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alamogirl
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 Posted - 06/06/2004 : 19:44:13
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| I've heard mention made of this book several times on this board. Can someone enlighten me as to what it's about? Is it worth reading? Thank you. |
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Sarah Jacoba
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 00:34:18
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It is a pretty short and at times seemingly repetitive little book called Taming the Gremlin by Rick Carson. I found it really helpful. I've mentioned it in a lot of posts on the old site, so I'd check there for more of my comments!
--Sarah
"When dream and day unite" |
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Sadiesue
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 16:51:23
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I really liked this book. I think it can be valuable for TMS sufferers because it helps explain and gives ways to cope with the personality that seems to add to TMS (worrier, perfectionist, goodist, responsible). It also gave me some healthy and interesting ways to turn my thoughts to psychological instead of physical like Sarno recommends.
One of the main themes of the book is: "I free myself not by trying to be free, but by simply noticing how I imprison myself in the very moment I am imprisoning myself." I use this to think about my TMS because I can free myself of the pain, not by trying to be pain free (e.g. physical exercises, therapy), but by simply noticing how I am imprisoning myself (unconsciously using physical pain to distract from repressed emotions) in the very moment I (might be) imprisoning myself (with thoughts, patterns, or situations that may be infuriating to my unconscious). |
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alamogirl
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 18:26:14
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| Thanks for the feedback. It seems like a book worth picking up. |
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Sadiesue
19 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2004 : 17:49:27
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| I also highly recommend the audio program "Taming Your Gremlin: The Art of Graceful Change." There is even more useful information in the audio program and it is fun to listen too. |
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Susie
USA
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Posted - 06/17/2004 : 19:38:27
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| Sadiesue- I got alot out of your post about the Gremlin. I really relate to inprisoning oneself. I often worry if symptoms will arise if I do X or Y or if I have something very important to do and can't afford to be ill. Of course, guess what? I then become ill!! Tms seems to sometimes have a sense of humor.( Of couse it must be my humor.) It likes to touch all bases, including pain and equivalents. I will buy the book. I can use any insight I can get into cause and effect. |
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