This is a good point. There is a feedback loop to anxiety and stress and illness. Some illnesses cause minor problems for decades, but you remain mostly fine.

This is a good point. There is a feedback loop to anxiety and stress and illness. Some illnesses cause minor problems for decades, but you remain mostly fine. Add in a huge dose of stress hormones, and that minor condition can go crazy. You now have more things to stress about. Inflammation can cause inflammation. Sometimes breaking the cycle is enough.