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Wilkinson went to a pentecostal church in the nineties. He could see people getting wobbly, like they were going to fall over. The idea of suggestibility is that some people are suggestible and others aren't. It's not pre tit as a sort of weakness, or you're bit of an idiot,. But certainly, we could be harnessing that more for medicine.

Michael Shermer speaks with award-winning Irish neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan about her work exploring the complexity of psychogenic illness affecting people all around the world. Her book The Sleeping Beauties, documents her investigation of psychosomatic disorders as she traveled the world visiting communities suffering from these so-called mystery illnesses. O’Sullivan records the remarkable stories of syndromes related to her by people from all walks of life. Riveting and often distressing, these case studies — both fascinating and of serious concern — are recounted with compassion and humanity as these syndromes continue to proliferate around the globe.