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| ozagnes |
Posted - 04/20/2012 : 02:20:15
I have suffered from chronic pain for nearly 4 years now, and discovered TMS theory about 6 months ago. I have been better, then had a big set-back, so I am still in the yo-yo phase I guess, trying to eradicate doubt and increase confidence.
Anyhow, since I considered my pain to be psychosomatic, I have known that my anorexia, 15 years ago, was a damn good sign my mind could control my body. I have searched for anorexia posts in this forum, and have found only very few. I also have not seen anorexia mentioned in any of the TMS books I have read. Maybe because it is too obvious? To me, it is so obvious, it just HAS to be an equivalent! Sure, it is classified as a psychiatric disorder, so yes it is recognised as a "disease" of the mind, but what about its link to the body? What is more stricking as an effect of the mind over the body than stopping your body from eating and therefore interfering with all body functions?
Typically, anorexia is linked to anxiety, low self-esteem, fear, trauma, need to control (and probably cope?)...just like TMS.
It is also growing at an epidemic rate in the western world, fueled by magazines and body-image issues, it is dramatically "in vogue" and even glamourised, and keeps you in a state of obsessive thinking. Such a good candidate for TMS!
At the time, I got over it once I had decided I needed to, simply by pure "behavioral" therapy. At the time in the 90s, to "cure" anorexia you were simply locked up (I am not jocking) in a hospital room without contact with any family or friends, without the luxury of even opening the window or have a quick look in the corridor. I had to put on 7 kg before they would "release" me.
Guess what,I changed my behavior, and ate to get out of there as quick as I could.
Having so much time on my own at hospital, it did gave me the space to think about myself, and at the time I did conclude that I had anorexia as a way to show my mother I could suffer, too. She was not listening to my pain as she was obsessed by hers, so my body was my only resource to draw attention. I did not know about TMS at the time, too bad, only now do I understand I was also showing myself how much I had suffered internally.
Unfortunatly, the psychiatrist did not see it necessary to actually deal with what was causing anorexia, my inner conflict. I had gained weight, so I was "cured". Although I did not "relapse", it took me a long long time to eat without guilt, I would be scared of putting on weight, I was a watching what I eat obsessively.
I don't have ANY guilt about eating anymore (although I am eating healthy in general), but I now have chronic pain, and I have had a few other TMS-like symptoms over the years I guess.
So changing my behavior at the time was a quick fix that really did not help in the long run.
I just hope that people with anorexia are now treated not as a piece of meat that needs to be forced-fed, but as people with serious internal conflicts that need top be resolved by self-understanding and acceptance. Accually, I think they do, now, get better psychological support.
The same can be said for other eating disorders, the answer is in understanding why you have the disorder.
Well, that's all, it was in my mind today and I thought I would share my thoughts on the subject in case someone here find it relevant
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| tennis tom |
Posted - 04/23/2012 : 09:34:11
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Originally posted by ozagnes
I still have to figure out how to feel my "bad" emotions rather than let them overflow and express themselves through my body.
No you don't, what's a "bad emotion" versus a good emotion? They are all emotions triggering polyneuropeptides and hormones to create changes in the body. In our "modern" cultures we're not encouraged or allowed to express our emotions so we repress or suppress them in order not to get fired or go to jail, so the subconscious expresses them through TMS bodily symptoms that are socially acceptable to talk about.
The main point to accept is that if it's TMS pain, then it's benign--harmless--and not worry about it. Let it go away in it's due course. You as a scientist are having difficulty accepting this without living repeatable "proof". Science is today's religion, someday we will laugh at the ridiculous notions out there today like "bad posture" causing disease. There's a lot of quacks and charlatans hopping onto the science/religion band-wagon. Keep an open mind about things until you are satisfied you've found YOUR truth then close your mind and believe the lies you want to believe--it's your money honey--it's like any other religion. |
| ozagnes |
Posted - 04/23/2012 : 01:11:05
Thanks everyone for your comments.
This is just reaffirming that I understand TMS better, and my past reactions :)
I still have to figure out how to feel my "bad" emotions rather than let them overflow and express themselves through my body. |
| Busted |
Posted - 04/21/2012 : 11:14:32
I was reading The Divided Mind last night and Sarno actually talks about anorexia as an equivalent in the book! Just thought I'd share as I was thinking about this post as I was reading it.
Lisa |
| SteveO |
Posted - 04/20/2012 : 21:17:22
Yes, anorexia is a tms equivalent, along with binge eating. 5 years ago I was working with a woman whose back pain left her and she suddenly lost her desire to eat. She began losing weight quickly, so I got her to change her focus back to her body and she developed severe migraines. We worked on those for about 6 months and she finally healed. The brain will use whatever it can, skin, joints, food, addictions, depression or anxiety.
If you read my pages 344-345 you will see what happened to Oprah Winfrey and her personal trainer when she began to pull back from binging. Her pain intensified and she began having severe spasms. It's all about the mind's focus. The most exotic symptomn I saw, besides burning mouth syndrome, was lazy stomach. Lazy stomach was fascinating to observe. Both people healed after doing nothing and extensive testing, and tms healing.
Steveo |
| sue1012 |
Posted - 04/20/2012 : 13:57:38
I definitely agree and can relate. I suffered from eating disorders for 10 years. i know it was about control, anxiety, fear. I recovered on my own, but never dealt with issues causing my behavior. After a couple car accidents, chronic pain quickly took over as obsession/distraction. |
| Busted |
Posted - 04/20/2012 : 11:57:49
I totally think it's an equivalent. As is alcoholism, gambling addiction, food addiction. They all come from underlying anxiety and tension, and all distract you from your unconscious (and conscious) pain. |
| art |
Posted - 04/20/2012 : 07:53:12
In my opinion anorexia is the ultimate in passive aggressive behavior, second only to outright suicide, which anorexia sometimes becomes. I think there's very often quite a bit of anger going on...which of course ties in nicely with TMS>
I think you've had some remarkably healthy insights, and that you've been able to build on those is a credit to you.
Removing doubt and increasing confidence is exactly the way to go. You'll get there.
Wishing you the best.
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