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What is a stress-related illness? Can stress really make a person physically sick?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although science treats the mind and the body as separate entities, there’s a strong connection between stress and illness. Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9 discusses this connection in his book When the Body Says No<\/em>, explaining the links between peoples’ life histories, psychological profiles, and specific diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a look at some of the stress-related illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of\u00a0Shortform\u2019s guide to stress<\/a>. If you like what you read here, there\u2019s plenty more to check out in the guide!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diseases of the Nervous System <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first stress-related illnesses Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9 discusses are ones that affect the nervous system. MS (multiple sclerosis<\/a>) and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or \u201cLou Gehrig’s Disease\u201d) are both diseases of the nervous system that can cause wide varieties of symptoms. According to Mat\u00e9, both have also been associated with specific kinds of life experiences and personality characteristics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s well known that MS flare-ups can be correlated with stress. But according to the research cited by Mat\u00e9, doctors as far back as the late 1800s have also suggested a connection between life stressors and onset<\/em> of the disease. Many studies since have found that people with MS are far more likely than average to have experienced trauma early in their lives, to have dysfunctional emotional issues relating to their parents, and to have other acute stressors. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: MS is characterized by lesions on the brain, which can come and go over the course of the disease; but the number of new lesions indicates progression of the disease. Strengthening the link between stress and the progression of MS, a 2012 study found that MS patients who participated in a weekly stress management program developed fewer new brain lesions than those who did not.<\/a> One of the components of the program was to help participants assess and manage their responses to perceived threats<\/em>.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, research shows that ALS patients have some striking commonalities in personality characteristics. Mat\u00e9 describes this personality type as fiercely independent and driven, reluctant to ask for help, and in denial of negative emotions and pain. These qualities are considered highly admirable by others, thus Mat\u00e9 says he has noticed that ALS patients are particularly likable, pleasant people, and he says this is something that\u2019s widely recognized in the medical community. Mat\u00e9 argues that this personality trait is a result of emotional repression formed by childhood experiences,<\/strong> and that these individuals often have parents who never allowed them to express themselves, either emotionally or in terms of identity. So they had to create an identity based on others\u2019 expectations and cultivate a facade of emotional toughness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: The namesake of ALS disease, Lou Gehrig<\/a> himself, is described as having this personality type. He suffered several life traumas, including three siblings who died as children, as well as having an alcoholic father and an overbearing and controlling mother.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diseases of the Gut<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The common diseases of the gut (IBD\/IBS and GERD) are what Mat\u00e9 refers to as \u201cfunctional\u201d diseases, meaning the symptoms are unexplained by any biomedical explanation. He says that it\u2019s well known that they\u2019re often stress-triggered, and it\u2019s also been found that sufferers of these conditions have a higher rate of abuse in their past than did the controls. <\/strong>He attempts to explain these diseases by looking at studies on the relationship between trauma and pain response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mat\u00e9, experiencing physical or sexual abuse lowers one\u2019s pain response threshold, especially in the gut, because of the sensitive gut-brain relationship and the abundance of nerve cells there. Mat\u00e9 says that \u201cpain is a mode of perception\u201d and because of the gut-brain relationship, our \u201cgut feelings\u201d help us know when we\u2019re safe or unsafe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: One of the personality characteristics that has been linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease is alexithymia<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>which is defined as a difficulty with processing and describing one\u2019s emotions. Individuals with alexithymia struggle to understand what they\u2019re feeling, and they find it difficult or impossible to put those feelings into words. Not surprisingly, considering Mat\u00e9\u2019s research presented here, alexithymia has been linked to childhood trauma and neglect<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rheumatoid Diseases  <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, and ankylosing spondylitis, the immune system attacks one’s own body because it can\u2019t distinguish between healthy and unhealthy tissues. According to Mat\u00e9, studies have connected psychosocial factors to the onset, flare-ups, and severity of rheumatic diseases<\/strong>. Like ALS, he says, these people have a characteristic personality trait: what Mat\u00e9 calls \u201ccompensating hyper-independence\u201d\u2014often due to early loss of a parent<\/a> or a role-reversal relationship with a parent. Flare-ups and pain are a signal that the body is saying no<\/a><\/strong>, Mat\u00e9 says. They cause people to slow down and avoid stressful situations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autoimmune disease<\/a> most strongly illustrates Mat\u00e9\u2019s theory that disease may be connected to one turning against oneself, or inability to distinguish between self and other, <\/em>both psychologically and physiologically, which we\u2019ll discuss later. (Shortform note: A UK-based study<\/a> showed that rheumatoid arthritis patients differed from control subjects on several personality characteristics, which would make them more vulnerable to stress-reaction dysfunction. Specifically, they rated lower than others on: adaptability, stress management, emotion management, self-esteem, sociability, assertiveness, well-being, and impulsiveness.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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