A popular proverb says: "All diseases are from the nerves." The joke turned out to be true - medical scientists come to the same idea. And if not all diseases, then many of them for sure. A whole branch of science - psychosomatics - studies the connection between the psyche and diseases. However, this leads to the temptation to associate any illness with character traits and actions. And this is also wrong. Let's try to figure out where the golden mean is.
What is psychosomatics
The word psychosomatics comes from the Greek Psyche - soul and soma - body and literally means the connection between soul and body. Psychosomatic diseases today are those that are caused by disorders in the psyche, the emotional sphere that affects the perception of life and the events taking place. Curiously, an increasing number of doctors are beginning to believe that emotions and feelings are of great importance to health. Some researchers generally believe that almost 80% of diseases are somehow caused by psychosomatic causes.
It follows from this that the common expression that optimists live longer than pessimists is not so far from the truth. Our thoughts, emotions, resentments, irritation, anger not only spoil our mood, but literally spoil our health. On our website a2news.ru we will consider in detail how.
What is pulling the hook
What is the trigger for the development of the disease? After all, no one will deny that from time to time every person experiences anger or irritation; we all sometimes take offense at others or ourselves, and no one has been able to avoid the pricks of envy. But not everyone at the same time gets sick with vegetative-vascular dystonia, stomach ulcers or gastritis - diseases in which even the most orthodox doctors note psychological reasons.
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There are usually several reasons. Usually a number of factors lead to the development of the disease. The main ones are:
Constant stress. It can develop as a result of the loss of loved ones, problems with loved ones, constant stress due to work, having money, problems in communication.
Resentment. This is one of the most damaging factors for the soul and health. Moreover, the resentment can be not only at someone from the people around, but also at oneself. If the feeling of resentment accompanies months and years, then the development of psychosomatic diseases is inevitable.
Heredity - damage to chromosomes and genes.
Predisposition to psychosomatic disorders - special sensitivity and emotionality.
Being in constant anxiety and fear.
Features of the personality warehouse - infantilism, difficulty in expressing feelings, isolation, anxiety and suspiciousness, perfectionism.
Low threshold of sensitivity to stimuli.
Unpleasant events in life (this is especially pronounced in children).
Parental personality and family relationships.
Stress is actually a major factor in the development of disease. This has been proven by numerous animal experiments. For example, when scientists conducted an experiment on a chimpanzee, taking a female from the leader and placing her in a cage with another member of the pack, six months later, the animal died of a heart attack. Often in animals that were under stress for a long time, intestinal disruptions began and stomach ulcers developed.
Overly emotional people, being under prolonged stress, have a high risk of contracting cancer. It turns out that stress causes a weakening of the immune system and disorders of the genetic apparatus, which leads to the development of oncology.
Emotional stress causes cardiovascular problems, neuroses and other illnesses. At the same time, the appearance of the illness arising from being in stress is influenced by the temperament and warehouse of a person's personality. So, a hot-tempered person as a result earns hypertension, and the one who is used to keeping everything in himself - an ulcer or nonspecific colitis.
Psychosomatic illnesses are not simply disguised as ordinary illnesses. A different mechanism works here. It is psychological problems that cause diseases that the common people call common. It is difficult to distinguish what lies at the heart of the disease - psychosomatics or functional and organic disorders, but it is possible. If, after the course of treatment, only temporary relief occurs, and then the disease manifests itself brightly again, or the treatment does not give results at all, but symptoms may spontaneously disappear, then we can talk about the psychosomatic nature of the disease.
It is curious that psychosomatic illnesses can be cured as if by themselves. In fact, at a deep level, the following happens: a person changes his approach to reality, changes his view, gets rid of resentment and at the level of the body, the disease recedes. Outwardly, everything looks like a miraculous or causeless healing.
What are we sick with?
What diseases are most often of a psychosomatic nature? They can be very different and even unexpected.
The most common, certainly of a psychosomatic nature, are stomach ulcers, gastritis, vegetative-vascular dystonia, hypertension, migraines, cardiovascular diseases, very often oncological diseases, respiratory diseases, gynecological and skin diseases. Psychosomatic disorders also include rheumatoid arthritis, neurodermatitis, thyroid disease, and sexual disorders.
Different thoughts and attitudes affect the body in different ways, causing different illnesses. A lot of research has been done on this topic and even tables have been compiled. Let's consider the possible causes and diseases.
Hearing impairment can be caused by unwillingness to hear something, avoiding problems. The same can be said for visual impairment. Some psychologists believe that myopia is caused by fear of the future, and farsightedness is caused by rejection of the present.
Sore throat can be caused by unspoken feelings and resentments. A person who does not express his feelings and claims, all the time restrains his anger or is afraid to express his opinion and stand up for himself may begin to suffer from sore throats.
Fear of a full life and inability to relax can lead to lung disease.
Rejection of life, a subconsciously strong fear of it is manifested by allergies. It is no coincidence that the expression "I am allergic to this" literally means rejection of something. And very often allergy can mean rejection of oneself, rejection of oneself. This is the root of almost all autoimmune diseases. As soon as a person accepts himself with all his shortcomings, and accepts not in words, but with all his soul and allows himself to be himself, without condemning himself, allergic autoimmune manifestations disappear. Science knows the facts of the disappearance of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, arthritis and other diseases.
The digestive system is responsible for the digestion and absorption of food. At the psychological level, this is the responsibility for assimilating new information, digesting events. Accordingly, if a person cannot accept, that is, digest new changes in his life, then psychosomatic diseases develop, affecting the digestive tract and most often the intestines and stomach. Gastritis has a psychological cause and most often occurs after severe stress, fear, fear, anger.
Headaches are almost always psychosomatic. As a rule, people who are hyperresponsible and have low resistance to stress suffer from frequent headaches. If, moreover, a person is in constant stress, reproaches himself for any mistake and has low self-esteem, then headaches and stress will be the usual consequence.
Migraines are often characteristic of people striving to be the best, perfect - the so-called perfectionists. Such people do not allow themselves to be themselves and strive to be always better than everyone else.
Vegetovascular dystonia often affects people who are anxious, suspicious, often have low self-esteem and are in conflict with themselves.
Oncological diseases can be the result of deep resentment and not forgiveness. These feelings can be directed towards someone or towards yourself. If the feeling of resentment lasts for months or years, then the likelihood of developing cancer increases.
A stomach ulcer is a disease of self-criticism. As a rule, it suffers from people who, deep down, do not love themselves and blame themselves for everything. They consider themselves not good enough for loved ones and others and outwardly try to please everyone, while feeling discomfort from this.
Stones in the organs can be the result of heavy thoughts that constantly oppress a person.
Hypertension is often characteristic of people who are often anxious and for whom the opinion of others is important. They want to remain significant and respected, but they don't get the opportunity to gain recognition.
Heart disease is caused by the lack of love in life and joy, the inability to see it, the fear of being rejected. It is also possible the inability to show feelings and love for others. Workaholics often face heart problems.
Of course, this is not a complete list of psychosomatic disorders. And, of course, after all of the above, you should not look for a psychological background in all diseases that arise in a person's life. Sometimes they have physiological reasons. Therefore, it is so important in the presence of a disease that does not respond to treatment, to contact not only a therapist, but also a psychotherapist. Perhaps he will help to find the origins of the disease in the psyche, and perhaps he will again send to the therapist!