dream proof!

A while ago I had a reassurance that I want to share with you guys.

In my struggle with TMS I'm often doubting that my brain can really create such powerful symptoms out of nowhere.

One morning I woke up from a dream in which I was falling down, (always fun) and the thing was, I was just awake enough to be aware that I was dreaming, and in my bed, but still experiencing the feeling of falling. you know, that fun -omg my stomach is going to come out soon-feeling.
This for me was a very interesting affirmation of how crazily genius my brain is at making up feelings.
I was lying down in my bed, and my brain created the feeling of falling.
this has made me much more certain of the power of the brain to create my tiredness.

I hope this post can have the same effect for someone else

 

The brain creates 100% of a person’s perceptions. That includes the perception of pain, regardless whether the cause is injured body tissue or is TMS. A region of the brain called the somatosensory cortex contains a representation of a person's entire body. That representation is called the homunculus. Homunculus comes from from Latin for little man; of course for half the population it is a little woman. (Actually there are two homunculi, S1 and S2, but that is unnecessary detail regarding the point I want to make). Suppose you sprain your left ankle. Neurons running from your ankle to your brain report the tissue damage to your brain. Your brain responds by creating pain in the left ankle of your homunculus. What you perceive is pain in your left ankle, but it is your brain that creates the pain. It is not created by your left ankle. If your brain can create pain anywhere in your body when you have tissue damage by working through your homunculus, it can also create pain anywhere in your body when you don’t have tissue damage by working through your homunculus--and it does that in the case of TMS pain.

 

Thanks for taking the time to explain I know this (except for homunculus, never heard of that) but I want to integrate it more so I really know it, because the intuitive “pain is in the body” is strong within this one

 

Jettie,
Thanks for this brilliant observation! That’s true, right? That’s a complicated sensation; the feeling of falling. Think of all the other “complicated” feelings your brain could create, like weakness or exhaustion. I love when your brain gives you clues about TMS. For example, once years and years ago, I was going through some psychotherapy. I had just hit a really rough patch about some childhood abuse. When I was leaving my therapist’s office, I was so weak I could hardly walk. (The same thing happening now! 20 years later!) Hmmm. Interesting. Now how do we turn it off?! I’m really staring to think talking to your brain helps a lot. And pushing against your weaknesses anyway. And of course, what’s the rage behind it. But for me, lately, no matter how much I focus on things that could be causing rage, it doesn’t seem to help much.