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Gigalos
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Gigalos

Beloved Grand Eagle, Male, from Netherlands

Feeling fine... Jul 6, 2016

Gigalos was last seen:
Mar 23, 2024
  • My Story

    I discovered TMS beginning of 2013 by coincidence and it was truly a life changing event. At the time I was home bound by a great variety of shifting and changing symptoms, and I couldn't find any long lasting relief with traditional and alternative therapies:
    - Pain (top-down): headache, oversensitive teeth, neck, upper back, arms/hands, chest pains, stomach pain, stabbing groin pain, hip pain, buttock pain, rectum pain, leg and foot pain (incl. cramps in calfs and inside upper leg muscles).
    - Muscle fasciculations: all over, varying from a buzzing feeling after workout to visible twitching of large muscles.
    - Muscle control: especially my legs refused to cooperate after walking short distances, sometimes it felt like I was walking on a waterbed.
    - Dizziness: certain movements would provoke the room spinning in front of me.
    - Digestion: IBS like symptoms
    - Energy: extremely low on energy, sleeping most of the day.
    - Immune system: often a cold, skin rashes, zits, athletes feet, urticaria.
    - Addictions: several (tobacco, weed, sugar, games, forums :) )
    - Mental: worried, depressed, anxious and angry about all my symptoms.

    I changed my diet to a healthier one, which helped me to feel a little bit better, but the real key to my recovery was acknowledging the fact that I was suppressing emotions like hell and scared sh!tless about all the symptoms; I was living my life in freeze-mode.

    Initially I made significant progress, but it took me more than a year to really feel like I regained control over my brain. I managed to walk any distance, could play table tennis again, grow my own herbs and veggies in the garden (great way to clean your head) and lift objects that used to scare me. Like many of us I experience setbacks, but the intensity is only a fraction of what it used to be. Being healed is being able to cope with any symptoms the right way. I cannot tell which methods helped me most, because it is a mix of many different things. I will state the most important ones:
    - affirmations to counter self critique and pressure on myself: 'I accept myself, I appreciate myself, heck... I love myself!'. Or to quiet myself down:'I feel relaxed, patient and confident'.
    - meditation to get in touch with my emotions and somatic tracking to teach my brain not to fear any symptoms.
    - journalling/psychologist: only in the beginning to get some things of my chest and to get a better idea what I really struggled with.
    - being physically active to regain my confidence, but never to the point that I tried to push through intense symptoms.

    There is a lot of information to be found that helped me or still helps me, so I will state the most important ones:
    - Books: Sarno 'The Mindbody Prescription', SteveO(zanich) 'TGPD', Claire Weeks 'Essential Help for your Nerves'.
    - Video's: 'All the Rage', 'This Might Hurt', 'Pain Brain'.
    - Several posts by dear members of the TMSHelp and TMSWiki forums.
    (Nederlandse bezoekers adviseer ik om ook eens te kijken op www.depijnvoorbij.nl)

    My goal here is to periodically help people with similar struggles I had or still have. The danger of a forum is that it starts to become a distraction, so don't be surprised if I am not around for a longer period of time.

    There is so much more that I could write down, but I think this is enough for people to get an idea.
    1. Circlesquared
      Circlesquared
      Are you still experiencing muscle twitches?
      1. Gigalos
        Gigalos
        Hi CS,
        Yes, rarely, but when I do it is always from being tense about something.
        Feb 12, 2021
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    2. servette
      servette
      Hello Gigalos, I am also from the Netherlands. I recently found out about TMS and I fully recognize it. Do you know if there are doctors in the Netherlands who work with it? Or maybe there is a Dutch forum? In the meanwhile I found the book of Saskia de Bruin, that's very good. But I really should like to consult a doctor or therapist to get some support in this proces.
      1. Gigalos
        Gigalos
        better late than never... nope, I do not know of any credible therapist or doctor in the Netherlands or Belgium who practices TMS.
        Feb 12, 2021
      2. Gigalos
        Gigalos
        Feb 5, 2024
    3. plum
      plum
      Yay!
      You're a Beloved Grand Eagle.
      That rocks.
      1. JanAtheCPA and Gigalos like this.
      2. JanAtheCPA
        JanAtheCPA
        Nice work, my friend!
        Nov 20, 2017
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    4. plum
      plum
      'Learning to Fly' will always be a healing anthem for me. God Bless Tom Petty.
      1. Gigalos
        Gigalos
        how did you remember that one...? Cheers babe, his songs are timeless!
        I won't back down!
        Oct 3, 2017
    5. Gigalos
      Gigalos
      Feeling fine...
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  • My Story

    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Netherlands
    Occupation:
    Mechanical Engineer
    Diagnoses:
    see my story
    I discovered TMS beginning of 2013 by coincidence and it was truly a life changing event. At the time I was home bound by a great variety of shifting and changing symptoms, and I couldn't find any long lasting relief with traditional and alternative therapies:
    - Pain (top-down): headache, oversensitive teeth, neck, upper back, arms/hands, chest pains, stomach pain, stabbing groin pain, hip pain, buttock pain, rectum pain, leg and foot pain (incl. cramps in calfs and inside upper leg muscles).
    - Muscle fasciculations: all over, varying from a buzzing feeling after workout to visible twitching of large muscles.
    - Muscle control: especially my legs refused to cooperate after walking short distances, sometimes it felt like I was walking on a waterbed.
    - Dizziness: certain movements would provoke the room spinning in front of me.
    - Digestion: IBS like symptoms
    - Energy: extremely low on energy, sleeping most of the day.
    - Immune system: often a cold, skin rashes, zits, athletes feet, urticaria.
    - Addictions: several (tobacco, weed, sugar, games, forums :) )
    - Mental: worried, depressed, anxious and angry about all my symptoms.

    I changed my diet to a healthier one, which helped me to feel a little bit better, but the real key to my recovery was acknowledging the fact that I was suppressing emotions like hell and scared sh!tless about all the symptoms; I was living my life in freeze-mode.

    Initially I made significant progress, but it took me more than a year to really feel like I regained control over my brain. I managed to walk any distance, could play table tennis again, grow my own herbs and veggies in the garden (great way to clean your head) and lift objects that used to scare me. Like many of us I experience setbacks, but the intensity is only a fraction of what it used to be. Being healed is being able to cope with any symptoms the right way. I cannot tell which methods helped me most, because it is a mix of many different things. I will state the most important ones:
    - affirmations to counter self critique and pressure on myself: 'I accept myself, I appreciate myself, heck... I love myself!'. Or to quiet myself down:'I feel relaxed, patient and confident'.
    - meditation to get in touch with my emotions and somatic tracking to teach my brain not to fear any symptoms.
    - journalling/psychologist: only in the beginning to get some things of my chest and to get a better idea what I really struggled with.
    - being physically active to regain my confidence, but never to the point that I tried to push through intense symptoms.

    There is a lot of information to be found that helped me or still helps me, so I will state the most important ones:
    - Books: Sarno 'The Mindbody Prescription', SteveO(zanich) 'TGPD', Claire Weeks 'Essential Help for your Nerves'.
    - Video's: 'All the Rage', 'This Might Hurt', 'Pain Brain'.
    - Several posts by dear members of the TMSHelp and TMSWiki forums.
    (Nederlandse bezoekers adviseer ik om ook eens te kijken op www.depijnvoorbij.nl)

    My goal here is to periodically help people with similar struggles I had or still have. The danger of a forum is that it starts to become a distraction, so don't be surprised if I am not around for a longer period of time.

    There is so much more that I could write down, but I think this is enough for people to get an idea.

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    "The reign of pain lies mainly in the brain" - Howard Schubiner
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