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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by tcherie[/i] [br]So I was watching a reality show last light. For those of you who saw it, you will know the one I am talking about based on the scenario. Basically, one of the individuals lostthe lower half of one of her legs when she was a child (around 6 i think) do to an accident with machinery. So now she is a mature adult probably around late mid to late 40's. She has a seemingly good life and a supportive husband. However, she has phobias (specifically, being trapped and heights). She explained to her castmates (who of course listened, but didn't really understand), that the phobias developed from that moment. Ok, so now to Steveo's book, a quick quote, "TMS occurs within the freeze side (or hyper-flight) of the fight/flight/freeze survival response mechanism. At some point earlier in the individual's life, he survived a perceived threat, embarrassment, or even shame, by not fighting to express himself-or was unable to escape his situation due to helplessness. He then necessarily freezes to avoid the emotional pain-hardwiring false memories that are forever stored in his survival brain unless properly discharged-or recognized. His brain now has a new procedural conditioned response on how to handle future threatening scenarios because he feels continually helpless-with the help of the medical industry. The problem is that it is false, conditioned response-not necessary. The individual suffering from any host of chronic symptons has never purged an early perceived trauma from his memory bank. With each new conflict or trauma throughout his life, he screens the new threat through his false or corrupted memory and re-experiences helplessness-forever stuck in his own past, reacting the same way each time, as with OCD." Since I am currently dealing with a combination of anxiety and some minor physical symptoms from having to go to the dentist, I remember getting emotional and saying to my mom, I don't understand why I am feeling this way over dental issues that most people don't react to. (this part was actually hard to write. I started and stopped, not wanting to admit how I felt, I actually couldn't write it, so this is summarized...) My A-ha moment...I went to a doctor for a different procedure about 5 years ago. Basically, it didn't turn out well. I went through a couple years of depression and the manifestation of various TMS symptoms trying to deal with what had happened. I finally was able to get past how I felt about what happened (or so I thought). However, I developed a fear of the competency of doctors. As far as I know, I was able to get past the trauma by doing certain things. However, whenever, I have a medical concern, I now have the need to do the same things to safeguard my health that I did previously which feeds the anxiety. When I first came to this forum (about 4 years ago), I was dealing with TMS symptoms which manifested itself during my initial depression. It makes sense to me why I am back again now at this forum. While I got over those initial symptoms through the knowledge of TMS from doctor Sarno, my brain still has the memory of the initial trauma. It was retriggered by having to go to the dentist (feeling helpless). I hope that through this knowledge that I am gaining this second time around about TMS, will help me to free myself of the anxiety that I never realized manifested itself from an earlier trauma, as SteveO referred to in his book. (I am still reading and learning, but it has been enlightening, thus far). [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.