If the "body" starts to hurt, you go to the doctor, he orders an examination, studies the results, prescribes medications, and you begin treatment. And if the treatment does not have an effect, the doctor may assume that the illness has psychological reasons, or in other words, you have "psychosomatics."

And it is true that the cause of our "body" disorders and diseases can be psychological attitudes or our destructive behavior.

How it works. When you have a long-standing unresolved psychological conflict (intrapersonal or interpersonal), it leads to psychological tension, which in turn is the cause of the disease, manifested in the form of symptoms such as headache, allergies, infertility (I prefer the term "temporary pause in conception" method of metaphorical transformation in psychosomatic counseling by T.I. Kalashnik). By the way, "symptom" in Greek means "coincidence or confluence of circumstances." Almost any disease can be considered from this point of view, however, under no circumstances should the necessity of medical examination and treatment be questioned, moreover, the combination of medicine and psychology gives a much better result.

In this article, we will only talk about situations when from the point of view of medicine everything is fine, but the "body" stubbornly demonstrates disorders that actually do not exist.

So, what kind of coincidence of circumstances are we talking about? Brain cells (neurons) receive information about our internal state and the state of the external environment, convert it into signals, which through dopamine, serotonin, endorphin are transmitted further.

Thus, it is the information about the external and internal environment that determines the functioning of the whole body system.

External reality - is the home atmosphere, relationships with husband, wife, children, parents, relatives; it is the work environment; financial stability; physical safety, etc.

Internal reality: our feelings and attitude towards ourselves, our experiences, past traumatic experiences, etc.

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And if the "body" initiates an emergency plan called "illness", then it's the only way to draw a person's attention to what is happening. Therefore, a disease or symptom is always a Teacher that comes to teach something and will leave as soon as the lessons are learned and understood.

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So, where to start. I suggest thinking about suppressed or unallowed experiences, because it is said, for example, that cysts are monuments to unshed tears, and coughs are unsaid words, and so on.

Exercise:

• Take a sheet of paper and list everything you have to endure in this life, starting with the fur of the "beloved cat" and ending with relatives who drive you crazy or financial problems.
• Then divide the list into 2: "What I do not want to endure and know how to change?" and "What I do not want to endure and do NOT know how to change?"
• And answer the question: "How does my illness help me endure/cope with what I cannot change?"

The answer to this question is the key to understanding the causes of illness. And it is important to realize and believe the following, if a person himself, with his own hands, thoughts, reactions "created" an illness, then he has the power to "dissolve" it.

Therefore, solving health problems, correcting functional disorders, should be done not only with medication but also through consultation with a psychosomatologist. This is what will help to improve the internal and external environment, change the quality of life.

Today, psychological help is possible online and available in any city, and anywhere in the world. And regarding the cost - everything costs money, every day we buy food, clothes, goods, and services, but only we decide what is more valuable to us. But what could be more valuable than your own health or the health of your loved ones? Don't waste time! Enjoy health every day of your life!

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