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    How do you let go of diagnoses?

    What @Rabscuttle says! Think of all the other things you may have thought about yourself that through TMS work you've found to be untrue? I bet...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Long standing “small fiber neuropathy”

    Sensory sensitivities of all types are highly associated with TMS
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The value of baby steps to recovery

    beerbuds Baby steps and not having a freakout when the nervous system questions your actions is simply the way to go for some of us!
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Dry eye success

    I have had a bucket load of TMS symptoms and many I am still working through, however dry eye is no longer one of them. Went to get my annual eye...
    Thread by: Cactusflower, Jul 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM, 3 replies, in forum: Success Stories Subforum
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    Day 12 MonteH: Three Strategies for Thinking Clean

    Here is a thread that contains a video of Monte who clarifies that thinking clean is not at all "thinking positive" but a mindset shift of where...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 12 MonteH: Three Strategies for Thinking Clean

    I’ve read a variety of things Monte wrote. I also don’t resonate with making everything rosey -and I never thought that was truly what Monte was...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    I’m thinking differently about pain during the night

    “Accepting yourself—accepting what’s happened in your life—accepting your rage—letting go—forgiving—not fearing—floating— not fighting against or...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    I’m thinking differently about pain during the night

    Sam is talking about how our bodies heal once we have knowledge and information, and we stop fighting ourselves to heal.
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Regularly Occurring Stressful Event

    Ohhh so common. I think it happens when we make “discoveries” about ourselves but don’t process the crap surrounding it.. we think through it but...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Cracking/Popping joints it's really getting to me

    If you have medical degrees then you know grinding and crunching audibly in your body is not a “ thing” other than your mind selectively choosing...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    How to tackle flare-ups

    I’ve been watching some mindful gardener.. also in a flare within a flare…and they use the word allow. Allow the symptoms but try to stick to your...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Coping Mechanisms: food, shopping, excercise, knowledge seeking, overthinking etc....

    Coping or defense mechanisms are very much part of TMS. Well, everyone employs them at some time or another, and they can be very useful unless...
    Thread by: Cactusflower, Jul 7, 2025, 1 replies, in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    How to tackle flare-ups

    Phil de laHay posted this today, it's good to know where these "protectors" or "managers" or "distractors" or "coping mechanisms" (whatever...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Jul 7, 2025 in forum: General Discussion Subforum