Struggling to overcome symptoms (discomfort/itchy anus)

Hey everyone,

I first discovered Sarno and TMS about 4 years ago when I was having elbow and wrist pain. I thought I had CTS or a torn ligament in my elbow. After about a year of trying everything to fix it, nothing made sense and I discovered Sarno. I implemented the teachings and very slowly recovered. It took absolute belief that it was psychological.

I was about 2-3 months without any symptoms until a series of triggering events happened and I began to experience symptoms around the pelvic area (golf ball feeling, constipation, itching, ache). The worst symptom has easily been the itching. It is almost impossible to concentrate on anything when your anus is itching - talk about a pain in the ass! I have noticed nothing structural so I don't believe it is a hemorrhoid. It's possible it could be a fissure but no OTC creams seem to do much.

This has been going on for almost 2 years and even though I am 99% sure it is TMS, it's been so hard to let go because it feels so urgent of a sensation. I've had a few periods of days where it has been gone (and usually they were when I was fully enveloped in working on things - this lends more credence to it being TMS). Also, making it harder is that I will have days where I get so angry and fed up over it (basically telling myself I'd rather deal with pain/discomfort anywhere but THERE) that I feel like they become set backs, and the cycle begins anew.

Not sure if there is any point to this post - just getting it off my chest. Or maybe someone has experienced similar.

Thanks for reading