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| Racer |
Posted - 02/08/2013 : 06:25:24
Are the people in the following age group more prone to TMS?
1. Between 35 and 50
2. Between 60 and 70
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| cakeflowfatt |
Posted - 02/09/2013 : 10:13:34
My first debilitating back pain was around 25 (out of college/working/new house/difficult relationship) continued off and on until I was around 42/43 (second child on the way/new high mortgage house) when my new debilitating leg/hip pain started. |
| All1Spirit |
Posted - 02/09/2013 : 08:33:47
The average age of an anxiety disorder onset is 18 to 25, for major mental illness, 21 to 35. We once thought people outgrew anxiety but it is now understood that the lifetime of stress and diminishing biological potency (like neurotransmitters) makes seniors rife with anxiety and depression.
It could also be understood that some of what we take as the stiffness/pain and other challenges of ageing may be the onset of TMS from accumulated life insults and stress.
I am 65, mine came on suddenly – old age does not cripple you in a week.
"Around and Around the Circle We Go....
The Answer Sits In The Middle and Knows..." |
| andy64tms |
Posted - 02/08/2013 : 21:56:29
Hi Racer,
I loved Dr Sarno's descriptive: "The age of responsibility" as being the years of most TMS conditions. I'm so glad to be out of them at 65, and now I can be irresponsible and go and play.
Andy
Past TMS Experience in 2000, with success.
Stopped Wiki Edu Program in lieu of own journalling
Charlie Horse on neck for 20 years, is almost gone.
Books:
Healing Back Pain
Unlearn your Pain
The Great Pain Deception |
| bryan3000 |
Posted - 02/08/2013 : 21:34:38
Anxiety (TMS) hits most people in their late 30s - 40s. Of course there are tons of exceptions but I spoke to a therapist once that basically said 45 was his average client age.
Sarno confirms as much in HBP, as well.
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| tennis tom |
Posted - 02/08/2013 : 10:35:18
According to Sarno, mid-life had the most TMS, because the most tension filled life situations were then, (see the Holmes-Rahe list). As folks got older TMS back issues lessened, probably due to settling into and accepting their homeostasis. He gave the example of back problems due to structural issues. The older we got, the more wear and tear there would be to the spine structurally, but his findings were there was less back TMS as his patients aged. |
| Ace1 |
Posted - 02/08/2013 : 06:50:17
I think 35 to 50 more prone to milder forms of TMS like pain syndromes, GERD etc, 60+ more severe forms like cancer, usually a progression from their previous milder TMS |
