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JoeyT
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 Posted - 03/04/2009 : 15:55:42
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I have noticed even when I am not in pain, I am thinking about it..This is not healthy..I find it funny that ever since I stop with all physical remedies (advil, back brace, back exercise) by back has felt better but my leg pain/discomfort has increased..I find I have the most discomfort in my leg when I am driving and pressing on the gas pedal.My mind is fighting with TMS dx and MRI's...I am trying, I will read, read, snd read some more...Maybe I am trying to hard...
One thing I try to think about is My MRI said my left L4 L5 nerve was being touched by disc material and the right just efface...So why is 90 percent of my pain in the right leg....
On paper this TMS process looks a lot easier to apply than it really is. |
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scottjmurray
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 17:05:19
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Take the emphasis off your pain and onto really feeling your emotions. There's nothing you need to "fix," nothing you need to "accomplish," there is no radical overhaul in the way you think that needs to happen. You just need to get back into the emotional content of your life and ignore your symptoms. Shift.
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Peg
USA
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 18:02:35
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Try distracting yourself with pleasurable activities, funny movies or do something that takes all of our attention. This is one way of breaking the obsession. Another thing to try is to do this: every time you think of one of your symptoms, immediately change your thoughts to what you might be feeling, or what you might be worried about.
"Think psychological not physical"
"So why is 90 percent of my pain in the right leg...."
Because your pain has nothing to do with the disc, it is caused by repressed emotions. Besides, the disc consists of a jelly like material. When you really think about that, it doesn't make sense that it would cause pain.
"On paper this TMS process looks a lot easier to apply than it really is."
It can certainly seem like that at times. Stay the course, it does work. But also, take some time for fun. You know what they say about all work and no play.
You'll find a lot of good information on this forum. It may help to use the search function. Have you checked out Dr. Schubiner's web site (yourpainisreal.com)? It's excellent.
Best,
Peg
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei |
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cfhunter
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Posted - 03/05/2009 : 19:39:47
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Here is something I found interesting that my therapist said a couple weeks ago about "obsessing about my health even when there was nothing wrong and I was feeling fine".
He said "What if you were totally absorbed by your arm pain and the phone rang and it was someone who was in the middle of crises....what would you say when you answered the phone?
Of course being the perfectionistic "helper" that I am I would do my best to help that friend out of her situation etc.
He said "What would happen to your obsession about your health and your "possible pain?"
My reply
It would disappear...
SO if it can disappear...with a simple phone call by someone needier than MY NEED to satisfy my pain issues..than it is possible to delete the NEED to have the pain in the first place.
Made sense to me....b/c when I am absorbed in something I enjoy (helping others at no cost to myself) then I forget I have pain.
p.s. the reason I posted this here is b/c if I have a twinge of something I totally OWN it..I run with it and make it the BARNUM and BAILEY of the circus of SH*& happening in my body...so I totally understand thinking about things when I am not in pain.
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