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I read his book, and it's definitely quackery to me. If I remember correctly, he basically says back pain (and other kinds of chronic pain?) can be cured by for

• jvvw 8y ago
  I think some back pain is nocebo effect and his book basically also deconstructs the issues with many explanations for back pain helping alleviate those nocebo effects. If you want a placebo, then his book is about as cheap a placebo as you can get, regardless of the lack of science.
• nier 8y ago
  That sounds too altruistic to me, if you put it like that. I assume you don’t let anger bottle up inside of you and find ways to equalize the pressure without hurting yourself. Then this book is not for you. I had issues with that, so the book taught me to allow myself to be angry, deciding at one point that there was enough anger and being free from it. That’s far from forgiveness which needs to be earned by the wrongdoers. Not gifted by the victim after reading a book.
• crucialfelix 8y ago
  That's not really what he said. His theory is that in order to avoid dealing with various mental and emotional issues, we unconsciously stress parts or our body until it causes pain. We unconsciously exacerbate this physical pain to literally distract ourselves from emotional pain. Once this is pointed out to you then you may notice the process, making it conscious, which then allows you to consciously stop whatever you are doing that results in pain.