Gustav, thank you so much for continuing to put out this information, which is beyond needed in this space. I’m still working on fully accepting the TMS diagnosis, and your videos/emails always seem to come at the times when I need them most. I do believe this information is paradigm shifting and your commitment to getting the truth out will one day prove to be impactful beyond what you could ever envision 🙏🏼 I should also add that the way you present and articulate the information is outstanding - nobody would ever guess that putting yourself out there isn’t effortless for you!
Thanks man, good to hear from you! Yes accepting TMS by coming to that deep understanding is what it’s all about. I remember Ozanich saying when it’s totally accepted that’s when the sensations stop entirely. It does take time to get there but I think you’re on the right track. Just keep at it. That’s what basically everyone says who resolves this stuff, they just kept at it.
@@gustavtms The encouragement means a lot man. Please keep at the material you’re putting out - it’s extremely helpful! I’m going to keep consuming all that I can in regards to TMS…
I'm very glad that you were brave and went on the MIA episode because that is where I found you. Another of your episodes appeared in my feed after that and I decided to listen and it made sense this time. I guess my reactivity had passed. I admit that I was angry the whole time everyone was talking in the MIA show and didn't even finish it but early on in my w/d experience I came across John Sarno and bought a couple books but never read them. I had decided that my symptoms were real and I believed I was too brain damaged to read those books. I am 15+ years off and still have a lot of muscle pain and brain issues. I'm going to try whatever it is that you're talking about because what have I got to lose? I feel like I need some help and don't really know where to start but I'll keep listening to video's on the topic and hopefully I catch a clue about what I'm supposed to do. I am turning 70 soon so it's darn well time this phase of my life was over so I can actually enjoy life for once. Thank you so much for helping people like me to get free for once and for all.
Hi thanks for your comment. Yes, I also got angry when I first heard about Sarno and basically stayed that way for five years so you certainly move a lot faster than me! I think the sensations are most definitely real, the difference is that in this approach the sensations are not coming from brain damage but are learned due to a stress response. It's not so much about having to do things but understanding why it's happening is the key. Sarno’s books have the essentials on this. Yes, it's great to get back to enjoying life!
It may depend on the specifics of your situation but I was tapering with lots of problems when I discovered this approach. I then resolved all the sensations while I was tapering and for the remainder of the taper I did not have withdrawal sensations. I made a video on tapering as well: ua-cam.com/video/Vf5vmR20r48/v-deo.html
I’m so glad to see you! I hope you’re doing well. Are you in the US? Hugs. I know I’m healed and I do believe that the body learns new ways to deal with grief and it is a learned response. I’m working on retraining my responses of terrible feelings I’ve never had before wd. I really want to brainwash myself like I did with Alan Carr easy way to quit smoking. Would you ever consider coaching or doing like a monthly group class like some of the coaches I think that would be really beneficial.
Hi, thanks, good to see you again as well! I remember you left a kind message on my other video when it first came out. Yeah, I took in TMS materials daily for several months when I got into this and I feel like I did brainwash myself. I think I brainwashed myself with the truth which is why it worked. The whole approach is basically about understanding anyway. I don’t know if I’d coach or consult like that. I’d have to think about it more. I’ve talked to a few people now but I’ve never charged them. I’m based in Canada by the way.
Hi, I see someone commented that grounding helped for them. Someone else actually wrote that question on a different video. This is what I said there: it depends on its cause. I got akathisia multiple times while taking certain neuroleptics/“antipsychotics” and the akathisia only stopped when I stopped taking the drugs. So there’s drug-induced akathisia. Probably not much anyone can do about that other than stopping the drug. Then there is akathisia that can happen upon stopping drugs as a symptom of acute withdrawal. In that circumstance a person probably has to wait for acute withdrawal to resolve for the sensations to go away. Unless of course they don’t go away or akathisia develops later in “post-acute withdrawal” or even possibly while slowly tapering. In those situations, as far as I know, akathisia is not a specific injury but can become a learned mindbody phenomenon over time, just like other protracted withdrawal sensations. The thing is this approach has yet to reach many people with all the different kinds of protracted withdrawal sensations, although I know people who have used this approach for so many different things so I can’t see why it couldn’t work for persistent akathisia. But I don’t have any direct experience. I had restless leg syndrome, which I know is not the same thing, but it went away with all the other protracted sensations that I had. And I’ve specifically heard of people who experience akathisia for whom the sensations greatly reduce from social connection/feeling safer, which seems to imply that a danger signal is involved and that it's a manifestation of TMS. Here is podcast episode of Tell Me About Your Pain that might be interesting to you: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/how-can-i-diagnose-my-pain-like-a-pain-specialist/id1503847664?i=1000503735611 Do what you wish of course and I know nothing really of your experience but this approach has helped many, many people with all sorts of extremely challenging stuff.
Dear Gustave f. I am so happy to understand, by listening to you, that protracted withdrawal can also be managed with a mind-body / TMS / neuroplasticity approach. Indeed, I am convinced that my chronic pain is neuroplastic. But I was so afraid of stopping opioids and benzodiazepines and of enduring the symptoms of a protracted withdrawal, that I was extremely tormented and therefore stuck in my journey of healing my chronic pain by anxiously thinking about the upcoming withdrawal from my medications. So thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your experience and knowledge about withdrawal, it is the comfort that I needed so much, it was the missing piece to my trust in the body-mind process and the possibility for me to heal. 🙏🙏🙏
Hi, good to hear! Yes, I know of practitioners who work with people with neuroplastic pain mention that they use the same mindbody approach for tapering drugs. I would think that it's also their perspective that for most people it's often best to taper slowly to give the nervous system time to adjust and avoid unnecessary suffering.
Gustav, thank you so much for continuing to put out this information, which is beyond needed in this space. I’m still working on fully accepting the TMS diagnosis, and your videos/emails always seem to come at the times when I need them most.
I do believe this information is paradigm shifting and your commitment to getting the truth out will one day prove to be impactful beyond what you could ever envision 🙏🏼
I should also add that the way you present and articulate the information is outstanding - nobody would ever guess that putting yourself out there isn’t effortless for you!
Thanks man, good to hear from you! Yes accepting TMS by coming to that deep understanding is what it’s all about. I remember Ozanich saying when it’s totally accepted that’s when the sensations stop entirely. It does take time to get there but I think you’re on the right track. Just keep at it. That’s what basically everyone says who resolves this stuff, they just kept at it.
@@gustavtms The encouragement means a lot man. Please keep at the material you’re putting out - it’s extremely helpful! I’m going to keep consuming all that I can in regards to TMS…
Yeah I'm actually putting out another video on Monday.
@@gustavtms Can’t wait!
I'm very glad that you were brave and went on the MIA episode because that is where I found you. Another of your episodes appeared in my feed after that and I decided to listen and it made sense this time. I guess my reactivity had passed. I admit that I was angry the whole time everyone was talking in the MIA show and didn't even finish it but early on in my w/d experience I came across John Sarno and bought a couple books but never read them. I had decided that my symptoms were real and I believed I was too brain damaged to read those books. I am 15+ years off and still have a lot of muscle pain and brain issues. I'm going to try whatever it is that you're talking about because what have I got to lose? I feel like I need some help and don't really know where to start but I'll keep listening to video's on the topic and hopefully I catch a clue about what I'm supposed to do. I am turning 70 soon so it's darn well time this phase of my life was over so I can actually enjoy life for once. Thank you so much for helping people like me to get free for once and for all.
Hi thanks for your comment. Yes, I also got angry when I first heard about Sarno and basically stayed that way for five years so you certainly move a lot faster than me! I think the sensations are most definitely real, the difference is that in this approach the sensations are not coming from brain damage but are learned due to a stress response. It's not so much about having to do things but understanding why it's happening is the key. Sarno’s books have the essentials on this. Yes, it's great to get back to enjoying life!
After 5 years of ongoing hell and still in tapering mode. I will look into Sarno. Desperate for hope.
It was a turning point for me. I hope you find it useful as well.
@@gustavtms i am still tapering. will this apply to me?
I hear you. Don’t give up.
It may depend on the specifics of your situation but I was tapering with lots of problems when I discovered this approach. I then resolved all the sensations while I was tapering and for the remainder of the taper I did not have withdrawal sensations. I made a video on tapering as well: ua-cam.com/video/Vf5vmR20r48/v-deo.html
They rejected and still reject Sarno so you are in good company.
I’m so glad to see you! I hope you’re doing well. Are you in the US? Hugs. I know I’m healed and I do believe that the body learns new ways to deal with grief and it is a learned response. I’m working on retraining my responses of terrible feelings I’ve never had before wd. I really want to brainwash myself like I did with Alan Carr easy way to quit smoking. Would you ever consider coaching or doing like a monthly group class like some of the coaches I think that would be really beneficial.
Hi, thanks, good to see you again as well! I remember you left a kind message on my other video when it first came out.
Yeah, I took in TMS materials daily for several months when I got into this and I feel like I did brainwash myself. I think I brainwashed myself with the truth which is why it worked. The whole approach is basically about understanding anyway.
I don’t know if I’d coach or consult like that. I’d have to think about it more. I’ve talked to a few people now but I’ve never charged them. I’m based in Canada by the way.
Do you think it can work on akathisia?
In my experience of doing mind-body work it won’t heal akathisia. The only thing that helps akathisia for me in earthing/grounding.
Hi,
I see someone commented that grounding helped for them. Someone else actually wrote that question on a different video. This is what I said there:
it depends on its cause. I got akathisia multiple times while taking certain neuroleptics/“antipsychotics” and the akathisia only stopped when I stopped taking the drugs. So there’s drug-induced akathisia. Probably not much anyone can do about that other than stopping the drug.
Then there is akathisia that can happen upon stopping drugs as a symptom of acute withdrawal. In that circumstance a person probably has to wait for acute withdrawal to resolve for the sensations to go away. Unless of course they don’t go away or akathisia develops later in “post-acute withdrawal” or even possibly while slowly tapering.
In those situations, as far as I know, akathisia is not a specific injury but can become a learned mindbody phenomenon over time, just like other protracted withdrawal sensations. The thing is this approach has yet to reach many people with all the different kinds of protracted withdrawal sensations, although I know people who have used this approach for so many different things so I can’t see why it couldn’t work for persistent akathisia. But I don’t have any direct experience. I had restless leg syndrome, which I know is not the same thing, but it went away with all the other protracted sensations that I had. And I’ve specifically heard of people who experience akathisia for whom the sensations greatly reduce from social connection/feeling safer, which seems to imply that a danger signal is involved and that it's a manifestation of TMS.
Here is podcast episode of Tell Me About Your Pain that might be interesting to you: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/how-can-i-diagnose-my-pain-like-a-pain-specialist/id1503847664?i=1000503735611
Do what you wish of course and I know nothing really of your experience but this approach has helped many, many people with all sorts of extremely challenging stuff.
@@gustavtmswow. I’m listening. Thank you.
Dear Gustave f.
I am so happy to understand, by listening to you, that protracted withdrawal can also be managed with a mind-body / TMS / neuroplasticity approach.
Indeed, I am convinced that my chronic pain is neuroplastic.
But I was so afraid of stopping opioids and benzodiazepines and of enduring the symptoms of a protracted withdrawal, that I was extremely tormented and therefore stuck in my journey of healing my chronic pain by anxiously thinking about the upcoming withdrawal from my medications.
So thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your experience and knowledge about withdrawal, it is the comfort that I needed so much, it was the missing piece to my trust in the body-mind process and the possibility for me to heal.
🙏🙏🙏
Hi, good to hear! Yes, I know of practitioners who work with people with neuroplastic pain mention that they use the same mindbody approach for tapering drugs. I would think that it's also their perspective that for most people it's often best to taper slowly to give the nervous system time to adjust and avoid unnecessary suffering.
@@gustavtms And thanks again for taking the time to reply 🤗🥰
Anytime!
@@gustavtms❤