| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Singer_Artist |
Posted - 11/04/2009 : 15:59:01
Some of you know about the slip-and-fall accident I had wherein I injured my neck and knee..I sought treatment via PT and Chiropractic..The treatment has hurt me on several occasions..
This Saturday is the opening reception/awards show for a museum I was juried into..This is great news for my art career but also quite stressful..I am also near completion of my CD I am recording..Could these good things be increasing my symptoms? I feel physical rock-like spasms on the right side of my neck and pain down the arms/hands after a physical therapist stretched my neck too forcefully..Now i have less range of motion as well..
I want to believe it is TMS and not the fall and subsequent treatments..it just feels so physical..Depression is also setting in about feeling this miserable right before such a big event in my life..I'm hoping for some emotional support and/or encouragement on here..
Thanks for listening,
Karen |
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| Singer_Artist |
Posted - 11/04/2009 : 18:43:00
Good point, Kevin..:) I think i am afraid of success as well.. |
| la_kevin |
Posted - 11/04/2009 : 18:08:41
TMS is just as afraid of us succeeding as it is us failing.
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"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans"- John Lennon |
| Singer_Artist |
Posted - 11/04/2009 : 18:02:13
Thanks so much, H-NY.. What you said makes a great deal of sense.. I am in a vicious circle.. The fall definitely caused a real injury, however, by now I should be well again.. This is so frustrating.. If I were better I would stop all treatment, but the symptoms are just so bad, and I can't take any meds due to stomach issues.. Trying to figure out how much of this is emotional.. Aside from the good stuff there is also alot of other stress in my life right now.. For one thing, I'm still living in Vegas, and have wanted to move home to NY/NJ for a long time now..
Blessings,
Karen |
| HellNY |
Posted - 11/04/2009 : 16:47:47
Everyone who has pain, regardless of the reasons, will experience the pain as "feeling so physical." This is TMS as well.
I must say that you believe your slip and fall injured you and that the treatments also injured you.
You believe that you have injuries that need physical treatment.
All this kind of thinking is the way I used to think. I beleiev it maintained the pain because I always believed the pain was permanent and I was essentially broken. It was only when I began actually believing that my pain was all due to my -- let me be blunt -- distorted mind and emotions, that it began to abate.
Your depression is setting in because you believe your pain will always be with you and you will always be this way. The ironic thing is that in believing those things then it is so.
Your pain will abate when you stop responding emotionally to it. Fo me, the key was in no longer fearing its meaning. Im sur eothers will have something to add but for the moment thats the best I can do. |
