{Trigger warning: sexual abuse}

Dr David Clarke is president of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. He is also Assistant Director at the Center for Ethics and Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology Emeritus both at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, USA, among many other impressive accomplishments, and I was fortunate enough to spend over an hour with him discussing psychophysiologic disorders.

In the 1970s, Dr John Sarno discovered that many of his back pain patients’ symptoms would disappear as soon as they acknowledged repressed emotions, and he labelled the disorder TMS (tension myositis syndrome). Countless people in severe chronic pain of all sorts benefited from his work. his theories and his books. Dr Clarke has updated those fundamental theories, using the latest research, and has renamed the condition Psychophysiologic Disorder, also known as MindBody Disorder or Stress Illness.

In this episode we talk about how repressed, unresolved or unexplored emotions can trigger a physical reaction in the body, often pain, in the form of anything from back pain, migraines and nerve issues, to gastrointestinal issues.

To date he has worked with over 7000 patients with whom he has had success with these theories, and you can hear all about it in this hugely informative, eye-opening and encouraging episode that will give hope to anyone suffering from chronic pain, even if it’s been years and you can’t imagine life without it. There is light at the end of the tunnel for chronic pain sufferers and hopefully by listening to Dr Clarke, you will be guided towards it.

You can find Dr Clarke over at PPDA and Stress Illness.

Products or services mentioned in the show:
They Can’t Find Anything Wrong by Dr David Clarke.

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