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| Birdie78 |
Posted - 03/16/2013 : 04:03:36
Hello,
just wanted to share a little piece of my new success with you! TMS-related voice problems was one of my first long-term-experience with TMS. It started when I was about 14. I had a flu and a very sore throat after I came back from a skiing camp with my school. Still ill I went out with a girl-friend to a disco and after that was very hoarse. Then followed one of the common and daily disputes with my father and my voice completely went away. After several weeks with either being very hoarse or having no voice I went to see a specialist who examined my vocal cords and my larynx. He diagnosed an inflammation of my larynx and also stated that my vocal cords would not close any more and I therefore I have to see a speach therapist. The therapist (what a fool!!!) told me that I had damaged my vocal cords irreversibly and therefore it was important to rest my voice: no singing any more, no screaming, no whispering and: I will never be able to do a job where I have to speak a lot (like teacher). Oh my god I can tell you, that was so horrible for me as I always was a person who liked to talk a lot  . I was totally focused and occupied with my voice since then. Obviously it started to get a bit better over the years when I developped additional symptoms like pain.
Ok, long story short: last year I saw an alternative healer. She didn't know about my voice problems, only about my pain.
She suddenly wanted to stand me up and scream as loud as I could. I thought "oh my God, I can't do that, my voice!". I stood up and screamed (I don't need to tell you that I really felt a bit weird to do that but I also was desperated enough to do nearly everything to get some pain relief). Ok, so I screamed and, what a suprise: my voice felt ok! She then wanted me to sing out loudly! I felt really ashamed about this and also thought "Oh no, I had to scream but singing will damage my vocal cords!" But: I stood up and sang (probably some birds came off the trees and died when they heard me singing). And what should I say: it felt SO GOOD! And my voice was still ok! So this did nothing for my pain but it did a lot for me in general: because I was able to really "stress out" my voice even after about 20 years of not singing and screaming. Ok, in the first time I noticed a light form of hoarseness but with every day my voice improved and although I am not a good singer (my husband always tells me to stop because he gets a headache ) I do it every day now and I really enjoy it. This brought back a piece of my life to me that I thought I had lost many years ago.
And it encourages me to go on with my TMS work because I am sure this voice thing really was a clear case of TMS
Kind regards from Germany sends Birdie |
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| MatthewNJ |
Posted - 03/16/2013 : 20:38:24
Birdie,
FABULOUS! You are an example to us all. It sounds to me like you were afraid to have your voice heard in front of your father! BRAVO for you! Your successes are amazing
Matthew
Ferretsx3@comcast.net
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Less activated, more regulated and more resilient. |
| tennis tom |
Posted - 03/16/2013 : 08:06:19
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Originally posted by Birdie78
...Ok, long story short: last year I saw an alternative healer. She didn't know about my voice problems, only about my pain.
...She suddenly wanted to stand me up and scream as loud as I could. I thought "oh my God, I can't do that, my voice!". I stood up and screamed (I don't need to tell you that I really felt a bit weird to do that but I also was desperated enough to do nearly everything to get some pain relief). Ok, so I screamed and, what a suprise: my voice felt ok! She then wanted me to sing out loudly! I felt really ashamed about this and also thought "Oh no, I had to scream but singing will damage my vocal cords!" But: I stood up and sang (probably some birds came off the trees and died when they heard me singing). And what should I say: it felt SO GOOD! And my voice was still ok! So this did nothing for my pain but it did a lot for me in general: because I was able to really "stress out" my voice even after about 20 years of not singing and screaming.
...And it encourages me to go on with my TMS work because I am sure this voice thing really was a clear case of TMS
Sounds like a form of Reichian therapy. |
| plum |
Posted - 03/16/2013 : 06:33:07
Well done Birdie.
Fabulous news. As gigalos says, nocebo's are incredibly powerful so very pleased you challenged and won. |
| gigalos |
Posted - 03/16/2013 : 06:29:18
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Amazing what the mind and nocebo's can do...
What's your favourite song nowadays?? |
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