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Hello, first time posting, long time unregistered reader. Was hoping for some reassurance. I’ve had TMS since I was a child. I’m 36 now. As a kid it was allergic reactions, GI issues, anxiety, and depression. As a young man, it developed into back and neck pain. Still have anxiety and depression. I moved away from my family a few months ago for a new job, and that has been quite stressful. I’ve concluded that I feel guilt and I feel like I abandoned my aging parents, but I had to do it to escape a dead end career in an area with little job opportunity. On top of that, I feel imposter syndrome at my job and I have to give a big presentation in a couple of weeks that I am very nervous about.
After 3 spinal surgeries over 8 years and still being in pain so bad I was suicidal, I learned about TMS. That was about 2 years ago. I still have minor back and neck flare ups, but it’s mostly gone. I now have random flare ups all over my body but I recognize them as symptom switching, fight through it, and they go away. Mostly my wrists and ankles. I haven’t dealt with those in a while, but now it is my left knee as of about a week ago.
Despite pain, I’ve always tried to remain active. I’ve been running for over a year and recently got into sprints and trail running. A week ago, my left knee was bothering me quite a bit. I chalked it up to needing to take a week off since I hadn’t done that in a few months, and the pain decreased quite a bit. This morning, the deload week was over and I went for an hour long trail run with sprints.
Before I left, I did some burpees to warm up with no pain, so I was feeling confident and listening to Dr. Schechter’s book on the drive there. When I got to the trail, I walked up the hill with a little difficulty, but was fine. I started to lightly jog, but couldn’t make it more than a few strides before the sharp pain in my left knee was so intense I physically had to stop. I shook it off and walked a little more, and tried again. Like the first time, I had to stop after a few strides. The pain literally stopped me. I was pissed. I couldn’t believe it. My knee wasn’t swollen or bruised or anything. This didn’t make sense.
I walked a little more, and very slowly jogged with some pain, and slowly increased my speed. I eventually got to my normal pace. I was going up and down hills, through roots and rocks, and the pain would switch on and off. Then I felt it IN MY RIGHT KNEE. Symptom switching! Right? As Dr. Sarno says, the cover was blown. I kept running, and eventually reached the area I do my sprints in. Whenever I would stop and walk between sprints, the left knee pain returned but not as bad. When I began sprinting, it went away. I also did some sets of jumping in place for 20 reps between my last few sprints, with no issue. I was feeling very confident it was TMS at this point.
After a few sprints, I ran my way back to the trailhead and walked around. I was in pain again while walking. Now that I’m home, the pain is intense. I recognize this as TMS. I increased blood flow while running, so it makes sense that the pain has returned while I’m not running.
I think my subconscious mind will pick up on this soon, and I’ll be back to normal. Can someone please give their opinion? I’m reading this accurately, right?
After 3 spinal surgeries over 8 years and still being in pain so bad I was suicidal, I learned about TMS. That was about 2 years ago. I still have minor back and neck flare ups, but it’s mostly gone. I now have random flare ups all over my body but I recognize them as symptom switching, fight through it, and they go away. Mostly my wrists and ankles. I haven’t dealt with those in a while, but now it is my left knee as of about a week ago.
Despite pain, I’ve always tried to remain active. I’ve been running for over a year and recently got into sprints and trail running. A week ago, my left knee was bothering me quite a bit. I chalked it up to needing to take a week off since I hadn’t done that in a few months, and the pain decreased quite a bit. This morning, the deload week was over and I went for an hour long trail run with sprints.
Before I left, I did some burpees to warm up with no pain, so I was feeling confident and listening to Dr. Schechter’s book on the drive there. When I got to the trail, I walked up the hill with a little difficulty, but was fine. I started to lightly jog, but couldn’t make it more than a few strides before the sharp pain in my left knee was so intense I physically had to stop. I shook it off and walked a little more, and tried again. Like the first time, I had to stop after a few strides. The pain literally stopped me. I was pissed. I couldn’t believe it. My knee wasn’t swollen or bruised or anything. This didn’t make sense.
I walked a little more, and very slowly jogged with some pain, and slowly increased my speed. I eventually got to my normal pace. I was going up and down hills, through roots and rocks, and the pain would switch on and off. Then I felt it IN MY RIGHT KNEE. Symptom switching! Right? As Dr. Sarno says, the cover was blown. I kept running, and eventually reached the area I do my sprints in. Whenever I would stop and walk between sprints, the left knee pain returned but not as bad. When I began sprinting, it went away. I also did some sets of jumping in place for 20 reps between my last few sprints, with no issue. I was feeling very confident it was TMS at this point.
After a few sprints, I ran my way back to the trailhead and walked around. I was in pain again while walking. Now that I’m home, the pain is intense. I recognize this as TMS. I increased blood flow while running, so it makes sense that the pain has returned while I’m not running.
I think my subconscious mind will pick up on this soon, and I’ll be back to normal. Can someone please give their opinion? I’m reading this accurately, right?
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