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tennis tom
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 Posted - 06/28/2011 : 11:18:29
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Karen, you can't injure yourself by swatting at mosquitoes--impossible--or being gently touched by a chiro, also impossible! If your dog bashed into you, maybe you would have a bruise. Your dog didn't touch your knee or your neck so TMS. Given what you're going through, it's perfectly understandable that your sub-conscious is seeking an out through TMS pain.
Although you've come a long way in understanding TMS, one point you have not embraced is how strong the human body is and what kind of violent physical assaults it can take without sustaining permanent injury. Given your history here and what you're currently going through, TMS once again.
The best thing you could do is curl up with one of Dr. Sarno's books and refresh your TMS "penicillin knowledge". I've never thought of valium as a muscle relaxant, I thought it was tranquilizer. If you're taking half of one occasionally to help you through a situation like this, I think that's probably a reasonable use.
DR. SARNO'S 12 DAILY REMINDERS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dKBFwGR0g
TAKE THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Singer_Artist
USA
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Posted - 06/28/2011 : 15:01:55
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Thanks buddy..good to hear from you..you always help me..I was told by a chiro friend of mine that it's whiplash but minor..I think you are right..although I almost fell and my head moved ear to shoulder quickly (also felt like i was going to pass out for a moment probably due to the shock of it)..it is probably plain old TMS..I still cannot move my neck to the left hardly at all..but I am confident working on the TMS stuff again will make it abate quickly..I cannot afford to have this happen now..WAY too much going on..huge decisions to make, etc..I have to set a goal to move home to NJ and stop using the lyme disease tick phobia as an excuse to delay til winter..I'll go nuts if i stay here that much longer..My furry wolf dog will get front line and shots, etc..I'll be fine..I feel like Bill Murray in "What About Bob.." 'baby steps to changing your whole life in 2 months!'
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art
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Posted - 06/28/2011 : 16:13:35
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catspine
USA
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Posted - 06/28/2011 : 16:27:44
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Long time no see Karen.
Sorry to hear you are having such a hard time, it will pass though, it always does, and something new and beautiful will emerge from something else ending. If you made it so far chances are you will make it much further than you may think right now. Try to accept that you're just in a nasty transition, that nothing is permanent and time has come for a change. To welcome change is the challenge.
After reading your posts I get the impression that your life has gotten so bad recently that it can only get better now if you make a wise move unless you see it otherwise because ultimately you're the best one to tell.
You already know that your physical condition often depends on the way you feel about your life, all that is deja vu for you and you know that a small trigger can send you into a tail spin if you let it so now what are you going to do?
Have you got enough strength left to get back up and follow your dreams or are you waiting for some kind of a permission?
You have your art and your talent and probably much more you may be aware of you can count on to break through and shed the pains and aches presently trying to convince you otherwise. You can even use the hard time s as a motivation not to get back there ever ...
Now tell those pains and aches that you got the message and move on to the next step: the one you will build by yourself looking forward to brighter days with what you got.
And who knows you might even attract much more support than you ever imagined.
Life goes on that's the beauty of it.
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tennis tom
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Posted - 06/28/2011 : 16:45:07
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Originally posted by Singer_Artist
..I was told by a chiro friend of mine that it's whiplash but minor.
...I cannot afford to have this happen now..WAY too much going on..huge decisions to make, etc..
Once again Karen, the best thing you or anyone else can do is READ READ READ the books! Dr. Sarno mentions "whip-lash" as TMS. He cites a study comparing the incidence of "whip-lash" in two neighboring countries, Finland and Lithuania, if I recall correctly. In Finland people often complain of whip-lash after auto accidents. In neighboring Lithuania, whiplash doesn't exist. The only difference is that in Lithuania you can't sue for it. Your chiro friend would probably be living in a tent without "whip-lash".
You can't consciously afford to have all this going on right now--but, your un-conscious feels differently about it. It's looking for an escape for you. Considering all that's going on, it makes perfect sense that your unconscious is looking for protection in the form of TMS mindbody distractions.
DR. SARNO'S 12 DAILY REMINDERS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dKBFwGR0g
TAKE THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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Singer_Artist
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Posted - 06/29/2011 : 00:56:23
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Hey Art! How goes it? Thanks for responding & reminding me that I am not so fragile..:)
TT, I remember reading that too..I thought it was Norway..in any case, I just sited that to someone the other day..AMazing how powerful suggestion is to the mind..It's crazy! In this case, however, I can't sue my wolfie dog for whiplash..but, it is true w/ all that is going on I am surprised TMS didn't rear it's ugly head even sooner..
Hi catspine, good to hear from you! Appreciate the kindness and wisdom in your words..
Thank you all, hitting the Sarno books and dvd's tomorrow..Gotta make time because i am swimming in the executor stuff.it feels so endless..I am in therapy every week and she is wonderful..We discussed that my having to focus on all the affairs and dealings is also a way to cover up the pain of the tremendous loss..
I built a life with this person for 15 yrs..We were a family of 6 once, then 5, then 4, and now 3 including my fur kids..Loss has been a theme in my life starting at an early age..This loss is hitting me as hard as losing both parents 20 yrs ago..I feel as if no one 'really' has my back now, no pun intended..I have never felt so alone and so scared..These feelings are completely terrifying and depressing..As much as I kvetch about all the red tape crap, it's probably a God send..
Hugs to all,
K
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TMS AGAIN!
