Joanne Smith explains how to read your body's warning signals to know when you need routine care versus emergency help, reducing anxiety in the process. She references Dr. Sarno's work and notes that real recovery takes time, not instant fixes, but the approach has no downside.
When you realise you're the one driving this human machine, well, your brain, and you understand how it all begins to work, I mean, it's like incredible, because if a warning light pops up, there's no worry. You just understand the system. You know at what point you need to go to the doctors, you know at what point you do need to go for emergency treatment. You know what's a mind-body sensation. You just get to know how to drive this amazing machine. You start to recognize what's what. You start to recognize what you need to do next, how you need to respond. It just gets better and better and better. So don't be disheartened if you've listened to a Dr. Sarno book And gone and had a go at doing something and it miraculously disappeared straight away. This stuff can take time, but you've got time, because what's the choice? Stay where you are now and be— and struggle and be disappointed, or have a go at an approach that has got zero side effects. The only side effect is recovery, as I always say.
