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Day 3 TMS lists, exercise, etc

TMS also goes to a sight of a pre-existing condition. It does this to keep you distracted and thinking it is a physical problem and to create doubt that it is TMS.

I had Scoliosis surgery when I was 16 years old. I have had pain in various locations all up and down my spine... always blamed on my surgery from years ago. Now I have no neck pain, no low back pain and no pain in the middle of my back. I have a healthy spine and a healthy body.

You do too.
 
Heinrich Schmetterling said:
. . .I didn't need to think hard at all to start my TMS list. I've got a few items from just elementary school years, e.g. I dropped a can of fruit during a family reunion and got so embarrassed I started crying; accidentally pulled a girl's hair in kindergarten and felt really guilty when my parents were told about it; did something to get sent into the hall in 2nd grade and was guilty and upset... doesn't even scratchthe surface.

Exercise: I just used a stationary bike yesterday for about 25 minutes. I'm doing this as part of a physical therapy regimen to help with hip and knee pain. I couldn't even use the bike a few weeks ago. I believe much of the pain is caused by TMS, but the origin was a bad fall on my leg that required me to go to the ER. The effects of that have caused pain, which have been compounded by TMS, I believe.
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It's great that you can identify some things about which you can journal. the feelings of the little child from these events need to be processed. Need to identify how the "CHILD you" felt .

Also, the body heals remarkably well, but the brain knows how to keep us distracted by choosing the spot from an old injury! :)
 
Making and re-making my lists after reading 'The Divided Mind' really made clear what needed to be on there. Like you, piano was one of the things I loved that I had to give up when my wrist pain got out of control. I'm happy to say that today, on day 16, I sat at my piano for about an hour and played (very slowly) through two movements of Ravel's Sonatine with minor pain that didn't linger afterward. Working my list has helped me realize that playing music, while therapeutic and natural for me, is also a huge vehicle for me to put unnecessary pressure on myself. Every time the pain surfaced, I reminded myself of that...and it was okay.
 
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