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| plum |
Posted - 02/16/2013 : 03:20:41
26. If your unsure if something you are doing is helping your recovery or not is to ask the following question - Is this helping me to calm my overly sensitized nervous system from reacting to the events in my day |
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| shawnsmith |
Posted - 03/10/2013 : 19:49:14
From: A New Earth (Ekhart Tolle)
As you already know, your secondary or outer purpose lies within the
dimension of time, while your main purpose is inseparable from the Now
and therefore requires the negation of time. How are they reconciled? By
realizing that your entire life journey ultimately consists of the step you are
taking at this moment. There is always only this one step, an so you give it
your fullest attention. This doesn't mean you don't know where you are
going; it just means this step is primary, the destination secondary. And what
you encounter at your destination once you get there depends on the quality
of this one step. Another way of putting it: What the future holds for you
depends on your state of consciousness now.
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“Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that
other people have of you is inauthentic living – another unconscious role theego plays.” -- Ekhart Tolle |
| shawnsmith |
Posted - 02/21/2013 : 15:10:44
Thanks RageSootheRatio,
Ace says in healing key #12 the following: "Be active if possible independent of the symptoms (not for overcoming your illness, but to be comfortable with your body) and do things you were afraid to do gradually, not to challenge, but just to do them. (I.e. if I play soccer and there is back pain, I will not think of using my back more or strain with it more to get it "used" to activity. I would just play soccer, and if in pain, just accept it and use affirmations if necessary). As you get into the game, you'll probably forget about it. This activity can be slowly and gradually increased as not to increase the strain. You want to coerce you body back to normality." |
| RageSootheRatio |
Posted - 02/20/2013 : 22:23:49
Hi Ace1 ...about Dr Scott Brady's book, "Pain-Free for Life - The 6 Week Cure for Chronic Pain - Without Surgery or Drugs" ...
In terms of "additional ideas over Dr Sarno's book" ... one thing is of course, Dr Brady's own personal story, which I found very compelling. (Not additional, but noteworthy is that he coined his own term for TMS, calling it instead "AOS" - Autonomic Overload Syndrome, even though he credits Dr Sarno and worked with him, etc. BTW, he defines AOS as: "a group of pains and other symptoms caused by harmful levels of stress, pressure and repressed strong negative emotions that have built up in the subconscious mind." )
Another thing is his "Spiritual Health Inventory for Pain" ... 55 questions, with a rating scale indicating a continuum from 'severe spiritual distress' to 'significant spiritual health', the latter which he believes can act as a "buffer for life's circumstances and stresses."
I think another thing is that he carefully and systematically describes the "personality" issues, delineating the "5 major kinds of pain-prone personalities: The Perfectionist, the People-Pleaser, the Legalist, the Stoic and the Fear-Prone." I don't recall Dr Sarno listing or describing them in the same way (mainly I recall the Perfectionist and the People-Pleaser from Dr Sarno's work.)
He developed his own "6-week pain-free for life program" which consists of: (1) Establish a strong mind-body-spirit link; (2) Take control over your subconscious mind, which includes Imagery and Pain-talk (including sample lists of what to say); (3) Write about your emotions (what he calls Depth Journalling, with very specific instructions including tips and long lists of what to write about; (4) Spend time in prayer and meditation; (5) Resume physical activity (he does suggest waiting until one is feeling better and gaining confidence in the program .. ie not afraid.) He advises spending 30 minutes a day for 40 days to do his program.
He also specifically talks about "7 crutches of pain prone people" ... (1) The body-medicine crutch; (2) the lack of confidence crutch; (3) The medication crutch; (4) the fear crutch; (5) the mental diversions crutch; (6) the emotional blindness crutch and (7) the untreated depression crutch.
There is also a list of Frequently asked questions, including: "What if I don't get better w/ the 6-week program?" and "How is the Pain-Free for life treatment of AOS different from TMS?" "When do I need to see a psychologist?" and "How long do I have to stay on the program after I'm cured?"
Hope this gives you a better idea of what his book contains. I actually quite liked it although I can't say I ever dedicated myself to his program in a formal way over 6 weeks. I do like to keep it around for ideas and reassurance though, when I am having a "flare-up."
RSR
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| Ace1 |
Posted - 02/17/2013 : 09:10:16
Rsr or anyone who has read it. Could you please tell me what additional ideas over dr Sarno's book that dr Brady's book contains? I just have never read it and curious. |
| RageSootheRatio |
Posted - 02/17/2013 : 07:42:18
Plum, I think this is also one of the important ones, for me... helps to have this kind of immediate "reality check" in place. (Sometimes, say if I could abort a symptom, using Dr Sarno's or Dr Brady's ideas, then I would be convinced I was on the right track, but then other times, when it seemed like "nothing would happen" (ie I didn't get immediate feedback through improvement of symptoms,) I just didn't know.
Having said that, I have found it hard to use this tool as often as I'd like... maybe I will try something a little shorter in length, like "Is this helping me relax or feel at peace?" or "Is this helping me be less intense?" or "Is this helping me be less reactive?" Maybe I'll experiment more with this one....
RSR |
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