112. Dr David Clarke: 55 Years of Pain Gone in 30 Days – The Science of Stress Illness

What if 40% of the patients walking into doctor's offices have real, debilitating symptoms—but nothing physically wrong with their bodies?

Dr. David Clarke has spent decades proving this isn't "all in your head." It's in your brain—and it's changeable. After treating over 7,000 patients with mysterious chronic conditions, earning Doctor of the Year honors, and authoring the groundbreaking book They Can't Find Anything Wrong, Dr. Clarke has become one of the leading voices in stress illness recovery. His work reveals why gold-standard research centers are now showing remarkable outcomes for conditions that baffled medicine for generations.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why your chronic symptoms might be a form of communication from your mind
• The surprising childhood patterns that predict adult illness decades later
• How one woman's 60 hospitalizations ended when she identified a single trigger
• The "butterfly on the wall" exercise that unlocks buried emotional truth
• Why writing a letter you never send can eliminate years of physical pain
• The personality traits that make mentally strong people more vulnerable to stress illness
• How the brain physically changes when emotional wounds are finally addressed
• The missing self-care skill that prevents full recovery

If you've been suffering for months, years, or even decades with symptoms that doctors can't explain... if you've been told "there's nothing wrong" while your body screams otherwise... this episode is your permission slip to believe what you've always sensed: your pain is real, AND there's a way out.

Dr. Clarke's patients have recovered from 55 years of abdominal pain. From decades of unexplained symptoms. From conditions so severe they required hospitalization and round-the-clock morphine. Not through more tests or medications—but by finally understanding what their bodies were trying to say.

The most powerful truth in this conversation? You're not broken. You're not weak. You're actually stronger than average—you've just been carrying weight no one should have to carry alone. And once you learn to set that weight down, you don't just lose the pain. You gain the life you were always meant to live.

🎧 Listen now—because the body that's been speaking to you in symptoms is waiting to speak to you in healing.

Connect with Dr Dave:

Website: https://www.symptomatic.me/

Books: They Can't Find Anything Wrong and Psychophysiologic Disorders

Connect with Raj:

Website: http://www.rajjana.com/

Instagram: @raj_jana

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/22Hrw6VWfnUSI45lw8LJBP

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@raj_jana

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