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| jimjamjones |
Posted - 03/10/2014 : 11:52:26
Hey everyone, Ill try to keep this short :)
So... I have been suffering from what started out as inconsistent finger pain 'RSI' and finger hypersensitivity (in all fingers and thumbs) for about 1 1/2 years now beginning in Jan 2013.
It all began after a stressful period of work (computer based) and so I decided to take some time out and go travelling around South America for 5 months hoping that time would heal me. Unfortunately however, the pain didnt go away whilst travelling and when i came back to return to work in June i was in exactly the same position. Fast forward a few months to December 2013 and the pain had spread. It has now extended into both my wrists and elbows, as both golfers and tennis elbow in each!
So, having tried a lot of various different therapies with 0% improvement I eventually came around to reading Mindbody prescription. I then went on to read both Healing Back Pain, Fred Amirs book and am halfway through The Divided Mind. I am fully on board with TMS, self diagnosing myself as a great worrier (forever googling any symptom at any opportunity!), highly moral and a generally stoic 28 yr old guy.
The problem is that even searching my mind and journaling everything i can think of for over a month now and I just cant seem to find or feel any significant emotions to help get rid of my symptoms. In particular i am having the most trouble with the finger hypersensitivity. I havent read anywhere about this symptom in any of the literature and can find almost no information anywhere else either (though an EMG test comfirmed that my nerves are very good). This is leading me to have some doubts which i cant shake even though im trying my best to. The pain also seems to be only a problem when im using a mouse or keyboard, or if im texting on my phone, its very consistent.
Alongside my arm problems i also have a long running 'foot injury' and quite simply I cannot believe that i can continue to suffer all these symptoms for so long without any change. Is there any further advice anyone can give me to help me to convince myself fully that TMS is indeed the problem here, i feel like im so close to acceptance. I live in Finland and there are no TMS doctors anywhere near me, something i really feel would help to 'seal the deal', so to speak.
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| jimjamjones |
Posted - 03/11/2014 : 11:23:56
hey Tom, thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
You certainly seemed to have picked out some very interesting points which i agree with in full. I guess the fact that im journaling and finding no strong emotions there is a little bit obvious now ive thought about it, they are repressed.
I actually spent a lot of time yesterday reading and watching success stories as i think i had finally got through my initial Sarno honeymoon period and i was beginning to become less positive. However, one particular youtube success story really helped me to put some thoughts into persepective:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B7e8HK6kPI&list=LLu_ZxhfEW90WmbVpGaBk6cA&index=2
In light of this I actually spent today trying my best to avoid thinking about my pain at all, and to my surprise i really felt it helped a lot. I was going through a very stressful time when the conditions began but being such an obsessive person is clearly what created this problem for me in the first place. Constantly worrying about when i will recover, will i recover! It sounds like the 'calendar effect' that you mentioned is me down to a tee. I need to learn to put my thoughts to the back of my mind, stop worrying about when i will get better and just focus on everything else instead, especially my emotional side! |
| tennis tom |
Posted - 03/10/2014 : 22:31:17
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Originally posted by tennis tom
quote:
Originally posted by jimjamjones
...highly moral and a generally stoic 28 yr old guy.
GOODIST/PERFECTIONIST personality = TMS
...The problem is that even searching my mind and journaling everything i can think of for over a month now and I just cant seem to find or feel any significant emotions to help get rid of my symptoms.
You won't feel the emotions because they've been REPRESSED.
... I havent read anywhere about this symptom in any of the literature and can find almost no information anywhere else either
We all feel our symptom is not written about as much as others.
...(though an EMG test comfirmed that my nerves are very good).
That's good, modern medicine is very good at finding physical symptoms even if they may be of TMS origin.
... This is leading me to have some doubts which i cant shake even though im trying my best to.
It's normal for you to have doubts, otherwise you wouldn't be here asking questions. Most everyone in the Western world doubts that "it's all in their head".
...i also have a long running 'foot injury'...
THE SYMPTOM IMPERATIVE, shifting symptoms. That's GOOD too, you've literally got your TMS gremlin on the run. It's giving you other TMS symptoms desperately trying to distract you from your emotional issues.
...and quite simply I cannot believe that i can continue to suffer all these symptoms for so long without any change.
Many have had chronic TMS for decades and banished it, see Steve Ozanich's history in his great TMS tome, "THE GREAT PAIN DECEPTION". He had TMS back pain for decades and conquered. Trying to watch your TMS disappear is the CALENDAR EFFECT--a watched TMS symptom keeps roiling. TMS fades, sleep on it.
...Is there any further advice anyone can give me to help me to convince myself fully that TMS is indeed the problem here,
"Fully" is TMS PERFECTIONIST thinking again, TMS is part of the HUMAN CONDITION. You get it from your RESERVOIR OF RAGE, overflowing.
...i feel like im so close to acceptance.
You are close--close enough for all intents and purposes, ACCEPTANACE is around the corner, patience.
Last tip: to see the sources of your TMS repressed tension look at the RAHE-HOLMES list of life's stressors that cause psychosomatic TMS dis-ease.
TAKE THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
G'luck!
tt
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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
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TMS PRACTITIONERS:
John Sarno, MD
400 E 34th St, New York, NY 10016
(212) 263-6035
Dr. Sarno is now retired, if you call this number you will be referred to his associate Dr. Rashbaum.
"...there are so many things little and big that are tms, I wouldn't have time to write about all of them": Told to icelikeaninja by Dr. Sarno
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
==================================================
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
==================================================
"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
======================================================
"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
Dr. Sarno is now retired, if you call this number you will be referred to his associate Dr. Rashbaum.
"...there are so many things little and big that are tms, I wouldn't have time to write about all of them": Told to icelikeaninja by Dr. Sarno
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
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| tennis tom |
Posted - 03/10/2014 : 13:11:38
quote:
Originally posted by jimjamjones
...highly moral and a generally stoic 28 yr old guy.
GOODIST/PERFECTIONIST personality = TMS
...The problem is that even searching my mind and journaling everything i can think of for over a month now and I just cant seem to find or feel any significant emotions to help get rid of my symptoms.
You won't because they are REPRESSED.
... I havent read anywhere about this symptom in any of the literature and can find almost no information anywhere else either
We all feel our symptom is not written about as much aJavascript:center();s others.
...(though an EMG test comfirmed that my nerves are very good).
That's good, modern medicine is very good at finding physical symptoms even if they may be of TMS origin.
... This is leading me to have some doubts which i cant shake even though im trying my best to.
It's normal for you to have doubts, otherwise you wouldn't be here asking questions. Most everyone in the Western world doubts that "it's all in their head".
...i also have a long running 'foot injury'...
That's GOOD too since you've been learning TMS KNOWLEDGE from all your reading, your subconscious TMS gremlin is literally on the run giving you other TMS SYMPTOM IMPERATIVES.
...and quite simply I cannot believe that i can continue to suffer all these symptoms for so long without any change.
Many here have had chronic TMS for decades and banished it, see Steve Ozanich's history in his great TMS tome "THE GREAT PAIN DECEPTION". He had it for decades an conquered TMS. Trying to watch your TMS disappear is the CALENDAR EFFECT--a watched TMS symptom keeps boiling. TMS fades, sleep on it.
...Is there any further advice anyone can give me to help me to convince myself fully that TMS is indeed the problem here,
"Fully" is TMS PERFECTIONIST thinking again, TMS is part of the HUMAN CONDITION. You get it from your RESERVOIR OF RAGE, overflowing.
...i feel like im so close to acceptance.
You are close--close enough for all intents and purposes, ACCEPTANACE is around the corner, patience.
Last tip: to see the sources of your TMS repressed tension look at the RAHE-HOLMES list of life's stressors that cause psychosomatic TMS dis-ease.
TAKE THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
G'luck!
tt
==================================================
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
==================================================
"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
======================================================
"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
Dr. Sarno is now retired, if you call this number you will be referred to his associate Dr. Rashbaum.
"...there are so many things little and big that are tms, I wouldn't have time to write about all of them": Told to icelikeaninja by Dr. Sarno
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
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