Psychogenic Back Pain
Psychogenic back pain is a specific type of
psychological back pain.
This type of symptomatic expression is very common and like other forms of mindbody suffering, is rarely correctly diagnosed by medical doctors. This
misdiagnosis
is yet another reason for the
back pain epidemic
that is currently growing worldwide. Psychogenic implies that the condition is wholly created in the mind, but expressed in the anatomy. The torturous expression is the same as for any injury or diseases process. However, the source of the pain can be traced to a purely emotional imperative rather than any structural anatomical concern.
What is Psychogenic Back Pain?
Psychogenic pain is defined as symptoms that are created by the subconscious mind, but experienced in the body. This pain is 100% REAL and is in no way imaginary. However, there are no organic, environmental or structural reasons for the discomfort.These symptoms are usually enacted as a defense mechanism to protect the individual from overwhelming emotional issues that are repressed by the subconscious mind. Psychogenic describes a form of
psychosomatic
symptom that does not originate from a
back injury
or
degenerative back pain
process. It is crafted entirely in the confines of the mind and has absolutely no anatomical merit. Other forms of psychological back pain might have been real injuries at one time or might be slightly symptomatic physically degenerative conditions that have been perpetuated and aggrandized by the maladapted psychological process causing the pain.
Psychogenic Back Pain Concern
The majority of patients with
treatment resistant
or
unresolved back pain
will not recover. This is a sad but truthful fact. One major reason that these patients are doomed to suffer is that medical science is still in the dark ages when it comes to acknowledging, diagnosing and treating
psychological pain syndromes.
It is clear from statistics that medicine has completely missed the point when it comes to present views on back pain and other emotionally-induced pain syndromes. Patients need to learn the facts about back pain and stop listening to the myths of how the spine is such a fragile and delicate structure. Patients need to learn how they might have been misled by blaming all their pain on some
back pain scapegoat
condition, when all along the pain has been caused by their subconscious mind. When you look at this point of view, it is easy to answer the millions of patients that constantly ask:
"How come NO treatment seems to cure my pain?”
After all, how can a treatment directed at a mistaken physical cause cure a psychological condition?
IT CAN’T and IT WON’T.
Recommendation on Psychogenic Back Pain
Well at this point you are probably having one of 2 customary reactions to this page… * “WOW. I never thought of this possibility. This might explain why my pain has lasted so long and has fought back against all the medical treatments. I am going to investigate this possibility further.” OR * "This guy is nuts. I am really injured. I am insulted that he thinks my pain is all in my head. I am not crazy. I think he is crazy! I am so mad… SO MAD… SOOO MADDDD… Ouch my back hurts. Hunny, get me my pills please…” Ok, so if you are thinking the former choice, then congrats! I recommend learning more about
knowledge therapy
so that you can possibly END your pain. If you are thinking the latter, then maybe you are right. Maybe there is a purely structural causation for your continued suffering. It certainly can and does happen. However, what do you really have to lose by learning more anyway? There is no cost or risk involved in knowledge therapy and many patients, such as myself, have found great wisdom in the lessons, despite NOT having achieved a lasting cure.
Psychogenic Back Pain to BackPain
2/4/07 Revised 2/6/12
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