First a little about myself. In retrospect, I have probably been suffering from TMS for about 30 years, I am 38. I have lived a life with constant pain, except for a couple of occurences, not excruciating pain luckily.
I am not sure if this is TMS, but I developed a speech/writing independent around that age, and sometime later (it came gradually) I developed gastritis, the latter being by primary pain for around 10 years until my late teens.
I eventually got pills to help with the gastritis, and started to eat more healthy, and the pain today is mild compared to back then. Just recently, before I learned about TMS, I stopped with the pills, and luckily the pain has not increased.
I could live with the stomach pain, and I would probably never had investigated TMS as I got used to pain, and the pain, usually, didn't hinder me.
I have read "Healing Back Pain" and started to read "The Divided Mind", and I have learned that when you remove one pain, it usually festers in other parts of the body. And that is what happened to me.
After a buddy invited me to play squash, my first time, I woke up the next day with two swollen wrists. The swelling eventually went away, the body healed, and the pain was gone. However, a month later it came back. The pain was so bad I had to stop my bachelors degree, and my professional carrier was halted by over 10 years before I finally got back up again. I tried "everything" to get well, all kinds of doctors, etc. the story we all have, before I found acupuncture, which did keep it somewhat in check, the pain was manageable with it.
Eventually my life got back on track, and I got a really good job, which I enjoyed and thrived in. And I had 2 great years, and kept my wrist pain in check by going the acupuncture.
Gradually a new pain came crawling, shoulder pains; which is my primary concern now. In the beginning I tried healing it with acupuncture, but found that it did not work as good on my shoulder as on my wrists, I have also seen my doctor, took MRIs, found nothing wrong, the regular story, without help. I still have my job, and I've manage to mask my increasing issues for over 4 years, today I am at ~10% capacity of my normal working capacity.
I have been investigating TMS now for about a week, and the shoulder is getting better, at least I am telling myself that. I might be fooling myself, but I believe it is.
Over the years I've also had other issues, and still have some: back issues after a prolapse , chest cramps, troubles with my right leg making driving a car difficult (on top of the shoulder issues), issues with sore throat, issues with feet/achilles, etc. Except for my back, herniated disk, not a single doctor has found anything wrong with me.
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tl;dr, with all my issues over the years, do I need psychotherapy? I am asking as I live in country where I cannot find anyone offering TMS-treatment. And my medical insurance and/or free health care does not pay from trips or treatments offshores. I would also prefer therapy in my own native language (not english), and also to have the first sessions face to face to build a relationship.
I am not sure if this is TMS, but I developed a speech/writing independent around that age, and sometime later (it came gradually) I developed gastritis, the latter being by primary pain for around 10 years until my late teens.
I eventually got pills to help with the gastritis, and started to eat more healthy, and the pain today is mild compared to back then. Just recently, before I learned about TMS, I stopped with the pills, and luckily the pain has not increased.
I could live with the stomach pain, and I would probably never had investigated TMS as I got used to pain, and the pain, usually, didn't hinder me.
I have read "Healing Back Pain" and started to read "The Divided Mind", and I have learned that when you remove one pain, it usually festers in other parts of the body. And that is what happened to me.
After a buddy invited me to play squash, my first time, I woke up the next day with two swollen wrists. The swelling eventually went away, the body healed, and the pain was gone. However, a month later it came back. The pain was so bad I had to stop my bachelors degree, and my professional carrier was halted by over 10 years before I finally got back up again. I tried "everything" to get well, all kinds of doctors, etc. the story we all have, before I found acupuncture, which did keep it somewhat in check, the pain was manageable with it.
Eventually my life got back on track, and I got a really good job, which I enjoyed and thrived in. And I had 2 great years, and kept my wrist pain in check by going the acupuncture.
Gradually a new pain came crawling, shoulder pains; which is my primary concern now. In the beginning I tried healing it with acupuncture, but found that it did not work as good on my shoulder as on my wrists, I have also seen my doctor, took MRIs, found nothing wrong, the regular story, without help. I still have my job, and I've manage to mask my increasing issues for over 4 years, today I am at ~10% capacity of my normal working capacity.
I have been investigating TMS now for about a week, and the shoulder is getting better, at least I am telling myself that. I might be fooling myself, but I believe it is.
Over the years I've also had other issues, and still have some: back issues after a prolapse , chest cramps, troubles with my right leg making driving a car difficult (on top of the shoulder issues), issues with sore throat, issues with feet/achilles, etc. Except for my back, herniated disk, not a single doctor has found anything wrong with me.
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tl;dr, with all my issues over the years, do I need psychotherapy? I am asking as I live in country where I cannot find anyone offering TMS-treatment. And my medical insurance and/or free health care does not pay from trips or treatments offshores. I would also prefer therapy in my own native language (not english), and also to have the first sessions face to face to build a relationship.
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