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As part of getting back to normal life, should you push through pain?
She nailed it. All of us have been fooled before, but as soon as I become aware that I am being fooled? Full steam ahead, and as Sarno said, the more vigorous, the better!
Sarno compared Rage to a FIRE
If suppressed RAGE is my problem, why would I approach it like a dandy and a gentleman? Imagine your house burning down...the firemen pull up and carefully parallel park. They meticulously uncoil the hose and lay it down softly. One of them gently knocks on the door
"What's going on here..is everything OK?" He says in a near whisper...

MY HOUSE IS BURNING DOWN! HELLLLP!
He turns and asks his second in command "It seems as if there is a problem here...call the company together so we can have a staff meeting and and put the correct action items on each persons to-do list". He calmly walks back to the Truck and pulls out 6 folding chairs. They sit down and begin to brainstorm on the best way to approach this problem.

MY HOUSE IS BURNING DOWN YOU DUMB $H!#$ !!!!!!
"YOU are interrupting our meeting! Do you want our help or not?

So, I grab the hose myself and start putting out the fire.

Sarno was really clear about this. The only exception might be someone who has been incapacitated for YEARS with TMS and has a lot of conditioning to undo...But anybody familiar with the drill...Get your self moving and right soon! "The more vigorous the better". I have been doing this for 25 years with no ill effects... I always do the exact opposite of what the symptom is telling me....shoulder? Go and play catch. Back? go do squats or run. It is the fastest way to tell your unconscious that 'we're not playing that game right now'