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Emotional state affects how the brain processes information. Anxiety, in turn, can increase both the duration and intensity of pain syndrome. Calmness and a sense of safety, on the contrary, reduce the intensity of pain. Pain caused by psychological stress or anxiety is called psychogenic pain. Its development is not associated with somatic, visceral, or neuronal damage. The cause lies in psychological factors.

Chronic diseases may have a psychosomatic nature. Yes, illnesses are not always connected only with physiology. But this does not mean that the problem exists only in the mind and that eliminating stress will completely remove disease flare-ups. Behind psychosomatic manifestations hides an entire spectrum of symptoms that are not easy to manage. And classical medications are not always able to help in this matter.

Chronic pain is a complex phenomenon that cannot always be explained solely by structural changes in tissues. In many cases, it develops as a result of the interaction between physiological and psychological processes.