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CherylH
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 Posted - 05/14/2006 : 19:19:08
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Hi! I don't post often but really appreciate the messages on this forum. My understanding of TMS helped me get my life back on track after treating myself like a glass ball a few years ago.
I was just reading Steffan's discussion on RSI, which is my issue. I had a 'screaming' elbow pain about 3 years ago, a subsequent round of doctors and therapists, and a number of different beliefs - tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, tendonitis, thoracic outlet... whatever! It was ridiculous.
My arm pain (just my right arm) is not debilitating but very annoying and constant on a low level, but enough to really be in the front of my mind all the time. I'm trying to learn a new skill - writing on a steno machine - which is physically and mentally draining. It takes quite a while to learn the skill - 2 to 5 years, depending on how easily it comes to you - and it can be physically demanding, trying to get your brain and fingers to cooperate and let you 'write' a new language.
Yet - and this is probably my answer - my left arm never, ever has any pain or stress in it. I know I believe in TMS, and believe I have TMS, but this must be Pavlovian conditioning at its best. When I work at the computer or write on my steno machine, the pain starts. I did see a Sarno doctor almost 2 years ago - he said not to worry about taking Motrin or anything because the pain is real. So that's what I do if it gets bad enough, plus use a rub on like Bengay. I'm up to 4 hrs a day on my steno machine, but I know the pain slows down my physical ability to write clearly and progress in this new skill.
I'm not sure there's really an answer to this except to delve more into treatment - I'm not sure but maybe I need to go to a counselor and try to get to the bottom of it.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks! Cheryl |
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marytabby
USA
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Posted - 05/15/2006 : 05:13:19
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| I also have a thumb/wrist "tendonitis" that comes on when I get fearful of something new or challenging. I wake up with thumb joint pain and it I can always relate it to whatever is going on at the moment in my 1)job 2)life. I am a perfectionist at everything I do and this includes learning something new on the job or dealing with a new challenge as a first time manager of people who are technically on a peer level with me. I suggest re-reading the TMS books and garnering what you can. Sometimes I have to treat my brain as if the TMS concepts are brand new again to remind my sub-concious who is in charge. |
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CherylH
USA
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Posted - 05/15/2006 : 05:50:57
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Thank you so much for your reply. I think you hit it - the fear of learning a new situation is, I'm pretty certain, what's below this. Stress, loss of income because of being an adult learner in a full time school situation, not knowing if I can really improve enough to do this for work really scares me. Whenever the pain gets annoying I'll definitely start with "what are you bothered about?" or what's going on in my life. But I think you're right, reading and continuing to learn, may really help. I'm reading the Divided Mind right now and finding it insightful.
Have any of you benefitted more than the books from seeing Sarno's video or from seeing a counselor? I know that not all counselors would be up on this, and I don't want to waste me time and money...
Thanks! Cheryl |
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Pain when learning a new skill
