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The Divided Mind

By: John E. Sarno
Narrated by: Paul Hecht, James Boles
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The Divided Mind is the crowning achievement of Dr. John E. Sarno's long and successful career as a groundbreaking medical pioneer. While his earlier books dealt almost exclusively with musculoskeletal pain disorders, here Dr. Sarno addresses the entire spectrum of psychosomatic (mind-body) disorders. In Dr. Sarno's view, the crucial interaction between the reasonable, rational, ethical, moral conscious mind and the repressed feelings of emotional pain, hurt, sadness, and anger characteristic of the unconscious mind is the basis for many mind-body disorders.

The Divided Mind traces the history of psychosomatic medicine, including Freud's crucial role as well as his failures. Most important, it describes the psychology of the human condition that is responsible for the broad range of psychosomatic illness. Dr. Sarno believes that the failure of medicine's practitioners to recognize and appropriately treat mind-body disorders has produced public health and economic problems of major proportions in the United States. One of the most interesting and important aspects of psychosomatic phenomena is the fact that knowledge and awareness of the process clearly have healing powers.

©2006 John E. Sarno, M.D. (P)2006 Audio Evolution, LLC
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"Dr. Sarno brilliantly explores the chasm between the conscious and unconscious minds, where psychosomatic ailments originate." (Mehmet Oz, M.D., co-author of You: The Owner's Manual)

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A Knew Way To Look Illness

For anyone who lives with chronic pain or illness this book is worth reading. It asks you to look at the effect of the unconscious mind on the body.

My only disappointment is that the last three chapters of the paper copy were not on my audible and that the chapter numbers on the audible did not always coinside with my paper copy.

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powerful knowledge

A very informative and helpful book. I have read most of Dr. Sarno's books and can certainly feel the difference in how I feel. I believe I am healing and part of it is due to the information I have learned.

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I want more

I want to learn more about this topic. he is describing me to a T.

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I'm a believer!

My back pain disappeared and my neck pain is 80% better while I was listening. Now I just have to dig a little deeper to get the rest of the neck pain to stop

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Dr Sarno was a Genius

There never was or is or ever will be anyone like Dr Sarno. My decades old back ache disappeared even before I could finish reading the introduction.

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Medical people need to read this

As a doctor, I found Dr Sarno's work very thought provoking. I agreed with most of his supportive information. He is absolutely correct in saying that much of patients' symptoms have a psychological basis. The book is also very encouraging. It reports the power of people to heal themselves when the realize the psychological causes. This book is strongly recommended to all health care professionals and those suffering from chronic pain.

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healing after 15 years!! Thank you Dr. Sarno!!

Thank you so much for all of your work, after 15 years I have learned to connect my spasms with the emotion that I'm feeling

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The best part of the whole listening experience is the interview with Dr. Sarno at the end. I recommend it for that reason alone.

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Great book!

I felt the author’s genuine concern for mankind and our ability to process the mind-body connection!

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Game changer !

What an amazing book by the end of this book my back pain was completely resolved I feel like this just change my life forever

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