Recent content by KathyBee

I am having a hard time finding a happy place between repressing something and being obsessed. Someone I know has gotten himself into a situation. I am pretty stressed over it. I am concerned for what will happen to him. I want to help him, but there is not anything I can do for him right...

I am pondering too what is conditioning and not conditioning. Around 10 years ago I had an intense pain in my ears while at work. I went to the health office at work. I asked the nurse there to look at my ears and see if it looked like an infection. It hurt so bad, I thought it must be an...

I think that the most troubling thing I have heard from a doctor had to do with my mental health, not my physical health. Prior to seeing the therapist, I had three episodes of clinical depression which I recovered from. I was concerned about the possibility of having more. She said that some...

Looking at the websites, it does appear that there is a bit of a rivalry between the original EFT and FasterEFT. I think for right now I will go with the original EFT. Part of it is because I am one of those unusual people who learn much better from reading than I do from hearing the...

I found this website that has a lot of good information about EFT. There are videos as well as stuff to read. I have been reading through a lot of it. There are some videos that you need to buy a subscription to watch, but there is more than enough free information to learn it...

I have also had issues with adjusting to having more money or not feeling deserving of it. Growing up we did not have much money. The money we did have was not equally shared. Some people got noticeably more money for non-necessities. This led to feeling that maybe I did not deserve to have...

I had TMJ in the past. It was after my back pain but before my leg pain. The classic wandering pain. It has mostly gone away (replaced by other things) but it flares up occasionally. What I realize now is that after I find a “cure” to a physical problem it shows up as another problem. So even...

In the book The Great Pain Deception there is something that talks about the stages of TMS. The short version is that often happens after are body perceives the stress or danger to be over. For example, you are fine at work but after you get home in the evening the pain or other symptoms start...

I tried a couple different attempts at helping my back with posture exercises. They did not seem to help and I felt stiff and unnatural, like I was forcing my body into a position it was not comfortable with. I gave my body a few weeks to get used to the correct posture, but it did not help...

I remember reading that one of the triggers is reaching a landmark birthday. I turned 45 this past spring and really did not think too much about it. But it was about that time that my on again off again pain started moving toward always on. So maybe that was a possible trigger. I suppose in...

This is a really interesting thought. Although I am looking forward to being better and learning how to recover, I am a bit overwhelmed by it all. My mom taught me from a young age that I should not show negative emotions, be nice to everyone, etc. Then at church I was taught that God knows...

I find that sometimes TMS seems like it does not want me to do fun things. I get through a work day okay, but used to have fatigue during my off days and be too tired to do anything. Since I started ignoring the fatigue and doing it anyway the fatigue has gone down. I think part of it is what...

I think probably a big part of what helped me with my second therapist was simply having someone to share things with. Having someone who acted compassionate and non-judgmental is good. I think I would be uncomfortable sharing some of these darker parts of myself with people I know in real...