TMS book recommendation?

hawaii_five0 said:
@TG957: O. M. G. Your book is so good. I downloaded it a few hours ago and basically can't stop reading. I am on page 73 where you are just starting to explore the mind-body connections. It is like a great crime novel, I completely disagree with your disclaimer that you are "not a writer"!

Everybody on here should read this, particularly at $0.99.
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Thank you so much! You made my day, because the book is written for people like you!

hawaii_five0 said:
I am just blown away - and comforted by - the similarities of your journey and mine, although different conditions (back/pelvis problems for me), and even other similarities - personality types, activity level, age, etc. The frustration with the traditional medical system, even if finding sympathetic doctors. The obsession with Dr Google and where that leads. The hope in finding competent and compassionate alternative help - PT, acupuncturist, massage therapist, herbal cures, etc - then the letdown when all that really doesn't help, beyond having a kind person to talk to.

I'm glad I know in advance there is a Happy Ending :) Will message you again when I'm finished.
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This only reiterates Dr. Sarno's astute observation that TMS is a disease of a mind and a personality, not of a body, and that we all have to travel the same path of realization and self-discovery in order to heal. Yes, feel free to ask questions, and I wish your story to end equally happily!

hawaii_five0 said:
Question: if you have not had an Aunt Gina and knew what misery she ended in, do you think your anxiety about it all would have been different and/or any of the story might have taken a different turn?
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It is a very good question that I have been asking myself but could never come up with a clear answer, because we can't re-live our lives. For sure, I was going through a very stressful period in life about 6-8 months prior. Interesting to note that stress started coming down a bit by the time the first physical symptom popped up.

But the story of Aunt Gina did not even float to the top of my consciousness as directly related to my own condition until few weeks later, when symptoms spread onto the second hand. I do think that knowing how her life ended added a realization that a similar kind of end was inevitable for me. And at that point everything started escalating, anxiety, panic, fear.
 
Thanks. Interesting.

I had to smile at the bit when the pain doc gets a bit annoyed at your mentioning Dr. Sarno, and you think "All due respect, but you have to wonder why there is a web site called "Thank you Dr Sarno" but no web site "Thank you Dr. L"
 
hawaii_five0 said:
@TG957: O. M. G. Your book is so good. I downloaded it a few hours ago and basically can't stop reading. I am on page 73 where you are just starting to explore the mind-body connections. It is like a great crime novel, I completely disagree with your disclaimer that you are "not a writer"!

Everybody on here should read this, particularly at $0.99.

I am just blown away - and comforted by - the similarities of your journey and mine, although different conditions (back/pelvis problems for me), and even other similarities - personality types, activity level, age, etc. The frustration with the traditional medical system, even if finding sympathetic doctors. The obsession with Dr Google and where that leads. The hope in finding competent and compassionate alternative help - PT, acupuncturist, massage therapist, herbal cures, etc - then the letdown when all that really doesn't help, beyond having a kind person to talk to.
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TG957's book is outstanding! It deserves much more attention than it gets. And for only $0.99. I prefer it to some of the "highly thought of" books around here. ;)

I'm also looking forward to Alan Gordon's upcoming book.
 
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