***Pyschosomatic+Paralysis***

“If you believe your spine was damaged, how do you account for the fact that so many doctors have examined you and told you that it isn’t” (pg 112)****
 * Psychosomatic paralysis


 * Psychosomatic disorder********, now more commonly referred to as**** ****psychophysiologic illness********, is an illness whose symptoms are caused by mental processes of the sufferer rather than immediate physiological causes. ([|Wikipedia])

Basically, these “injuries” are most often caused by external factors and other mental blocks. A re-occurring memory or a terrifying experience can cause the mind to compensate for the horror. In ////Regeneration//// we see this in the way that Willard, while physically fine, has created a mental block against walking, therefore paralyzing himself from the waist down. Rivers attempts to reverse this symptom by having Willard break the mental block.****




 * [|Information on psychosomatic illnesses]

W.R.H. + W.Z.S.****