May 22, 2021
In this episode of my How To Series, I explain how you can use the logic that comes from our knowledge of body metaphors to be more certain of your TMS/mind body diagnosis. One of the central ways to do effective work in the doubt column is to recognize the convergence of evidence from all areas and I encourage people to not leave out what our spoken words tell us about what we must know.
People can be ‘a pain in the neck (or ass), someone can ‘make you sick’, you can literally get overheated when you are angry, and many, many more. Because metaphors come from actual lived experience, I point out how it strains logic to think these are just poetic statements, as opposed to revealing about what we know to be true of the mind body connection.
As you work to pin doubt to the ground and get it to relent — because it will try to creep back in at every turn — you need to have every bit of logic you can at your disposal. Pay attention to the metaphors of the body and consider why they are such an ever present part of how we talk.