Simply knowing about stress sensitization seems to
help some patients. We tell them about stress sensitization and I see a change
in them. We explain that they have inappropriate reactions to stress because something
has gone wrong with control mechanism in the brain. It is like a light goes on
and they can see: “Oh, so that may be the problem”. They do the same mediation
and therapy but they are aware of the basis of their problem. There is
something for them to focus on. There is a reason for them to say I’m not
crazy. This is something real that has a logical and credible cause.