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Hi Harry,

It’s great to hear your success story. I’ve had Gerd in the past, and have fully resolved it (and before that resolved over four years of neck pain, too!) What gave me the breakthrough to recover from both was a medically based mind/body perspective, which indicates that cases of Gerd have to deal with territorial anger or an identity conflict. There’s a lot more to this, but in your experience I’d hazard that a year full of stress would prime you for responding to an unexpected and perhaps shocking conflict, perhaps with a family member, that could cause an anger or identity conflict (i.e. who am I, where do I belong?)

The inciting incident could seem quite minor, but it’s always unexpected. That’s what triggers the body’s response—a sense of overwhelm or helplessness, even if it’s fleeting.

I’ve found Sarno’s work and this perspective (it’s called German New Medicine—an unfortunate name) to be very complimentary. Both assert that full comprehension of the originating situation and the mind/body connection removes the need for the body to compensate. For me, finding out the specific correlations of conflict to symptom provided almost instant and lasting relief. If you’d like to learn more, here’s a link to a GNM practitioner’s blog post on this subject.

https://www.newmedicineonline.com/heartburn-reflux-disease-ulcers/ (Heartburn. (GERD) Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Ulcers)