Kirst24
06-02-10, 05:56
Hey everyone.
I just wanted to post this as it helped me a little. I was up at a&e during the night yesterday with pain in my chest. Had to wait hours to see doc and during that time was having panic attacks, convinced I was going to die etc etc. Even though he was an A&E doc who probably had a lot of other stuff to do he took a lot of time to speak about how I was feeling. He said the mind is the body's most powerful organ and it is unbelievable what it can do to your body. He said that he had heard of patient's who had to be fed through tubes and stuff, there was never anything physically wrong with them but because of their mind (anxiety) their body was reacting in such a way they couldn't hold down food. People have told me before just how much the mind affects the body but until he gave me this example I couldn't believe how much.
Sometimes it takes someone to sit and take you seriously and spend some time listening to make you feel better. I wish all doctors were like him!
:-)
I just wanted to post this as it helped me a little. I was up at a&e during the night yesterday with pain in my chest. Had to wait hours to see doc and during that time was having panic attacks, convinced I was going to die etc etc. Even though he was an A&E doc who probably had a lot of other stuff to do he took a lot of time to speak about how I was feeling. He said the mind is the body's most powerful organ and it is unbelievable what it can do to your body. He said that he had heard of patient's who had to be fed through tubes and stuff, there was never anything physically wrong with them but because of their mind (anxiety) their body was reacting in such a way they couldn't hold down food. People have told me before just how much the mind affects the body but until he gave me this example I couldn't believe how much.
Sometimes it takes someone to sit and take you seriously and spend some time listening to make you feel better. I wish all doctors were like him!
:-)