It's All in Your Head
Stories from the Frontline of Psychosomatic Illness
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4.5 • 59 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A neurologist explores the very real world of psychosomatic illness.
Pauline first became ill when she was fifteen. What seemed to be a urinary infection became joint pain, then life-threatening appendicitis. After a routine operation Pauline lost all the strength in her legs. Shortly afterwards, convulsions started. But Pauline’s tests are normal: her symptoms seem to have no physical cause whatsoever.
This may be an extreme case, but Pauline is not alone. As many as a third of people visiting their GP have symptoms that are medically unexplained. In most, an emotional root is suspected which is often the last thing a patient wants to hear and a doctor to say.
We accept our hearts can flutter with excitement and our brows can sweat with nerves, but on this journey into the very real world of psychosomatic illness, Suzanne O'Sullivan finds the secrets we are all capable of keeping from ourselves.
‘A fascinating glimpse into the human condition... a forceful call for society to be more open about such suffering’ Daily Mail
‘Honest, fascinating and necessary’ The Times
Customer Reviews
An excellent book.
At first I thought that the book was slightly repetitive.However,I reviewed this opinion on further reading.I think the brain exerts a great deal on our overall health.Many maladies are non-organic in nature even when we suffer some distressing physical symptoms.A great read and very helpful in understanding some common maladies.
It's all in your head, and that's ok
Thoroughly enjoyable and well written, It's All in Your Head considers the way mind and body relate and can lead to psychosomatic illnesses, real illness empathetically explained by the writer, a consultant neurologist. No one who reads this will turn a page without recognising something of themselves. It's a book that will deepen every readers' understanding and compassion.