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I'm a bit overdue for an update and sharing of my success story.

6 years ago I was so ill it would take me days to work up the energy to shower. The onset of 50+ mysterious symptoms around this time and the total crashing down of my life and reality would lead me on the hardest and one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I was forced to give up my job and move back in with my parents, the very toxic environment that created the set of circumstances for me to end up in this situation at age 30.

After years of struggle with my living situation(s), trying to find practitioners, and searching for diagnoses, I eventually found my way to Dr. Sarno. That would be the beginning of radical healing. It would take time, but it started working almost immediately. I began to see that my sensitivity, my history of trauma and feelings of terror, and my adult life circumstances were interconnected with my physical wellbeing. After being able to work part time for over a year, I made a cross-country move back to a landscape that speaks to my soul. Since then, I've found fulfilling work and started to build my professional career. Alan Gordon's book was the next radical life-changing experience for me. (I have it on Kindle and on audiobook, and I periodically put a chapter on or read one before bed to remind me to stay open to what I'm experiencing). Since then, I am climbing mountains, taking solo trips across the world, and have even bought my own house which I will be moving into in the coming weeks. My life looks VERY different than it did 6 years ago, and I never dreamed it would look this way. I want others to know that.

I won't name all the symptoms I've healed, but here are a few:
- major reduction in chronic fatigue
- getting rid of food sensitivities
- major reduction in chemical sensitivities
- putting my autoimmune condition (Hashimoto's) in remission
- major reduction/disappearance in joint, esp. knees and neck pain
- reduction in dizziness and rapid heart rate when standing up/going uphill
- reduction in feelings of hopelessness and depression
- various skin conditions

I also want to thank the people on this forum who have helped me out when I've been scared and felt alone, and for being a place I can turn to when my anxiety-prone mind thinks I have a new symptom to freak out about. (Still happens on the regular. I google search "tmswiki and [insert symptom]" and there's usually someone there who has had success with TMS on it.) Sarno, Gordon, Schubiner, Ozanich, Sachs, and many others have helped empower me to change my life.

Life is a journey, and it's not over yet. These days I'm working on reducing my anxiety and, hopefully, eventually, getting off of the antidepressants I have unsuccessfully tried to get off of multiple times since I was first put on them at age 16. Wish me luck, and I wish everyone in this community the best with their current struggles. I'm so grateful for you all.