Colloquially, "in your head" signifies that construct—the self, the 
consciousness— that you do not accept as a real thing.

If one were to be charitable, one might interpret the sentence as "it is not 
psychosomatic." Reason being pain results in signals in both the body and the 
brain, so it is a phenomenon in the 'physical world of electrons and neurons' 
as well as the 'physical world of the flesh'.

But why be charitable?

davew


On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, at 12:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> A highly regarded pain expert, Dr. Carmen Green, talking about chronic pain 
> on the pod cast of an equally highly regarded neurosurgeon, Dr.  Sanjay Gupta:
>  
> *“… pain is also perceived in the brain, so it’s not only in your head.”*
>  
> Nick Thompson
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