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| shortcake |
Posted - 03/14/2007 : 20:47:38
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| Victoria008 |
Posted - 03/18/2007 : 14:41:31
It truly is hard to not become emotional and I too, believe that is key to overcoming. For me, every symptom brings on an emotional response and vice versa. I am trying to stop the connection. When a symptom comes, for me the hard part is not to be afraid. So I talk to my brain and tell it "This is harmless and temporary" sometimes like a mantra. It is helping, but I am so conditioned to react this way, for years now, that I know it will take time for this to change. I am also trying to be patient  Don't give up!
Victoria |
| yowire |
Posted - 03/18/2007 : 13:48:10
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i think that a biggie for me is that i am still getting so pissed off when these "physical" happenings take place (which is everyday). so the distraction is clearly working! the key really is just IGNORING this BS isn't it? how do you DO that when this **** is constant + scary?
Hi shortcake,
As you know, it is very difficult to ignore these symptoms. I think the real key is to stop becoming emotional about them. I believe that in these stubborn cases, the emotional response becomes a conditioned response. So what you start having is layers of conditioning. So before you can even get to the conditioning that is prompting your pain you must stop the conditioned emotional response.
The first step in doing this is just to recognize it as a conditioned response and in time try to decrease your emotional response to the symptom altogether. Once you stop becoming emotional about the symptom it will improve dramatically.
Yowire |
| shawnsmith |
Posted - 03/16/2007 : 12:23:28
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Originally posted by shortcake
i have been told i have fibro & myofascial pain syndrome
The power of suggestion, especially coming from healthcare professionals, is quite strong. Just saying "fibro & myofascial pain syndrome" gives one the shudders, and when someone tells you that is what you have and that there is no hope for recovery, that has got to be discouraging. I know someone in my building who has every kind of pain syndrome under the sun (you name a body part and it hurts) and she spends more than $1500 a month for medications and therapy (not to mention the thousands more her insurance pays) and her doctors tell still her that as she gets older she is going to get even worse!!! She has the worst TMS imaginable, but she cannot seem to accept it, desite my best efforts, because some dork in a white lab coat said she will get worse over time and that there is no hope of recovery. Not suprising she cries a lot. Her a-hole of a father is one of the main sources of her problem.
TMS offers hope!!!!!!!!
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Sarno-ize it!
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| Stryder |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 20:49:29
Vent.
Next time you are driving your car alone (I assume you drive a car) on the highway with your windows rolled up, scream and yell,,, basically just let off some steam. Curse like a sailor at all the things you are angry and enraged about. This can be one of several benign outlets, no one gets hurt, and no one is caught in the crossfire. You can also do this at home provided no one is home and the neighbors are far enough away from your home so they wont hear you [crazy person] and call the bobbies on you.
You could also have yourself a good cry. I haven't had any success with that one.
Take care, -Stryder |
| Kristin |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 20:16:49
To add to what Shawnsmith is saying, try some physical activity that is engrosing and enriching. Of course start gradually. There are two activities I enjoy that allow me to fully engage in them and focus on the moment are mountain biking and yoga. The meditation aspect of yoga has been excellent for learning to let go of distractions and cycling for its all around health benefits. I am ever so gradually getting back into biking so I don't get so exhausted that I have to recover for days. Find what engosses you and takes your mind off the symptoms.
I had racing heart and heart skipping a beat for awhile as I was starting to take a break from riding avidly. It was scary but somehow through yoga and awareness I was able to deal with the fear that the heart "irregularities" caused. I have also had trembling or buzzing type feelings. At one point I printed almost every article from yoga journal's wisdom section because I found that the words complemented what I was trying to deal with in curing TMS. Of course there's a lot of "protect this protect that" in yoga but I take it to mean "for correct allignment and to get the most out of a pose be sure to....."
Instead of thinking that symptoms are trying to protect my ego I try to think as the symptoms as a sign that I need to deal with something. I try to figure out what it might be, kind of like dream interpretation, 'cause you can have a hunch, to what it might mean. If it feels right then I approach the "problem" and try to look at it clearly. One of the first places I look is fear. What I am afraid of?
Best of luck to you shortcake. Take heart. Have patience. I hope I can help in someway. what works for one is not always what works for another. |
| shawnsmith |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 12:52:03
The number one best advice that Dr. Sarno has ever given is "RESUME ALL NORMAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY." As long as you are afraid to do something and give into that fear, the pain remains. For me this is not a theory, I have lived it. So try, as best you can, to get on with your life while doing the mental work at the same time. You must make that first step.
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Sarno-ize it!
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| Jeff |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 10:25:19
Shortcake -- I also have had very similar issues. My symptoms have ranged from pins/needles feelings, to muscle twitching and fasciculations, to internal trembling, to heart skipping beats, and on to many other symptoms. Over the past year I have had ankle and lower leg pain. Sometimes it goes away, but then it always seems to come back again. In my case, I think anxiety has played a key role in my symptoms -- anxiety over health issues, anxiety over family issues, anxiety over my job and career, anxiety over getting older and dying, etc. Lately I have noticed an increase in the ringing in my ears (tinnitus), which I think is likely TMS. I also have gone through many medical tests, etc., and they have always come back normal. One avenue you might want to consider, if you haven't already, is cognitive behavioral strategies. This helps people to address various types of anxieties. It is similar to TMS in some ways in that it helps you talk to your own brain about what is happening in order to persuade yourself that everything is OK. Hang in there, you are not alone.
Jeff |
| mizlorinj |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 07:36:28
How about "grinding in" something like "Look, Brain, I know what you're doing. I've been tested for everything that could possibly be wrong and tests have shown NOTHING is wrong with me. So please stop it now! The diversion will not continue to work because I know my own emotions are causing these weird sensations . . . " shorter is probably better though.
Repeatedly talking to your brain may help. It did for me.
-Lori |
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