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    body scan

    Not sure what kinds of meditations people are doing, but it stands to reason that a body scan should be one of the more helpful ones. I'm...
    Thread by: Ybird, Dec 29, 2024, 1 replies, in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Early TMS Success with persistent symptom imperative?

    How infuriating. I am the lone artist/creative person ( I did a Studio Art degree , have published small amounts of poetry, etc) in a very...
    Post by: Ybird, Dec 18, 2024 in forum: Support Subforum
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    20 yrs and still in extreme discomfort

    Nancy, I hope you will be able to find someone to help at some point. I have cleaners in from a gov. subsidized agency, it's the only place I can...
    Post by: Ybird, Dec 18, 2024 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Need advice on how to help my family accept my TMS

    Do you really need to give them an explanation? Most people do think that talking about these kinds of things is kind of 'crackpot'-y. Maybe...
    Post by: Ybird, Dec 8, 2024 in forum: Support Subforum
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    TMS flares as a call to action?

    If that's how you feel about it then you're right. People talk about 'toxic positivity', for example. Dealing with sadness, according to Mickel...
    Post by: Ybird, Dec 2, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    TMS flares as a call to action?

    The CFS therapies (more specifically Mickel therapy), the way I understand them, are not exactly about being more active in general, though it...
    Post by: Ybird, Dec 2, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    TMS flares as a call to action?

    For the therapies that deal with CFS and fatigue, yes, that is totally the understanding.
    Post by: Ybird, Dec 2, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    "Inconsistency" in symptoms, how inconsistent is inconsistent enough?

    Well I would think so, if it's that drastic a difference, it can't be all that structural, can it. Especially if it goes in both directions, like...
    Post by: Ybird, Nov 26, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    "Inconsistency" in symptoms, how inconsistent is inconsistent enough?

    All pain fluctuates. I have a hangnail right now that fluctuates in how much it hurts. I think your question is coming out of your OCD, like...
    Post by: Ybird, Nov 26, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Why does energy healing always make me feel worse

    I did Mickel therapy; I ran into a similar type of problem, it worked for a few years but it wasn't realistic in the long run. Have you tried...
    Post by: Ybird, Nov 26, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    TMS and corporate medicine

    I was at my happiest as a child when I was at horse camp, and this is my number one goal/hope for my life now, to try riding again and see if I...
    Post by: Ybird, Nov 24, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    TMS and corporate medicine

    What also sucks is when you can't get away from ... an entire society that you hate. I am constantly aggravated by how overly-scientific,...
    Post by: Ybird, Nov 23, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    20 yrs and still in extreme discomfort

    In the past when I have been sick, I have started recovering with the image of myself riding a train, like life is a train and I am just going to...
    Post by: Ybird, Nov 18, 2024 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Personal growth though pain

    Usually the more spiritual "healing systems" take that perspective. It's a way of getting you to 'soften around' or welcome your symptoms, when...
    Post by: Ybird, Nov 4, 2024 in forum: General Discussion Subforum