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basil
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 Posted - 06/23/2008 : 15:41:01
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Hi all
Well its been just over a year since I found out about Sarno. I had very bad RSI at the time which had started about 1 year 2 months ago and was slowly but surely turning me into an emotional wreck. I had just finished my degree luckily and was very stressed from the studying. I sought advice on here after reading to of Sarno's books. I tried journalling, talking to myself, Fred Amir's reward techniques, The Journey process and pushing through the pain. This continued for about 6 months without really finding a true path to recovery. I did start using the PC heavily again and was playing computer games probably 10 hours a day which is kind of unhealthy anyway!
Nothing changed for a about the 6 months until my girlfriend decided enough was enough and that I should stop letting this hold me back in life. She convinced me to get help with the depression I had developed and move in with her while relocating to another city, My arms flared up even more when I continually thought about going back to work and paying bills.
Well anyway I took the plunge in december and went for an interview for a position as a graphic designer. I still had a lot of pain jumping around my arms etc but I attempted to ignore it. I got the job and worked there for the next 3 months ignoring the pain. Surprisingly it slowly disappeared as I kept myself so busy I had no time to think about it. But I was made redundant shortly after making my probation period and the panic set in again shortly followed by the pain.
Luckily I found some temporary work at a local game studio working as a designer which will hopefully turn into a full time career. This has given me the boost to get over the final stage of recovery. I am now aiming at going from that 95% to 100% and sticking my middle finger up at the whole crappy concept of RSI.
I think my point is like this rambling story is that the only way for me to begin to recover from the horrible experience was like Sarno said from the beginning, Just get on with my life. I didn't realize the constant analyzing and researching was keeping me fixated on the problem. I stopped reading the books over and over and avoided googling the usual 'RSI' etc (god, I hate that abbreviation) Finally I stopped reading this website everyday, which was probably the hardest thing to do. Yes, it helped me in the beginning and when I was very low but it continually reminded me of the situation I was in. I needed to do what my girlfriend was always telling me and enjoy the simple things in life again. Obviously this isn't the way other people are progressing with their recovery but its the way that has led me to this point of having more pain free days than the small amount of days I do experience the 'aches'. I do still experience pain but it is usually when i have had a stressful time or a very hardcore weekend drinking with the friends.
So at the moment I am working at a PC in the studio about 10 hours a day and some times more at home. Doing around 55 hour week due to crunch. I bike ride to the work every other day, playing as many computer games as I want to and most importantly socialize with people again.
I sometimes forget how much life has changed in the last 6 months but I will always be grateful to finding out about Sarno, this website and all the people's success stories. Especially Hilary, Alexis and ACL :) (Big thanks to them) and of course my very supportive partner.
Sorry for all the rambling but I have held back on this for so long due to a lot of setbacks but I am sure I am getting there now. One day I will post in the success stories.
I hoped this has helped someone and remember there is always hope. And I use to be so negative!
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armchairlinguist
USA
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Posted - 06/23/2008 : 16:32:28
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Congrats basil!!! 
A SuccessStory if there ever was one!
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HilaryN
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/23/2008 : 16:38:34
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Yippee! That's great to hear.
Do post on the Success Stories forum, too.
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