Day 19 When is it not psychological?

[Volcano1963]

I caught up on SEP forum posts before continuing on with SEP Day 19 prompts. I had a lot of thoughts/responses to @djamesharm’s post that mentioned the Egoscue approach because I had experienced great benefits from those exercises over the course of decades. But as i wrote my post in reply to @djamesharm i worried that I was veering his post into a different train of thought and instead put my thoughts into the “fear of walking” thread, a prompt for Day 19.

It would be so amazing to be “old-age” pain-free.

My mind has been turned upside down by the suggestion(s) i received to my Day 18 prompt, don’t dwell on describing the pain(s), lump it all as TMS symptom and maybe the emotion i am trying to uncover is guilt/shame and to look at what is driving how I’m judging myself.

Sometimes I worry about wanting to get deep into describing my problems even though i am not feeling the level of painful TMS symptoms that first brought me to this wiki. At what point is my mind coping well enough with my stress that I am no longer a bonafide member of the wiki? But if its all psychological isn’t having an outlet for working through my life’s problems what this community is all about? Is my questioning whether its ok for me to continue on this wiki even though my TMS symptoms only flare occasionally just another instance of negative thinking?

The psychological, philosophical, and spiritual depth of where these SEP prompts are taking me is mind-blowing. This whole mindBody way of thinking doesn’t seem to stop at the mind and body.

 

[Ellen]

Sometimes I worry about wanting to get deep into describing my problems even though i am not feeling the level of painful TMS symptoms that first brought me to this wiki. At what point is my mind coping well enough with my stress that I am no longer a bonafide member of the wiki? But if its all psychological isn’t having an outlet for working through my life’s problems what this community is all about? Is my questioning whether its ok for me to continue on this wiki even though my TMS symptoms only flare occasionally just another instance of negative thinking?

The psychological, philosophical, and spiritual depth of where these SEP prompts are taking me is mind-blowing. This whole mindBody way of thinking doesn’t seem to stop at the mind and body.

You raise some good points and questions that I've given a lot of thought to over the years. I've been a fairly regular poster on this Forum since 2013. I resolved my initial TMS symptoms within 18 months, but have had frequent relapses since that time. I have found that by continuing to check in on the Forum, I keep MindBody thinking front and center. It was initially very easy for me to fall back into my old ways of dealing with emotions and stress, and therefore, have a TMS relapse. So that is one reason to keep participating in the Forum. The other is that I find it satisfying to try to help others who are struggling with the process. Perhaps something you've learned along the way will be helpful to someone else. Or sometimes just letting people know that we understand how hard it all is because we've lived it is helpful to people.

But I also think your last statement is profound and really sums it up. What we are learning and sharing on the Forum is applicable to all aspects of life. It represents spiritual growth to me.

 

[JanAtheCPA]

At what point is my mind coping well enough with my stress that I am no longer a bonafide member of the wiki?

This literally made me LOL. I may be the poster child for the TMSer who recovered, and never left.

100% everything that Ellen said about this question. And I will add: don't sell yourself short. You write well and you pay attention and your ongoing input would be awesome if you have the interest. This forum depends on that kind of participation!