Stress accompanies a person all his life: divorce, he alth problems of a loved one, failures in work and other negative conditions lead to a decrease in immunity and the development of serious diseases.
The gastrointestinal tract is most vulnerable to states of anxiety, aggression, apathy, fatigue and uncertainty. Through the organs of the digestive tract, in addition to food, a person also passes his repressed negative emotions and problems. Often people who suffer from neurotic conditions suffer from inflammation of the stomach - gastritis.
Psychosomatics: what is it
Translated from Greek, psychosomatics is the science of the soul and body, the body's reactions to the patient's internal conflict. Disorders of the human organs as a result of various psychological conditions are called somatic symptoms.
Gastritis: psychosomatics of the disease
A state of uncertainty, uncertainty about the future, inflatedrequirements for oneself makes a person in constant stress. This leads to a spasm of the stomach and develops a chronic disorder of the organ - gastritis. The psychosomatics of this disease is so pronounced that an experienced doctor can easily determine the localization of the problem. This will happen immediately after the psychological portrait of the patient is drawn up.
Most often, psychosomatic gastritis occurs some time after a serious shock, which also indicates the relationship between the mental and physical state of a person.
Psychosomatics of gastritis based on books by Louise Hay
Louise Hay is a famous writer who has created several motivational self-help books that have become bestsellers around the world. In her books, Louise talks about the power of thought in the struggle for he alth and life.
The main goal of Louise is to convey to people that “our thoughts and feelings create the world around us, and not the world creates our mood and views on the future. Reason is our death and our salvation.”
In the table of diseases in the section "Gastritis: psychosomatics" Louise Hay indicates the state of uncertainty in the present and hopelessness in the future as the main cause of the pathology of the stomach. A person who does not have clear ideas about life goals and his destiny cannot see the future in bright colors - against this background, neurotic conditions arise, such as apathy, depression, panic attacks, self-doubt, etc.
In order to get out of a stressful state, the writer suggestssort of a mantra: “I love and approve of myself. I'm safe". A new approach to attitude, serves as a tool in the process of accepting yourself and your "I".
According to Louise Hay, after the patient is able to accept their shortcomings, determine their goals in life and look to the future with confidence, he alth problems, including gastritis, will recede. The psychosomatics of this disease is not as complicated as it seems at first glance. Many followers of the famous writer note real positive changes in the struggle for their he alth.
Gastritis (psychosomatics): causes of the disease
The causes of psychosomatic disease of the stomach are such conditions as:
- Heavy stress.
- Self-doubt.
- A state of continued uncertainty.
- Anger. Especially if the state of anger is constantly suppressed.
- Excessive irritability.
- Apathy.
- Despair.
- Cruelty towards yourself and others.
- Self-pity.
- Lack of motivation (laziness).
Somatic symptoms of gastritis in children
Children's bodies are most sensitive to stressful situations: conflict between parents, moving, abuse by kindergarten teachers, misunderstandings with peers - all this can provoke he alth problems.
Probably, many parents are familiar with the wording "adaptation period" - the child was active, cheerful, never got sick, but after he went to kindergarten, everything changed. The negative reaction of the child toan unfamiliar team and a new environment did not take long - constant sick leave, poor appetite and sleep became the eternal companions of the baby.
In such cases, most often, educators advise to wait until the child gets used to it, which is fundamentally not true. If a child is experiencing severe stress and he began to acquire somatic symptoms, then parents urgently need to contact a child psychologist. If the parents decide to wait and leave the baby alone with their problems, then in the future the child may develop neurotic conditions and concomitant serious diseases of the internal organs.
Psychosomatics of gastritis in children is almost the same as in adults:
- A state of severe stress.
- The constant search for someone who will support and regret.
- The mood often changes from fun and laughter to tears and anger.
- Cruelty and uncontrollable aggression.
- Irritability over trifles.
- Apathy.
Treatment of gastritis in the presence of somatic symptoms
When pain occurs in the stomach area, the patient goes to the clinic, where he undergoes a medical course of therapy for the gastrointestinal tract, including gastritis. The psychosomatics of the disease is extremely rarely of interest to doctors, so the patient has to suffer from frequent exacerbations of the disease throughout his life. This can lead to aggravation of the condition and the development of complications, such as an ulcer or oncology.
In some cases, whenfrequent recurrences of the disease of the gastric mucosa, the doctor can refer the patient to a psychotherapist, where the psychosomatics of gastritis will be revealed.
Treatment for somatic symptoms is supervised and time consuming. First of all, the psychotherapist analyzes the occurrence of frequent exacerbations of gastritis by interviewing the patient. Based on the conversation, the doctor selects the treatment tactics: medication or psychological.
If the patient has neurotic disorders, panic attacks, depressive states, then in addition to psychological assistance, the specialist conducts a medical course of treatment aimed at suppressing negative personality disorders.
Psychological help is to support the patient and enables a person to deal with an internal conflict. The work of a psychotherapist is aimed at overcoming emotional experiences and finding a way out of a stressful situation.
Most often, after a full course of treatment, the disease goes into a state of long-term remission and may not manifest itself throughout life.
Diseases are afraid of positive people
Although the influence of negative emotions on the physical condition of a person has been talked about since the time of Aristotle, our society still associates the appeal to a psychotherapist as something shameful. Compatriots should learn from the citizens of Europe, where a personal psychologist is a fairly common phenomenon.
As James Allen said: “No one will heal the diseases of the body better thanfunny thought; benevolence is an incomparable comforter, dispelling all traces of grief and sorrow.”
