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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat Grok Premium Bookmarks Creator Studio Profile More Post corbin @corbindreams Post See new posts Conversation Stephen Zerfas @stephen_zerfas · Oct 21, 2025 John Sarno is one of the largest success stories without explanation by conventional medicine I'm aware of. @patrickc is one of many who've Tweeted about how Sarno's methods for addressing chronic pain seem to be unreasonably effective. It could be a big deal to offer an Show more Quote Max Shen @maxkshen · Oct 21, 2025 john sarno’s books obviously work, but his mechanism was vague and incomplete. he called most types of chronic pain and illness “tension myositis syndrome” (TMS). as far as i can tell, he never published a detailed account of what this actually is. the most i found was in 6 9 152 18K Max Shen @maxkshen fwiw I am actively pursuing this from a theoretical perspective (just finished our preprint on an active infere

@maxkshen: fwiw I am actively pursuing this from a theoretical perspective (just finished our preprint on an active inference account of chronic pain - happy to share!) and pragmatic (looking at who sarno/PRT works for vs does not)

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