Daily Reminders (12) summary: 1. The pain is from TMS and not from any structural abnormalities 2. The direct reason for the pain is mild oxygen deprivation 3. TMS is a harmless condition caused by my repressed emotions 4. The principle of motion is my repressed anger 5. TMS only exists to distract my attention from the emotions 6. Since my back or other body part is basically normal, there is nothing to fear 7. Therefore physical activity is not dangerous 8. And I must resume all normal physical activity 9. I will not be concerned or intimidated by the pain or symptoms 10. I will shift my attention from the pain or symptoms to the emotions 11. I intend to be in control, not my subconcious mind 12. I must think psychological at all times, not physical

God Bless Dr Sarno. I will hug him in heaven. He saved me from a life in a wheelchair!! I"m 67 and play racquetball, stairmaster, lift weights every day! 2005, I was told I had 'degenerative disk disease', back pain and would never exercise again! ER Doc --Big Liar! Dr. Sarno, the Answer!!

I have been through a lot of this in my last 20 years with TMS. One thing I can add is that feeling your anger/emotions is not the same thing as thinking about them or analyzing them or mentally blaming others, etc. I went a long time trying to shift my attention to my repressed emotions, but all I was doing is more thinking. That made my nervous system more tense. Feeling your anger/grief/etc. is different than thinking about them. Even yelling out loud while mentally blaming your parents or others who have wronged you is likely not going to help, but just keep you in a tense angry hate-filled state. I even did psychodynamic therapy to try to uncover the repressed emotions, and it didn't work, because it was just making me angrier. I never actually felt my repressed emotions, I just thought about them more, and developed more mental anger. My mind was likely guessing at why I have rage deep inside, rather than actually feeling the rage. You don't need to know why you have rage inside. You just need to tend to the rage. Feel it. Be with it. But don't analyze it. It might not make any sense why you have rage. Don't worry about that. Just be with the rage like you are holding an angry baby that you are comforting. The real you is bigger than the rage or guilt or grief. It can handle it. Your mind cannot solve your mind. There is something greater in you than your mind. Be that.

Dr. Sarno changed my life from being practically disabled to being able to lift anything without fear. I still remember my appointment with him like it was yesterday. He was my last stop before surgery after trying everything else. RIP. Going to go do some heavy deadlifts now.😄

Best way to get to the root of any pain or discomfort in the body is, while you're experiencing pain, ask yourself "How does this make me feel?", put an emotional word on it. Once you come up with the emotion, anger, frustration, etc. realize that emotion was there long before the pain showed up. That emotion had to get loud enough to get your attention. Pain is just an "Indicator" of how you've been feeling.

Thank you. John Sarno never had the credit he deserved. He had the guts to stand by his theory. As a health care professional I can clearly state without fear of contradiction that modern medicine is a million miles away from reality. We can do so much with our minds. I just wish as Dr Gabor said that modern medicine should not be saying "what wrong is with you". They should say "what happened to you". I wish you all well peeps on your journey. Namaste.

I was thinking about quitting my golf league because of the pain. Then i saw this video. I put the 12 daily reminders on my phone. I forced myself to play golf, all the while reading the 12 over and over in between holes. It did hurt while playing but I didn't let it intimidate me. I kept thinking maybe id stop if the pain got worse, but i kept parring holes. I ended up having my best round in years, 76. All because I saw this video, thanks so much!!

I wasn’t able to express anger until I was over 40 years old. 40 years of harboured anger..

Dr. Sarno's "Healing Back Pain" helped cure my lower back, glutes and hamstring pain many years ago. I was an active person going through some challenging personal problems at that time. A rheumatologist recommended the book to me. I gave my original copy to my daughter's friend's dad and he was able to cancel his scheduled back surgery after reading it. TMS is real!

Dan, you helped me feel better tonight, as I realized I was freaking out about my pain and not focused on my emotions. I like asking myself, "How are you feeling right now?" That really helps to identify what is going on. Sometimes I think I know how I feel, but my pain doesn't let up. But when I answered, "Anger," and allowed myself to feel that anger physically, my pain started to subside. Also, trying to stay patient with the process and not get down on myself if the pain isn't MAGICALLY IMMEDIATELY eliminated. Thank you!

You're carrying out Sarno's best hopes for all of us. Thank you, Dan.

I believe this. I'm a very angry person but I hide it. I'm angry with my parents and family. Such a horrible childhood. I'm also angry with how humans treat this planet and all the other animals who live here. I eat a healthy diet and get plenty of sleep but STILL have back pain. I notice when I stop focusing on it and get out and do things that make me happy the pain subsides.

I wish more people knew Dr. Sarno before he passed. I do data entry and I type non stop for 9 hours a day and I had bad carpel tunnel. But I read his books and followed his steps and literally all the pain went away. The Dr’s don’t want you to know about this because they want you to keep paying for expensive rehab and medicine. This stuff is real, TMS.

Thank you, Dan. I have listened to this two consecutive nights before sleeping. This has helped remind me about putting my mind in check and seeing what I am angry about. I recently had a terrible flare-up after being pain-free for eight months or so. I have had two epidurals two weeks apart. I have been feeling like I am having a stroke of some sort. I have chest pain that radiator down my arm and back. The tremendous amount of stress I have been feeling with work, finances, and my personal life threw me into this catastrophic episode of TMS. It feels like my body has turned on me entirely. I need to acknowledge that I am angry and scared and need to let it out. I need to remind myself that my body is not "diseased." I am going to listen to this till it becomes embedded into my subconscious. Thank you and Dr. Sarnos for this.

Dr. Sarno was SO ahead of his time! I had chronic back pain and after reading Healing Back pain....it went away. I have done this with other pains...and it WORKS. Thanks for carrying his work forward and making it even more public!

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for summarizing the so important 12 daily reminders of Dr John Sarno ​.This accurate in concise talk is by all means getting to the very heart of ​S​arno's wisdom As a matter of fact this ​t​alk is so effective and you also can see that it really comes from a True Believer So it resulted in me Listening To ​it So many times again and again until things get really assimilated into me years ago I suffered from a terrible neck and shoulder pain and by listening to your lecture I really succeeded getting over this pain completely only by mental power and deep understanding Thank you Dan for doing this incredible work Wish you all Health and Pain free life

Reading 'The Divided Mind' was wild for me. As Sarno listed different phantom symptoms, I kept thinking, "yeah I have that, that, that, that, and that." Ha! For me it feels like suppressed anxiety more than suppressed anger. As I deny the physical symptoms, the anxiety comes back, and I am forced to search and figure out why I am anxious. Usually it's as simple as keeping myself busy, and introducing myself into social scenarios in order to genuinely feel better. The book, "the meaning of anxiety" by Rollo May is a great read if anyone has psychosomatic issues related to anxiety.

More truth is revealed to those who seek it. I stumbled upon a Sarno book in 1994 at the library. Changed my life. I have personally helped dozens of people get better after recommending his work.

"living in the memory of the pain" So true.

Thank you - Thank you - Thank you!

Thank you for your help. 💕

thank you!

Thank you so much for these videos!

Thank you!!

you did a great job...nervousness worked

Love this. Thanks you sir 👍

I sure am going to try this, thank you

Thank you so much for this 🙏

Another great video. Thank you for taking the time to help so many of us TMS inflicted individuals.

Thank you Dan ❤ listening to this one very often 🙏 ❤

Thanks for info, Bernie from Ireland, good spot for your video .

Hi Dan you are a gem. I’m so blessed to find you . I will follow you religiously 🙏

Very good. Mindful, the careful awareness of emotions

25 years of docs, pills, er's and hospitals.. GONE! Yes I read all his books! ps, my ex rays were not pretty... "normal abnormality" I was the biggest skeptic too!

THANK YOU

Thanks for this!

Thank you so much, this is so helpful. I really needed to hear this (: Your video really gave me focus and the reminders are absolutely important. Dr. Sarno was right.

We live at altitude and I feel better when I use the hiking oxygen cans

Thank you for your videos!

I am new to this practice..Thank you

thank you so much for your devotion to keep dr sarnos therapy and knowledge alive. i found this theory years ago. lost it and found it again . i wish more people could find it and understand it .... use it and be pain free

Thank you Dan for your consistent perseverance in sharing your wisdom. Very helpful.

Wow! Great information! Thank you!

Dan, you're spot on my friend! Thanks so much 🙏

Just bought the sarno book! Thanks for your help!!!

Thank you. 💛

Thank you so much for this video 🙏🏼

Thanks for making this video. I’m now using it every day for my 15 reflection period. Just starting my journey to being pain free.

THANK YOU!

This just came up randomly. Wow. Needed to hear. Very interesting. Thanks

Excellent! I got it. Making progress and living life again. Thank you 🙂

Thank you!

I find it very interesting that blood o2 levels are mentioned. My daughter went through some medical issues that required us to check her o2 levels often. I suffer from weird dizziness and other symptoms so I began to check my o2 levels whenever I had s bought of symtpoms. More often than not my o2 levels were sporadically low at the onset and magically raised themselves back to normal levels after a few seconds.

Very helpful! Thanks Dan!💞

Good work, thank you!

Awesome video, thank you for giving us such peace and a sense of going to be alright.

Thanks. Lot of pain in my back. I'm beginning to follow Dr Sarno's discover. I'm buying his book. I really need this. Mexico

Just got Dr Sarnos book, and Dr Shubner's book. This vid is saving me today. Ty Dan. Truly needed this. 12 key points are going on the fridge. ❤

Thank you so so much )))

Thank you so much! Just found his book and these tips are really helpful - short and to the point!

thank you so much, i listen whenever tms comes up

Thanks for sharing!

I really needed to hear this. Read Sarno’s book a couple years back and dealing with a nasty wave of emotional pain manifesting itself in physical issues which is creating more anxiety. This helped me slow down the “hamster wheel “ I’m on so hopefully I can get off it soon.

Thank you so much from South Germany 💛💛💛💞

Thanks for the video

Thank you for this reminder, come back to it often. Dr sarno is amazing.❤

You are sooo talking to me... this is so healing.. thank you

Great video, and really relaxing to watch - especially with the birds in the background. Just getting refocused on trusting this diagnosis after having a flare-up again recently. So wonderful to know that even after years of pain you can fully recover and feel even better than before! Congratulations on your recovery and thank you so much for sharing these tips and giving this reminder.

Thank you very much! Very helpfull. Greetings from the Netherlands.

Interesting, I will get the book!

You’re awesome Dan 😎

Thank you ❤

Very good, thank you.

I'm puzzled - I don't repress my anger, was taught to process and express it young. A good therapist told me anger repressed becomes depression, and to write them out and express them calmly. Bless him! So I rarely repressed anger. I have repressed grief, however, in the past, and realized that I repressed fear unconsciously - so it's more than just repressed anger. But a ton of inescapable stress led to chronic fatigue syndrome and later fibromyalgia. I rid myself of most of both for 6 years - but another ton of stress led to a relapse. This is all very helpful - it takes away the worst fear of pain. So I still dance and take long walks, - just not as hard or long as I've done in the past.

Thank you Thank you.... everything you spoke I’ve gone through and even having lumbar fusion,but still struggling with pain. I’m so grateful for Gabby Bernstein for introducing me to Dr. Sarnos philosophy, And grateful to you for reiterating the 12 steps,and adding your experiences, in which resonates with my own experiences..

Really helpful! Thank you so much.

SOOOOOO HELPFUL. YOURE A GREAT TEACHER AND INSPIRATION!

My own experience is that any symptom can be the distraction, whether it’s pain or disrupted function ( and I WON’T fill in the blanks there 🙃. ) Thanks for making this information available on a wider scale!

This was very helpful! Clear and pleasant to watch. Thanks 🙏🏻

This was the first TMS video of yours that I watched 8mos ago. It came up and I've rewatched. So enlightening. I needed to refresh myself. Thank you again

I've been following your work for about a month now. Read 2 Dr Sanro books, and this stuff actually works. Yes I still get pain but its dialed down a bit and I care a whole lot less about it. Thanks for your good advice.

Thank you so much for this video. It's helped me several times now and I refer to it as needed. I appreciate your help!

Loved this. My pain returned after a couple of years (thanks 2020!) and I needed this reminder. Good video, soothing voice, laid out in an interesting and thoughtful way. Thanks!!

Thanks for the video. Its a great way to remind myself of Dr Sarno. 8 years ago I accidentally came across his book on Amazon and decided to give it a try. I was suffering from back pain for 5 years before that. I had tried everything up to that point. The first Dr I saw did an MRI and found some bulging disc. He put enough fear in me that it took several reading for Dr Sarno before I could get rid of my conditioning. Today I play tennis regularly. I do get pain occasionally but need to remind myself of Sarno or reread his book. But watching your video was a quick way to remind me of the basic principles and feel better immediately. Thanks again for the video. We need folks like you spread the word of Dr Sarno. Thanks again!

You're the best! Here I am, having an epiphany one month short of my 61st birthday. Been watching you, and today it's really clicked. All of those years of misery..

Awesome man. Congratulations on your recovery and good reminders.

I watched this several times and every time it helps a lot even if i knew all about it!

Thank you 😊

You are a real gem 🥹✨😍

Thank you for your reply's Dan you've been helpful .Im waiting to get an appointment with on of the Drs that worked closely with Dr Sarno! He's at the Rusk institute and was with Dr Sarno for 20 yrs

Love this Channel Dan!! I only discovered you yesterday thro' 2 friends who follow u & find u brilliant. You are amazing & Im so happy to have discovered u. Since yest I see a huge improvement in my body's aches...fabulous disovery. I thought I has sciatica & now I see that what ur saying is SO TRUE!! FEAR is the cause of so many problems. Thank you for all your amazing videos and your voice is so so soothing to listen to. Bless u Dan & deep gratitude. 😇🕯🔥👍👌

Thank you so much for this. I am in the beginning of my way to cure myself and it really helps.

Thank yiu

Hi Dan! I just discovered your videos yesterday and WOW, what a gift! Thank you SO much for sharing all your knowledge and experience with TMS! I'm so glad you are free of your pains! I first learned of Dr. Sarno many years ago on the Howard Stern radio show when he mentioned how Dr. Sarno helped him with his back issues. I did attempt to apply his teachings but never achieved my goal however I still did believe in it. I've had back pain for at least 22 years now (along with digestive issues, bursitis, tendonitis, neck/shoulder pain, etc. lol) and have tried many different therapies throughout all those years to get rid of them. Currently, my acupuncturist mentioned Dr. Sarno as he also eradicated his back pain with the methods. That brings me to yesterday when I discovered your videos. I have 2 of Dr. Sarno's books and will be reading them again. I'm wondering if you or any others might be able to guide me on my circumstance. I care for my elderly mother who lives with me and have been doing so for a very long time. There is constant stress, to say the least. I have always been aware of and expressed my emotions - anger, resentment, rage, unfairness, you know, the usual, lol and the list goes on. So I don't necessarily fall into the category of repressed emotions as they are always front and center. So 2 questions - #1 - how does one apply the techniques when each and every day heavy stressors are around you and the emotions aren't repressed and #2 - when there are multiple physical ailments, what is the best approach? Thank you so much for the ways in which you are helping many people!!!

So good. I may need to rewatch this one frequently to keep in the right mindset!

Thank you, I’ve been pain free for years. Flair ups with stress. Great reminder, thank you and thanks to Sarno.

This is bang on. I've noticed my awareness lately has been focused on how an activity is going to cause pain so I shy away from it. I pace take breaks etc but am moving forward cautiously and shifting my thoughts away from the fear of feeling worse to assuring myself I will be fine and take my time. It's so nice to hear you speak about these methods. Emotions are the key to gaining knowledge about our physical health or ill health.

Amazing video ❤ came here from your video with The Steady Coach! Love these reminders, really resonating with me! 😊 thank you

Perfect. Also eft helps face and process the emotions