Well, if it makes you feel any better, being psychosomatic doesn't mean it's not "real", it just means that there's an extra step in the causality. Like psychos

Well, if it makes you feel any better, being psychosomatic doesn't mean it's not "real", it just means that there's an extra step in the causality. Like psychosomatic itching - you are genuinely feeling the irritation, it's not imaginary, but you can retrain yourself not to indulge to fix it. The same thing is true with other psychosomatic illness. Many people act like psychosomatic illness is in the same category as malingering, delusion, or antisocial behavior. It's not. It's a real thing that you're really experiencing, not some kind of moral failing, it just happens to have a root in neurology and psychology instead of a different causative origin. Is a headache any less real or painful just because it's caused by stress instead of a hangover? I would say no, if anything, the opposite. Same goes for psychosomatic nausea, high blood pressure, eczema, psoriasis, pain, dizziness, any of at least a dozen things. They're real things you're experiencing, that might have more to do with mental health than physical health, depending on the exact situation. But they're still all real - nobody with high blood pressure from somatic issues is imagining their numbers higher. So, trust yourself. What you're feeling is genuine, regardless of the source - the fact that that source might be on one or the other side of the extremely fuzzy line of "mind versus body" is no reason to question your own experience.