Program Outline

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The information on this page is a general outline of the tasks and activities that are assigned throughout the educational program. Each on of the days on this list will have its own page that gives an in depth description of the day's activities. This outline consists of three parts: the day number, details of the day's activities, and a few questions to ponder. Each section is highlighted by a different color of text. There are a few changes that will be made to this outline. Primarily there will be an educational reading everyday of the program, along with an extra reading as well. Some of the days do not have a reading, but that is only because the outline is not yet finished. If you know of a reading that would be good for a specific day, feel free to add it to the outline, after you check and see if it is already included in the outline.

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Day	Educational Activity	Journal Activity	QTP	Success Story	Additional activity
Day 1	20/20 Video		What would a life without TMS mean to you	Baseball65's Story	Begin Your Story
Day 2	Kim Ruby's Article			Brian's story	Begin to Recognize your emotions drill
Day 3	Ah, My Aching Back	Work your list	When was the last time you exercised		Journal Advice
Day 4	What is MBS part 1 & 2	Work the list	What was the most disheartening thing a doctor has told you about your symptoms?	What to Journal in	Symptoms of Depression
Day 5	Psychological Aspects of MBS	Free Write Past	Think of some activities you really enjoy doing. If you could do one of these activities without feeling stressed out, without having anxiety, and without worrying about your family, kids, job, etc. how would that feel?		Symptoms of PTSD
Day 6	Role the Brain Plays Schubiner Video	Free Write Past	Briefly take a few minutes and write down some of your fears. Why are you afraid of these things.
Day 7	Day OFF				Vlog: Can you work too hard
Day 8	WCVB TV 5 (ABC) in Boston (Peg's Video)	Dialogue Current Stress	Has your pain been moving around	Peg's story	How to end writing sessions
Day 9	Your Physical Alarm	Free Write	Have you been overly critical of yourself lately? How and why have you done this?		How to simplify your life
Day 10	Miracles of Mindbody Medicine	Unsent Letter	Think of a person in your life that you hide your emotions from? What is preventing you from telling this person how you feel?		Q&A:pain started long ago
Day 11	Mind over Matter	Free write past		Armchair Linquist
Day 12	3 strategies for thinking clean	free write personality
Day 13	Psychology of Chronic Back Pain	Dialogue Childhood Self	What TMS-related book, article, news story have you found the most helpful in solidifying your believe in the diagnosis		On Anxiety
Day 14	DAY OFF
Day 15	Watch WABL Broadcast	Dialogue with Current Stress	Has your pain been moving around? How has this affected your believe in the diagnosis?		How to end writing sessions
Day 16	Role of Triggers, by Howard Schubiner	Free write about current trigger	Have you told anyone about your condition and TMS? Why or Why not? If you have how did they react?	Enrique's Success Story
Day 17	Investigate Your Emotions	Dialogue with Current Stress	What part of this program do you find the most helpful?		Advice from Armchair
Day 18	Genetics and Mindbody Syndrome	Free Write Past	Take a look at your journal entries. What emotions are most prevalent?		Q&A How do I know its safe to resume physical activities
Day 19	Fear of Walking Thread	Free Write Personality	Since starting this program have you done anything that makes you proud? Where does this sense of achievement come from?		Ask a TMSer: To what extent is it necessary for a person to change who they are in order to overcome TMS
Day 20	Fran Anderson Interview	Cluster write Current Stress	If you could change one thing about your life what would it be? What steps could you take to make this change?	Your symptom story	Q&Ahow do you tell the difference between injury (overuse) and TMS.
Day 21	Day Off
Day 22	Q&A Explaining to friends/family,	Your Choice Journal	What part of this program do you find the most helpful?		How are relationships affected by TMS
Day 23	Dealing with Chronic Pain article	Free Write about Current Stress	Do you think you are avoiding any part of this treatment? What emotions or past events do you think you may be repressing?	Your favorite Success Story
Day 24	The Tension Myoneural Syndrome Hypothesis Explained: A Q&A With John Sarno, MD	Spider write about current stress	Have you noticed any positive changes in your life while going through this program?
Day 25	how deep have you gotten	alternate point of view about stressful recent event	What TMS success stories have you found helpful, beneficial, inspiring?	Panda's Story	Make a thread post
Day 26	Relapser's Curse	Personality Trait	When was the last time you talked with your parents? How did the conversation go?		Ask a TMSer: how do you tell people about pain
Day 27	Q&A: TMS and Allergies	Past free write	How is journaling working for you? What techniques do you find most effective? Do you think you are avoiding any specific technique or issue?	Harold Goodman
Day 28	Day Off
Day 29	Focus on the Present		Is there anyone in your life you feel wronged by? Write an Unsent Letter to this person, expressing your emotions, and then let the emotions pass away?	Any
Day 30	The Monkey Trap	Spider Write	What are the most important personal relationships in your life? How has this program affected those relationships?		Make a thread post
Day 31	Why does MBS occur more in Women	free write current stress/anxiety	How are your professional relationships right now? Has this program had any affect on your career?		Read PPD and Motherhood Thread
Day 32	Sue G's Blog	Free Write Current Stress	When was the last time you made a mistake? How did that make you feel?
Day 33	Q&A: How can I overcome resistance to the work	Personality Trait	Have you noticed any positive changes in your life while going through this program?	Any	From the Forum
Day 34	Breaking the Pain Cycle	Personality or Current Stress	What part of PPD do you think is frustrating or silly? Is there something about the theory you don't accept? What personality trait do you think makes you feel this way?		Vlog: Can you work too hard
Day 35	Day Off
Day 36	Understanding and Overcoming fear	Spider Write Personality	Is there anything in your life you feel like you can’t control? How does not being in control make you feel? Can you connect this feeling to a personality trait?		From the Forum: SteveO post
Day 37	Existential Psychotherapy Podcast	Free Write Existential Anxiety	What person(s) on the forum do you think is the most helpful? What is it about their posts do you find so beneficial		How our thoughts play a critical role forum post
Day 38	Nicole Sachs Interview	Free Write Personality	Have you developed any new relationships	Nicole Sachs	Leslie Forum Post from Really Struggling thread
Day 39	Andrew Miller Interview	Meditate	Describe the best day, event, experience you have had since starting this program. What about this experience did you find so meaningful?
Day 40	Self Monitor	Journaling on Outstanding issues	How would you change this program to make it more effective?	Back2-it success story
Day 41	Day Off
Day 42	Where to go next		What have you learned about yourself by going through this program?	Sienna's Story