The Divided Mind (1-5) Fibromyalgia Pain Treatment - The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders

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"Dr. Sarno brilliantly explores the chasm between the conscious and unconscious minds, where psychosomatic ailments originate." (Mehmet Oz, M.D., co-author of You: The Owner's Manual)

Publisher's Summary
The Divided Mind is the crowning achievement of Dr. John E. Sarno's long and successful career as a groundbreaking medical pioneer. While his earlier books dealt almost exclusively with musculoskeletal pain disorders, here Dr. Sarno addresses the entire spectrum of psychosomatic (mind-body) disorders. In Dr. Sarno's view, the crucial interaction between the reasonable, rational, ethical, moral conscious mind and the repressed feelings of emotional pain, hurt, sadness, and anger characteristic of the unconscious mind is the basis for many mind-body disorders.

The Divided Mind traces the history of psychosomatic medicine, including Freud's crucial role as well as his failures. Most important, it describes the psychology of the human condition that is responsible for the broad range of psychosomatic illness. Dr. Sarno believes that the failure of medicine's practitioners to recognize and appropriately treat mind-body disorders has produced public health and economic problems of major proportions in the United States. One of the most interesting and important aspects of psychosomatic phenomena is the fact that knowledge and awareness of the process clearly have healing powers.

"As far as Dr Sarno and his colleagues are concerned, fibromyalgia is a severe form of TMS, and is best treated like any other form of TMS, i.e. by providing knowledge and understanding of the true source of the pain. The core of this treatment is a lecture presentation in which Dr. Sarno (or a colleague) leads the patients through a process of realisation of the relationship between emotions and physical symptoms and explains to them the importance of understanding what is going on as the basis for curing many common pain syndromes."

John E. Sarno, M.D. is Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine. He has been practicing medicine since 1950. Dr. Sarno is the acclaimed author of Mind Over Back Pain, the #1 New York Times bestseller Healing Back Pain, and the bestselling The Mindbody Prescription. Dr. Sarno lives in New York.

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• unconscious
• psychosomotic
• psychology
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[yomofo890]

thank you so much for posting this. John Sarno is brilliant. St Sarno

[jmnjanne]

My back was cured by Dr Sarno's work He is amazing

[ringbolt9]

i was unable to work  due to back pain and this worked for me 16 yrs now its incredible really

[cherryrazzmatazz]

@123yessure @123yessure

Sarno write about how Western culture places a lot of emphasis on the individual. We admire the person who goes it alone. Whereas I know that the Japanese focus on harmony and community. (Did you know that in Japan if a family business takes on a new partner, they routinely ADOPT him? A grown man.) But in the US we have cultural paradigms like Lutheranism/Protestantism, which tend to emphasize self blame, individual responsibility + repression. Stiff upper lip.

[123yessure]

@123yessure I should add that I'm open to these concepts. But, was just curious about my question

[123yessure]

These are very interesting concepts. But can anyone who has read one or more of Dr Sarno's books attempt to explain/guess for me why it is that the Japanese people are not (as far as I know) more crippled with pain then those of us in western nations? I mean, perhaps more then any other race of people, they are really big on internalising true negative emotions/reactions and trying to be nice whenever possible. Thanks

[essy111]

I recommend a really good book for anyone who has really bad ME/Fibromyalgia called "The Journey Through ME" (Chroinic Fatigue Syndrome by Janet Hurrell you can get it on eBay and Amozon

[audaciousamateur]

TMS is real. I had back pain that was getting worse and worse. I was taking 10 vicodin a day and still in constant pain that was not subsiding with time. I had an MRI and was scheduled for cortisone injections. While researching the treatments I came across Dr. Sarno's book. I read it on a Friday and by Monday I took my last Vicodin and cancelled the cortisone treatments. Now I take only Tylenol and I'm getting better every day. It's miraculous.

[SherrinBernstein]

You mean you cured your back with your new understanding imparted by Sarno's work. :)

[ValerieLumley]

I am a recovered fibromyalgic who left the care of the medical profession to discover the cause and cure of this horrific condition without drugs, and am living proof you can cure this and take back your life. Symptoms are mistaken for the cause and treatments that help do not cure. Please, do not be discouraged by failed hope and keep going!!!

Valerie Lumley, Recovered Fibromyalgic and author of

"Curing Chronic Fibromyalgia - Choosing What Works"