If you are new stop looking for matching symptoms and try this instead!

Long story short- I have massive TMS. And it’s been really bad the past 3 years. I tried everything I could think of. Then came to the wiki 3 months ago. Game changer! There is so much knowledge here flowing freely from good kind souls willing to guide you.

Just coming off 2 hours of journaling tonight. Did an hour and a half last night. Before that usually 30 - 60 min. per day. But I wanted to mention how significant tonight is because my numb feet started tingling like they are waking up! This is really encouraging because my symptoms overall have been worse lately and staying that way.

This is a grueling battle for some of us. A long grueling battle. And I’ve been pounding on this with psychotherapy, listening to Sarno read Healing Back Pain (fundamental for sufferers of every symptom) and reading stuff on the wiki more hours a day than I should.

It’s hard to be happy and live life in pain. Super hard. I have been trying what @Joima said about my “little children within” (IFS therapy) and talking to them when they act out with symptoms. Accepting them!

I’m mostly writing letters from these parts of me to my Self, the whole wise part of me. They explain in their words, what happened and how mad and sad they are. It’s really eye opening. I figure just let them talk. Let them tell it til they’re sick of it. I know their stories, but not from their points of view.

Digging my way out of this with a teaspoon. Have to keep digging. That’s the answer!

 

Excellent!

 

Thanks for sharing this. I’m new, excited to be here. I’ve done a lot of inner child work in the past, perhaps I should get back to journaling about that!

 

@KimberlyQ,
Welcome! Yes, you should do that!

 

Thank you @JanAtheCPA . The Search Results link isn’t working for me, but I looked at the other links.

 

Yes, it’s 6. I didn’t even know that was high! But it really does help to explain my lifelong battle with TMS. I hope to someday have a big success story to share. I’ve had some smaller ones in the past. This journey is so eye opening.

 

Thanks!