It's Friday, there's school today, and instead I stayed home and slept until 10am (with a brief wake-up during get-ready-for-school time.) Here's why ( Read more... )

How is journaling working for you? What techniques do you find most effective? Do you think you are avoiding any specific technique or issue ( Read more... )

By the end of third hour today, I was already tired and drained. It was not yet 10am ( Read more... )

I can't think when the last time was that I had leg cramps at night. Was it back during the school year? Maybe.

They've started up again.

Have you been overly critical of yourself lately? How and why have you done this ( Read more... )

Are you having success at recognizing the emotions connected to your pain? If you have, how do these emotions make you feel? If not, what do you think is preventing you from doing this? If you feel comfortable sharing, then post your response in a thread in the Structured Educational Program section of the PTPN's discussion forum. We would love to ( Read more... )

I believe I have pretty well convinced myself that I am suffering from TMS. There are, of course, the initial factors: my perfectionist personality, the roving injuries/illnesses, the fact that the pain seems out of proportion with the structural "normal abnormality", and the fact that I also have soreness if I press on my neck/shoulders and ( Read more... )

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? Why do you not do this activity more often? What steps could you take to do this activity stress free and without worrying about ( Read more... )

Start out with "When I was _________ years old __________________________________ event/experience happened. I FEEL this way about it ( Read more... )

What was the most disheartening thing a doctor has told you about your symptoms? In what ways have you kept that in your mind ( Read more... )