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    Eye condition Kerataconus. TMS?

    Hmmm, the quotes above say something quite different.
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 25, 2024 at 12:12 AM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Foot pain and pelvic pain -- Leg length? Walking weird?

    "I was just hoping to hear from someone "I had a foot problem, I was walking weird, and now I fixed the foot pain by following John Sarno and I...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 25, 2024 at 12:11 AM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Angry because I have unbearable pain

    It also represses the true source of your rage. It’s much more emotionally safe to be angry at current symptoms than to be vulnerable about the...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 24, 2024 at 3:10 PM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Foot pain and pelvic pain -- Leg length? Walking weird?

    Let it go. Let go of this idea your legs are uneven, or any other symptom you think you feel. When we are anxious, angry, stressed, afraid, hiding...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 24, 2024 at 12:27 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Recovered from back pain plus many other symptoms. Hip pain the latest, looking for feedback.

    Depending on where your parents live, there are realtors who specialize in this type of downsizing, selling and clear out of homes - my sister...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 24, 2024 at 12:16 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Day 25 Good Scary Change

    "argument with a friend, who is making me doubt in who I am as a person." Toad, this is the meat and potatoes of much of the work. A big hi five...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 23, 2024 at 3:29 PM in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Sciatica Pain

    I would suggest that therapy is fine, but that you need to do this work on your own too. Turning towards others for help is fine, but expecting...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 23, 2024 at 3:01 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Eye condition Kerataconus. TMS?

    If you read Steve Ozanich’s (link I provided above) experience, he completely reversed this condition in himself by mind-body work.
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 23, 2024 at 11:26 AM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Sciatica Pain

    Dr. Sarno says “think psychological” but you are here asking questions only about the physical. Perhaps it’s time to re-read Sarno and delve into...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:47 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    What about rage that IS acknowledged?

    Responding is sort of like like teaching your body and thoughts to jump to immediate conclusions that invoke what some may call a “trigger” -...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:41 PM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    repression of feelings in TMS

    I think your comment is part of a very “Tms-y” stance. Clearly many of us knew we had tension -we’ve tried multiple ways to get answers for it....
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 22, 2024 at 4:45 PM in forum: Alan Gordon TMS Recovery Program
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    What about rage that IS acknowledged?

    So your true trigger is actually the people pleasing side of your personality? Why do you care so much about what someone thinks you think? Where...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:22 AM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    What about rage that IS acknowledged?

    It’s about how the rage makes you feel about yourself - and how you feel it in your physical being, not just what you think about it. Perhaps...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 21, 2024 at 7:11 PM in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Pain caused during sleep?

    Be sure to look at all the relationships in your life you think/thought were going well. A therapist once pointed out that my love and concern for...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 20, 2024 at 12:40 PM in forum: Support Subforum
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    Am I a TMS candidate

    This thread will help answer your questions, as will carefully reading a book by Dr. Sarno. That’s a must to really gaining knowledge and...
    Post by: Cactusflower, Apr 18, 2024 in forum: Support Subforum