I feel moved by the wonderful replies I have gotten that so inspired me...I wrote back to several and now the back of my head (very top of neck) is soooo tight and i lost more range of motion..I have always told myself that too much typing when i am in this bad of a bout of TMS isn't a good thing...It causes my shoulders to tighten and then next the neck...It cannot get more locked in place then it is and that alone scares me! I wonder how the heck will i get normal range of motion, especially looking up, without going to physical therapy? Will the mobility just come back as I let go of the repressed emotions and do the work? Is it the typing itself that is tightening things or perhaps the content of talking about my emotions that is making the TMS monster work overtime..If so, how do we battle with this monster and work though our emotions at the same time..If every time we start to think about them or feel them, TMS comes on even stronger...
It is a common pattern for symptoms to get worse when you first learn about TMS and start examining your emotions. Instead of letting it scare you away from examining your emotions, realize that 'aha- this is exactly what is supposed to happen- I am on the right track' Use it to further diminish the doubt you may have about the diagnosis. I'm not saying it's easy- we all want to avoid pain- but if the pain increases when you type- type more. You need to let the TMS know that you are in control now. DO NOT modify your life because of the pain. My pain increased dramatically and started moving around once I learned about TMS. Since there was no logical biological explanation for that, it helped me to really know that what Sarno says is true and gave me the strength to keep going. Good luck- you will get there. I am pain-free a lot of the time now with only relapses that are generally pretty short-lived.
thank you Carolyn.. I know you are right...I just finished a phone session with TMS therapist Don Dubin...It was the first one in a long times..I saw him twice in Ca. years ago...Interestingly as we spoke about my childhood and feelings of rejection from my family the pain increased in the lower neck and in the left hand...I cannot afford it but i am having another session on Thursday, I want to heal from this thing! I am still struggling a bit with believing i don't have something physical going on...When it first happened again one month ago i went to a Nucca chiro...He said my neck was tilted to the left and in an S curve! Yikes..that didn't sound good! I also have herniated discs in my neck, but we know what Dr. S says about those...I cannot look up at all...it's just locked in place...Don Dubin said as we uncover what is really going on inside the muscles will relax and i can stop worrying about them atrophing from not using them...Thanx for your support...so glad you are doing better...write anytime...
Is it typing itself or the content?
Posted - 06/26/2006 : 11:05:54
I know you are right...I just finished a phone session with TMS therapist Don Dubin...It was the first one in a long times..I saw him twice in Ca. years ago...Interestingly as we spoke about my childhood and feelings of rejection from my family the pain increased in the lower neck and in the left hand...I cannot afford it but i am having another session on Thursday, I want to heal from this thing! I am still struggling a bit with believing i don't have something physical going on...When it first happened again one month ago i went to a Nucca chiro...He said my neck was tilted to the left and in an S curve! Yikes..that didn't sound good! I also have herniated discs in my neck, but we know what Dr. S says about those...I cannot look up at all...it's just locked in place...Don Dubin said as we uncover what is really going on inside the muscles will relax and i can stop worrying about them atrophing from not using them...Thanx for your support...so glad you are doing better...write anytime...