Mind-Body Connection: Associations, Interpretation, and Evidence
Mind-body connection describes interaction between mental processes and bodily experiences. It does not mean symptoms are imaginary, nor that an emotion can identify the organ or tissue responsible for them.
Mind-body connection describes interaction between mental processes and bodily experiences. It does not mean symptoms are imaginary, nor that an emotion can identify the organ or tissue responsible for them.
A worked situation: Worry about a meeting
Fictional example. A reader notices worry and a stomach sensation together. She records the coexistence without declaring that worry caused the symptom or that changing thoughts will cure it.
Work through these questions: Worry about a meeting
Question or field
Fictional completed example
Mental observation?
Worry about a meeting
Body observation?
Stomach discomfort
What is known?
They occurred together
What is unknown?
The symptom's cause
Available step?
Describe persistent symptoms to a clinician
A relevant author lens: The Awareness Upgrade
Clinical evidence relevant to mind body connection
