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Hi everyone! It's been a while here since I've posted. I've been really busy building Nervana, which many of you on this forum inspired (thank you again). But honestly, it's been really, really hard, from a personal symptom point of view. As many of you know from my initial story, I, like many...

Is a cluster write the same thing as a mind map? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map

Siempre he oído hablar de este fenómeno: una vez que se le pierde el miedo a un síntoma, este se traslada a otro. He visto muchas publicaciones de personas que dicen haber superado un dolor y luego este se propagó a otro lugar. No siento que lo haya experimentado exactamente así, probablemente...

Cosas extrañas SMT (que ya es extraño de por sí) Siempre he oído hablar de este fenómeno: una vez que se le pierde el miedo a un síntoma, este se traslada a otro. He visto muchas publicaciones de personas que dicen haber superado un dolor y luego este se propagó a otro lugar. No siento que lo...

A veces me siento confundido sobre cómo se recupera la gente. Por un lado, está el enfoque emocional, y sé que, en última instancia, esa es la razón por la que todos estamos aquí. Nuestro dolor y nuestros síntomas comenzaron en algún momento durante períodos de estrés o sufrimiento emocional, y...

THIS WEEK ON TMS ROUNDTABLE RECOVERY.... To close the year strong, we're bringing together two remarkable voices for a TMS RoundTable that blends evidence, lived experience, and hope. This conversation will help you step into 2026 with safety, resilience, and trust in your body. Bring your...

From the Vox podcast series Unexplainable: "How the brain builds your world of sound: The Sound Barrier is a four-episode series where we explore the limits of hearing and the ways we can break through." Each episode is only 30 to 40 minutes long, and I recommend them. Spoiler alert, one of...

Hi ladies, I have a large cup size and average band size, so finding bras that fit well has always been hard. Well, to be honest, I've never had a bra that didn't hurt, at least as an adult -- or at least, once or twice I've had ones that didn't hurt, but not often. And then my size would...

I've been repressing happiness, comfort, love, rest, joy, curiosity majority of my life. I've been taught that these things are a luxury and that I'm not worthy of them and that I don't deserve them. I've been taught that pushing yourself, working hard without rest, without listening to my...

I recently read an article that talks about using the Japanese philosophy of taking 'baby steps', which is called 'kaizen', to overcome fear. Those who know me on this forum are aware of my story from my forum postings (I haven't written a success story on the success story subforum - yet - but...

Insomnia. I’m going to be as honest as possible. When I was 28 years old I had an attack of insomnia. I was renting with a friend and all of a sudden one night I could no longer sleep. My stomach seized up and I was lying awake all night long for days. I thought I was going to die. Now, in...

Does anyone else experience this? It feels like I can’t celebrate the small victories, because as soon as I think about it, the symptoms are roaming back. Ridiculous! is it common?

I've mostly talked to other people on TMS forums and groups on FB but also my mom and fiance, a little with my best friend who had a TBI many years ago and is very familiar with ongoing pain. My fiance is all in, my mom doesn't believe in mindbody symptoms and just thinks my pain is related to...

I’m going to post this in the public forum as hiding and lying about it is totally not working. As embarrassing as this stuff is, I have to be honest about who am I as keeping it a secret eats away at me. So I've decided I'm going to write about it here, if for no other reason, that to stop the...

There are certain people you tell and certain people you don't, I guess. Or maybe you tell everybody? Why does it feel shameful to discuss this thing? I think it comes from continuing doubts within me. Yoga again last night and the best night of sleep I've had since January. Many of my TMS...

I questioned this assertion as being too narrow when I was reading Healing Back pain and assumed it was because it was an older book, but now I am getting through the Mindbody Prescription, Dr. Sarno still states it: "As for muscle, the brain has chosen to target only what are known as postural...

Back in 2016, I went down the rabbit hole of chronic pelvic pain. I think my old posts cover the whole story, but thanks to this forum and realizing it was a mind-body issue, I was able to reach what I consider complete recovery. I've been shifting emails and noticed I'd got some notification...