Through careful experiments, the surgeon William Beaumont discovered that St. Martin's mental state had direct physiological consequences on his stomach's activity: when he felt irritable, for example, his digestion slowed.
Many of our feelings are gut feelings. But the gut doesn't just respond to emotional feelings: it influences them, too.
Pathological disgust is particularly hard to treat: exposure therapy and other psychological approaches are much less effective than for fear-based mental health problems.
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