Your 1^st step in getting rid of fibromyalgia is knowledge.
 

   Fibromyalgia stems from psychosomatic origins.  Exactly how emotions change us physically and chemically is explained below and in the video on the next page.
 

*** Please Note:  Everyone, every single person has psychosomatic disturbances, you cannot live life without collecting these.  Emotions equal bodily reactions.  I do not work with mentally ill people.  You are not mentally ill if you have fibromyalgia, in fact it simply proves that your mind is working as designed.  I cannot stress this enough.  I personally am living without a heart condition and abnormal sinus problems that I used to have after receiving a few hypnotherapy sessions.  I have conducted thousands of sessions, believe me, this effects everyone and you are normal.

   Also...  Many FM patients hear from their doctor that FM is psychosomatic and tell you, or make you feel as if it's all in your head or that you're making it up.  The pain IS real.  Emotions change us physically and chemically.

   Other psychosomatic disorders are: IBS, RLS, CFS, migraines, osteoarthritis, generalized pain, skin disorders, high blood pressure... this list continues...  If you have emotions you also have psychosomatic physical disorders, this is simply how our bodies operate.
 

Pain

   Pain is a perception, not really a sensation, in the same way that vision and hearing are. It involves sensitivity to chemical changes in the tissues and then interpretation that such changes are harmful. This perception is real, whether or not harm has occurred or is occurring. Cognition is involved in the formulation of this perception. There are emotional consequences, and behavioral responses to the cognitive and emotional aspects of pain.
 

Your Brain

   More than 100,000 chemical reactions go on in your brain every second! The brain is also a radio transmitter, which sends out measurable electrical wave signals. Among the brain's many jobs is to be your own chemist. The brain produces more than 50 identified active drugs. Some of these are associated with memory, others with intelligence, still others are sedatives. Endorphin is the brain's painkiller, and it is 3 times more potent than morphine.
 
   Scientific research over the last several decades has led to the revolutionary discovery of opiate-like chemicals in the body that associate with opiate specific receptors in the brain and spinal cord, including Serotonin, a hormone manufactured by your brain. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, involved in the transmission of nerve impulses.  It is manufactured in your body using the amino acid tryptophan. Release of serotonin or other drugs (depending on the type of nerve) causes the other nerve to fire and continue the message along the "cable"...

   Certain aminos cause you to have better feeling of well being. Serotonin is a chemical that helps maintain a "happy feeling," and seems to help keep our moods under control by helping with sleep, calming anxiety, and relieving depression. The brain also makes Dopamine, which makes people more talkative and excitable. It affects brain processes that control movement, emotional response, and ability to experience pleasure and pain. All of these chemicals are natural chemicals that affect our bodily processes.
 

How Emotions Change Us Physically

   We are bio-electro-chemical beings, our bodies are producing chemical reactions constantly. If the body stopped producing chemical reactions it would cease to live. Every emotion we experience creates a chemical reaction in our bodies. We can say that every emotion is a chemical reaction. Being a chemical reaction, a bio-chemical body is needed for that emotion to be fully experienced. All emotions originate within our physical embodiments as a result of chemical reactions produced as a result of sensory and mental input. (When we see a tornado coming right at us our bodies create a chemical reaction called fear which initiates action designed to protect ourselves from that threatening tornado. When we see someone provocatively posing nude a chemical reaction called sexual arousal is created within our embodiments which initiates action designed to propagate our species).

   There are several physical conditions we can link directly to excessive demands on emotional resources, emotional difficulties or dysfunctional emotional responses. These conditions are; stress, depression, debility, headaches, migraines, anxiety, insomnia, pain, stomach complaints, diarrhea, and sexual problems.

   Stress causes hormonal changes in the body, basically asking your adrenal glands to produce adrenaline as a reaction to the stress you are experiencing. The adrenaline release is part of the body’s fight or flight response. The fight or flight response causes physical changes in the body such as increased heart rate, increased blood supply to the muscles, increased respiration and an increase in blood sugars.

   In the case of stress, over time this increased adrenaline in the body weakens the immune system, making it more susceptible to all kinds of diseases. Stress which is ongoing can result in a wide range of physical and psychological conditions such as; (Headaches, migraines, lethargy, digestive complaints, depression, debility, insomnia, tension, heart palpitations, irritability, chronic fatigue, skin conditions, eating disorders, reduced concentration, stomach ulcers, heart failure, abdominal pain, diarrhea, cardiovascular disease, weight gain or loss, addictions, arthritis and other inflammatory conditions, respiratory or lung disease, hyper tension/high blood pressure, nervous anxiety, anxiety and sexual problems such as frigidity, infertility and impotence).

   It is estimated that in between half and two thirds of illnesses, stress is a main contributing factor. Generally researchers agree that emotions have the following parts: Subjective feelings, physiological (body) responses, and expressive behavior.

The Physical Response to Emotions
 

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