i remember you sharing the title of a book with me, "A Headache in the Pelvis". wonder if while my migraine responses to stress, both good and bad, are pain in my head, if your response is this response that you describe.
About 300 pages into that book, it finally dawned on me why the author chose that title, "A Headache In The Pelvis"
It was his way of introducing his readers to thinking about their pain in a different way.
Everybody is familiar and accepts the idea that we can get a headache from our thoughts, struggling with a math problem, worrying about an upcoming event, thinking about problems at work, listening to loud music, etc.
But when the suggestion may be made that pain located in other parts of the body, the pelvis, the back, the stomach, etc, (all directly connected to your brain through a neural network) could similarly have a mental component, brought about, or intensified by our thoughts, then suddenly you are very likely to get a quick: "Oh no, that is NOT possible, there is no way this pain HERE is in my head..." as if you have somehow accused them of being psychologically imbalanced or something...and then they return to their previous assumptions, preferring to believe that all their symptoms can be completely explained in purely mechanical terms...
a shame I think
In any case, I think "Headache In The Pelvis" is a really good title!
