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When anxiety carries ancestral wisdom that medication cannot address

My panic attacks feel like my ancestors trying to warn me about something but my doctor just wants to prescribe medication.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Somatic distress sometimes contains information that transcends individual pathology and requires cultural interpretation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Cultural idioms of distress?”

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