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I know it's a real thing because I reached it

That doesn't contradict anything I said. I'm pretty much positive Im a hypochondriac. I only won't confirm it so that I stay open-minded. One those people where doctors can't pinpoint your certain physical pain. And it jumps all over the place. I know how much control your brain has over everything you experience. It can literally instigate physical pain that doesn't actually exist anywhere else. Also, dealing with addiction and withdrawal gives you some insight as well to just how much is physical and how much is mental.

But if a hypochondriac can invent pain out of nothing physical, it hints at the ability to also use your mind in reverse and cancel out pain. All this transfers to thoughts without physical pain involved. The more you believe you're powerless, the more power you give up.

I'm not at all claiming you can magically fix your problems overnight. Im just shining a light on this theory I've played with my entire life since being diagnosed with a disease as a kid. The idea of having a disease can be just as strong symptomatically as actually having a disease. I'm still battling what's real and what's self imposed. All I know is, I'm winning that battle way more than I was years ago. I use to think I never had another year in front of me. Was positive my illness was gonna kill me every year. After 10 years, I was proved wrong too many times

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