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| All1Spirit |
Posted - 02/03/2013 : 19:40:19
I am new to TMS with much to learn. What I seem to be hearing are two things that are very familiar to me from years of being involved in anxiety disorders treatment.
One is that worry and thoughts are the driving force behind anxiety. This was a hard one for me because I could see other people's worried thoughts, how that skin rash might be cancer or the weak leg MS but I was unable to see my own thoughts and my own preoccupation with symptoms.
In fact for over 30 years my anxiety was little more than a nuisance because I never had any medical or physical problems. It was not until I had a serious diagnosis, and even though it was a misdiagnosis that I went into the hell of this breakdown.
So do I understand correctly that thoughts and worry are also driving force was TMS.
The part that coincides with anxiety treatment that I know in anxiety was not helpful was that buried or denied emotions believed to be the driving force. For years we did psychodynamics and regressive therapies looking for the catharsis that would bring recovery. It never happened people stayed sick for decades. We then switched to CBT or cognitive behavioral therapies that were more efficacious but still lacked recovery for many people.
My approach was multiple disciplinary. I worked with nutrition, exercise, spirituality, lifestyles, family of origin and other modalities. I was able to help a lot of people but having a professional degree did not prevent me from not helping myself.
Do I understand correctly that the preoccupation with symptoms may be the driving force for TMS. I know the Gupa program for fibromyalgia stresses this extensively. He believes that thoughts are the driving force that keeps the nervous system and distress and causes muscle pain.
So I question the repressed emotions paradigm for TMS but I'm open to learning more. |
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| tennis tom |
Posted - 02/03/2013 : 19:49:54
What TMS books have you read?
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DR. SARNO'S 12 DAILY REMINDERS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dKBFwGR0g
TAKE THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti
"Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional." Author Unknown
"Happy People Are Happy Putters." Frank Nobilo, Golf Analyst
"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." Mark Twain and Balto
"The hot-dog is the noblest of dogs; it feeds the hand that bites it." Dr. Laurence Johnston Peter
"...the human emotional system was not designed to endure the mental rigors of a tennis match." Dr. Allen Fox
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"If it ends with "itis" or "algia" or "syndrome" and doctors can't figure out what causes it, then it might be TMS." Dave the Mod =================================================
TMS PRACTITIONERS:
John Sarno, MD
400 E 34th St, New York, NY 10016
(212) 263-6035
Here's the TMS practitioners list from the TMS Help Forum:
http://www.tmshelp.com/links.htm
Here's a list of TMS practitioners from the TMS Wiki:
http://tmswiki.org/ppd/Find_a_TMS_Doctor_or_Therapist
Here's a map of TMS practitioners from the old Tarpit Yoga site, (click on the map by state for listings).:
http://www.tarpityoga.com/2007_08_01_archive.html |
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