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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Psychoneuroimmunology examines how emotions link the mind and the body’s overall health.
Chapter 3: Stress is your response to perceived threats that impact every bodily system universally.
Chapter 4: Stress confounds the body, prompting it to attack itself.
Chapter 5: Environmental factors and harmful coping styles contribute to the onset of disease.
Chapter 6: Traumatic experiences can distort people’s perceptions of physical pain.
Chapter 7: Some illnesses are linked to specific personality types.
Chapter 8: Humans learn to engage with the world very early on in life.
Chapter 9: To beat stress, embrace the power of negative thinking.
Description
When the Body Says No (2003) probes the hidden connections between mental health and physical illness. Modern medical science often tries to reassure us that our minds and bodies are totally separate – when, in reality, they’re deeply interconnected. Mental stresses often play out in the body as physiological diseases, disorders, and chronic conditions that endanger our health and well-being.
Who Should Listen
- People who have chronic health conditions or who know others who have them
- The eternally stressed
- Those interested in the connections between mind and body