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Treatments can address underlying feelings and emotional conflicts that can lead to psychogenic pain, as well as other potential causes of dysfunction with behavior, affect, and coping that can be seen in patients. [10] In cases where therapy and medication do not show results, some may consider surgical intervention.
But while stress is often thought of as a mental or emotional issue, its impact on the body can be profound. One of the most common physical complaints associated with stress is back pain.
POIS symptoms, which are called a "POIS attack", [1] can include some combination of the following: cognitive dysfunction, aphasia, severe muscle pain throughout the body, severe fatigue, weakness, and flu-like or allergy-like symptoms, [4] such as sneezing, itchy eyes, and nasal irritation.
Sarno stated that the underlying cause of the pain is the mind's defense mechanism against unconscious mental stress and emotions such as anger, anxiety and narcissistic rage. The conscious mind is distracted by the physical pain, as the psychological repression process keeps the anger and rage contained in the unconscious and thereby prevented ...
Some of the most common stress-related symptoms include headaches, nausea, fatigue, dizziness, heart palpitations, and chest, back, or abdominal pain, says Dr. Ashwini Nadkarni, associate medical ...
“When systemic and chronic inflammation accompanies these underlying diseases, it can affect multiple organ systems, manifesting as fatigue, muscle weakness, digestive disturbances, joint pain ...
The seemingly elusive, only-know-it-when-you-feel-it emotion can reduce inflammation, calm the nervous system, decrease stress, and quell physical pain, says Dacher Keltner, PhD, a social ...
Prolonged stress can disturb the immune, digestive, cardiovascular, sleep, and reproductive systems. [17] For example, it was found that: Chronic stress reduces resistance of infection and inflammation, and might even cause the immune system to attack itself. [27] Stress responses can cause atrophy of muscles and increases in blood pressure. [28]