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Susie
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 Posted - 03/23/2011 : 19:02:53
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| I have always wondered how my brain chooses symptoms. I have suffered thru a huge variety of pain from ,literally, my head to my toes. I have had extreme anxiety causing heart palpatations to good ole IBS. My brain must really like IBS because I get it alot. I think my brain has gotten tired of the tried and true symptoms and now tries to sort of" stump the stars". It alway tries to throw something new at me to try to really make me believe that, this time, it's not tms but really something really really baaad. Does anyone have any ideas of what selection process our brain goes thru? Why would it choose knee pain over the old heart attack symptoms or vertigo over tmj? I sometimes believe it is partly the power of suggestion. I know if I read about an illness, I am very likely to experience it. I have been that impressionable since I was really small. If someone talks about their migrane, I am very likely to get one. I know my brain will try to give me something I will buy, like pain at the site of an old injury but other than that, I'm not sure where all this stuff comes from. Any Ideas? |
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GMack
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2011 : 21:03:07
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| I guess Sarno would say finding the answer to such a question is not necessary to recovery, but I think it's an interesting question. And in my case too I think the power of suggestion has some part in it. I remember when I was about 10 years old my dad had an emergency appendectomy. I soon developed a bad stomach ache that I was sure was appendicitis. I was so sure that I convinced my mom to take me to the doctor. He diagnosed it as "nervous stomach." Four decades later and my mind still plays the same old trick if I let it. |
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Goodney
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2011 : 07:23:10
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| I totally agree with the power of suggestion notion. I don't know how many times I have read about a medical condition or injury, or have heard of someone suffering from a medical condition of injury, and before I know it, am suffering symptoms in the same part of the body. Or I'll suffer a minor injury or engage in some new physical activity, and will develop nagging symptoms in the involved body part. Our brains are ingenious at finding ways to divert our attention back to our bodies. |
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how does our brain choose
