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“So he would play differently, it became psychosomatic at that point that, ‘Wow, I don’t want to let my team down,’ and … he kept saying, ‘No, I’m going to get through it.’

Researchers have long noted that stress plays a significant role in exacerbating IBD symptoms, and some have even described ulcerative colitis as psychosomatic.

All said they had been turned away by physicians, told their symptoms were psychosomatic, or labeled anti-vaccine by family and friends — despite the fact that they supported vaccines.

"A lot of psychosomatic effects could actually be linked to brain circuits telling your body something," Dr. Jin noted.

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, “some doctors continue to believe that Long Covid is psychosomatic,” says Dominique Salmon, an infectious disease physician at the Fournier Institute who studies and treats the syndrome.