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Do you have pain or other symptoms that might not be entirely caused by physical problems in your body? Do you often feel worse when you are unhappy, stressed or anxious? Are you willing to consider solutions that involve thinking “outside the box?” If so, we've been there, and we can help.
This website is written by a group of people who suffered from terrible pain (and other symptoms) until they discovered ideas first popularized by John E. Sarno, MD. These ideas have transformed our lives and we hope that they will transform yours as well.
The PPD/TMS Peer NetworkWe’ve been there. We can help.
The PPD/TMS Peer Network (PTPN) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2009 that sponsors this site. We seek to relieve suffering from Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) by raising awareness and providing free services to people with TMS. Read More...
Interacting with other TMS peers online is a great way to learn more about TMS and how to overcome it. Visit our vibrant online discussion forum at www.tmswiki.org/forum
Getting Started
Search All Things TMS
Browse through our pages specifically geared towards those new to the TMS approach. Read more...
We have a number of resources specifically for medical and mental health practitioners. Read more...
Programs
Structured Educational Program
A common stumbling block for many people is figuring out how to put the TMS knowledge to work. The Structured Educational Program was designed to give people daily activities to do that will help them recover. It was developed entirely by people who have recovered from TMS and is based on the techniques other peers used to heal. Read More...
Alan Gordon's TMS Recovery Program
The TMS Wiki proudly hosts a free TMS Recovery Program, developed by TMS practitioner Alan Gordon, LCSW. Using clips of recordings of sessions with TMSers, this multimedia recovery program both tells you and shows you what to do to overcome your TMS. Click here to go to the program
Every Saturday at 3 PM ET, we host an online chatroom moderated exclusively by peers, where people can discuss TMS, and provide and receive support from each other. Click here to go to the chatroom
Every Tuesday at 9 PM ET, we host a call-in discussion group focusing on a section of a TMS book. Callers discuss that week's material and other TMS-related issues, deepening their understanding of TMS through conversation with others. Read More...
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In honor of Dr. Sarno's retirement, the PTPN developed the Thank You, Dr. Sarno project, in which we collected personal thank you notes from individuals who have recovered from using this approach. These personal messages can be viewed online at www.thankyoudrsarno.org, and is a great resource to help you gain confidence in this approach.
Webinars featuring TMS authors and practitioners
Dr. Sarno hosted lectures for his new clients as a way to help educate them about TMS. With a similar mindset, we host special webinars with TMS practitioners and authors in hopes of teaching people with TMS more about the condition, and the emotional sources of their symptoms. Read More...
Social Media Reachout
Meet Forest
Overcame Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) using the TMS approach
I was a bit of computer hacker, typing away on my Mac plus, when my forearms began to hurt. Five years in, I couldn't type more than a couple sentences without some sort of flare up. Worse, the "RSI," as I now called it, began spreading into my neck and back. I had come across Sarno's ideas years ago. However, they felt to far-fetched to me at the time. What finally convinced me was stumbling across and reading a bunch of TMS success stories written by people whose experiences were extremely similar to my own. Eventually, the whole process snowballed, and now I feel like I have my life back. Read the full success story
Events
View the PTPN's entire calendar
Drop-In Chat: Saturdays at 3 PM ET
Join the PTPN's peer-moderated drop-in chat, held every Saturday at 3 PM ET to discuss TMS and provide and receive live support from each other. Visit www.tmswiki.org/chat to go to the chatroom.
Call-In Discussion Group: Tuesdays at 9 PM ET
Drop by the call-in discussion group on Tuesday evenings at 9 PM ET for a live discussion around TMS topics, based off weekly readings. Read More...
Announcements
Mailing List for TMS and Parts Therapy
We now host a specialized email mailing list focused on parts-based approaches to TMS healing, such as Internal Family Systems (IFS) and related therapies such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Visit the Parts Therapy and IFS Mailing List wiki page for more information, or check out the forum thread discussing the mailing list.
Flyers for the Peer Network
We have created three flyers (below) for you to distribute to TMS practitioners. You can print them yourself, or you can email us at info (at) tmswiki.org with your address and the number of flyers you would like and we will print and send them to you free of charge.
About the PTPN
So You Think You Have TMS
Practitioners and the PTPN
Pathways to Pain Relief now available in paperback
Originally published as an e-book in January 2013, the TMS book Pathways to Pain Relief, written by Dr. Frances Sommer Anderson and Dr. Eric Sherman is now available for purchase in paperback format at Amazon.com. The book describes both psychologists' experiences treating patients with TMS, and incorporates case histories which illustrate how chronic pain and other medically unexplained symptoms originate as a means to protect an individual from unbearable emotional distress. Pathways also includes a foreword by Dr. John Sarno.
Resources
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About Us
We’ve been there. We can help.
The PPD/TMS Peer Network (PTPN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2009. We seek to relieve suffering from Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) by raising awareness, providing information based on scientific evidence, facilitating expression of a wide variety of perspectives, and giving individual support to people with TMS. Like many others, we suffered from terrible pain and other symptoms for many years before learning about this approach. All of the members of our organization suffered from TMS at some point in their lives, and the majority of these members consider themselves to have recovered from chronic pain and experience little to no pain.
This Wiki was the PTPN's first project. The TMS Wiki currently hosts 594 different articles on TMS. Our other projects and programs include a weekly drop-in chat, a weekly call-in discussion group, the Thank You, Dr. Sarno project, special webinar events, and Peer Supervision Teleconferences for TMS practitioners.
