# Tell us about psychosomatic ailments you have suffered.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-psychosomatic-ailments-you-have-suffered/713799>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 27, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-psychosomatic-ailments-you-have-suffered/713799 "2015-02-27T21:30:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-psychosomatic-ailments-you-have-suffered/713799/21 "2015-03-02T04:02:10Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> Before I married and had kids, I planned to kill myself if I suffered certain diabetes complications: blindness or amputation.

Wow, I had also thought to myself before, “If I go blind, I don’t want to live anymore.” Amputation is something I felt I could live with; not blindness.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-psychosomatic-ailments-you-have-suffered/713799/22 "2015-03-02T04:29:20Z")

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My wife has **them all**. And believe me, _I suffer_.

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**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-psychosomatic-ailments-you-have-suffered/713799/23 "2015-03-02T23:49:00Z")

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> John Sarno claims to have helped various people with debilitating pain who didn’t respond to treatment by convincing them it was psychosomatic.
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> [http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connection/dp/0446557684/ref=sr\_1\_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425213883&sr=8-1&keywords=sarno](http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connection/dp/0446557684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425213883&sr=8-1&keywords=sarno)

My mother gave me that book back (ha!) when all this was happening. It did help me pinpoint the cause. I’ve never had sciatica that bad since then.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-psychosomatic-ailments-you-have-suffered/713799/24 "2015-03-02T23:52:36Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> Wow, I had also thought to myself before, “If I go blind, I don’t want to live anymore.” Amputation is something I felt I could live with; not blindness.

When I felt that way, I was motivated by my fear of dependency on others. Well, that and cowardice.

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