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AmyAJJ
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 Posted - 06/02/2008 : 15:24:40
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I don't question whether or not my condition is TMS or physical. I get that it's TMS. I don't think there's something wrong with my back. But what I don't seem to get is that I don't have to live with pain.
I am so used to living with pain when these flare ups come up, that I almost forget what it's like not to have pain and so I just kind of put up with the pain and realize that it's not making my life all that terrible. So I don't bend all the way to the floor in yoga. Big deal? So I have some tightness? So what? It's like I think it's normal to suffer in pain this way. STUPID huh?
I rationalize the pain and by doing that it's as if I don't mind it being there. But I do mind. I don't want it there. But I don't know how to get out of the rut of being used to the pain. Because I'm used to it, I don't take the pain seriously in terms of doing the TMS work to get rid of it.
Does this make any sense to any of you? |
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Baseball65
USA
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Posted - 06/02/2008 : 16:48:14
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Yes , it makes sense.
It's like the lawn. You have to mow it or it grows a little each day.We never really see it, but...
Pretty soon, it get's taller and than it's harder, but not impossible to mow.
It probably has to do with whether or not you've recovered from the majority of your symptoms. If you haven't, you just need to be patient and keep working. If you have, it's just a reminder and it might be time for a tune up.
I had sciatica in one leg only on the drive home FROM WORK for months after I had recovered and been back at work. I knew it was TMS because it didn't happen at any other time....If I drove for 8 hours on a trip, no problem, but even 15 minutes after work and the leg began to tingle.
One day I got sick of it, so I turned off the radio and spent the time ridiculing it and talking to my self instead of 'dialing out' listening to sports radio.
It went away in a few trips.It hadn't been that bad and I had been so relieved to learn about TMS that I forgot to clean out the cobwebs in that one corner.
oops. No biggie. Just clean it! Just Mow it. |
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positivevibes
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Posted - 06/02/2008 : 17:29:18
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I agree with Baseball.
Yell at that damned pain and tell it to go away! Tell it that it is time to vacate the building! Really hammer on it. It sounds so weird, but it has worked for me.
Last year, when I was in very bad pain, before I even heard of TMS, I had a dream one night that I was yelling at someone who was sitting in a chair behind me. I was furious at this person, because I wanted to watch TV and this person was being very annoying and interfering with my enjoyment. I screamed at him, cursed at him, asked him who the hell he thought he was taking away my pleasure?
I woke up very shaken and was wondering who the person was supposed to be? Who was I subconsiously angry at?
Then it dawned on me...the person was "in back of me" The person WAS MY BACK!! I was yelling at my back pain in my dream, telling it to get the hell out. Once I realized this, my back pain got at least 50% better.
Weird, eh? I discovered the Sarno books a few months later and then it made perfect sense!
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scottjmurray
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Posted - 06/02/2008 : 19:40:47
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i personally find yelling at my brain to be really exhausting, especially if i have other emotions to deal with. what seems to make it go away is if the pain goes into my consciousness but it's put into that "neutral" category of stuff i know i don't need to pay attention to. anything that falls into that realm my brain automatically disables because it doesn't actually get my attention.
kind of vague, i know.
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i'm not s#!t.
i'm champagne. |
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Not really doubting, but something is going on.
