Yes, really it does seem that way. Some more examples: Tuberculosis in the 50s was still being blamed on psychology.[1] Ulcers. Epilepsy. Myasthenia Gravis. H

Yes, really it does seem that way. Some more examples: Tuberculosis in the 50s was still being blamed on psychology.[1] Ulcers. Epilepsy. Myasthenia Gravis. Hypertension. Autism was blamed on the mother’s personality! Celiac disease. Schizophrenia. Cardiac diseases. Colitis. Oh this is a doozy. Remember AIDS? "It is argued that (a) AIDS is a typical example of epidemic hysteria, (b) the epidemic has at its core an unconscious group delusion that can be called the group fantasy of scapegoating" [2] Turns out when people say they’re sick and something is wrong, there is almost always a cause even if we don’t know what. The body is complex. We still have a hell of a lot to learn. And doctors are being really lazy and damaging to patients when to dismiss a difficult to explain illness as psycho-genic/social/logical. Your example of fan death is a superstition, which is not the same thing as an illness diagnosed as “psychogenic” by a doctor. [1] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/archneurpsyc/article-abstract/651205 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/archneurpsyc/article-abstra... [2] http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1985-14989-001 http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1985-14989-001