Thank you for sharing your story; I'm sorry you are suffering. I'll lead with this quote and ask that you please feel free to ignore the following links:
> I don't want your advice on how to make the pain go away or to deal with it
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Over the years on HN there have been discussions mentioning the work of two pain specialists focused on the mind-body connection: John Sarno's "Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection" (1991) or "The Mindbody Prescription" (1999) and more recently Bessel van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score" (2015). I don't have enough personal experience to contribute any opinions on these resources, but I wanted to make sure you were able to review the recent discussions at these links, along with more anecdotes of the techniques working for many:
2020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24947498 How to deal with extreme physical pain
> I don't want your advice on how to make the pain go away or to deal with it
--
Over the years on HN there have been discussions mentioning the work of two pain specialists focused on the mind-body connection: John Sarno's "Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection" (1991) or "The Mindbody Prescription" (1999) and more recently Bessel van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score" (2015). I don't have enough personal experience to contribute any opinions on these resources, but I wanted to make sure you were able to review the recent discussions at these links, along with more anecdotes of the techniques working for many:
Comments mentioning Sarno (useful for finding similar entire discussions): https://hn.algolia.com?query=%22sarno%22&sort=byDate&type=co...
2024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40744983#40746172 Walking to combat back pain (Sarno)
2024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39324820 What is trauma? The author of "The Body Keeps the Score" explains [video] (Kolk)
2022 Alan Gordon's "The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain" per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38214915#38219120
> a more up to date book with actual science to back up what you described
2017 Sarno documentary trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JVDj2rEOas
2016 counterpoint (but see comments): https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/06/26/book-review-unlearn-yo...
2005 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16483114/ "Debunking myths about trauma and memory" per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40705079#40717901