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    New Program Day 2: The Nature of Pain

    Thank you so much, Spunky, for the videos. The 'treating pain with the brain' is funny and very helpful. I love what he talks about from minute...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Aug 8, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 4: Breaking the Pain Cycle

    I feel like I wasted 20 years because of TMS. This is encouraging to just live and take my body and the symptoms with me: [MEDIA]
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Aug 8, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 21: Paving Your Own Path

    Thank you very much, Alan, for your kind help.
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Aug 3, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 20: Embracing Joy

    [MEDIA] If we change our body posture for 30-120 seconds it increases testosterone and therefore the feeling of being safe. It works for me very...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Aug 3, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 18: Conditioned Responses

    In my case there don't seem to be many conditioned responses. Pretty much pain and fatigue whatever I do. I just lie in bed a lot. Could the...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Jul 27, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    New Program Day 9: Somatic Tracking

    Alan, Forest and everyone involved in this forum: you're amazing! Thank you! Such a great fundraising idea. I was constantly tense as a child...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Jul 20, 2017 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Somatic Experiencing-Hey it works

    Hi Eric, your body and emotional armor seem pretty small since you set an example with your openess and kindness (maybe like your dad did?!). Even...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Aug 6, 2013 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Somatic Experiencing-Hey it works

    Hi Eric, it's good you allowed yourself to really break down. I like Reich's theory about body armour. The armour (pain) stops us from living....
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Aug 2, 2013 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Somatic Experiencing-Hey it works

    Dear Eric, I'm sorry for your great loss. Wilhelm Reich did much more and specific somatic work in the 20s than the early psychologists...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Aug 1, 2013 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Non-TMS online support groups: a bad idea?

    Hi KythyBee, my suggestion is to join a psychological (depression, anxiety) or trauma support group. Most there will also have some somatic...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Aug 1, 2013 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The right way of "Focusing " on bodily sensations

    This artlicle has some excellent points about how focusing helped three people to listen to their pain and friendly accept everything that's...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Aug 1, 2013 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The right way of "Focusing " on bodily sensations

    Chickenbone, I recently had a similar experience with tooth pain. I suddenly felt tremendous pain in my jaw and decided to accept the pain and...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Jul 29, 2013 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The right way of "Focusing " on bodily sensations

    Hi birdie, sprichst Du deutsch? Maja Storch's "Embodiment. Die Wechselwirkung von Körper und Psyche verstehen und nutze." has some great...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Jul 19, 2013 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The right way of "Focusing " on bodily sensations

    Hi crimslock, I had the same problem, I still do to a point, but I more often manage to think "Oh, you're there pain. I'm curious what you'd...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Jul 19, 2013 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    The right way of "Focusing " on bodily sensations

    Hi Forest, it's great you look into this! What helped me the most is to really stay with this 'body first' approach and to intellectualize and...
    Post by: UnknownStuntman, Jul 18, 2013 in forum: General Discussion Subforum