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Psychosomatic medicine

Psychosomatic medicine is a type of medicine that looks at how your thoughts, feelings, and emotions can affect your physical health. It believes that if you think and feel too much, then things like headaches, stomachaches, and other physical problems can result. Psychosomatic medicine looks at how you think, feel, and act, and then helps you figure out how to feel better. For example, if you are having a lot of stress, then you might learn different ways to relax your body and mind, or figure out how to better cope with your stressful thoughts. This can help you reduce physical symptoms that may have been caused by stress.