Tingling sensations and somatic tracking

[ficus]

This a 5 year old post but @TG957 is still pretty active so he might be able to reply to this.

Thank you so much - this is so helpful and a good reminder to keep going. I'm not sure of your story or if your symptoms have passed fully for you - but I need to fin the joy again too- bit by bit I will.
I was doing really well but then lost a parent and of course things got stirred up.

I am not a monk haha- maybe a missed calling ha.



2 years of TMS work and total cease of symptoms is a very good perspective actually. It's not what usually happens from what I see in the success stories. It takes time for the TMSer to grow a brain that accepts the symptoms and stop sending danger signals when they happen. It's not their fault. It's just they've spent their whole lives cultivating a brain that's not used to discomfort (not their fault either, just how modern life evolved).

About motivation, if it is based on reducing the symptoms, you're gonna have a very hard time. The thing is, despite TMS books and several coaches talking a lot about reducing your triggers and so on, it's very difficult to have control over your symptoms. Most of the time they come and go unexpectedly, and there's little we can do about it. To make things worse, our limbic system sees lifestyle change as danger. The moment you start the healing process your limbic system start spiraling even more down the fight/flight/freeze state.

How do you motivate yourself in this grim scenario then? There needs to be a separation from thoughts first. You gotta start seeing thoughts as automatic responses and observe how repetitive and catastrophic they are. It doesn't mean the symptoms will stop bothering you. They're still be there and suck. You don't have to like it, it's not about that (nor would you be able to fool your unconscious with toxic positivity). It's about understanding your mind did what it could for decades, and now it needs your help. And there will be a lot of frustration with your unconscious down the road, you're not a tibetan monk (I guess). Use expressive writing to deal with this and other angers.

For me motivation doesn't come from TMS healing. This is a very boring and uncertain day to day process. My motivation comes from cultivating new habits that bring me joy. I got a dog and take her to walk, which made me make new friends. I got back to music playing, something I'd forgotten I love. I'm treating my body with more respect. I grew appreciation for a lot of things I used to take for granted. Well, you have a lot of options, but they only show themselves by taking your mind out of the symptoms hole.

 

[feduccini]

I'm not sure of your story or if your symptoms have passed fully for you - but I need to fin the joy again too- bit by bit I will.
I was doing really well but then lost a parent and of course things got stirred up.

I'm really sorry for your loss. Hope you've found a way to mourn it without TMS trying to shove the emotions aside...

My symptoms are still up and running, 1 and a half year after knowing about and treating TMS. But they've been here for long. The first one appeared in my early 20s (I'm 44). I recently stopped taking medication and my nervous system clearly didn't like the change, but now things are getting more stable. I'm in that phase where the symptom imperative keeps changing, but tbh I don't take it as a sign it's almost over. Just as a sign what I'm doing is working.

You'll find the joy, it's just it now requires some kind of plan. Not a strict one, but one that allows you to take advantage of the good moments, and help you accept better the bad ones.

 

[ficus]

I'm really sorry for your loss. Hope you've found a way to mourn it without TMS trying to shove the emotions aside...

My symptoms are still up and running, 1 and a half year after knowing about and treating TMS. But they've been here for long. The first one appeared in my early 20s (I'm 44). I recently stopped taking medication and my nervous system clearly didn't like the change, but now things are getting more stable. I'm in that phase where the symptom imperative keeps changing, but tbh honest I don't take it as a sign it's almost over. Just as a sign what I'm doing is working.

You'll find the joy, it's just it now requires some kind of plan. Not a strict one, but one that allows you to take advantage of the good moments, and help you accept better the bad ones.

thank you - i dealt with new symptoms constantly but that did pass - the burning feet has never changed and i hate that part in all honesty - i will keep going....

 

[ficus]

Just do what worked for RSI and it should work for tingling as well.

I had tingling in both legs as well as arms and hands. It was all TMS and all of it went away.

what helped it go ? journalling or something else ? I believe mine is tms - however it is still there