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Doctor's Own Back Pain Vanished After Screaming in Car Following Job Loss
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The Revolutionary Science Of Recovering From Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Anxiety & Depression with Dr Howard Schubiner #662
"I lost my job 4 years ago. I was a senior doctor at my hospital for 20 years, but the hospital had budget crises and they let me go. My back started to hurt. I'm in my car 3 weeks later and I realize it's not funny. I have feelings about this that I haven't expressed. The first feeling was anger. So I just started screaming. I just started screaming and yelling. I was swearing. Then I went to the other main feeling, which is hurt and sadness. I started turning that hurt into compassion for myself. I forgave them and I thanked them and I had gratitude for the 20 years I was there. And as I forgave them, as I processed the anger and the hurt, and the forgiveness, the pain just disappeared on the spot."
Dr. Schubiner shared his personal experience of developing back pain after losing his hospital position of 20 years. Despite using pain reappraisal techniques, his pain persisted until he acknowledged and expressed suppressed emotions. Alone in his car, he screamed and released anger, then processed hurt and sadness, ultimately reaching forgiveness and gratitude. The back pain vanished immediately, demonstrating the powerful connection between unexpressed emotions and physical symptoms even in experts who understand the mechanism.
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