Dr. Gabor Maté

Okay, that's been studied as well.

So there was a great Canadian physician who actually was one of the founding physicians at Johns Hopkins Medical School.

His name is William Osler.

He said in 1880 that rheumatoid arthritis is caused by long-term worry and stress.

Long-term worry and stress.

Yeah.

Now, since then... In 1890?

1880 or 1890.

Wow.

Yeah.

He said this then.

Since then, multiple dozens of studies...

showing a relationship between trauma, stress, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Do you think the average rheumatologist knows anything about that?

So that people go to... I know people in my book, The Myth of Normal.

I talk about people with MS or arthritis who once they start recognizing that the flare-ups of the disease actually manifest stresses in their lives.

And if they learn how to deal with those stresses... One woman told me that I have beautiful conversations with my rheumatoid arthritis.

She says he was my best teacher.

Because every time he shows up, I know that I'm out of alignment with myself.

I would have asked you.