The connection between body and mind is so close and important that we actually have to be very careful about our emotional world to avoid a group of illnesses such as psychosomatic illnesses.
When you keep something in yourself, it causes emotional blockage
Believe it or not, the emotions that a person keeps inside can make a person sick.
Psychosomatic illnesses (the link between psychology and medicine) have been the subject of research for many years. Interesting articles on this topic are often published in journals, such as the Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
Some associations, such as the American Psychosomatic Society, also report regularly on the latest discoveries in the relationship between biology and emotion.
Negative emotions, such as stress and anxiety, which people often keep throughout their lives, can have serious side effects.
What are psychosomatic diseases?
If you keep bad emotions to yourself for months, depressed emotions will harm your health.
Psychosomatic illnesses occur when the mind (psyche) causes changes in the body (soma).
These illnesses become so common that some scientists even believe that some physical ailments can be complicated by mental factors, including stress and anxiety.
For example, disorders such as psoriasis, eczema, gastric ulcer, high blood pressure, and many types of heart disease are thought to be significantly affected by psychosomatic problems (stress and anxiety).
It is also important to remember that everything depends on the individual characteristics of the human body. Everyone copes with stress differently.
Physical consequences of emotion control
When something worries us and we can’t overcome it properly, the brain transforms the situation into negative emotions, which has corresponding consequences: it increases the impulse activity of the nervous system, to release certain neurotransmitters, including adrenaline.
This neurotransmitter, along with elevated blood levels of cortisol, can have the following effects:
- stress and anxiety affect the activity of certain cells in the immune system, making the body more vulnerable to disease
- increase in heart rate
- dizziness (nausea)
- trembling
- excessive sweating
- dry mouth
- chest pain
- headaches
- abdominal pain
How to treat psychosomatic diseases?
Because most of us have never been to emotion management training, you need to know this:
- Train your persistence: if something worries you – say it right away, not when the moment has passed.
- Keeping negative emotions to yourself can make a person sick. This is something that each of us must understand. Negative emotions are dangerous to health, so they need to be managed properly.
- Practice emotional honesty every day, through respect and perseverance.
- Remember that one of the basic human rights is to set boundaries, what it will tolerate and what it will not. No one has yet become selfish when he refuses to go against his will and says “enough” or “no”.
- Dedicate one or two hours each day to yourself. Prioritize yourself, go for a walk, enjoy your favorite activity or just use the time to be alone with your own thoughts.
Remember to always see a doctor if you experience any discomfort, such as indigestion, tachycardia, or drowsiness. So you can take control of these symptoms.
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