Symptoms can be psychogenic yet physically felt and disabling; recognizing this avoids a false 'real vs. fake' binary. This framing allows care without stigma while resisting dangerous pathogen-chasing treatments in contested illnesses.
— It reframes debates over long COVID and chronic Lyme, guiding more coherent clinical practice and resource allocation.
Seeds of Science
2025.10.08
78% relevant
The article claims neuroplastic pain is real, disabling, and often misattributed to imaging 'findings,' and that targeted psychological 'unlearning' resolves symptoms—mirroring the stance that psychogenic mechanisms can produce genuine physical suffering requiring evidence‑based care.
2025.10.07
60% relevant
By disputing Bessel van der Kolk’s claims that unremembered trauma produces lasting bodily changes, the article aligns with a call for careful, evidence‑based framing of contested conditions and warns against pathologizing with weak data.
Seeds of Science
2025.09.24
50% relevant
Like psychosomatic realism, the article urges taking anomalous experiences seriously while explaining them materially; it extends that stance by positing neuron‑level competition and coalitions to account for compulsions, 'voices,' and possession‑like states.
Rachael Bedard, MD
2025.08.29
65% relevant
The author notes wellness influencers invoke 'mitochondrial dysfunction' to explain diffuse symptoms (fatigue, brain fog, pain) and urges curiosity about why these stories appeal, echoing the psychosomatic‑realism stance that symptoms are real even when contested biomedical labels are weak—and warns against policy built on such narratives.
Seeds of Science
2025.08.20
50% relevant
The trial reports objective improvement (HRV +2ms overall; +5ms for suspected mouth breathers) without improved perceived sleep quality, underscoring that subjective symptoms and objective markers can diverge—mirror evidence to the psychosomatic-realism point that 'felt' and 'measured' don’t always align.
Jesse Singal
2025.08.07
100% relevant
O’Sullivan argues some chronic Lyme and long COVID cases are psychosomatic but not faked, and notes patients exposed to risky experimental treatments.