who seemed to take advantage of her. “I thought what kind of monster is rageful because her baby won’t stop crying or her elderly parents need a visit. My rage was shameful, and to be honest, I could see why I didn’t want to face that!” In the 25 years since Sarno pub- lished his first book, doctors are discov- ering that there are multiple conditions that are the result of the mind-body connection. In Sarno’s most recent book, The Divided Mind, and in Dr. Howard Schubiner’s book, Unlearn Your Pain, the ailments that have been re- diagnosed as MBS/TMS run the gamut from fibromyalgia to irritable bowel syndrome to gastroesophageal reflux disease to interstitial cystitis and more. One common characteristic of MBS/ TMS is that different pains and maladies occur at different times or even simulta- neously in a person’s life. Dr. Andrea Leonard-Segal, of the
George Washington University Center for Integrative Medicine, and one of Sarno’s colleagues, explains that when a physician takes an in-depth history, performs a physical examination, and rules out other diseases with appropri- ate tests, then a diagnosis of MBS/TMS can be made. “We don’t know exactly how the feeling of subconscious rage communicates chemically with the body to then cause pain, diarrhea, a skin rash, or other physical responses, but we do know that it does. An ex- ample of conscious emotions having a physiologic effect is the red cheeks and warm feeling we have when we get embarrassed. We don’t yet know how the feeling of embarrassment stimulates the blood vessels to turn our cheeks red, but we know that it does.” Leonard-Segal explains that a care- ful medical review is necessary for ev- eryone with chronic symptoms to rule out a serious medical condition. If a person is suffering from chronic symp- toms that doctors have been unable to diagnose or treat successfully, it is pos- sible he or she is suffering from MBS/ TMS. “But it is important,” she says, “that you are diagnosed by a physician. Once patients receive the diagnosis, many will get better soon simply with an education about the condition and coaching to help them overcome their fear of their physical symptoms. When
this is not the case, it is advisable to seek care from a psychologist.” Leonard-Segal says that journaling
may also be helpful as well as reading all of Sarno’s books. “Some patients respond better after reading one book and some after another,” she explains. “Dr. Sarno’s works are the basis of everything that anyone else has written. He really is a genius and a very coura- geous physician because his work was swimming upstream against doubt and closed mindedness in the medical com- munity. It is only in recent years that there is more of an openness occurring in the medical community, but there is a long way to go.”
Kelly Martinsen is the publisher of Natu- ral Awakenings Long Island. Connect with her at
Publisher@AwakeLI.com.
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