SEP and vacation

F

Francesca

Peer Supporter
If I go on vacation, how can I keep following the program like I'm doing now? Do you have any tips?"
Without a computer and with limited internet access? ...
Thanks for reading
 
I did 20 days of the SEP program. You don't have to do the SEP program. It's mainly journaling. This is what I feel is important:
1. Sink the knowledge into your head (Sarno and pain neuroscience videos - e.g Lorimer Moseley)
2. Live your life as best you can in spite of the symptoms
3. Challenge your fears
4. Behavioral changes (stop being so nice. Prioritize yourself)
5. Be aware of how you feel HONESTLY
6. Journaling Trauma and anger
7. Visualizations of being well(laborious activity with hurt body part) and getting out anger or facing fear
8. Telling yourself you are safe and fine
9. Therapy(if you are severe and need someone to help you manage your life, listen, reinforce belief)
 
Of course you can follow it on vacation or anywhere.
It’s easy to copy and paste some days, then print them out.
 
JohnDellatto said:
I did 20 days of the SEP program. You don't have to do the SEP program. It's mainly journaling. This is what I feel is important:
1. Sink the knowledge into your head (Sarno and pain neuroscience videos - e.g Lorimer Moseley)
2. Live your life as best you can in spite of the symptoms
3. Challenge your fears
4. Behavioral changes (stop being so nice. Prioritize yourself)
5. Be aware of how you feel HONESTLY
6. Journaling Trauma and anger
7. Visualizations of being well(laborious activity with hurt body part) and getting out anger or facing fear
8. Telling yourself you are safe and fine
9. Therapy(if you are severe and need someone to help you manage your life, listen, reinforce belief)
Click to expand...
Thanks for this, John!
 
Well now, @Francesca, I'm going to make a radical suggestion, because I'm thinking about your Day 10 post where you said
Francesca said:
I’m very strict and perfectionistic in following the program, which I believe is further confirmation of my TMS
Click to expand...
My radical suggestion is that you take a complete break from the SEP while you are on vacation! See if you can give yourself permission to step back from your need to be perfect. Start your vacation by embracing imperfection!

Practicing your emotional writing is something you can easily do. Translate and print out Nichole Sachs' guide for JournalSpeak at https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak (JournalSpeak | BreakAwake by Nicole Sachs). (You have to scroll down past the "more support" button and start with Step 1 Make your three lists.) Then you can practice this on vacation, although I strongly urge you to not do a full JournalSpeak session every day, because it can be intense, and you're supposed to be on vacation.

That being said, a great way to end every day is to just quickly list things about the day that come to your mind, without editing the list or managing it or organizing it in any way. Let your thoughts flow in whatever random manner they show up (imperfection is your goal on this trip). This quick list is for anything you found challenging or that caused anxiety that day. But also, find at least one thing that you really enjoyed, and at least one thing that you appreciated about yourself that day. Hopefully, those things will be plentiful on vacation!

You should not keep these lists, because the purpose is to just let the negative stuff out on to the paper and then let it go, because once you acknowledge it, it can't hurt you. You can write down your positive memories in a separate travel journal if you want to!
 
PS - do you have a book by Dr Sarno in Italian? That would be a good thing to have with you. Many people find strength and renewed energy by rereading sections of his books.
 
JanAtheCPA said:
PS - do you have a book by Dr Sarno in Italian? That would be a good thing to have with you. Many people find strength and renewed energy by rereading sections of his books.
Click to expand...
Yes, I have: "Curare il mal di schiena" (Healing back pain, the mind body connection) and "Curare la mente guarire il dolore" (The mind body prescription). The latter wasn’t very helpful for me; the first one worked better.beerbuds
 
JanAtheCPA said:
Well now, @Francesca, I'm going to make a radical suggestion, because I'm thinking about your Day 10 post where you said
My radical suggestion is that you take a complete break from the SEP while you are on vacation! See if you can give yourself permission to step back from your need to be perfect. Start your vacation by embracing imperfection!

Practicing your emotional writing is something you can easily do. Translate and print out Nichole Sachs' guide for JournalSpeak at https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak (JournalSpeak | BreakAwake by Nicole Sachs). (You have to scroll down past the "more support" button and start with Step 1 Make your three lists.) Then you can practice this on vacation, although I strongly urge you to not do a full JournalSpeak session every day, because it can be intense, and you're supposed to be on vacation.

That being said, a great way to end every day is to just quickly list things about the day that come to your mind, without editing the list or managing it or organizing it in any way. Let your thoughts flow in whatever random manner they show up (imperfection is your goal on this trip). This quick list is for anything you found challenging or that caused anxiety that day. But also, find at least one thing that you really enjoyed, and at least one thing that you appreciated about yourself that day. Hopefully, those things will be plentiful on vacation!

You should not keep these lists, because the purpose is to just let the negative stuff out on to the paper and then let it go, because once you acknowledge it, it can't hurt you. You can write down your positive memories in a separate travel journal if you want to!
Click to expand...
I’ll think about it — I’m afraid of stopping completely... I still have a week to decide
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top