08 Sep Chronic Pain and Anxiety: When the Body Somatizes Emotional Distress

In current clinical practice, one of the most complex and frequent reasons for consultation in mental health centers is the close link between chronic pain and anxiety. A significant number of patients visit our clinic after consulting multiple medical specialists and undergoing extensive diagnostic testing without finding a clear organic cause that fully accounts for their daily physical discomfort. Understanding that physical pain can be a direct manifestation or an amplifier of psychological distress is the first step toward comprehensive recovery. The phenomenon of somatization does...