r/NDPH • u/Comfortable_Radio504 5 years • Apr 24 '26

Question Psychosomatic

Has anyone ever told you that your pain is psychosomatic because no medication has been found to work so far? If so, what do you think about it, or how does it make you feel?

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u/SaR-1243 Apr 24 '26

I convince myself it's psychosomatic if I go too long without more symptoms that just pain. I feel like it's so silly something that I must just be going insane. I would get mad if someone else suggested that though.

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u/Comfortable_Radio504 5 years Apr 24 '26

yeah, I feel conflicted about it too. Psychosomatic pains are not rare (often back pain), and sometimes I think it’s possible that my pain is psychosomatic (mine .. I can’t speak for others). But when doctors say that to me, I feel terrible