[RugnirViking]

> The problem then, is everybody who claims "it's all in your head", proclaims the problem solved, and walks off with their fingers in their ears, not listening to people suffering, not helping them "get out of their heads", not even trying to help get to that place of magical thinking that would fix everything.

I think that a lot of this is reading into attitudes that arent really there. Doctors see a lot of people, and when they determine that an illness is phychosomatic, there is nothing they can do about it. There is no treatment they can proscribe, no medicine that can make it better. People have tried all sorts of tests for helping people with psychosomatic issues. It turns out these instances are specific to people and their circumstances.

So after they determine the illness is in your head, and then leave it at that without helping, it sure can seem cold. But think of it from their perspective; what else could they do?

[fragmede]

There is plenty doctors can do about it. We have a vast array of medications that address "the head", from anti-psychotics to Zanax. They're the one with the MD, they're the one with the ability to prescribe medication, not to mention TMS and other therapies.

If someone had to get a limb amputated, we don't just throw them back out into the wild and say "have a good life!" We give them occupational therapists and caregivers to help them live their new life.

[treprinum]

"It's in your head" is typically not meant politely and not a sober sign of resignation, rather accusation of simulating the illness.