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The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

Book by Suzanne O'Sullivan · 5 quotes · Psychosomatic, Science, Brain

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“Illness is a socially patterned behaviour, far more than people realize. How a person interprets and reacts to bodily changes depends... Personal and societal role modes create expectations of health... Our brains are wired through experience to respond in a certain way to certain provocation.”