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| jmcquigg |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 19:02:54
Hi all - 1st post.
I'm in a lot of back pain lately, have seen Sarno & Schecter's videos, Sarno's MBP book, and have been diagnosed with TMS by Dr. Schecter last year. Began re-reading Sarno's book, and everything he mentioned in it I have had except Tennis Elbow. I am convinced that I have TMS.
The problem I have is that I simply don't get the treatment. Nearly all of the materials I have seen are about making you ubelieve in TMS, but the solutions are way too vague for me. I've been working in Dr. Schecter's workbook, but honestly I just don't see anything wrong with my life that would cause this stuff. I am pretty honest with my self - a strong realist - I accept limitations and weaknesses.
What are some examples of hard to find things to look for? I've had this back pain since I wan in high school (I'm 37 now). When I find a topic, what am I suppoised to think or write about it? For example, lets say that I was worried about my future finances. What would be a good thought process to confront/extract that? What statements about it would I make/what questions would I ask myself? How much repitition is needed?
Can someone point me to more on the solution? I need more guidance/prompting than "Think about what stresses you and write it down". To a mathematical/engineer/logical mind, that is simply to vague of a task.
Does anyone know of a Psychologoist in San Diego I could see?
Thanks,
Jeff |
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| windy |
Posted - 02/21/2007 : 18:31:41
Hi JMC:
One thing that helped me was making an event timeline of my life of all major and/or emotional times (good or bad). Then I did a timeline of physical symptoms. Put them next to each other. Anything leap out at you in terms of synchronicity? I found some interesting correlations.
In terms of what to write about, I delved into a lot of emotional territory - relationships with various family, friends, co-workers, boyfriend, etc. However, the toughest fodder was with people I'd known the longest (in my case, mom and grandmother kept me writing for weeks). It's not a rehash of events. It's reactions to events.
Hope this helps.
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