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navneet1999
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 Posted - 09/25/2006 : 12:32:44
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Why do we not trust what's inside us sometimes, instead of seeking
external wisdom/assurance all the time?
I'm at the tail end of a low back pain recurrence right now (excuse the pun ... not intended). I've read Sarno's HBP at least 10 times over the last 10 years or so, but hadn't looked at it for more than a year. So I picked it up last week when my pain showed up and started reading it again (was about halfway thru it this morning). Now it so happens that my dad was visiting us the last few days and last night I recommended HBP to him for his knee pain. He flew back this morning and took my copy of HBP with him. This normally wouldn't be a big deal at all, except that I happened to be right in the middle of reading it, and that I'm in India right now where it's really hard to find this book.
The point of the story is that when I found out that my copy of the book had left town with my dad, for a while I felt angry and almost desperate to get the book back. Why? Did I feel that my recovery was so dependent on the wisdom in the book and that I couldn't do without it? Am I getting addicted to TMS? The conclusion I came to was that TMS wisdom is already deeply embedded inside us all (people on this
forum who I assume have read a book or two on TMS). Although I'm not denying that re-reading once in a while (or when needed) is good, it shouldn't become a crutch. After losing the book, I proceeded to just sit in silence for a while, try and recall Sarno's advice from my several previous readings of the book, as well as dig out the bothersome emotions that might be the cause of my recurrence.
I would advise us all to take a break from TMS once in a while, from all literature as well as this forum. We're not in it to be TMS junkies; we're in it to help ourselves and others be pain-free. |
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Penny
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Posted - 09/26/2006 : 13:09:43
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Here is a link a similar topic
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2511&SearchTerms=switcharoo
For me, the books/materials are training wheels and have helped me break the pattern of TMS, but it's the work I continue to do that will end TMS. (Ignoring my symptoms, psychoT--analyzing/changing choices and behaviors that lead to repression, etc.)
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Addicted to TMS?
