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I think the balance lies in between. I find it insulting to hear that it is all in my head because the pain is real: It is even more insulting to tell me this without doing any sort of testing whatsoever. If, after medical testing, they still don't know what it is - or if my ailment is often stress related - I don't mind trying different things, including mental health options - to take care of it all.

After all, this is why a competent mental health professional will do medical testing and MRI's and other such things so that they can rule out a physical reason for a psychological problem. Depression and anxiety can be caused by hormones, after all, and psychosis of different sorts can be a tumor.




> I find it insulting to hear that it is all in my head because the pain is real

Many people dismiss mental health issues as less serious or outright illusory, hence "It's all in your head".

Instead of blaming psychosomatic dysfunctions for existing, we should question why mental health issues are seen with shame and called "insulting"




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