Coping with setbacks

Hi guys quick question i have had tms for about a year now and have read mind body perscription and followed most if not all the advice in the book with good results (pain goes but not all the time) and im just wandering does anyone have any ideas of how i can continue to hold fast in the knowledge that i have tms and not start to worry if i have anything else that is causing the pain (have been to drs a few times only diagnosed with rsi and sometimes they told me just do whatever anywho)

 

Hi!

RSI is very often TMS, so that's the first massive piece of evidence. The fact that you've had no other explanation/finding (usually if it is something else it won't be blamed on RSI) bolsters the claim. Have you tried other modalities with no success? If you have (physical therapy etc) and they haven't worked, yet the only thing that has worked is treating as TMS, then your case is very strong.

Only you would know if there's something out there you could do that would help your belief and whether or not that's worth it - trust your instincts

 

Hi so as far as i can recall yes i have had psysial therapy before and not had much success). And done streches and hand excersises in the past. Only issue is i get paranoid when i get pain that i dont have tms and that the pain will come back occasionally. Dispite this i still look at things like evedence sheet and occasionally go back to book or write/think about whats bothering me or just being fine with being in pain (like alan gordon reccomends). Any idea if I could do anything else to help it?

 

That's a very telling insight. As Jan alluded to, as you do the work your confidence in the diagnosis will increase (assuming it is TMS), which will reduce this fear/freak out

 

I'm pretty sure that TMS is a lifelong endeavor. The good thing is that once we learn more, even though we can't necessarily prevent it, we can have a lot less heartache as we dig back in when needed.

Oh, I see that Jan already explained it with a much nicer explanation.