I read an article in the Guardian today about people suffering from illnesses for no apparent reason, and it got me thinking...
'Yvonne went blind overnight, Matthew couldn’t walk, Shahina lost the use of her hand – but doctors found nothing wrong. Were they faking it, or was the mind playing tricks? A neurologist on her most intriguing cases' - The Guardian | May 2015
The idea of an illness manifested completely by the mind is not new. As a sufferer of asthma I remember it being suggested that the problems with my breathing were psychosomatic, and probably brought on by emotional issues. Maybe that's true. I can't say I've ever noticed a pattern that would connect how I'm feeling with a difficulty breathing. That's not proof of anything, of course, much of our decision making goes on behind closed doors. There's an article on beinghuman.org which...