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pan
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susan828
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 Posted - 02/21/2011 : 12:15:21
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| I liked that article, simple, to the point. Thanks for posting it. I have friends and relatives that may benefit from it, people who are resistant to reading Sarno but they'll read this. Recognizing TMS is the first step to getting better. |
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tennis tom
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Posted - 02/21/2011 : 17:37:59
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Great article, thanks for sharing it. It better defined some issues related to TMS I was confused about such as what is somatization, hypochondria, and psychsomatic.
I found several points in the article interesting:
"In fact, 60 to 80 percent of Americans have at least one somatization symptom per week."
"And, depending on which figures you believe, between 20 and 84 percent of people who consult a doctor do so for some form of somatization. Hypochondria alone is said to be present in 9 percent of patients who consult their family physicians."
This article was written in 1995 and I can't say we've come very far in recognizing the role emotions play in creating bodily pain. If anything, people have become more obsessed with their bodies and less with their minds.
DR. SARNO'S 12 DAILY REMINDERS:
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6415
TAKE THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti
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When the Body Speaks....article
