Hidden Within Us by Samuel J Mann

Hidden Within Us by Samuel J Mann

Hidden Within Us offers a pioneering understanding of the relationship between emotions and health, one rarely considered by physicians, patients, and research psychologists.

Nearly all mind-body research and publications focus on the emotional distress we consciously experience, with limited results in terms of understanding and treating medical illnesses. Hidden Within Us brings attention instead to the burden of emotions kept from our conscious awareness by repression.

Case histories and published evidence will convey to readers the rarely recognized value, and harm, of repression: Its value as an overlooked cornerstone of emotional resilience in many of us. Its harm in the unrecognized impact of repressed, unfelt emotions on our health, with relevance to many highly prevalent yet still inadequately explained and treated medical conditions.

Our ability to repress emotions is a vital gift of evolution, but, silently, the emotions we've repressed do persist and can affect our health. This recognition can lead to new pathways to understanding, treatment, and healing.

Dr. Mann is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at NY Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical College.

Samuel J. Mann, M.D., is a hypertension specialist at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill-Cornell Medical College and a clinical professor at Weill-Cornell Medical College. He has authored over 50 research articles and book chapters on the subject of hypertension. His work has published in prestigious medical publications including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Internal Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, and American Journal of Medicine; hypertension magazines like Hypertension, Journal of Hypertension, American Journal of Hypertension, and Journal of Clinical Hypertension; and psychology journals like Psychosomatic Medicine. Healing Hypertension: A Revolutionary New Method is his book, and it focuses on the mind-body connection in the treatment of high blood pressure. On major network television stations, he has commented on medical news pertaining to hypertension, including Earl Ubell's Healthwatch on WCBS and Good Day New York on Fox.

Many newspapers and periodicals have published his work, including The New York Times, Newsday, Glamour, Longevity, and Bottom Line Health. He's given numerous talks to hypertension experts, general practitioners, and lay audiences.