Then something happened to me, and I started taking it seriously.
In 2011, an imminent book deadline had me literally short of breath. I had to take huge, deliberate breaths on a regular basis. I could feel my heartbeat, too.
Even weirder: I had a terrible pain in my right foot. I was convinced I had injured it somehow, but X-rays turned up nothing. But as it was, I limped around CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) 2011, where I was giving some talks for Ron Paul's group.
Well, it turns out the foot pain was psychosomatic: literally the day I completed the manuscript, the pain went away.
It had all been in my head.
Absolutely bizarre.
So yes, stress is real, and yes, it needs to be dealt with. The crybabies were right.
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