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| bend-over-backwards |
Posted - 04/19/2006 : 12:29:00
I went to the Sarno Panel last night and it was very good.
I recommend it to anyone, the next one is on May 23rd.
One of the questions that came to mind for me was:
What it is the best way to ward off a TMS attack after recovery and/or before it gets too bad? My thoughts were best how to warn the next generation of TMS sufferers how to process their emotions. Our society seems to specialize in repressing emotions.
I was shocked and horrified last night as I watched the news on a segment about teens and "cutting" to deal with their intense emotional pain.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595048663,00.html
(just one article of many with search words "cutting, emotional, pain")
It seems to me that they are beating TMS to the punch.
All is not as it seems . . . |
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| armchairlinguist |
Posted - 04/21/2006 : 13:01:57
Yes, there are a lot of TMS equivalents, and even more things used to avoid emotional pain. I haven't seen any mention yet in Sarno material of anorexia or other eating disorders, but my understanding is that they are equally as absorbing as chronic pain and have similar association with perfectionism. Working through my past, I also see that my alcohol usage in college, though partly social, was also partly used when I could not tolerate the stress and pain I was experiencing. I was somewhat aware of this at the time but didn't think it was a problem. Of itself it wasn't (I drank safely and not too much to excess), but as part of the TMS pattern it is troubling. Fortunately I don't drink much now that my social milieu has changed. I also use reading and eating as comfort at times. As a past cutter I can testify that it is distracting and absorbing. You think a lot about what you will do next and when, and what clothes to wear and lies to tell so people won't find out, and you feel like it's ok to hurt because hey, you have these actual scratches.
As to my name, I am indeed a linguist. One of my profs once referred to the sort of linguist who doesn't collect real data as an armchair linguist (instead sits in an a.c. and thinks) and I thought it would make a great name even though I am not one of those! |
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Posted - 04/20/2006 : 20:27:51
It just seems to make more sense now. People try all sorts of avoidance and escape mechanisms; drugs, alcohol, food, porn, shopping etc. to avoid the emotional pain and now to hear about cutting shows me a real connection between the emotional and physical pain.
btw, like your screen name, how did you come up with that, into linguistics?
All is not as it seems . . . |
| armchairlinguist |
Posted - 04/20/2006 : 17:05:10
I have been reading but this is my first post. I think cutting is closely related to TMS. I used to do it, though not extensively. I was depressed at that time; then I got better and promptly got RSI for 3 years. Now I am having a lot of success with the Sarno method. Having trouble getting my brain to give over though. Bits of me are still skeptical. |
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