Stop Being Your Symptoms and Start Being Yourself: The
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barsky, Arthur J. / Deans, Emily C. / Stoll, Walt, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Do ong>youong> suffer from ongoing pain or other chronic medical symptoms such as fatigue, lower back pain, arthritis, acid indigestion, insomnia, or migraines? Do they interfere with ong>youong>r family time or ong>youong>r work? Have ong>youong> been forced to give up activities tong>hatong> ong>youong> enjoy? Do ong>youong> feel as though ong>youong>r symptoms are taking over ong>youong>r life? Thirty percent of the population suffer from chronic debilitating illnesses and pain tong>hatong> respond only partially to conventional medicine. But this doesn't mean tong>hatong> there is no relief in sight. Dr. Arthur Barsky, psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, has found tong>hatong> changing the way ong>youong> think about ong>youong>r illness ong>canong> have a remarkable effect on how ong>youong> experience ong>youong>r symptoms. Two people with the same symptoms ong>canong> live dramatically different lives because they think about and react to their symptoms differently. At Harvard Medical School, Dr. Barsky developed "Stop Being ong>Youong>r Symptoms and Start Being ong>Youong>rself," a breakthrough six-week program designed to overcome the symptoms of chronic illnesses of every kind. Based on more than twenty years of firsthand clinical experience, his scientifically tested treatment plan is unique, powerful, and simple to learn. This groundbreaking program teaches patients to master the five psychological factors tong>hatong> make chronic symptoms persist through hundreds of exercises, worksheets, and patient examples. ong>Youong> may not be able to completely eliminate ong>youong>r medical symptoms. But it is possible to control ong>youong>r symptoms rather than letting them control ong>youong>-- to manage ong>youong>r pain, fatigue, insomnia, and anxiety. ong>Youong> ong>canong> minimize ong>youong>r symptoms, learn new coping skills, and do more to make suretong>hatong> ong>youong>r symptoms are not robbing ong>youong>r life of meaning and pleasure. Stop being ong>youong>r symptoms-- and start living the life ong>youong> deserve.