Hi guys. I have done the SED program. My first bout of TMS (foot pain mostly) was in 2002, then I had a relapse around 2012 with foot, neck, shoulder pain and that is what brought me to this site. It was then that I did the SED program.
I have been seeing an MD for my stomach stuff. He has done blood work, ultrasound and an endoscopy. All show no much, with only minor inflammation of my stomach lining. Hence the stomach stuff is definitely TMS. I tried going on Nexium for 4 weeks, it didn't help and just made me nauseous. My TMS symptoms vary from gas/stomach pains, to insomnia, to anxiety, to depression. Sometimes all at the same time, sometimes they switch off. I know that this is all generated from repressed emotions. I'm in intensive therapy. I meditate, do yoga, visualize etc etc. The tools are all in my tool box and I'm using them...but stuff is coming up that must be deeper than my TMS bouts before. There is nothing critical going on my life...I have a good marriage with a wonderful man, a healthy child, a job I love (I teach ceramics in a High School), and very loving/supportive friends. On the surface my life is good, but I think my unconscious self hates all the responsibility I have...towards my students, my son, my husband, the pressure to be a good friend and daughter. Then there are the larger issues of mortality and my aging parents (who are healthy and active, but I am terrified of losing them some day).
I just feel stuck...like I'm doing all the right things to address this, but the symptoms persist...but perhaps everything is just coming to the surface and that is why things feel so intense. The session I had with the homoepathic doctor was very very intense. He and his partner used a technique called FOCUSING (Dr. Eugene Gendlin researched and came up with this approach) which really helped me a connect with some very painful, repressed emotions of loneliness, feeling trapped, isolation, anger, sadness etc. I am trying to learn the FOCUSING technique myself so I can access my feelings more readily. I wonder if all this anxiety and other symptoms are intensifying as I uncover some deep emotions that I typically have a very difficult time accessing (I can talk about my feelings, but I have a hard time feeling my feelings).
Boston, I'm so sorry to hear about all your struggles. Each of those things is terribly stressful. I struggled with foot pain for years until I found Mindbody medicine, which helped me get through. This stomach stuff has thrown me for a loop as it is a new place of discomfort for me.
Ellen, I'll talk a look at the things you suggested. Thanks for your support everyone.
I think this new rush of feelings will be a very intense but temporary surge. I would say do not fight it. Let the feelings come up and feel them. Allow the feelings to wash through you. And they will be released. 
