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Hey everyone I’ve been a member here for many years; but not active for the last few as I got all of my issues in order by doing the right work. A bit of background and why I’m now back. Sorry if I bore you! i played professional rugby here in the UK. Stopped due to injuries and then went...

Been at this since 2016 and success ....since then Ups and downs normal nothing major. Lately its been poking it's head . Haven't had piriformis hip low back like this in a good long while nothing to freak out about just the perfectionist in me frustrated. Alot on my plate. Just venting . So...

Hey guys, I haven't started a real journalspeak practice in about 4 years. Last time I did it I was completely out of pain after 4-6 months of consistency. Nowadays I am back in pain, this time the knee and low back. Its quite a lot of pain and very depressing. Is it normal for TMS to return...

Hi everyone I had a back spasm back in 2024. I posted about it here and got some wonderful advice: https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/help-lumbago.27826/ 2 weeks ago I had another spasm. I was in the gym, I bent forward to put some dumbbells on the floor and I could feel it go. It was...

Hello, Adding to the repository of inspirational stories and my lessons learnt in the past few years. I suffered from a dull low back pain starting 2010 which time and again flared up. Sometimes it would be an acute pain on either side of the low back, at times making it difficult to move. I...

So I posted an amazing success story on here before. Eight years ago I went from totally crippled to completely back to normal. I have never experienced that level of pain again and my back pain never came back. I have had numerous niggling little symptoms come up over the years and have been...

February 2024 at the age of 34— the thoughts started to come. Every day, while walking, I would think: If I just stepped in front of this tram, it would be over. I thought it on the way to the store, on the way home, every single day. Now August 2025, I have told months I told myself I’d share...

I’m supposed to go back to work next week and my back pain and leg weakness/pain is at an all time high. My work is very stressful. I am in emergency services. I am having 6/10 bilateral leg pain and back pain. I was going through one of the most stressful times in life recently which was...

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?

Firefighting is my job. We use our backs for everything. This time I had a lifting onset of TMS. Had to get evaluated though because it is workman’s comp. I’m 7 weeks in been doing all the work. Journal speaking etc. and I’m in severe pain. I have to get back to work or I have to retake medic...

The back pain I endured for three decades seemed to be a natural result of my profession as a geologist working summers in the most remote and rugged parts of the Arctic wilderness. Carrying 100-pound-plus backpacks of rocks up and down steep, unstable talus slopes, in freezing rain, with high...

Hi everyone! I got back from Spain (walking 115 km of the Camino de Santiago) on Tuesday night. The trip was wild and amazing and hard; my eye symptoms disappeared almost completely after the first two days. Dry eye and blurriness GONE. Occasionally they would perk up and I would ignore them...

Hey guys, back here after 3 years of no pain. I had what I thought was a lifting injury 5 years ago that turned into a year of pain, agony, doctor shopping, misdiagnoses, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent and finally the most amazing doctor ever was discovered… Sarno. I didn’t have a book...

Hey guys, Kevin here. (26M) My horrible back pain is almost gone now which is amazing. Growing up, I dealt with migraines, especially when I was like 15. My doctor just chalked it up to puberty, and I guess that might have been true, as it went from like once every week or two to more like every...

I got up from work one lunchtime with foot pain in my right foot. One week later my knee started hurting so I couldn't cycle. Eventually I required crutches. I had colour and temperature changes in my feet. This lasted 9 months until I discovered mind body syndrome, specifically a Howard...

Hey guys, my name is Patrik. Im 31 yo from Germany. I apologize in advance for my english, which isnt going to be perfect. I found out about this forum and im seeking for confirmation whether you think i have TMS or not, at this point i believe i match 95% of the common pattern for TMS, but let...

Hi everyone, I'm back on the SEP while my therapist is away for a couple of weeks. Today I wrote an unsent letter to the effing incompetent optometrist who caused me so much trouble with my eyes. What an a**hole. (Usually I don't swear, but I find swearing in therapeutic situations...

Hey everyone, I'm new to this community, 25M. First picked up Dr. Sarno's book last Tuesday, so it's been about a week. I have a couple of clarifying questions to make sure I really do have TMS. Because if I do, I am so excited to have hope for healing! To briefly describe my injury/pain...

My first TMS occurrence happened 17 years ago. It was a total body pain scenario. After many many doctor's visits, MRIs, drugs, braces etc. I finally found Dr. Sarno, began a meditation practice, changed parts of my life to manage stress, met with a Psychologist, and pain disappeared. Three...