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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 05/05/2026

Can across something quite interesting today. #RA #ChronicIllness #RheumatoidArthritis. This is a 🧵, by the way. So a friend and I were discussing psychosomatic conditions and I googled something and up this popped! 😱 My reaction was WTF? Go to Part II!, 🧵1

An out of date website citing rheumatoid arthritis as a psychosomatic condition

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 05/05/2026

🧵2 So I searched a little more and found this, which explains the history! "RA, the autoimmune disease that causes pain and swelling in the joints, was once considered an emblematic psychosomatic affliction. ... the illness was characterized by repressed hostility, a domineering personality"

mecfsscience.org

The dark psychosomatic history of rheumatoid arthritis - ME/CFS Science

Rheumatoid arthritis was once seen as a psychosomatic illness caused by repressed hostility and a rejection of the feminine role.

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