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Posted - 01/10/2005 : 13:04:20
I have been spending a lot of time on this board and I was wondering if reading posts and writing about my experiences on the board helps fight TMS? I listen to Sarno's tapes over and over in the car. Each day, I worry about what is causing the pain and if TMS is simply a placebo. I want so badly to accept that nothing is physically wrong. I just cannot risk giving up a month of my life involving myself in a spasm. I know my personality fits TMS in some ways. I am a perfectionist with friends and my wife, however I do not try hard to do my best at work. I slack constantly. My conditioning is so random. I was used to a pattern but the pattern changes all the time. It is not the same each day. Sometimes it bothers me in the car and sometimes it doesn't. The one thing that truly keeps me believing in TMS is that my back sometimes gets real bad when sitting, but then can instantly go away when if structural, it should get worse. I notice that my pain is some way linked to anxiety. The weird thing is that my pain never keeps me from bending, or doing most physical things. It is not that type of pain. This pain is a burning and a pinching when I flex my lower back that immitates and injured feeling. The only thing that ever keeps me from doing physical things is when I am in a horrible month of spasms. Otherwise, my back pain is more of nervous irritation feeling. Nothing more. Unfortunately it takes a lot to convince someone like me that a disk does not contribute to the pain. It is just so difficult to believe that all of these doctors in the world are simply screwing people over and that only a couple thousand have been treated with TMS therapy. |
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| pault |
Posted - 01/12/2005 : 05:01:30
I think it was the French Scientest Decart(sp?)in mbp who put western medicine on the wrong track.I think most doctors mean well,but their record of success tells it all! That is why there are so many cyro's making big money with their on going placebo's,as they offer answers where real Doctors do not.Phony as they are! |
| Hilary |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 16:58:26
I find your posts very helpful, Laura.
In total agreement about doctors. I don't think they mean harm; they just don't know any better. Unfortuately in many cases they also don't want to know any better. My brother is studying to become a doctor, and had advised me to take anti-inflammatories for my back and use ice (I ignored him). I tried to turn him on to Sarno and his reaction was strange - he agreed that psychosomatic ailments existed, admitted that "there could be a million things that cause back pain" but didn't want to "waste his time" on Sarno's work. And, quite honestly, I don't want to waste my time trying to convert him. |
| Laura |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 13:31:51
From the things you have said, it sure sounds like TMS to me. You asked if reading the posts and writing about your experiences helps fight TMS. I think that you should spend some time doing so and see if it helps you. What works for some may not work for others. My experience has been that it has helped me immensely. Since I found this board and have a place to express myself and to vent my feelings, I still suffer from a lot of my TMS symptoms. However, it's making me stronger and better able to manage the symptoms and thus, the symptoms are not running my life like they were before. I feel more in control of my body rather than my body controlling me. Does that make any sense?
You said in your post "I was used to a pattern but the pattern changes all the time. It is not the same each day." I think that's probably normal and happens to a lot of us. For example, I used to always get dizzy while on my walks, and it always started to happen at the same location (up the street, just after I turned the corner). Now, that pattern is gone but there are other ones instead. I'm noticing that anxiety plays a big role in my dizziness (maybe 99% of it). If I'm in an anxious situation or having an anxious thought then I feel the dizziness for a second or two. That is my new pattern with it. And, suddenly, I've been dealing with new TMS equivalents such as female problems, itchy skin, and some itchy, allergy type eye thing that keeps coming and then going away. I realize I just spent a week with my family during the holidays and that my rage is at an all time high. I've been having a lot of vivid dreams and I think my subconsious is trying desperately to help shield me from the pain of my horrible childhood. Seeing my family stirs up all those emotions. Therefore, the symptoms just keep coming at me. I try not to get too freaked out or too excited (like I've done in the past). Instead, I journal or I go on this forum and talk to other people who can relate. It really seems to put things into perspective and help to center me.
You also mentioned in your post "It is just so difficult to believe that all of these doctors in the world are simply screwing people over..." I don't think that Dr. Sarno believes that doctors are "screwing people over." I think that most medical doctors have been taught to treat patients one way; with drugs and surgery. They just don't know how to do it any other way, nor do they want to know. Dr. Sarno just happens to be different. But that doesn't mean that all the other medical doctors are ruthless, coniving bastards who are out to get us.
You didn't mention which book of Dr. Sarno's you have read, only that you have listened to the audiotapes. I would suggest reading Mindbody Prescription, as it is more current than the other books by Dr. Sarno. I read that one first and then I read Healing Back Pain several times. Read those books until you can quote Dr. Sarno verbatim and then I think you'll gain a whole different perspective on this.
Good luck to you in your journey! You are on the right track.
Laura
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