Ongoing physical and emotional events affecting body functioning

[Bealillie]

Well, I know the symptoms are not focus however I’m wondering what people think of my recent event. I’ve been struggling for two years with spreading of symptoms all over my body due to fear of movement after initial injury at this point I have whenever I make progress there’s a setback and there are not a lot of parts of my body that have been spared from stumbles and miss steps. Physical events that lead to pain and injury, or surely triggered by emotional factors however, on some level, I’m still not able to control this aspect to prevent symptoms from increasing, since I’m in a very vulnerable position, both emotionally and physically at this time
My most recently twisted my ankle my ankle that was relatively pain-free, but it did not begin to hurt until about four days later and there’s only very minimal spelling can this be TMS initial injury does not produce pain but Was traumatic because traumatic I’ve only been beginning to improve functioning again?
I’ve done the work for some time and I’m seeing more more things, but I’m also feeling it associated with more and more physical events that produce symptoms at this point I’m at my wits end.
Any advice or recommendations Would beappreciated.
Working With several mind-body coaches, however I feel like my situation just doesn’t fit in anymore.
Thanks

 

[Cactusflower]

We twist ankles, we get pain. It may or may not be associated with TMS - however what IS associated with TMS sis your worry, fixation, mindset and emotions you are most likely not at all aware of.
I try and remove all associated judgements from small things like this. I set my mind to the “this is temporary” and let any natural healing occur. No fixating or worrying about it - not even worrying if a delayed sensation response is TMS because it doesn’t matter. If you are engaging in the work consistently, and refusing to see yourself as a victim to symptoms, then you’ll be more comfortable with temporary discomforts.
Healing isn’t linear for many. I have “hurt” myself by doing “more” than my mind and body believe I “should” do. The brain can keep trying to reel us into safety and the work is recognizing it’s just patterns, old habits and not a catastrophe.
You are noticing improvements! How wonderful! Keep focused in those wins.

 

[Diana-M]

I’m also feeling it associated with more and more physical events that produce symptoms at this point I’m at my wits end.

I’ll throw this curve ball in here. I have found through the years that I somehow “allow” falls and injuries. Not on purpose, actually, but subconsciously. And I think it adds up to another version of a TMS distraction. Since I recognized that more recently, I’ve been able to use this knowledge to help prevent injuries, and to talk to my brain, warning it that I’m not going to tolerate this anymore.

 

[BruceMC]

I’ll throw this curve ball in here. I have found through the years that I somehow “allow” falls and injuries. Not on purpose, actually, but subconsciously. And I think it adds up to another version of a TMS distraction. Since I recognized that more recently, I’ve been able to use this knowledge to help prevent injuries, and to talk to my brain, warning it that I’m not going to tolerate this anymore.

Quite perceptive, Diana-M. It's almost like TMS exists in a syntactic or symbolic space like something out of a repressed Freudian dream.

 

[Bealillie]

Yea all correct above. The unconscious does allow this to happen. I allow these things to happen. That's been my whole TMS journey from the very beginning and after two years, I always whenever I make some progress there's a setback and setback. It's me It's just that all these things have happened so much lately, but more more than that my original pain was in the other exact same place and it never went away so now it's very hard for me to just focus on the mindset that this will heal since the other foot ever healed and caused and led to the host of full body problems that I have right now I just kept me on and off bed for two years entirely and barely able to move more than a few weeks at a time until the next thing happens so yes, I'm trying to do the work sometimes it just gets discouraging

 

[Bealillie]

Also I have once again almost stopped moving and am frozen for fear of my hurts hurting more and therefore I am stiff , swollen and in pain
How to manage all this emotionally?
Thank you all for your replies

 

[Diana-M]

Also I have once again almost stopped moving and am frozen for fear of my hurts hurting more and therefore I am stiff , swollen and in pain
How to manage all this emotionally?

Big hug to you! This is scary and depressing. I’m stuck in the same loop. I’ll do really well for me (I’m not very mobile and can’t stand up long); I’ll have some kind of setback, then I stop moving, then I get stiff and in pain like you describe. In fact, I’m in one of those states exactly right now. Such a huge temptation to be depressed! But I’ve been through this before and I know I can get back out to at least where I was. Little by little. Just face the pain a little bit more each day. A little more standing, a little more moving. That will start to loosen you up and give you hope.

And then, attitude-wise—I just cling to the knowledge that everyone who consistently works on healing TMS gets better—even if not all the way better, some of the way better. Enough to have a good life. The only thing that could make us stuck is if we give up.

I like to watch The Mindful Gardener on YouTube. He healed from 60 symptoms— and it took him three years. He always says you really don’t know how close you are to getting better. He had symptoms right up until the end. I cling to all these stories; they help me, and keep me encouraged when times are tough.

Earlier this year, I had a huge attitude improvement when I read this book called Feeling Good, by David Burns. It changed my life. It was the turning point for me, to keep me from being depressed about TMS. I read the book and I did his exercises for literally months, until I learned how to dispute my incorrect thinking patterns. I highly recommend this for anyone— especially people with TMS. It was a game changer for me. But you have to take the book seriously and work at it to make it part of how you think.

I ran into this quote from Dan Ratner yesterday. He’s the author of Crushing Doubt (another good book!) It cheered me quite a bit:

“Obstacles don’t determine your outcomes — your determination does.

Setbacks, delays, unexpected challenges… these can feel like signs that something isn’t working. But they’re not. They’re just temporary pauses on the way to inevitable success when you stay committed to your goals.

Stay determined. Keep working at it. Your success is not optional…it’s inevitable.”