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Recent Content by Kat

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    New Program Day 13: Overcoming Uncertainty

    Thank you Carol and MWsunin12 for the encouragement! I have trouble in that my pain doesn't directly relate to situations I'm in or emotions I'm...
    Post by: Kat, Aug 21, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 6: The Fear Matrix

    Hi Hambone/Alan, I'm wondering also if the 'freeze' response could account for why something would occur (ie TMS) that would prevent you from...
    Post by: Kat, Aug 14, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Screening of All the Rage in Montclair NJ

    This is a really great film - a friend of mine helped to make it. It's very informative and interesting. Hopefully many people will get to see it.
    Post by: Kat, Aug 14, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Alan G. People-pleasing isn't really people-pleasing

    Thanks Honey Badger, that's really helpful! Good idea, to check in with myself, and make the response less important - as I always think I need to...
    Post by: Kat, Aug 14, 2017 in forum: Ask a TMS Therapist
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    Alan G. People-pleasing isn't really people-pleasing

    This is such an interesting post – as I had never understood that I was a people pleaser to avoid anxiety! But now that I think about it, it makes...
    Post by: Kat, Aug 12, 2017 in forum: Ask a TMS Therapist
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    So who's right - Alan or Dr Sarno?

    I used to ride a motorcyle too! Even though I can't walk now, I've found that I can ride a bike (if the seat's quite low, so leaning forward, arms...
    Post by: Kat, Aug 11, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    So who's right - Alan or Dr Sarno?

    Oh God, this sounds like me as well. So so worried about the future, as if it's this bad now, how will it be in 10 or 20 years?! I was absolutely...
    Post by: Kat, Aug 10, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 21: Paving Your Own Path

    Thanks so much Alan, and Forest, Christie (and Paul for his drawings) for this amazing programme! It's really kind of you all to give your time to...
    Post by: Kat, Aug 3, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 16: Emotional Repression

    Alan, thanks for this. I know that I have a lot of rage from my childhood, and even though I am aware of it, I find it hard to express it - I've...
    Post by: Kat, Jul 30, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 11: Pain Reprocessing

    Me too!
    Post by: Kat, Jul 30, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 11: Pain Reprocessing

    Yes you're right. Only someone who has experienced something like this can really understand. It's so difficult having an invisible pain, as...
    Post by: Kat, Jul 29, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 14: Fostering Empowerment

    I wish someone had told me that if you suffer from anxiety pre-surgery that the odds of failure are greater! 3 operations later..... I also hadn't...
    Post by: Kat, Jul 29, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 11: Pain Reprocessing

    I also feel very similarly. I've lost 9 years of my life to incapacitating back pain, and it's often a struggle to get through the day without...
    Post by: Kat, Jul 28, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 18: Conditioned Responses

    Thanks Alan, this makes a lot of sense, but I'm having trouble believing that sitting, standing and walking don't in themselves cause pain, as I'm...
    Post by: Kat, Jul 27, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 15: Mastery Experience

    Yes, it's very easy (esp for us perfectionist types) to feel a failure for not being able to conquer the pain. And it's hard, in a family like...
    Post by: Kat, Jul 26, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum