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You know what I hate about the mind-body connection? The fact that you never know if it's the mind causing the body's problems, or if the body's disrupting the mind. There aren't any labels to tell you

Your current freakout session is caused by the flu.

Please rest for 48 hours before doing anything you will regret later.

or

Your current stomachache is caused by your anxiety.

Please make that damn phone call you should have made last week before this turns into an ulcer.

Why don't these things come with labels? Life would be so much easier then.

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Me, in a comment yesterday in _redsparkle_'s journal: I just realized--if I want escapist literature, I read self-help books.