jamejamesjames1
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TMS... cmon man!
I've had CPPS for about six months, and pretty bad dizzy/vertigo/off balance/"slow motion eyes" type sensations constantly for about three months before that with a week or so of a "bridge" between the two sets of symtpoms.
The CPPS had me all sorts of worked up and I went a bit nuts trying to understand / fix it all. There had a been a few times during this time where I "stopped" trying for a bit, and realized that while the pain wasn't necessarily any better I mentally felt a whole lot better.
Two weeks ago I really committed to this "stopping" approach. Not worrying about if I got my typical "healing" routine in of:
-2x a day of "postive self talk"
-Gratitude journal
-Journaling about emotions
-Journaling about "cognitive distortions"
-Mindfulness
-Breathwork
-Reading TMS literature
Basically my life revolved around "healing" and when I would miss an activity I'd feel worse - thinking that if I don't full out assault this thing I'd only get worse and worse and that by doing all of this "healing" I was at least keeping at bay.
I've been taking the exact opposite approach the last two weeks where I just focus on not fearing the symptoms as much as possible and getting on with my life as much as possible. It's been much better for my anxiety, and after about a week things started going nuts....
My symptoms will shift ABRUBTLY between the pelvic pain and the dizziness. Abruptly AND completely in most cases. I'll be dizzy to the point I can barely sit up with no pelvic pain at all, and ten minutes later have super bad pelvic pain and no dizzy whatsoever. Usually it'll only last between 30 minutes and a few hours before it flips again.
I've been trying to same approach of just letting it happen. But I've probably "flipped" symptoms maybe 30 times in the last week. It is getting annoying and feels like it is never going to stop.
On one hand it's great because it proves both are TMS and that my not fearing it is causing a change.... but on the other hand it feels like my mind is doing this on purpose and not wanting to give up.
I know symptom imperative is a thing, but has anyone else had these rapid oscillations before between just two symtpoms?
I've had CPPS for about six months, and pretty bad dizzy/vertigo/off balance/"slow motion eyes" type sensations constantly for about three months before that with a week or so of a "bridge" between the two sets of symtpoms.
The CPPS had me all sorts of worked up and I went a bit nuts trying to understand / fix it all. There had a been a few times during this time where I "stopped" trying for a bit, and realized that while the pain wasn't necessarily any better I mentally felt a whole lot better.
Two weeks ago I really committed to this "stopping" approach. Not worrying about if I got my typical "healing" routine in of:
-2x a day of "postive self talk"
-Gratitude journal
-Journaling about emotions
-Journaling about "cognitive distortions"
-Mindfulness
-Breathwork
-Reading TMS literature
Basically my life revolved around "healing" and when I would miss an activity I'd feel worse - thinking that if I don't full out assault this thing I'd only get worse and worse and that by doing all of this "healing" I was at least keeping at bay.
I've been taking the exact opposite approach the last two weeks where I just focus on not fearing the symptoms as much as possible and getting on with my life as much as possible. It's been much better for my anxiety, and after about a week things started going nuts....
My symptoms will shift ABRUBTLY between the pelvic pain and the dizziness. Abruptly AND completely in most cases. I'll be dizzy to the point I can barely sit up with no pelvic pain at all, and ten minutes later have super bad pelvic pain and no dizzy whatsoever. Usually it'll only last between 30 minutes and a few hours before it flips again.
I've been trying to same approach of just letting it happen. But I've probably "flipped" symptoms maybe 30 times in the last week. It is getting annoying and feels like it is never going to stop.
On one hand it's great because it proves both are TMS and that my not fearing it is causing a change.... but on the other hand it feels like my mind is doing this on purpose and not wanting to give up.
I know symptom imperative is a thing, but has anyone else had these rapid oscillations before between just two symtpoms?
