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| ark |
Posted - 08/08/2004 : 18:09:49
Hey I just needed some witnesses. I woke up this morning... no pain all day! 1st time in 7 months! I was in my usual bad pain yesterday trying to prepare for a BBQ for 10 people (I could hardly stand at the kitchen counter due to weakness and pain. Later I just got so busy talking and cooking and running around... at around 9:00 I realized I hadn't been in pain for hours. I woke up today and have been feeling amazing all day. Sitting, walking, driving... nothing but a tiny bit of soreness! I feel great. This is so weird.
Should I ignore this? Acknowledge it?
I'll keep going with the workbook and the reading. But any other advice?
Thanks. |
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| ark |
Posted - 08/14/2004 : 08:32:27
Latest update: Thanks for all the posts. I really appreciate the advice, especially about keeping track of the painfree days. Things have been very good for about a week. I have been working out daily (which feels great), doing some journaling and re-reading Sarno's book daily. I have had some minor pain moments but have been able to ignore them. It was such a tremendous boost to get relief and as Sarah said, undeniable proof that this is TMS and not something else. But... I am now on vacation at a beach house and the pain is starting to return. The last time I was here was about a month ago and I was in terrible pain and very depressed. I am finding myself irrationally afraid of sitting on the soft couch and yesterday I got a charlie horse in my calf while working out (I've had maybe 2 charlie horses my whole life). Interesting. I am not beating myself up over this. I know there is work to do. It is really helpful to get back to this site and regroup for a minute. I'll keep going... |
| Steve |
Posted - 08/11/2004 : 10:16:30
This is truly great news...congrats and keep the momentum going!! |
| Fox |
Posted - 08/11/2004 : 07:25:18
Sarah -- fantastic post! I'm going to use this idea. |
| Sarah Jacoba |
Posted - 08/11/2004 : 01:59:51
my advice: carefully jot down exactly how your pain free day went. What you were able to do, exactly, without pain. What the day before was like (what you did then that did not result in soreness or pain the following day). What exact calendar day and year it was that you went without pain. Describe and document it in great detail. Why? this is your secret future weapon against your doubts. I have a similar log and it's saved my butt. TMS makes us forgetful of the truth. If you can have one pain free day, it throws serious doubt on the tyranny of physical explanations. You need to hold on to this experience, and make it an undeniable FACT on paper. Something that throws doubts on your doubts in the future. If you have always believed X or Y leads to pain, now you know it DOESNT ALWAYS HAVE TO. I'd rather live with the bizarre mystery of why it does sometimes and doesnt other times, than feel trapped by the idea it ALWAYS will. These logs dont cure TMS necessarily, but they change it from a "physical" symptomatology to a random, mysterious, ephemeral psychological/mood symptomatology, which is a step in the right direction.
--Sarah
"When dream and day unite" |
| kenny V |
Posted - 08/10/2004 : 08:40:36
This one of the most rewarding parts of being a part of this forum is to see the concept of Dr sarno applied and to hear when someone has a major breakthrough. The reality of TMS power and the release of imprisonment of pain for many years are something to give praise for and live life as you where given a portion of grace.
Great to hear Ark
quote:
Should I ignore this? Acknowledge it?
I'll keep going with the workbook and the reading. But any other advice?
Thanks.
Keep going. You’re not done yet. This life never stops dishing emotional circumstances.
Our job now is to try to maintain this pain free state in life, dealing with our emotions while applying what we have learned.
One thing I would say for further recovery and also in the future if you fall back or get attacked with any other TMS manifestations is, NOT to forget what has happened.
If you have any doubt or get attacked in any way you will have this victory or milestone set up as a monument in your memory. We forget so easy when things go good for us.
So don’t forget to set up a monumental moment and take a picture of it in your mind before you forget, celebrate life and live each day with that monument experience.
Always Hope For Recovery
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| Dave |
Posted - 08/08/2004 : 21:22:15
Consider it proof of the TMS diagnosis.
Keep up the work. Think long-term. |
| JoeW |
Posted - 08/08/2004 : 19:18:38
Don't ignore it - embrace it! Reward yourself, and accept nothing less than what you've just experienced, in the future.
Well done, and good luck! |
