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mala
Hong Kong
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 Posted - 09/28/2008 : 20:19:10
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It’s been a month since I have whole-heartedly and 100% committed to the treatment of TMS . I have
Repudiated the physical and try not to think about the pain too much.
Acknowledged the pain as having an emotional component and have recognised certain personality traits which may be contributing to the pain
I read a bit of Sarno and talk to my unconscious daily for about 5 to 10 mins
Resumed physical activity. I take the dog out for a walk nearly every morning about 2 to 3 km. I have also started swimming.
I take 200mg ibuprofen every night
I do some very basic stretching after my walk
The pain has lessened by 30 to 40 % but has not gone. Some days are better than others. I am now however very very stiff and since swimming my shoulder has started to hurt . I haven't given up though & to be fair I only do about 4 to 6 laps. My whole left side feels like an elastic band that is taut. I get tired very easily.
My questions to those who have recovered or are recovering.
Has anyone experienced something similar?
Is there anything elseI should/should not be doing?
I have benefited enormously from the success stories and was wondering if would be a good idea to have some blogs where people could write about their day to day or week to week recovery. Just a place where they can write without anyone responding I mean so that there is a history if you like of their recovery, their ups and downs everything.
Good Luck & Good Health
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mk6283
USA
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Posted - 09/28/2008 : 21:29:18
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The best advice I can give you is to stop analyzing results and stop anticipating changes in your symptoms. I have found that the only way to truly eliminate the symptoms is to ignore them completely on the conscious level and to allow that lack of concern for the symptoms to slowly seep its way into the unconscious. So many TMS patients simply try too hard. They do every TMS exercise known to man, resume full Olympic style endurance and exercise regimens, start journaling/meditating around the clock, etc. Don't you see that this is still serving the purpose of the unconscious? It wants you to change your life, it wants you to be distracted, it wants the fear, concerns, anxiety, and worries to linger.
I have found that the only real way to truly recover from any long-standing symptoms are to (1) believe wholeheartedly that the symptoms are psychosomatic and are serving some unconscious purpose, and yet (2) concede that you will just ignore the symptoms to the very best of your ability and return to life the way it was prior to your symptoms (again to the best of your ability) with the assumption that even though the symptoms are psychosomatic they may still linger FOREVER and if that is the case then SO BE IT, but (3) you are simply going to learn to forget about them and pay them no more attention for the rest of your life.
This is the true challenge. It hits at the core of the problem. Once you can achieve these objectives, you will find that your symptoms WILL EVENTUALLY DISAPPEAR, but it is very likely that you will not even notice that they have been gone for a while, but rather one day you will remember that you USED TO have that pain (or that symptom) and NOW ITS GONE!!! Remember, the origins of TMS lie in our unconscious minds and the only way to truly defeat TMS is via specific approaches to the unconscious mind. I know its not easy, but I promise it works. Good luck!
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Edited by - mk6283 on 09/28/2008 21:35:54 |
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scottjmurray
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 03:04:16
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1 recovery is bizarre.
2 don't overthink any of it. if you are wondering if you are overthinking something, you're overthinking already.
3 get to know your id. it's the little selfish bastard inside of you. you need to come to terms with its existence.
5 rage, cry, emote.
6 don't push yourself. that's what the parent does. don't be a conduit for the bad decisions of your caretakers.
7 sometimes, the best thing to do is to do nothing at all.
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(not sh!t, champagne)
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mala
Hong Kong
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 16:16:38
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Thx MK & SJM for yr comments.
MK
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So many TMS patients simply try too hard. They do every TMS exercise known to man, resume full Olympic style endurance and exercise regimens, start journaling/meditating around the clock, etc. Don't you see that this is still serving the purpose of the unconscious? It wants you to change your life, it wants you to be distracted, it wants the fear, concerns, anxiety, and worries to linger
I honestly don't think I am trying too hard. Easing back into a little physical activity like walking the dog which is something I used to do anyway and reading for 5 to 10 mins a day can't be construed as obsessing can it? Isn't resuming physical activity one of the things Sarno recommends?
SJM
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recovery is bizarre.
Could you explain a bit more pls?
Good Luck & Good Health
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skizzik
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 17:43:21
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Mala, it sounds like your'e doing great. 30-40% relief, wow!
I don't think Mk was talking to you about overdoing it, I think he was talking to me...lol
good post MK! Your first paragraph described me to a "t". I was so desperate to prove I had tms I threw myself back into hard workouts only to get discouraged over and over. Very helpful.
"recovery is bizarre" by scott, good way to put it. I would think he meant about the part where the more you want it gone, the more it stays. |
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mala
Hong Kong
774 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 19:06:11
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Skizzik, Hope you are well.
The intensity of the pain is less in that it used to be a constant burning and I wasn't able to sit. The burning has been replaced by this terrible stiffness whch extends from the left side of my lower back all the way up the same side to my left shoulder.
Another thing is that I used to be able to sleep through the night and now I get up a few times.
One more thing- I'm always tired.
If this is recovery it sure is bizarre.
Good Luck & Good Health
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moose1
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 20:55:52
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Originally posted by scottjmurray
1 recovery is bizarre.
2 don't overthink any of it. if you are wondering if you are overthinking something, you're overthinking already.
3 get to know your id. it's the little selfish bastard inside of you. you need to come to terms with its existence.
5 rage, cry, emote.
6 don't push yourself. that's what the parent does. don't be a conduit for the bad decisions of your caretakers.
7 sometimes, the best thing to do is to do nothing at all.
these are all totally spot on. if i had to add one to the list, it would be that recovery can be the hardest thing you've ever done in your life. |
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scottjmurray
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Posted - 09/30/2008 : 04:34:42
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yeah, recovery is so hard it will be the easiest thing you've ever done.
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LuvtoSew
USA
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Posted - 09/30/2008 : 05:45:04
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| Mala- sounds like your doing better in such a short time. I think the swimming is using muscles you haven't used for awhile and that may be making your pain move around. I notice that with me since PT and doing the execises, my pain is traveling around, and different muscles are tight and hurt. |
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skizzik
USA
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Posted - 09/30/2008 : 07:33:10
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Mala,
Funny you should mention sleep issues.
After my relapse for the first year and a half I could pretty much count on sleep for relief.
That has not been the case the last few months. I was getting scared that it must be an injury getting worse and not tms since it now woke me up.
I read someone's post in dr. Schubiner's site the other day talking about this.
Dr. Schubiners reply stated along the lines that you make progress with your concious thoughts while you are awake. When you go to sleep that concious thought process stops. If you have made enough progress where tms is unable to scare you like it did before when you are concious, it will move to regain control during sleep when the concious is shut down in order to keep up it's survival.
He says it is a sign of progress when this happens. Which I'm glad he explained because I could see how this trick keeps one in the cycle.
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what I have been doing & some questions
