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TMS Theories vs Practical Applications - Kitchen Sink Edition (retitled 6.19.24)
Why not take a look at things differently.
Therapy might not be what you need to tackle physical symptoms, but it might be needed to tackle your mental health that gets you to the mindset of letting your brain know you are well, confident, can handle stressors, and deal with life.
Mindfulness is just a tool to calm the mind, and to separate ourselves from the daily stressors. To essentially shut off the chatter of that brain that tells us we are unwell, unworthy and can't deal.
Dan Buglio (and others) tell us how to heal from TMS.
I think you are wise to adopt a mindset of curiosity. Within that mindset, also consider that "bothering me" means "Something is wrong" and that it might just be another TMS ploy to keep you in a box of safety. If you recognize there is nothing wrong with you, and you simply go out into the world and do, think and be whatever you want - danger might befall you.
This is exactly why I adopted my circle method. Put the "thing" in the middle of the circle and walk around and look at it from every angle because perception can absolutely change the way with think and perceive things. However, none of the "something wrong with me" fixed the pain - it absolutely changed my suffering. I just decided one day that although I had messages (from my brain, and occasionally from others) that there is something wrong with me, that I like me just as I am. They can go *F it! The little book "Taming Your Gremlin" helped very much in this area.