An Individual Approach is Art
Everyone requires an individual approach.
Proper dealing with emotions and feelings is very important. It helps us to keep ourselves collected and focused as well as healthy.
As we all know, chronic stress and suppressing certain emotions in ourselves, can lead to a physical disease. Stress shows up in us as an illness and then it’s often difficult to deal with it. Therefore, prevention is always better.
The classical example of psychosomatic disorders is false or phantom pregnancy. Basically, the body is tricked into thinking it’s pregnant and an increase in hormones such as estrogen and prolactin leads to pregnancy symptoms.
There’s some evidence that psychosomatic disease can precipitate illnesses not usually considered to be psychosomatic, like cancer or diabetes. They may also include cardiovascular disorders, respiratory disease, gastrointestinal problems, tension headaches, migraine, pelvic pain, dermatitis and many others.
Do you know that each of us can see and feel the same things differently? Even though some things can’t be explained, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t real. The exact same things can and usually are perceived differently by each of us.
Modern medicine is often very conservative and doesn’t accept unexplained things very easily. So it may seem that doctors don’t care and don’t address a problem quite well.
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Working by strict protocols restricts medical professionals from advising patients to even try alternative ways of treatment.
Psychosomatic conditions are strongly associated with psychological distress and emotional traumas but they manifest in physical symptoms, often without any explanation. They remain a medical mystery and a mental health thing, and are still highly misunderstood.
Anyone at any age can experience symptoms of such conditions which usually disturb the quality of life, causing aches, pains, insomnia, indigestion, cardiovascular symptoms and others. Self-help plays an important role, of course, but so does engagement with artistic activities.
Generally, I strongly believe in the concept of connection between mind and body. Our mind is very powerful.
I believe that there are virtually no problems in the body that are not related to our emotional and mental state one way or another. This is so obvious but it constantly gets overlooked, either as something meaningless or it is simply devalued: “Nonsense! It’s JUST PSYCHOSOMATICS!”
Each of us probably knows a person who is a frequent visitor to their GP clinics, who is very concerned over certain symptoms but doesn’t receive answers to their questions. Often, they might be labelled as hypochondriacs and eventually ignored. However, the cause of those symptoms often lies in our mind — it’s psychological.
So why does the psychological component of diseases get ignored? — — yes, exactly so! Precise psychological approach cannot be taken due to a limited time at a GP clinic. Consultations are very short. Also, special therapeutic skills are required.
Every person and every condition requires an individual approach. There are no equally effective universal treatment options — it is always hard work and that work is art.
Have you ever encountered physical problems caused by stress? How did you cope with them?
