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‘Psychosomatic illness’ and ‘psychosomatic symptoms’ are commonly-used terms. In everyday language, they are typically used to dismiss both the symptoms and the person, with phrases such as ‘It’s all in the mind’, often meaning, ‘It isn’t real: this person is imagining it’.
This article outlines why such ideas are mistaken, the importance of understanding the unity of mind and body, how trauma splits mind and body, and the role of psychotherapy in reuniting them safely.
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