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lobstershack
Australia
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 Posted - 01/31/2006 : 16:59:56
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Hi everyone,
I think I finally get it, I truly have been obsessing over pains and symptoms and doctors and responses from doctors, and on, and on, and on...And that realistically, I'm never going to get better if I keep on this track. So I am going to give it my all from this point forward: reading, journaling, believing, ignoring.
TMS can be likened to a trance of sorts, that is, when you're in the midst of it the entire world can be screaming at you, but until you begin to recognize the dance, the fog will never lift.
So I'm going to try and take a middle of the road approach. First and foremost, relax. Secondly, do the TMS work, but in moderation and not mindlessly. Lastly, not to obsess, be it ruminations over symptoms or TMS work, as they both are unhealthy.
My biggest fear is that, as Dave mentioned, some new symptom will pop up that hasn't been checked by a doctor and the whole cycle will begin again. I guess thinking along those lines is a self-fufilling prophecy of sorts.
Gotta jet, dinner time.
Thanks again for all the support!
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FlyByNight
Canada
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Posted - 01/31/2006 : 17:14:11
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Seth,
I find myself that the new symtpoms are easier to attribute to TMS when you believe in the theory than the symtoms you are already having... The places where TMS is deeply rooted are the most difficult deal with .... new symptoms are disapearing quite fast !
you will find though that even if one day you have 200% faith in the TMS, your brain will constantly try stop you by using your propention to be a OCD focused on the physical realm.
take care ...
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Hilary
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/01/2006 : 09:13:11
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And, Seth, find something to do that distracts you from your symptoms but doesn't necessarily involve thinking about TMS all the time either. (set some time apart to do this, but I think it's unhealthy to dwell on ANYTHING, even the root causes of TMS, continually.
Immerse yourself in a great detective novel, spend the day watching Woody Allen films, master a new recipe, start learning a musical instrument...anything that occupies the brain and keeps it from focusing back on the symptoms. I found taking French classes was great because you have to concentrate so hard. I literally felt like my brain was being stretched!
This is what I did to overcome anxiety - particulary social anxiety - as well distract myself from the pain of TMS. It works. |
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h2oskier25
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2006 : 12:01:28
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Seth,
My apologies to you for confusing you with Sean.
My faux pas was far reaching.
As far as new symptoms, I use the Dr. Don Dubin approach. He says when symptoms "move around" , well here is a true opportunity to see TMS for what it is, and ridicule it for trying to fool you in such an obvious transparent manner.
Distract yourself with your life - get on with it and do what you want to do. I found this hard, because so much of my life had been spent obsessing, I really had lost touch with the notion of what would I do if I was healthy. Well, I am healthy (as you are), so what do I want to do first . . .
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I am not sean : ]
