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gigalos
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 Posted - 05/12/2013 : 05:56:55
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Originally posted by plum
Tom, that's a great link. Cheers for posting.
Gigalos, I completely understand this urge having passed through a brief evangelical phase but it has completely faded. I still see it in folk but pass on the attempts to share. Some people are more open than others and with them I'll chat about emotions and stress. I find most are amenable to the idea that we all hold tension somewhere but I don't stray much farther than that.
"The evangelical phase", it's part of TMS :)
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dgreen97
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Posted - 05/12/2013 : 19:33:44
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in my opinion its pretty much pointless to try and convince others who are too closed minded to listen that their pain could be caused by TMS. my dad for example, I've tried to talk to him about his chronic pain and every time i bring up the notion of stress causing his pain its "oh no, i saw the herniated disks on my MRI and my legs were numb". he won't listen to me at all maybe its ego i dont know. my own family members dismiss what i say to them about mind body stuff because they dont know anything about it.
they'll give me weird looks like what the hell are you talking about. i can imagine how sarno felt for so many years with people doubting everything he said. just today i was talking to my family about the pain in my eyes and immediately they're dismissing TMS as the cause, saying its either because i dont believe in god, satan is attacking me, maybe its a physical condition that will never go away, everything but the mind having the ability to create pain.
so yeah unless the person is open minded and willing to listen its not really worth the time trying to convince them of this. like steveo said in his book when some people would become furious with anger when he said their pain was psychologically caused. from my perspective, why would you be against this if your goal was to eliminate your pain? get rid of the ego for god sakes and be open to anything that will help you. |
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Selling the idea of TMS
