Thank you Carol and MWsunin12 for the encouragement! I have trouble in that my pain doesn't directly relate to situations I'm in or emotions I'm...
Hi Hambone/Alan, I'm wondering also if the 'freeze' response could account for why something would occur (ie TMS) that would prevent you from...
This is a really great film - a friend of mine helped to make it. It's very informative and interesting. Hopefully many people will get to see it.
Thanks Honey Badger, that's really helpful! Good idea, to check in with myself, and make the response less important - as I always think I need to...
This is such an interesting post – as I had never understood that I was a people pleaser to avoid anxiety! But now that I think about it, it makes...
I used to ride a motorcyle too! Even though I can't walk now, I've found that I can ride a bike (if the seat's quite low, so leaning forward, arms...
Oh God, this sounds like me as well. So so worried about the future, as if it's this bad now, how will it be in 10 or 20 years?! I was absolutely...
Thanks so much Alan, and Forest, Christie (and Paul for his drawings) for this amazing programme! It's really kind of you all to give your time to...
Alan, thanks for this. I know that I have a lot of rage from my childhood, and even though I am aware of it, I find it hard to express it - I've...
Me too!
Yes you're right. Only someone who has experienced something like this can really understand. It's so difficult having an invisible pain, as...
I wish someone had told me that if you suffer from anxiety pre-surgery that the odds of failure are greater! 3 operations later..... I also hadn't...
I also feel very similarly. I've lost 9 years of my life to incapacitating back pain, and it's often a struggle to get through the day without...
Thanks Alan, this makes a lot of sense, but I'm having trouble believing that sitting, standing and walking don't in themselves cause pain, as I'm...
Yes, it's very easy (esp for us perfectionist types) to feel a failure for not being able to conquer the pain. And it's hard, in a family like...
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