Summary: Step One: Forget everything you know about chronic pain. Welcome to 5/15/13 podcast of The Healthy Mind with Dr. Zafirides. This week, I discuss the mind-body relationship between our emotions and physical pain. You'll learn how our brain uses physical pain as a purposeful, survival-based refuge from deeper emotional pain. Using the existing research, I discuss significant inconsistencies in the current medical understanding of chronic pain. This is information you need to know. Don't believe anyone who tells you that you have to live with chronic pain forever. If you or some you love suffers with chronic pain, please join me for a very special episode of The Healthy Mind podcast. In Health News:1. Handling Stress: How Your Emotional Style May Be Creating Anxiety2. Can Fish Oil Reverse The Brain Damaging Effects Of Junk Food? All this, and “The Healthy Mind Headlines” on this week’s podcast! Welcome!! NOTE: Any medical information published on this website is not intended as a substitute for informed medical advice and you should not take any action before consulting with a health care professional. For more information, please read our TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
