Your Symptoms Are Not Dangerous

Symptoms aren't dangerous

Understanding the TMS Approach

When you’re living with persistent symptoms, dizziness, pain, nausea, tinnitus, and fatigue, it’s easy to feel like something is seriously wrong. The body feels off, and naturally, the mind assumes the worst: What if it’s a disease? What if I never get better? These thoughts are scary, and they keep you trapped in a cycle of fear, hypervigilance, and more symptoms.

But here’s something that changed everything for me, and it’s something I now share with my clients: Your symptoms are real, but they are not dangerous.

Let’s unpack this from a TMS perspective.

What is TMS?

TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome), also called Mind-Body Syndrome, is a way of understanding symptoms that don’t show up on scans, tests, or medical explanations — yet are very real and often debilitating. Dr. John Sarno, and later professionals like Alan Gordon and Dr. Howard Schubiner, helped bring this approach into the light.

TMS doesn’t mean “it’s all in your head.” It means your brain is protecting you, often in the wrong way. Chronic symptoms like pain, dizziness, or tinnitus can be the brain’s way of diverting you from emotional stress or long-term fear patterns. It’s not imagined — it’s generated by neural pathways that have become over-sensitised.

The Turning Point: Believing They're Not Dangerous

One of the biggest shifts in healing is truly accepting that your symptoms, while uncomfortable and disruptive, are not signs of physical damage. They are signs of a nervous system on high alert.

Here’s what helped me and what I often say to others:

• If multiple doctors have ruled out serious conditions, trust that.

• If your symptoms fluctuate (some days better, some worse), that’s a sign it’s brain-generated.

• If your symptoms worsen with stress or attention, that’s another sign.

  
  

None of this means your experience isn’t valid. It just means your body is reacting to a perceived threat, not a real one.

What Happens When You Stop Fearing Your Symptoms?

Everything starts to change.

You begin to:

• Interrupt the fear-symptom-fear loop

• Respond with curiosity instead of panic

• Rewire your brain by showing it that you’re safe

  
  

This is where practices like somatic tracking, gentle exposure, and building a new relationship with fear come in — things I teach in my coaching and talk about in my videos. It’s not about controlling symptoms, but about showing your brain there is nothing to fear.

Final Thoughts

You don’t have to fix your body; you have to teach your brain that your body is already okay.

This doesn’t happen overnight. But with education, self-compassion, and the right tools, you can start to rewire those fear-based patterns and feel like you again.

If you're on this journey, I see you. You’re not broken. You’re not stuck. And most importantly, your symptoms are not dangerous.

Ready to talk it through? I offer 1:1 coaching services and bundles to help you break free from the cycle of fear and hyperawareness.

Book a free consultation today!

Book Free Consultation

If you found this helpful or want to share your journey, comment below, I’d love to hear from you.