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Mar 24, 2011, 07:00 PM
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Member Since: Dec 2003
Location: Coram Deo
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 Yes, it's a vicious cycle/circle. Contrary to old school minds, the connection between body/mind/spirit is inseparable. What one shares they all share. (There's a great book, Your body believes every word you say, that explains this and how to work through it, to your advantage.)
Most everyone with chronic illness battles depression. There are chemicals responses that make pain worse, which makes depression worse...etc.
CBT is great for learning how to realize what it is you're thinking, and whether it's in your own best interest, and if not, how to counter it so you begin to heal that way too.
It's not "all in your head" and not "mind over matter" in a sense that if you'd just change your mind and snap out of it, you'd be healthy...  but the connection is really that strong.
So what if medicine can help you have less pain or a better life? If your own body has run out of the ability to create the amounts of chemicals your stressed body needs, and medication can supplement it, so be it!
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