[iowahansen]

I had the same experience. For years, like clockwork I had monthly episodes of debilitating back/neck pain that only my chiropractor could "fix".

After reading Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by John E. Sarno ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/144873.Healing_Back_Pain ), I recognized that my body was trying distract me from my troubled relationship at that time. On my next painful episode, I mentally said "F*ck it, there is nothing wrong with me physically" and the next day the pain was gone, never to resurface again. The whole thing coincided with my relationship finally ending, so that might have had a positive impact as well.

It still blows my mind though, how much grief my brain gave me over the years.