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SanitationSam |
knowledge therapy, anxiety about exercise, from a "veteran"
Apr 12 2011, 8:07 PM EDT
Hi everyone I am new to the wiki. Below is copied from my profile, which I attempted to post to discussion but didn't work. What I find most interesting about Dr. Sarno's work is (1) the power of knowledge therapy, which certainly works and (2) how even someone like me who has been helped over and over can still have anxiety about exercise. Both phenomena tap into deep characteristics of the human psyche. I would be interested in others' experience and hope to encourage people new to Dr. Sarno's work in future postings.------ from my profile: I discovered, and was largely cured by, Dr. Sarno's work back in the early 1990's after years of demoralizing, debilitating back pain. I've had a few recurrences and have gone to see Dr. Sarno and gone to his lectures, and followed up with psychotherapy recommended by him. It has all been great. I 100% believe his theories. I am having a recurrence after years of being pain free, and I thought participating on the wiki would add to my knowledge therapy in a new way. Dr. Sarno talks about the mind playing tricks on us and for this reason I sometimes need a new avenue of information therapy to reset my thinking. I am so glad to read that so many other people have been helped by his work. I attempt to recommend it to others I know who have back pain but usually - not always - this results in either anger, denial or a lack of comprehension. That's my story. Do you find this valuable? |
pandamonium09 |
1. RE: knowledge therapy, anxiety about exercise, from a "veteran"
Apr 13 2011, 3:46 PM EDT
Hi Sam, welcome to the Wiki.So, what's going on emotionally with you to cause the relapse? Panda Do you find this valuable? |
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SanitationSam |
2. RE: knowledge therapy, anxiety about exercise, from a "veteran"
Apr 15 2011, 8:42 AM EDT
What I find so helpful in Sarno's work is that we all have things going on emotionally (in my case it involves family and work). I took the advice of a patient quoted in the MindBody Connection and drew up a list of stressors, taking a lot of time to think about them and discuss them with a therapis. After some work I'm feeling much better. I'm posting this to add to the voices that let others know that this method really works.
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Back2-It |
3. RE: knowledge therapy, anxiety about exercise, from a "veteran"
Apr 15 2011, 11:24 AM EDT
i not only had anxiety over exercise, but movement in general. Walking across my kitchen was a conscious activity for me, filled with the fear of what I would feel. I still have some of those moments. In the last two months I have started jogging again, as well as lifting weights and bike riding. It's odd, when I'm involved in exercise, the more intense the better, that I find my symptoms are reduced. I'm guessing because the increased activity takes more of my gray matter to produce, leaving less for ruminating, which happens when walking slowly and standing. Maybe my motto should be "walk faster, don't stand still, and move faster". Interesting thread.
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ForestForTreesTMS |
4. RE: knowledge therapy, anxiety about exercise, from a "veteran"
Apr 15 2011, 3:05 PM EDT
Having a relapse can always be a little disheartening. Remember that the TMS/PPD approach works, accept the diagnosis, and do the work. I feel like the wiki provides the knowledge part of PPD in a different way then the books, so it helps people in different ways. When it comes to a relapse some people may need to use different techniques than the did the first time. There is a User Page about recovering from a relapse at http://tmswiki.wetpaint.com/page/Relapse+Recovery+Rules . Hopefully it will be of some help.Forest Do you find this valuable? |
