Ollin, that is a brilliant question, and shows the grasp you have on this concept. TMS pain can certainly be taken as a message. Truly, it is a signal that our brain is sensing some psychological threat. Maybe you're putting too much pressure on yourself, maybe you're repressing an emotion; but on a biological level, TMS is simply the collateral damage of imperfect software.
There is no evolutionary advantage to the scrambling of signals, rather, there's simply not enough of an advantage to have developed a system that could perfectly distinguish between danger signals. Neurological systems require energy, energy requires food. So for a new system to develop, it needs to be advantageous enough to outweigh the additional energy it would require to fuel it.
For most of human history, there was probably little consequence to having an imperfect danger-distinguishing system. Only recently, with people living in environments that we weren't necessarily wired for, has this system become a problem.
About 6 or 7 years ago, Dr. Sarno told me, "If we were still living in indigenous tribes, I don't think TMS would even exist."
I'm sure he's right.
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