> On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 01:11:58PM -0600, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> > Has your wife had her sensitivity examined by medical professionals? Is
> > it a physical problem or a psychosomatic condition?
On 30/01/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes. Physical.
Let's remember here that it doesn't matter whether it's allegedly
"physical" or allegedly "psychosomatic", it only matters that she's in
pain. At the end of the day, both "physical" and "psychosomatic" pain
sensations are **exactly** the same:
The same synapses fire, the same neurotransmitters get released, the
same chemicals are involved. For pain, it really and truly does not
matter what started it, because in terms of the central nervous
system, the pain is the same and just as real, regardless whether it
was triggered directly ("physical") or indirectly ("psychosomatic").
In the end of the day, either pain sensation is both physical and
psychosomatic, and the brain can't distinguish and doesn't care how it
started. More enlightened MDs will tell you as much.
"How it started" is only interesting in trying to find and address
root causes, but it doesn't say anything about how real the pain is.
--ropers
