Recent content by PeterO

Hello. Great posts....appreciated...! Like NolaGal I am v.much in the habit of pain, almost to the point of pain being that which I live rather than than life itself. I am constantly searching for (& partaking in) the 'wonder release' including extensive trigger point therapy. As previously...

Herbie. My experience is that 'tension release' is a key tenet of the Alexander Technique. George Bernard Shaw wrote of the practice that the change (release!) is so subtle that only he (FM Alexander) could see it. Obviously since then many people have been trained in the technique & much...

Hello. Thanks for thread inputs... Assisted me in realising of how much fear I generate & its early developmental origin. Another realisation is my behaviour of self-punishment. I find it difficult to self-forgive (& love) and often over exert myself in an effort to be pain-free. I push myself...

Hi Finches. Appreciate your post here. I am an absolute fear obsessive almost to the point of impasse. I have chronic pain issues, mostly lower back, that are now so embedded that I feel beyond a return to any normality. But it has bought me here & to working with TMS psychologist (Dr James...

Elenimia. Glad that you & your Mom have found this wonderful site. I too, have much fear around physical use & keep returning to long held pain symptoms after activity. And each time I look elsewhere for possible cause outside of my emotional/psychological self only to return to a TMS...

Hi Farnham. Glad you have found this Wiki. A wonderful resource. Reading your posts I would like to suggest that you might investigate the Alexander Technique which has a strong focus on improved use of the atlanto-occipital joint. F.M Alexander discovered that the dynamic relationship...

Hi Everyone. I believe that conflict & the subconscious are highly subjective and complex entanglements & I am not surprised that we all have some difference here. We each experience the subconscious as we experience it & whether we rage against it or come to it with compassion is kinda...

Geez. Great advice. 'I now thank my subconscious for caring so much about me.' 'Relax, it's OK. I understand. I will take care of things from here on! Please let go of my pain. Thank you for the message.' Absolutely priceless!!

Glad for your decision on your husbands promotion. Sound v.much like my journey. I have had to give up on medical pain relief as I have exhausted all avenues. Also made numerous life adjustments My only salvation has been working with TMS psychologist (Dr James Alexander) and undertaking...

Hi James. Upon initial consideration of TMS diagnosis I, much like you, held negative feelings about my subconscious & spoke with it in angry terms especially in the midst of a strong pain. It all seemed like a cruel joke. I imagine smashing it with a baseball bat. I was v.angry & confused. I...

Hi Guava. I had thought the same thing. With me, there seemed to be a difference in the thinking & the doing. As much I told myself that I am only treating the symptoms (trigger points) & still maintaining my psychological thinking, my doing was in fact re-integrating with a physical therapy...

my advice.... don't put life on hold waiting for TMS to be under control. my experience is that it don't work that way. in fact, quite the opposite. i understand & feel your difficulty here.

Hi Guava. I really, really struggle on this one, including right now, following a madly intense 2 weeks of self administered trigger point therapy. Initially I integrated it with psychological thinking but eventually that gave way to an overwhelming structural diagnosis mania. And from there I...

Hello. My experience with valium should be precautionary. Although I was an occasional valium user to help with pain issues over a five year period I have had extreme difficulty in withdrawal. Although withdrawal can vary with each individual, my experience is that I have had, and still...

Hi Cirrus. Not any expert on testicle pain but think you need to investigate the Stanford Protocol developed by urologist Rodney Anderson and psychologist David Wise, co-authors of the remarkable book called 'A Headache In The Pelvis.' The work has some overlay with TMS especially the...