Book Review - The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders, by John E. Sarno, M.D.: "The author, an orthopedist, believes that normal aging cannot explain certain psychosomatic physical pains which, he writes, have of late become a virtual epidemic. Dr. Sarno's explanation is that such pains are induced by unconscious emotions. Those repressed emotions from our childhood are also the origin of fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, allergies and a host of other maladies.
He has found that the continuation of suffering is due to the reluctance of its victims to intellectually accept the true explanation for the origin of these pains. It's a trick the brain plays on us by depriving a body part of oxygen. He believes that cure rests in the brain finding out that as a victim you do know what's happening! According to Dr. Sarno, you usually don't have to explore that early repressed material. However, as we shall see, some do."
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