Research linking negative attitudes, poor self esteem, and chronic pain

We all know the link between internalized negative attitudes, poor self-esteem, and chronic pain, but it's good to see research that supports it.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...ind_brain+(Mind+&+Brain+News+--+ScienceDaily)

 

Thanks for this excellent post and link to the article.

My best friend's wife (I'll call her Joan) had a breakdown and under about a year of psychoanalysis
it was learned that she had been repressing low self-esteem. It stemmed from when she was a child and her mother
said she wished Joan had a been a cat, so she could have drowned her.

Joan recovered and even flew to her dying mother's bedside to forgive her.

 

My low self esteems comes from my mum, I am starting to think that she had post natal depression when I was born.