Are physical health issues signs of mental strain?

When doctors fail to find the root cause of patients’ illnesses even after conducting all necessary tests and examinations, they usually refer such patients to seek psychological treatments.

Every now and then, we get clients who come for counselling sessions complaining of physical illnesses or symptoms dating back several months or even years. Most of these symptoms tend to appear in the form of frequent headaches, muscle strain, backache, constant fatigue, gastritis, ulcer, episodes of fainting, etc. Clients often complain of experiencing more than one of the symptoms mentioned above. Many of such clients even come carrying results of many test reports they have had done to find the cause of their illnesses. However, none of these results reveals the actual cause behind their ailment.