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| lobstershack |
Posted - 03/05/2005 : 21:12:04
Hi!
It's time for an update: I don't want to jinx myself, but I feel as though I'm getting better! I actually have been able to hang out with friends, throw all my physical cares out the window (for the most part), and (the best part) have a wonderful time! Granted, more often than not moderate amounts of alcohol and/or marijuana were involved, but it almost felt like "old times."
For the most part, I still have the same symptoms, although they are not bothering me as much and I am getting better at banishing the fear, leaping with faith, and focusing on the here and now. I think I even woke up the other day excited! And the best part: it wasn't about anything in particular.
I took a break from my TMS work last weekend, and have since resumed it, although I haven't been spending as much time as I should on it, which is why I've scheduled an hour of "work" as soon as I'm finished with this post.
It's hard for me to discern between (lets the headache for example) the headache actually improving or me paying less attention to it; but either way I assume it doesn't matter because everything is somehow interconnected.
What else did I want to say? Oh yes. It has also become less of a challenge to conjure up a particular emotion in lieu of focusing on a physical symptom.
It's funny because, part of me wants to think that I'm actually imagining that I'm feeling better; that it's just "positive thinking." I know for sure this is TMS.
Finally, can someone please direct me toward the Louise Hay book that everyone often talks about?
So that's it for now.
Thanks everyone!
Seth |
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| Laura |
Posted - 03/07/2005 : 09:26:50
Louise,
Gee, with my personality it sounds like if I don't change my thinking patterns I'm going to get glaucoma. I'm serious. I'm so much like you in that I have this memory of an elephant and can't forget things. About a month and a half ago I had a huge fight with my "best" friend (you may or may not have seen all the posts on this forum). I told her I had forgiven her for all the rotten stuff she had pulled but I hadn't forgotten. She gave me some crap about how there is no way I could have forgiven if I hadn't forgotten. To this I replied "Well, unless I get a lobotomy and remove the information from my brain, I can't MAKE myself forget. The information is in my memory."
I love Louise Hay and I had the same feeling you did when I first bought the book. Since that time, I have read the book several times and I always turn to it when a new problem arises (looking up the thought that goes with the physical symptom). I just wanted to tell you that I posted here a couple weeks ago about her seminar coming up in April. If you missed my post and are interested, you can e-mail me and I'll give you the info. It's called the I Can Do It seminar, with (get this!!) Louise Hay, Carolyn Myss (love her!!) and (are you ready?) WAYNE DYER. I really want to go but I have a conflict that weekend as my husband and I are supposed to go to an event for our temple. I REALLY wanted to go to the seminar, and I thought it would have been nice if I could have met up with some of the members of this forum while I was there.
My e-mail is Phototinter43@sbcglobal.net. Let me know if you want the information. The seminar is in Las Vegas and the whole entire weekend costs only $300.
Laura
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| Louise |
Posted - 03/06/2005 : 14:43:00
Seth -
I think the Louise Hay book that other posters have been talking about is the one called "You Can Heal Your Life". I've had a copy of it for over a year, and initially, I skimmed through it and thought "what a load of new age crap!" I put it aside, and didn't give it much thought until Baseball and others mentioned it recently. So, I took it down off of the bookshelf, and took another look. Maybe all of the TMS work has put me in a different place, mentally, because this time, it was a revelation!
There is a section in the back of the book which lists "problems", "probable causes" and "new thought patterns". I looked up Glaucoma, which I've been diagnosed as having. I'm very young to have it, and have been told that "it must be genetic", but as I'm adopted, I don't know about that. Anyway, under Probable Cause, it says "Stony unforgiveness. Pressure from long-standing hurts. Overwhelmed by it all". Boy, that really hit home with me. I've always been a person who has the memory of an elephant about any kind of hurt, slight, inequity, etc.
So, I've been inspired to read more. I had an interesting moment the other day. I finally started to properly READ the book - front to back, not just skipping around. I'm normally a very fast reader, but with this book, I find that I have to really slow down and think about what I'm reading - sort of like reading poetry or Shakespeare. So, about 20 pages in, I get to a section entitled "To release the past, we must be willing to forgive." At the end of the section, there is an affirmation that says "I forgive you for not being the way I wanted you to be. I forgive you and set you free." Honest to God, I read that line & burst into tears. Had a big cathartic moment over my corn flakes. I realized that I'm still carrying a lot of anger and hurt over the death of my alcoholic mother when I was 19 - a time when I really needed a mom, and didn't have one.
So, I can recommend the book, although with a caveat that you have to be pretty open minded to accept some of what she's saying. I'm still not totally convinced about all of her ideas, but she's definitely got some great ideas about the mind/body connection.
A lot of people have asked the question - when Dr. Sarno, says "think psychologically" what should I be thinking about? Sometimes it's particularly difficult to come up with something when you've been at this for a while, and feel like you've worked your way through the crap in your past and/or present. I find that these affirmations are perfect for turning your mind away from whatever physical thing that the TMS gremlin is trying to zing you with at the moment.
One more caveat- the book is very flowery, artsy and pretty, which can be a bit of a turn-off for a guy. But, check it out, nevertheless. 
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| Baseball65 |
Posted - 03/06/2005 : 08:35:45
I was going to grab the same quote FarmerEd did.
Funny how we picked up on the same sentence....
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It's hard for me to discern between (lets the headache for example) the headache actually improving or me paying less attention to it; but either way I assume it doesn't matter because everything is somehow interconnected.
This is the crux of TMS recovery...you no longer believe in it,so it can no longer hold your attention...and it just goes away.
good work Seth!!
peace
Baseball65 |
| FarmerEd |
Posted - 03/06/2005 : 06:00:25
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It's hard for me to discern between (lets the headache for example) the headache actually improving or me paying less attention to it; but either way I assume it doesn't matter because everything is somehow interconnected
If your starting to go back to your old activities then that's proof that your TMS is losing it's grip on being able to keep you focused on your body, always in a state of fear and worry. By paying less attention to it you short circuit it's reason for being there in the first place. |
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