Its distraction... We may overcome one type of pain or symptom like fatigue... Personally I had over 20 years of it before finding tms and healing myself (Thank you Sarno! et al) Several times i would find something that seemed to overcome or improve a symptom - whether it was Drs drugs or herbs, potions, treatments.... But all failed after a time - placebo/hope?! I was attacked by so many symptoms from pain to hair loss, fatigue to brain fog... I just could not fathom my way out... Just what the subcon wanted (it is trying to protect us really - but we do need to sort ourselves out longterm...)
If you just had say =- back pain - you might just concentrate on that until you found a way to cope/deal with it - by having multiple symptoms - the subcon really gets us.... until we figure it out - it is then a good signpost towards tms - because there is no reason medically to have so many symptoms... As one of my DRs said - 'your body systems are ok - but your autonomic system is haywire - you need to mend that' - he suggested yoga - and I found Dr Sarno and it is now (yippee!) history...! I am now healthy!