In short, I relaxed and stopped being scared of it. FWIW I also took more breaks, got a better chair and posture, stretched regularly, and especially important

In short, I relaxed and stopped being scared of it. FWIW I also took more breaks, got a better chair and posture, stretched regularly, and especially importantly: became a lot more aware of signs of incoming pain and would take breaks before it started hurting not after. (But lately I'm fine and rarely need any breaks. After some success I stopped being scared.) I think it's completely reasonable that your thoughts have a lot of effect on your body. I don't see anything unscientific about that. Both consciously and unconsciously your brain can move your legs, for example. And a lot of other important stuff. As a comparison, consider running or some other sport. There's often minor aches and pains involved even if you never get anything people would call an "injury". If you had a bad attitude to them and interpreted them as a dangerous injury, I think they could bother you a huge amount. But if you aren't scared of them at all because you have a good understanding of which ones are danger signs and which are nothing to worry about, then the same pains can be no problem. I think novices often make mistakes in both directions. Being overly worried about minor pains is common -- many people quickly give up on running. And trying to ignore major pains is also common and gets people injured. I think both types of mistakes happen (a lot) with RSI and typing too. If you get get your psychology so you don't mind non-dangerous minor pains, but do things about any real problems, then that's good. If you stray to either direction of getting this correct you can cause problems. Sometimes both issues happen. First you get some real pain. You take some breaks and it soon heals and you're OK but now you're scared and start interpreting non-dangerous minor sensations as scary pain. And if you keep going down that path it can escalate. And also if you try to push through while scared of every minor sensation, and type anyway, you're in no condition to understand whether there's anything dangerous going on that needs a break, some stretching, or more. So it's psychologically unpleasant plus you might hurt yourself again. I think it's really valuable to build up more awareness and understanding of your hands/wrists, and have the right way of thinking about the topic. EDIT: i think he deleted while i was writing my post. but basically he just asked for information about the things i talk about.