Text | The grace of the gods
"Heidi and Grandpa" is a newly released healing blockbuster. In the film, there are two impressive clips.
Fragment one is about Clara. After the death of her mother, the young Clara was deeply affected, and gradually became depressed, causing her legs to become ill, and finally unable to walk. She could only spend time in a wheelchair every day, and her mood became more and more depressed.
Later, Clara went to Heidi's house as a guest. Heidi's home is located in the Alps, with fresh air and beautiful scenery. Every day, Heidi's grandfather carried Clara to play in the mountains. Clara's mood is getting better and better by being in close contact with nature every day.
One day, while playing in the field, Clara miraculously stood up and took a few trembling steps. Seeing this scene, Heidi and grandpa were stunned. After a while, Clara's family came to take her home. They were moved to tears when they saw Clara regain her ability to walk.
Fragment two is about Heidi. Heidi was sent by her aunt to Clara's house as a companion. Although she and Clara got along very well, and the two became close friends, as time went on, Heidi missed her grandpa in the country more and more. Homesickness plagued her every day, and then she started sleepwalking.
After learning that Heidi was sleepwalking, Clara's father was taken aback and didn't know what to do. The family doctor believes that the best way to stop Heidi from sleepwalking is to send her home. After weighing it again and again, Clara's father followed the doctor's advice and sent someone to send Heidi back to her grandfather's house. After returning to her grandfather's house, Heidi was so happy that she never sleepwalked again.
Clara has been paralyzed for years, how did she suddenly learn to walk? Why does a strong homesickness make Heidi sleepwalk so many times?
Although these two questions are different, the answer is the same, that is: somatization. That's right, it was the incarnation that caused Clara to be paralyzed for many years, and it was the incarnation that made Heidi sleepwalk many times in the middle of the night.
01 What exactly is somatization?
What is somatization? It means that after a person has emotional problems or psychological disorders, it is not manifested in the form of psychological symptoms, but it is converted into various physical symptoms. These physical symptoms include, but are not limited to: headache, low back pain, leg pain, etc.
When most people hear the term "somatization", it's probably unfamiliar. But in life, somatization is actually quite common.
Writer Qiu Wei recounted a personal experience in her autobiographical novel "Girl Boy". When she was in elementary school, her mother spent a lot of money to buy her a piano and took her to the teacher's house to learn the piano every weekend. Anyone who has learned the piano knows that learning the piano is boring and no fun. Therefore, learning the piano made Qiuwei very painful.
After studying for a period of time, her inner resentment grew and she wanted to smash the piano. She thought about "not practicing the piano" every day, and soon, something miraculous happened.
Every night before she goes to the teacher's house to practice the piano, her tonsils are sure to be inflamed, and they are quite inflamed. After this happened a few times, my mother felt weird and took her to the doctor. However, the results of the physical examination showed that everything was normal, and the doctors stared at various films and couldn't say anything. In this way, Qiuwei practiced the piano on and off for four years, and every time she went to the teacher's house, her tonsils would become inflamed. In the end, my mother really couldn't bear to see her learning the piano while sick, so she offered to let her stop learning the piano. Since giving up piano lessons, Qiuwei's tonsils have never been inflamed.
Qiuwei's tonsil inflammation is a typical somatization symptom. When the symptoms of somatization appear, even if the patient goes to the hospital, the substantive problem is often not found, so it is difficult to get timely medical treatment. That's why some people get sick and take medicine and injections that don't help. The crux of the problem is that this disease is caused by psychological problems, and psychological problems are difficult to completely cure through injections and medicines.
02 Psychological principles behind somatization
Why do mental problems cause physical pain? Freud believed that somatic symptoms are the product of repressed subconscious desires.
Each of us has a "skill" that can transform inner pain into physical disease, thereby resolving this pain. For example, Xiao Ming does not like to study very much. One day, in order to play truant, he lied that he had a stomachache. So the teacher agreed to let him go home early. But after returning home, Xiao Ming found that he really had a stomachache. This is a classic example of somatization.
The psychological logic behind this incident is: Xiao Ming didn't want to go to school, so he made up a lie about stomach pain, and finally his stomach really hurt, this is because the subconscious is punishing him in this way, so that he doesn't have to be negative for lying. guilt. Therefore, somatic symptoms are actually an external manifestation of suppressing the self-subconscious. Pretending to be sick in order to avoid something, and then really getting sick, there are many examples of this in life.
After somatization symptoms, we can achieve the goal of not going to school or work by getting sick. At this time, we will not blame ourselves, because the pain of the body has offset the pain of our heart.
Since somatization symptoms can bring some hidden benefits, when faced with great stress, we are likely to let ourselves hurt here or there through subconscious action, so as to escape the stress and let ourselves rest and relax. relax.
03 What to do in the face of somatization
The key to somatization symptoms is that we store negative emotions in certain parts of the body, causing pain in those parts, such as headaches, chest tightness, etc. According to authoritative data, more than 70% of people will attack their body organs to eliminate their negative emotions, which is one of the important reasons for our disease.
The mind and body are one body. To fundamentally improve the symptoms of somatization, it is necessary to start from the psychological aspect. Specifically, there are three methods.
(1) Psychotherapy. Through psychotherapy, patients can comprehend the inner psychological conflict behind the disease, thereby changing misconceptions. This is very effective in relieving disease symptoms and increasing confidence in treatment;
(2) Drug treatment. When somatization symptoms are severe, antidepressants can be appropriately administered with the consent of the therapist. It should be noted that most antidepressants have side effects, and it takes several weeks to take effect;
(3) Self-healing. In addition to being treated by a therapist, patients also need to self-heal. First, actively participate in therapy. For example, work with a therapist to develop a treatment plan, discuss your own psychological confusion, etc.; secondly, learn the skills of stress management. After mastering, it can effectively reduce psychological pressure, which is very helpful for relieving the disease; finally, regular work and rest, and keep exercising. A regular life and moderate exercise can ease mood and improve somatization symptoms.
After understanding the ins and outs of somatization symptoms, once we have somatization symptoms, we should seek help as soon as possible to prevent the disease from worsening and affecting the quality of life.
04 Psychological injury, the body knows
In one's life, there will always be many troubles, many of which are the shackles that one puts on oneself.
We can only live once, so the most important thing is to let the heart be quiet and live the way you want. At the end of our life, we will find that no matter how much wealth and success we have, if we lose a healthy body, our life will not be considered a real success.
Treating your body well, exercising actively, and keeping your body and mind happy is the way to a happy life. When you are not feeling well, in addition to seeking medical attention in time, you should also take care of yourself from the bottom of your heart and not put too much pressure on yourself. If conditions permit, you can also take a trip that says go, and let nature heal your physical and mental pain.
In "Heidi and Grandpa", Heidi no longer sleepwalks, Clara can walk again, and the reason behind them is that they have gained freedom of mind. Yes, the freedom of the mind heals the pain of the body.
In the book "Psychological Wounds, The Body Knows", the outstanding spiritual teacher Louise Hay said that the body never lies, and the undetected emotions will declare their existence in the way of disease. From today onwards, please be better and better for your body-because, we only have one life.
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