Joanne Smith explains how negative information from medical scans can worsen symptoms through the nocebo effect. She recommends researching what your imaging actually shows, since many MRI findings are common and benign. Small informed actions help you reclaim control of your health.
Because honestly, these tiny little things that you might do will literally give you your life back. It'll give you the steering wheel back so you can drive into wherever direction you choose, rather than being told, um, by someone who's unintentionally noceboing fear— Fear. Fueling fear and worsening your symptoms. And that's one other thing that I encourage you to look out for. If you feel a worsening in symptoms based upon being told this bad news, this, um, not so good news in an appointment or in a scan or in a, oh, we see this on your X-ray, this is, uh— Again, I encourage you to do the research. Ask me, I'll share some of the research articles about normal abnormalities that we can find on MRIs and scans. Don't be no-see-boat by it. It's not the end of the road there.
