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It goes a level deeper than that. Learned from dating a very good massage therapist for awhile, our minds relatively commonly cause physical changes that lead t
by ethbro 8y ago
It goes a level deeper than that. Learned from dating a very good massage therapist for awhile, our minds relatively commonly cause physical changes that lead to pain symptoms.
E.g. you subconsciously favor your back, leading to overexertion of other muscles, leading to physical degradation and pain from those muscles
Talking with her was eye opening on the amount of sub-major muscle "stuff" that is constantly subconsciously working in our muscular-skeletal system.
"You hold tension in your neck" is a remarkably complex statement (and solution).
- jayd16 8y agoIs that considered psychosomatic, though? I don't think this fits the topic at hand.
- ethbro 8y agoIt's a blurry line. If I've caused permanent damage to my back because I've been subconsciously holding it incorrectly for decades, is that damage psychosomatic?
- hisnameisjimmy 8y agoIf you go with the Sarno theory though, the damage is very unlikely to be permanent, and any lingering pain is still based in repressed, stressful emotions.