I read an article (found via SearchYC actually) earlier today about this. While I definitely understand how that emotional turmoil can lead to psychosomatic sym

I read an article (found via SearchYC actually) earlier today about this. While I definitely understand how that emotional turmoil can lead to psychosomatic symptoms, I don't think that is what is happening here. My last job, by pretty much any measure other than income, was worse for me than being unemployed. Near the end I had been out on multiple stress leaves (I think the total was 5 weeks out, beginning about 9 months prior to my dismissal) and was generally in bad shape. My stress level was so high, in fact, that my boss (the good boss I had for about six months, but before the stress leaves) took me on a detour during our morning coffee run and bought be a bottle of Valerian pills to try to calm me down. During all of that, I never developed these sorts of symptoms. The only physical effects I can really think of were the insomnia and a case of strep throat during one of the leaves which that same boss said was likely caused by my stress decompression. Having said that, however, after reading that article this morning, my wrists have felt better than they have in months. I've been attributing that to a) the stretches I found on YouTube this morning, and b) the right-before-bed ibuprofen regimen I described above. I'll definitely give Sarno's work a second look, but I'm so worried about ruining my life by permanently damaging my wrists that I doubt I can really commit to any approach which requires me to actively ignore signs of potential damage.