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Can your brain exaggerate physical symptoms like pruritus or pain if you obsess and worry excessively about such symptoms?

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Yes: just as people who are suddenly very distracted - like someone who hits their finger with a hammer the very second a fire alarm goes off - will often not feel the pain for some time, or it will be much less than it should - people who excessively focus on symptoms will experience it to a greater degree.

Dr Rhoads and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 10/23/2017

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