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| darlin |
Posted - 05/13/2008 : 11:00:24
Ok, so I understand that I need to give my brain a retrain, and to quit repressing my emotions. I have also gotten that journaling is also part of the TMS work. Does anyone else out there have any ideas or things they do on a routine basis that has helped or is helping in their recovery? |
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| scottjmurray |
Posted - 05/17/2008 : 13:25:52
once you've accepted the diagnosis by studying the books and the material over and over again it's time to start being really emotional.
well, for me most of my work continues to be about reconnecting with how i actually feel. i guess you could call it "digging." it involves...
1. writing and writing no matter how much it hurts until i don't have anything to write about any more. this is the important part... not stopping until i'm "DONE"
2. same thing but with metal music and punching my bed. different style of expression. some times it's good to mix things up. also exercise helps a lot with this because if you get really angry about something you can run faster/pedal harder.
just don't stop until you're done. ;)
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A collection of articles on emotions, lifestyle changes, and TMS theory. |
| Baseball65 |
Posted - 05/14/2008 : 17:07:05
1. Read a little bit every day. Get a highliter pen or a notebook and notate things, idea's, concepts which are particularly resonating and elaborate on them in your journal. Turn the statements into questions.
(re-education and refuting the structural)
2. Pay attention to where and when your symptoms occur (not the symptoms themselves, but the pattern) when you become aware of them, ask yourself; "How did I get conditioned to believe that (fill in blank) causes pain" and than replace it with "I will no longer be concerned when I (fill in blank) because my body is healthy and normal"
(reconditioning)
3. Find activities you either gave up because of the pain, or never participated in because of the pain. Get involved with them. Challenge the idea that you are 'injured' or 'less than perfect'. Return to all normal activities as well.
(return to normal...or better)
and that's about it. I did it just like that and I was 100% ready to return to my heavy labor job in about a month or so. The three R's. Refute the diagnoses, recondition your brain, return to activity.
Hope that makes it short and sweet.
-bb65 |
| mizlorinj |
Posted - 05/13/2008 : 15:04:03
You can read Dr. Sarno's treatment plan in The Divided Mind. In fact, read the books and then read them again.
Also important: don't dwell on the physical. Accept and love yourself as you are.  |
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