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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.0472
EAN: 9780446675154
ISBN: 0446675156
Label: Warner Books, Inc.
Manufacturer: Warner Books, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 210
Publication Date: October 01, 1999
Publisher: Warner Books, Inc.
Sales Rank: 5763
Studio: Warner Books, Inc.
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Dr. John Sarno caused quite a ruckus back in 1990 when he suggested that back pain is all in the head. In his bestselling book, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, he claimed that backaches, slipped discs, headaches, and other chronic pains are due to suppressed anger, and that once the cause of the anger is addressed, the pain will vanish. Relieved Amazon.com readers call this book 'liberating' and say 'it sounds too good to be true, but it is true.' Sarno has returned with The Mindbody Prescription, in which he explains how emotions including guilt, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem can stimulate the brain to manufacture physical symptoms including fibromyalgia, repetitive strain injuries, migraine headaches, hay fever, colitis, ulcers, and even acne. If these psychosomatic problems all sound a little Freudian, what with the repression of emotions in the unconscious, it's because Sarno unapologetically borrows from Freud for the basis of his theory and cites childhood trauma as a major source of emotional problems. He also says that his program is a 'talking cure' of sorts, since patients must be convinced their pain is rooted in their emotions before healing can begin. The book reads a bit like psychology text, with Sarno quoting from psychoanalytic theorists including Heinz Kohut and Graeme Taylor and the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition). Sarno walks through the neurophysiology of mindbody disorders, lists the symptoms of dozens of disorders that he believes are emotion-based, and offers a basic program for overcoming psychosomatic pain and illness. His recovery plan includes meditation and sometimes psychotherapy, including behavior modification, and stopping any medication or physical therapy. While Sarno's ideas seem radical, they were commonly implemented earlier in the 20th century, when psychoanalysis was at its peak of popularity, and they promise to become more accepted in our current era of alternative medical therapies and anger management. --Erica Jorgensen
Amazon.com Review:
Dr. John Sarno caused quite a ruckus back in 1990 when hesuggested that back pain is all in the head. In his bestselling book,Healing Back Pain: TheMind-Body Connection, he claimed that backaches, slipped discs,headaches, and other chronic pains are due to suppressed anger, andthat once the cause of the anger is addressed, the pain willvanish. Relieved Amazon.com readers call this book'liberating' and say 'it sounds too good to be true,but it is true.' Sarno has returned with The MindbodyPrescription, in which he explains how emotions including guilt,anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem can stimulate the brain tomanufacture physical symptoms including fibromyalgia, repetitivestrain injuries, migraine headaches, hay fever, colitis, ulcers, andeven acne. If these psychosomatic problems all sound a littleFreudian, what with the repression of emotions in the unconscious,it's because Sarno unapologetically borrows from Freud for the basisof his theory and cites childhood trauma as a major source ofemotional problems. He also says that his program is a 'talkingcure' of sorts, since patients must be convinced their pain isrooted in their emotions before healing can begin.
The book reads a bit like psychology text, with Sarno quoting frompsychoanalytic theorists including Heinz Kohut and Graeme Taylor andthe DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Fourth Edition). Sarno walks through the neurophysiology ofmindbody disorders, lists the symptoms of dozens of disorders that hebelieves are emotion-based, and offers a basic program for overcomingpsychosomatic pain and illness. His recovery plan includes meditationand sometimes psychotherapy, including behavior modification, andstopping any medication or physical therapy. While Sarno's ideas seemradical, they were commonly implemented earlier in the 20th century,when psychoanalysis was at its peak of popularity, and they promise tobecome more accepted in our current era of alternative medicaltherapies and anger management. --Erica Jorgensen
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Rating:  - The Mindbody Prescription - Your Truth Will Set You Free
This book was recommended to me by a friend who has been disabled for fifteen years from back pain (and four back surgeries to try to elminate it). As he knows more about back pain than I ever will, I dove into the book eagerly with my yellow highlighter in hand. The book is well laid out; takes enough time to lay the premise, then provides case histories to "prove" the theory. I admit I read it eagerly and rapidly, eager to get to the "how" portion of the book. It wasn't until I started re-reading ... Read More
Rating:  - He didn't tell me about the peace of mind that would come, and I'm rather upset about that...
I was lying in bed this morning, terrible abdominal pain in my gut, and I started using Dr. John Sarno's instructions (page 139 in this book, and on page 70 in his "Healing Back Pain" book) instead of reaching for a Vicodin as I usually do. I first started running down all the instances of rage in my life. It was overwhelming. As I went through each experience and tried my best to forgive and release it, the pain got worse. That told me unquestionably that there was a relationship between the emotions ... Read More
Rating: - Chronic Pain sufferers must read
After suffering a life tragedy about 8 years ago I started having unrelenting, debilitating back pain and spasms. I was given a myriad of tests and prescriptions, went to physical therapy and even when to a pain specialist. After a couple of visits the pain specialist recommended Dr. Sarnos book. I read the book all the way through and went back and reread the areas that pertained to my situation. Over the next few weeks my tension myositis disappeared. I have recommended this book to anyone I know with ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Reference!
The chapters on psychology may be a bit too detailed for most people, nevertheless, this is an excellent reference book for understanding a variety of ailments and bodily pains, often misdiagnosed, but usually caused by tension. It is also a good complement to Dr. sarno's Healing back pain, which helped me recover from chronic pain in my back, legs, knees, feet, neck, arms, and hands, and completely disability. Here's a list of tension-related conditons Dr. Sarno mentions in this book that is often misgiagnosed: ... Read More
Rating:  - Mindbody Connection for Healing is Interesting Idea.
The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain
I've read the other reviews for this book. Some are lengthy, erudite discussions of the fine points of Sarno's theories.
I think everyone who has really thought about it seriously, realizes that of course our minds can control our bodies to an extent. Sarno's basic thinking is that most diseases, chronic pain, etc. can be grouped together in one neat package, and by using his process, cures and relief can be affected.
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