Unlearn Your Pain Quotes

“Do You Have
Mind Body Syndrome? It is more important to know what sort of person has the disease than what kind of disease the person has. — Hippocrates Tell me one last thing, said Harry. Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? — J.K. Rowling How do you know if your pain or other symptoms are the result of Mind Body Syndrome? First, you need to rule out tissue breakdown disorders that require biomedical treatments.”
― Howard Schubiner, Unlearn Your Pain: The First Five Chapters

“HOW MBS DEVELOPS FROM THE PSYCHOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW: Childhood and adult stressors trigger feelings of fear, anger, or resentment, which are stored in emotional memory (internal child). Personality traits learned in childhood create a strong sense of duty, self-blame, self-criticism, guilt, and excessive concern for others (internal parent). In situations where people feel trapped by stressful events that trigger emotions from childhood hurts, or feel a conflict between what they want for themselves and what they feel they need to do for others, MBS symptoms are likely to develop, especially if there is no outlet to express these feelings or the feelings are actively suppressed.”
― Howard Schubiner, Unlearn Your Pain: The First Five Chapters

“when the nerves that carry pain signals from the site of an injury to the brain are activated for some time, the nerves become “sensitized,” meaning they are more likely to fire and send more pain signals with lesser amounts of tissue activation”
― Howard Schubiner, Unlearn Your Pain: The First Five Chapters

“It is more important to know what sort of person has the disease than what kind of disease the person has. — Hippocrates”
― Howard Schubiner, Unlearn Your Pain: The First Five Chapters

“To summarize, when we experience difficult or stressful situations, especially if we have had significant stresses earlier in life and if we are unable to express or show how we feel, we will be at risk for our bodies to experience pain.”
― Howard Schubiner, Unlearn Your Pain: The First Five Chapters