Once you begin considering that many physical symptoms may be stress related, not only do you react to your own aches and pains differently, the news starts to take on a different meaning. That’s why Dr. David Schechter repeatedly asks in his MindBody Workbook what kind of messages you’ve been getting in the media about pain symptoms. Here, a couple of those very stories:
Fibromyalgia Affects Mental Health of Those Diagnosed and Their Spouses, Study Finds
Use of Alternative Therapy for Pain Treatment Increases With Age and Wealth
The message? Different from Dr. Schechter’s.
For more about mind-body medicine, try Dr. Schecter’s website, this interview I did with therapist Alan Gordon, and/or the stress illness section of this site.