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mala
Hong Kong
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 Posted - 03/15/2008 : 17:58:29
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I really do believe that journalling (for me anyway ) is absolutely crucial in the battle against tms. I have learned this perhaps the hard way.
2 yrs ago when I got better after years of back pain I did it through sheer pigheadedness and a simple belief in Sarno- I fought through the pain without fear and believed that it would not get worse. Well of course it didn't get worse and the pain did go away.
So it comes back again after 2 years and I say to myself what is going on in my life. When I tried to analyse the situation I found that actually there was nothing I could put my finger on.
So I began to journal. This is something I have never liked to do. In fact I hate it.( I wonder why ???!!!) I keep thinking that there is nothing to write about but boy was I ever so wrong. Once I started I couldn't stop. Stuff poured out and yet more stuff poured out. I felt anger, helplessness, bewilderment, astonishment... so many emotions!
Imagine a main root in a tree. Now imagine how it branches out and branches out some more and then some more till it goes way deep into the earth, well that's is how it was. One thought would sprout into another until I realised how much in my past, my childhood, my youth I had very conveniently tried so hard not to think about. As I was doing this, parts of my body literally started to loosen up and I felt a tremendous semse of freedom.
I still don't like journalling. Maybe my subconcious doesn't want me to unlock or revisit certain areas of my past life and I still don't like to journal but the benefits are great and I must force myself to do more of it.
Good Luck & Good Health
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altherunner
Canada
511 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2008 : 20:44:38
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Have you read any of Eckhart Tolle's books, The Power of Now, or A New Earth? I have found them to be very helpful. On www . oprah . com
she is having weekly interviews and online "classes" with the author.
Chapter 4 is coming up in a week, dealing with the "painbody" which you may find interesting. There is also an online workbook you can use, and it's free. His teachings really allow you to free yourself from your past, and worrying about the future, the mind trap of the ego. My need to control, constantly worry about possible futures, has stopped, so has the pain generating mechanism. My mother passed on a week ago. I have been looking after her affairs. When my father passed on 10 years ago was when my tms went int overdrive, crippling me up. So far, I am pain free, although still repressing the grief. |
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mk6283
USA
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Posted - 03/15/2008 : 20:50:51
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My girlfriend has been taking those online Oprah classes on Tolle and she keeps raving about them. Might be worth a try. Good luck.
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mizlorinj
USA
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Posted - 03/16/2008 : 16:46:06
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Mala, Thank you for sharing! I am a believer that journaling brings up things we need to get rid of and it's so very therapeutic. It's what helped me get past the worst pain of my life (TMS).
Yes, it takes effort to sit down and write, but we can see how worthwhile that effort is! I still come up with things that I need to write about, and once I make the time, I am very happy I did. 
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mala
Hong Kong
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Posted - 03/16/2008 : 17:54:23
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Thank you all for yr responses.
Altherunner, sorry to hear about your mother.
I went to the Oprah link and listened to one of the audio clips where she interviews Eckhart Tolle. He talks about the turning point in his life when he was about 29 and was contemplating suicide. he kept repeating the phrase " I cannot live with myself". It was like this sentence was stuck in his head when he realised that there were 2 entities in this sentence. One was 'I' and the other was 'self'.
This has a lot in common with Sarno's theory of pain and the conscious and unconscious minds . Tolle says it is essential for people to be aware that our thought processes and a sense of self comes from 'derived thinking' which includes all ones memories, all one's conditioning. One's sense of self is the conceptual one that is that is derived from the past.
Very interesting and worth exploring.
Good Luck & Good Health
Mala |
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altherunner
Canada
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Posted - 03/16/2008 : 18:37:35
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| Thanks Mala. I went to her memorial service today, and felt the grief. I went into the feeling in my heart and tried to really feel it, instead of repressing it. I do feel relieved now. I had a strained relationship with her for most of my life. She was in a lot of pain at the end, and her passing was really a blessing in disguise. About Eckhart - when he says how we walk around as "me and my story" rather than just being, it resonated for me. Cheers, Al |
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journalling, journalling & yet more journalling
