level is still fairly high, much easier when the pain is more manageable.
I would love to hear your support and advice.
10 months ago I gave birth to my first child (we already know children can cause stress along with the stress of giving birth). A few weeks later I developed severe sciatica pain. Knowing this was tms I didn’t worry about the pain and tried to address the anxiety I had around being a new mom. I was able to get rid of the pain 3 separate times but it kept coming back and each time it came back with more vengeance, along with more fear as the pain worsened and increased in time. There is no fear for structural damage let’s be clear. Mainly the fear of struggling to care for my child as a stay at home mom when at times has been almost impossible to carry or pick him up. It has now been 10 months and I’ve journaled, meditated and tried all my tools I’ve used previously and seen some progress but not full recovery and still have lots of pain doing everything.
Pretty much all the stories I’ve read are people who need to get over the fear of structural damage, but I released that fear back in 2018. I feel a bit lost on how to help me progress and was hoping to hear the advice of others. I’ve reread the book, I journal following the nicole sacks method, and I’ve also tried to work on outcome independence but will admit it’s difficult to do when the pain level is still fairly high, much easier when the pain is more manageable.
I would love to hear your support and advice.
