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UK james
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12/14/2004 : 05:46:20
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Hello all
Having successfully overcome my horrendous back pain I woke up last saturday morning (after going to a Christmas party the previous night and drinking too much beer!) with pain behind my knees. It feels as though they are strained. I am also getting tightness in my achilles. I know this is TMS but it is so frustrating!
I am currently in the process of changing jobs to one which will give me more time off to allow me to play football again (weekends off!) but the downside to this is that I will be earning less money but for the moment my outgoings will be the same. How much can a persons finances affect their TMS symptoms? - I tend to worry a lot about this. I have always had a tendancy to spend more than I can afford.
I have read Healing Back Pain, MBP and Dr Sophers book and I journal each day. Does anyone have any advice as I want to shift this asap.
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Edited by - UK james on 12/14/2004 05:48:01 |
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molomaf
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Posted - 12/14/2004 : 08:56:59
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James,
Wow, I just got almost the same thing in my knee this weekend. I felt a tightening behind my knee and now my knee(in the front) is swollen. I checked with MBP, and Sarno writes that although swelling is uncommon, this is TMS. I'm just taking it in stride and know that it will be gone soon as long as I don't take it too seriously. Best to laugh at your brain. Interestingly, before the tendon tightening, I had a lumpy throat which is now gone. My brain is working so hard to find a body part to annoy!
Michele
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seanf
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Posted - 12/14/2004 : 10:26:46
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| I think a person's finances can have a huge effect on TMS symptoms. My symptoms first arose at a time when I was starting a new (but not particularly lucrative) career, and I was very anxious about all my student loans, etc... One of the strange things about the psychology of TMS is that you can feel like your life is right on track, but you might still be generating a lot of unconscious rage. |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 12/14/2004 : 11:19:54
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quote from UK james:
"I am currently in the process of changing jobs to one which will give me more time off to allow me to play football again (weekends off!) but the downside to this is that I will be earning less money but for the moment my outgoings will be the same. How much can a persons finances affect their TMS symptoms? - I tend to worry a lot about this. I have always had a tendancy to spend more than I can afford."
Dear UKJ,
FYI, On page 26 of MBP, from the Holmes-Rahe list of life events that cause "disease" through the mechanism of internal rage:
#16 is "Change in financial state"
#18 is "Change to different line of work." |
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vega6981
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Posted - 12/14/2004 : 12:46:38
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Hi, I am new to this site. I just posted the "Migraines since 13" post and got many very thoughtful, kind replies...so I thought I would find someone else I might be able to help in turn.
Sometimes I struggle with money too...and as I agree with the other replies, about it being TMS...I think working on the problem which you know you have with help with having more financially related flare-ups. Some very great books that I have found on spending are:
Nine Steps to Financial Freedom -Suzy Orman ( I know this one is almost cliche by now, but it mainly deals with how low-self esteem causes us to spend and fill holes with stuff that we can't fill with material things.
Your Money or Your Life - Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin (has you transform your life energy it takes you to make a dollar and convert that as spending..so for ex: instead of something costing $100, it costs you 10 hours at work...so you say to yourself, is this item worth working 10 hours at work to me? And this is how you make purchase choices) It is more involved than that ...and has many more insights on how Americans spend money) I high recommend it.
Living Cheaply With Style - Ernest Callenbach (this one talks about good ways to live cheaply and save money especially if you have alot of debt that you need to pay off) (The Orman book with help you realize that you aren't worth your debt and then once you gain enough confidence from reading that book to pay it off and stop buying so much...you can read this one to give you creative ideas how to live comfortably while spending beneath your means to pay off debt)
I also recommend Dr. Phil's books. Eventhough those are cliche too. They are popular because they work. In any subject (find the right book for you by looking at the descriptions on Amazon) he makes you see why you do what you do, what the payoff is...and he helps you stop missing the forest for the trees.
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Tunza
New Zealand
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Posted - 12/15/2004 : 12:59:29
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Hi James,
Sorry to hear about your new pain locations.
I wonder if some of us need extra help with making changes in the way we react to stuff consciously so that we don't fill up our reservoir of rage so quickly and often. So some people see a therapist and/or read books about dealing with emotions.
Because I have so many pain locations and have only been successful so far with some of them I have decided to explore Monte's book on TMS and running pain as he discusses how to stop resisting your emotions. What he says about mindfulness and living in the now can sound new-agey but it has been helpful to me and I am seeing how often I try to stop feeling certain emotions. He has a different angle to the Facing the Fire book and I think each way might be valid for different people. There are other books out there too (eg Taming Your Gremlin was similar in some ways to bits of Monte's book).
Anyway, you might like to explore some further reading? I find the more different angles I see TMS from the more it sinks in.
I have started running again this last couple of weeks and I am "feeling the fear but doing it anyway". I swing from scared to confident and I remind myself of all the other runners who've got better when pain pops up all over my legs, hips and back. I keep running and the pain keeps shifting so it's all good.
It's also great evidence for me that I have been able to get two episodes of different types of back pain to cease recently by applying the TMS thinking. These were very painful attacks and so I know if I can do it with them it's only a matter of time and persistance that I can get the other less painful but more chronic pains to leave.
Bit of a ramble sorry. I hope this helps because your posts certainly played a big part with the successes with my back.
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UK james
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/15/2004 : 14:11:32
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Thanks for all your posts...the pain is improving day by day and I am confident it won't last much longer. I am still pounding the treadmill and will continue to do so. I think it is really important to do this - no matter how tired or in pain you may be.
I have ordered the Taming your gremlin book as this sounds pretty interesting. I have also vowed to check my bank balance each day online instead of hiding from it - I think this is really helping.
In a way this latest episode doesn't really bother me as I am 100% it is TMS rather than worrying about what a physio might say. It is interesting to see how the mind works in restricting blood supply to new areas of the body once you have conquered the old site of pain.
Thanks again
James
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