Definitions/Psychosomatic Illness
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Psychosomatic Illness
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1. it is the pain contained in a past experience or the physical malfunction of a past experience. The facsimile of that experience gets into present time and stays with the person until a shock drops it out of sight again or until it is processed out. A shock or necessity however permits it to come back. (NSOL, pp. 139-140)
2. this we call physical illness caused by the mind. In brief, such illness is caused by perceptions received in the reactive mind during moments of pain and unconsciousness. (PAB 85)
3. physiological insanity. It is being expressed by the body rather than by the mind. (8ACC 6, 5410CM08)
4. Illnesses which have a mental origin but which are nevertheless organic. (DMSMH, p. 91)
