If you are sick: It’s not all in your head. There are few things scarier than getting sick. It makes us feel so vulnerable. We’re at the mercy of our bodies and, often, the only respite we receive is whatever treatment or advice we can get from our doctor. But imagine how terrifying it must be, while you’re violently ill or suffering from a chronic debilitating condition, if your doctor looked you straight in the face and said, “We can’t find anything wrong with you.”
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How do you react? You’re still feeling what you’re feeling, even if the causes aren’t showing up on an X-ray or blood test, so what do you do when you hear “Nothing’s wrong?” How do you move forward?
The sad fact is that I know at least some of the people reading this know EXACTLY what I’m talking about.
MILLIONS of people around the globe seek treatment for “medically unexplained” symptoms every single year, a sobering fact that I learned in Dr. Suzanne O’Sullivan’s fascinating new book, Is It All In Your Head?: True Stories of Imaginary Illness.
(It’s now on sale now from Other Press and I can’t recommend it enough.)
This book opened my eyes in a huge way because I’ve known people throughout my life with these kinds of chronic conditions — family friends who would always cancel plans at the last minute due to their fibromyalgia or co-workers who would constantly complain due to their inexplicable recurring joint pain.
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