The first step toward stopping pain and other psychosomatic symptoms is to recognize they are psychosomatic, caused by stress or anxiety, and that having stress or anxiety doesn't make you weak or broken. Mental illness can be as debilitating as physical illness, but accepting this less visible diagnosis is key to beginning treatment.

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