Joanne Smith learned about Tension Myositis Syndrome and neuroplastic pain, felt hopeful, and expected quick recovery through positive thinking. It didn't work. The talk explores why positive thoughts alone aren't enough and what actually drives lasting improvement.
Well, the title is, why is positive thinking— why positive thinking isn't enough. Like, a lot of people are like, oh, you just need to think more positively, you just need to think better, think positive, everything will be okay. So, and a lot of people are like, well, I'm doing that and it's not working, why is it not working? So the title for the session is, why positive thinking isn't enough and the secret to changing your recovery expectations. Because I had positive thoughts. I had great expectations. As soon as I first knew about TMS, tension myositis syndrome, mind-body syndrome, neuroplastic pain, they're all the same thing, just a different name. I had brilliant positive thoughts. I was like, wow, what, you mean recovery is possible? So I had great positive thinking, but unfortunately it didn't just happen like overnight, so that's kind of what I'm going to speak to today.
