its development or severity.
In other words:
Emotions can matter without being “the cause.”
Stress Can Still Affect Symptoms
Rejecting the “unexpressed emotions cause fibromyalgia” claim doesn’t mean stress is
irrelevant.
Physical or emotional events can sometimes be associated with the onset or worsening of symptoms. Mayo Clinic notes that symptoms can sometimes begin after physical trauma, surgery, infection, or significant psychological stress, while in other cases they gradually accumulate without a single triggering event.
Stress can also influence sleep, muscle tension, energy, mood, and the perception of pain.
That’s
