Bronchial asthma as a psychosomatic disease. Psychosomatic disorders of the respiratory and urinary systems

The list of pulmonary diseases includes quite a lot of types of ailments, but we will focus on the most common ones (but this will not affect the disclosure of the topic, since the main thing here is for the reader to understand the main psychological reason and consider it through the prism of a specific disease).

Pleurisy - inflammation of the pleura of the lung (this is the serous membrane that covers the lungs). It can have various physical causes: infection, smoking, dirty air at work, etc.

Pneumonia - inflammation of the lungs, namely the alveoli (these are balloons where gas exchange occurs). When inflamed, they fill with fluid and cease to perform their function. Physical causes: infection, chemical damage, trauma, etc.

Emphysema - expansion, swelling of the lungs, and then the chest. May appear as a complication during pneumonia, chronic bronchitis and other diseases. It is especially common in older men.

Pulmonary tuberculosis - an infectious disease transmitted by Koch's wand through the air. If the immune system is strong, then mycobacteria are destroyed, and the disease does not occur.

Tumors of the lungs - oncological neoplasms, when the tissues of the lungs grow pathologically. They are mostly benign.

Lungs' cancer - a malignant neoplasm when the mucous membrane of the lungs is reborn. For a certain reason, the cell of the organ changes its usual behavior and begins to behave like an egoist and an aggressor. Older men are more often affected.

Breathing is a vital function of the lungs: together with the air we breathe life. To breathe freely means to live freely. At the same time, a person takes in air - and gives off carbon dioxide. There is an exchange, interaction with the outside world.

The key words that we need to understand the causes of lung disease, I have highlighted specifically so that the reader can see the weaknesses.

So, the psychosomatics of pulmonary diseases is connected with the fact that something or someone (it may be yourself) interferes with breathing - freely (meaning spiritual freedom, when nothing presses inside, it’s easy on the soul) to live.

Moreover, if we look at the statistics, then older men get sick more often. Why? What negative experiences associated with life accumulate in the soul of aged men, which gives a signal in the form of pulmonary diseases? I think we will get answers with a detailed examination of each disease.

Psychological causes of lung disease

• First: a person does not allow himself or someone does not allow to "breathe" freely - to live. In the first case, for some internal reasons (perhaps, psychological trauma that came from childhood), he is sure that he has no right to live. In the second case, as a rule, loved ones are not allowed to breathe and live freely.
• The second reason is closely related to the first: a person does not live a full life (the expression “breathe in deeply” is not applicable to him), he denies himself this. Often because they are afraid.
• The third reason: there is no fresh breath of air in a person's life. Perceives everything monotonously, monotonously pressing, hopelessly. Further, discontent appears in a person, which over time can develop into aggression.

Note that almost all lung diseases are accompanied by coughing, sometimes asthma attacks. What causes them?

If there are unspoken claims, a cough, bronchitis begins.

Asphyxiation attacks are provoked by strong fear when a person does not trust life.

Pneumonia is known to be preceded by an emotional shock of great strength or despair. Being in a negative situation, trying to overcome it, a person feels that his vital and mental strength is running out. He was tired because the negative accumulated for a long time and exhausted his strength. Finally, this accumulated negativity manifests itself as pneumonia.

Pleurisy, as a rule, occurs in a person living with discontent, anger at life. Only this negativity he restrains, keeps in himself. Should he change his dissatisfied perception of life or speak out, get rid of the negativity that destroys him, he would avoid the disease.

Emphysema occurs when a person wants to occupy, outline his space of life, which they do not allow him to do freely. As a complication of bronchitis - the desire to speak out about this.

Here we recall that older men suffer from emphysema more often. So why do they suffer so much? Maybe because, by this time, they have not been able to occupy their space in life and this does not give them peace.

Tuberculosis occurs after a long, deep depression, a life of sadness, a life filled with agonizing thoughts. This time is accompanied by unwillingness to live. A person mentally languishes from a hopeless life, feeling himself a prisoner of the circumstances of life.

Causes of lung cancer

To clarify the psychological causes of cancer, let us recall the behavior of a cancer cell (egoist and aggressor).

So, the first reason is selfishness, life only in oneself, isolation from the world, inflated ego, pride.

The second reason: a deadly old unforgiven resentment against life, a deep disappointment in life.

The third reason follows from these reasons: a person, due to the circumstances and events in life, does not see the point in living. He cannot and does not want to change what life expects from him by changing circumstances (for example, he was removed from a high position). To continue to live, a person needs to accept what life gives him, but he refuses. Perhaps you have heard such words: “it is better to die”. This is the position in life, the position against life, that a person takes.

The fourth reason: there may be a personal tragedy that a person hides, and internal self-isolation (again, an association with the behavior of a cancer cell).

Again, according to statistics, lung cancer is more common in older men. This may be due to the fact that by this time a person begins to rethink his life, sums up some results. Sometimes the conclusions are not very comforting, but it also happens that a person finds himself at a dead end: he has tried all his life, worked, and now - nothing good, and in his soul too. In vain, did he live his life? It is known that such painful reflections affect the male psyche. And this is just one example of mental suffering that causes bodily suffering.

Cancer as a karmic disease

Many well-known authors usually refer to cancer as a “karmic disease”. What does it mean? Do not be afraid of this strict word "karma". The Law of Karma is nothing but the Law of Cause and Effect, which our ancestors knew very well and passed on to us through the proverb: “What you sow, you will reap.” Only, for some reason, we ignore this Law in our lives, forgetting that each of our deeds, each thought, emotion becomes a cause, from which the corresponding effect follows.

Therefore, a karmic disease is a disease that is the result of our long-term negative thoughts, feelings and behavior. Here we recall that scientists have long found out that the spiritual component of a person is immortal and after some time again comes to our world in the body of a newborn.

This explains a lot: why children in the same family with different characters, why they have different unequal abilities, personal qualities, destinies, illnesses, etc. Because a newborn baby already has an immortal soul with its accumulated baggage (thoughts, feelings, actions, knowledge, achievements, mistakes, etc.), which was collected in past lives, so to speak.

You ask: how is this related to serious illnesses, especially in infants (what are they to blame for)?

Unfortunately, no one has yet been able to deceive this very strict moral (Divine) Law of cause and effect, even if you have the body of a baby (the soul is the same!).

Imagine that a person lived in violation of the Divine Laws, for example, rejecting Love (precisely with a capital letter, since we remember that God is all-embracing Love): he himself did not love anyone, by his behavior he “killed” Love in others, etc. When the body gave signals in the form of illnesses, not yet so serious, he, instead of reconsidering his mental suffering, became even more hardened and spread mental pain around him. Old age has come, and the negative luggage of the soul has overflowed, and there is no time to rethink and correct it (and someone does not admit his mistakes even before death). And this negative baggage is transferred to the next life, becoming the cause for the corresponding negative consequences: failures, illnesses, etc.

That is, indeed, a person who sows evil begins to reap his own fruits, only with some delay in time. And, for some reason, only after that he begins to think: “What's wrong? What did I do that backfired on me? And the body is happy: finally, I thought! So we will live!

From the foregoing, it follows that such a disease as cancer is a kind of “medicine” for saving the soul, which for a long time chose life without love.

Healing of the soul and body

A striking example of healing from cancer is the case of the famous writer A.I. Solzhenitsyn. His biography explains why he got cancer (deep disappointment and struggle with the system, prisons, camp, exile). But he managed to be healed (this stage of life is described by him in the work "Cancer Ward").

Of course, there are many other examples of cancer healing. It's not about the examples, it's about the fact that healing is possible! And it depends on the person himself!

Let's start with the fact that "cheerful people do not get cancer" (I think that they practically do not get sick with anything serious). This is natural: their body has no reason to signal the presence of internal negativity with a disease - it is not there. And even if something appears, it is immediately rethought and changed to a plus sign. Agree that such a position in life is very beneficial!

Hence, the best medicine for healing the soul and body is Love for life and Joy from life. But first, it is necessary to free the soul from negativity through forgiveness and acceptance of life itself.

I hope my article will help someone.

In psychosomatics, the main symptoms of various diseases, disorders and syndromes are shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting and depression. It is these signs that accompany many psychosomatic disorders, these symptoms are pronounced, and parents simply cannot help but notice that something is wrong with the child. You will learn about the causes of symptoms of psychosomatic conditions on this page.

Symptom of psychosomatic disorders: shortness of breath

Under the influence of negative emotions (anger, rage, fear), as well as joy and excitement, breathing quickens. Sudden shocks and fright can provoke a short breath hold. In a comfortable and balanced state, the breathing of a healthy child is calm. Changes in breathing in connection with emotions are also confirmed by observations from life - the familiar mournful inhalation and exhalation with relief.

Such a psychosomatic symptom as shortness of breath is the leading symptom of bronchial asthma, which indicates a hidden need for love, tenderness, the need for support in the face of an external aggressive mood. Children with a predisposition to bronchial asthma are characterized by increased reactivity in response to the behavior of others and susceptibility to smells, the desire to keep clean.

Symptoms of psychosomatic disorders: nausea and vomiting

Psychosomatic symptoms of diseases such as nausea and are signs of digestive disorders (motor activity of the stomach and small intestine). Nausea and vomiting occur involuntarily in response to what the child does not like, are accompanied by a feeling of fullness in the epigastric region and can occur after eating various foods, often fatty ones.

These symptoms of psychosomatic disorders may occur in connection with the child's experience of stress, involvement in conflict, mental and emotional overload. Children who develop such psychosomatic reactions are characterized by dependence on their parents, especially on their mother, passivity and a tendency to depression.

Symptom of psychosomatic conditions and syndromes: depression

Depression manifests itself as a persistent, prolonged decrease in mood. More often it is noted in adolescents and is accompanied by a decrease in general tone - motor inhibition and slow thinking. In preschool children, depression is rare or goes unnoticed, as they are characterized by high activity (mobility, curiosity, desire to communicate).

This psychosomatic symptom of syndromes indicates the suppression of hidden emotions, dissatisfaction with oneself, and the inability to find positive emotions. More often it occurs in an unfavorable situation in the family (conflicts and divorce of parents), is associated with the appearance of another child in the family, the loss of a loved one. Teenagers with a narrow circle of interests, closed, shy, emotionally rejected by their parents are more prone to depression.

During the period of depression, the child has a low mood, irritability, lethargy, a decrease or increase in appetite, sleep disturbances (drowsiness during the day and insomnia at night, nightmares). During this period, school performance worsens, the child does not want to go to school, does not want to do anything. He becomes more withdrawn, indifferent, sometimes shows aggression. A teenager suffers from an inferiority complex, feelings of guilt, boredom, and may complain of a deterioration in well-being.

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A group of disease states resulting from the interaction of mental and physiological factors. They are mental disorders that manifest themselves at the physiological level, physiological disorders that manifest themselves at the mental level, or physiological pathologies that develop under the influence of psychogenic factors.

Psychosomatics- This is a direction in medicine (psychosomatic medicine) and psychology that studies the influence of psychological factors on the occurrence and course of somatic (bodily) diseases.

Psychosomatics helps to understand the psychological factors that served as an impetus for the development of a particular disease. Many ailments, including bronchial asthma, are closely related to the emotional sphere of a person. The psychosomatics of asthma is due to the fear of being rejected by the closest people. To alleviate the course of the disease, and possibly get rid of it, first of all, you should carefully study all the causes of asthma.

Bronchial asthma is the most striking example of psychosomatic diseases. Several factors influence the development of the disease.

Asthma develops under the influence of:

• allergies;
• inflammatory processes;
• negative psychological and emotional states.

Emotional experiences, stresses are fertile ground for exacerbation of the disease. Despite the fact that bronchial asthma in most cases is inherited, it does not develop immediately after birth. The disease can make itself felt at any age, and the impetus for its progression is usually an unfavorable emotional background.

Emotional experiences contribute to the development of the disease more than physiological factors. Psychological overloads form an asthmatic state.

Emotions that lead to illness

Bronchial asthma is a disease that affects the respiratory system. It is with these organs that the psychosomatics of bronchial asthma is connected - breathing, the first breath of a newly born child, the cry of a baby who calls for his mother. The psychotherapist and psychologist Linde Nikolai Vladimirovich connects the cause of asthma with the dependence of the child on the mother. According to his observations, asthma is caused by emotional causes, which relate to the wrong relationship that occurs between mother and child.

With the help of screaming and crying, the baby tries to attract attention to himself, so he is looking for protection and safety. If there is no psychological contact between the mother and the child, the child experiences anxiety and anxiety, which remains with him throughout his subsequent life. As a person grows older, the need for protection is expressed by asthmatic attacks. Thus, we can conclude that people suffering from asthma lack love and understanding from their loved ones.

The inability to give vent to your negative emotions is another psychosomatic cause of the disease. Asthmatics do not splash out aggression, so they are prone to depression, they have to suppress internal negativity, which is manifested by bronchospasms and causes suffocation.

Psychological characteristics of an asthmatic

According to the observation of psychologists, people suffering from bronchial asthma may have similar psychological characteristics. Most of them prefer solitude and loneliness. And the more severe the disease is, the more a person closes in on himself. Asthmatics lack determination, it is difficult for them to make a choice.

In addition, the characteristics of the patient can be supplemented with the following qualities:

• touchiness;
• nervousness;
• fast speech with some negative connotation;
• susceptibility to stress and depression.

Patients with bronchial asthma are very sensitive and emotional, they are infantile and depend on the opinions of others.

Nervous Asthma

Not every stressful situation leads to the development of asthma. This disease can appear on the basis of strong feelings associated with problems and conflict situations in the family. Frequent quarrels, a hostile atmosphere in the family, lack of mutual understanding leads to the fact that a person begins to experience more and more attacks of shortness of breath.

Nervous asthma occurs for the following reasons:

• in children, an asthmatic condition can develop when a second baby appears in the family, the mother's attention is more directed in this case to the newborn, the first child suffers from a lack of it in his address;
• in adolescence, the psychological causes of bronchial asthma include attempts to suppress anger and aggression, anxiety, and a surge of emotions.
• in adults, a divorce or break in relationships, sexual temptation, interpersonal conflicts can provoke a disease;
• a young girl worries about growing up and being separated from her mother; on a nervous basis, she develops bronchial asthma;
• in a young man, the disease can develop before the upcoming marriage, when the relationship with the mother changes to the attitude towards the bride.

In order for the nervous factor not to have an impact on the exacerbation of the disease, a person should work on himself, learn to overcome stress, and constructively resolve conflicts. You should get rid of the habit of blaming yourself and other people, learn to forgive. You need to listen to yourself and not act against your will to please others. You should not carry all the problems in yourself, they need to be discussed with loved ones. If you have psychological problems, do not hesitate to seek help from a psychologist.

Psychosomatics of asthma in children

Psychosomatic causes of bronchial asthma in children deserve special attention. The source of the problem can originate even in the womb, in cases where a woman is carrying an unwanted child. If a young mother does not pay enough attention to him even after the birth of a baby, this can affect the state of children's health and provoke bronchial asthma.

It happens that the problem occurs later, at the age of three to five years. In this case, the cause should be sought in the relationship. Perhaps adults make too high demands on the child, which it is difficult for the child to cope with.

Overprotection is also an unfavorable factor that can lead to bronchial asthma. With this form of education, the child is forced to constantly be under the influence of his parents, he does not show his own initiative. This leads to the suppression of feelings, emotions of intentions, which, in turn, will eventually turn into suffocation attacks.

Being brought up in adverse conditions, an incomplete or dysfunctional family, the baby will suffer from a lack of attention from the mother, the child will try to attract attention in any way. All this is fertile ground for the development of diseases associated with the respiratory system.

The psychosomatic factor in the development of the disease in a child is sometimes of decisive importance.

Elimination of psychosomatic causes

To get rid of the disease or to alleviate its course, it will be necessary to eliminate the psychosomatic causes that served as the development of asthma.

In this direction, they help a lot:

• psychotherapeutic procedures;
• acupuncture;
• climatotherapy.

To increase stress resistance, you can take natural sedatives, such as motherwort, valerian.

Psychotherapy for bronchial asthma

Psychotherapeutic procedures in the treatment of bronchial asthma should be aimed at increasing vitality and capabilities, correcting emotional disorders, shaping the correct behavior and response to stress-forming factors.

Patients with bronchial asthma are often closed, they experience anxiety and distrust, negative emotions prevail over positive ones. Asthmatics are characterized by protective mechanisms:

• negation;
• crowding out;
• regression.

A good therapeutic effect is provided by group sessions with a psychologist.

Groups organize:

• breathing exercises;
• autogenic training;
• functional relaxation classes.

Of particular importance, as mentioned above, is the psychological atmosphere in the family. Therefore, first of all, you should pay attention to this factor. It is very important to reconsider the psychological climate that has formed between adults and children, as well as between spouses. A tense atmosphere, conflicts and discord should leave family relationships. A healthy family is a guarantee of not only mental, but also physiological health.

Statistics

Bronchial asthma in most cases is diagnosed in children. Most often, she begins her activity at the age of five. Psychologists note that boys suffer from this disease more often than girls, because they are brought up in more stringent conditions and the requirements are higher. Many manage to get rid of asthma during puberty.

If the disease affects an adult, most often it happens between 22 and 35 years of age. In this case, women are already at risk.

In asthma, psychosomatics plays an important role. Asthma and psychosomatics are closely related. To get rid of the disease, it is important to consider this factor. You should learn to adequately assess the situation, let go of the past, forget unpleasant situations. Vital forces should be directed to self-improvement, prosperity, to be more friendly and open to people.

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Lack of air during a tense moment or a panic attack, accompanied by a loss of breathing rhythm for a long period of time - these are not normal processes of a physiological act, but the first signs of a serious pathology.
Acute and sudden shortness of breath after physical activity is soon replenished with a new supply of oxygen, a normal breathing rhythm. What to do if you experience respiratory problems? What are the causes and ways to solve the lack of oxygen?

The key word in this paragraph is "occurs". In the process of oxygen absorption by the lungs, the participation of the respiratory organs is the main one, but it cannot exist without other systems. The hormonal status of a person, the state of the nervous system and some external factors are subject to particular influence.

The body tries to adapt to the fluctuation of gas and oxygen, which it always succeeds in doing. With a lack of oxygen, breathing increases, which stops after a few minutes.

There are 2 types of shortness of breath:

1. Inspiratory. Lack of air when inhaling.

2. Expiratory. Lack of air on exit.

3. Mixed type. Breathing is difficult in both processes.

Any disorder associated with improper air intake requires examination and treatment.

Causes of psychosomatic respiratory diseases

Absence, lack of normal breathing causes shortness of breath.

This sign is one of the adaptive factors of the body to difficult breathing, to changes in external conditions. An unpleasant feeling caused by gas poisoning in the blood can happen when climbing a mountain, running.

Pathological causes that arise on the basis of diseases of the respiratory system (in particular the lungs and bronchi):

• Chronic respiratory diseases (asthma, bronchitis, emphysema).
• Tumors. They are divided into tumors located directly in the pulmonary tract and on the chest or neck.
• Foreign bodies that somehow got into the lungs. One of the most common causes of shortness of breath in children.

These factors exacerbate:

• bad habits (smoking);
• poor environmental conditions;
• dusty area.

Neurotic manifestations affecting breathing

Nervous pathology is accompanied by unpleasant sensations in the legs (itching, burning on the skin). With deep breaths, numbness of the hands is possible.

Another sign is "emptiness" in the head. Perhaps suffocation, fear to stop absorbing oxygen.

Neurotic signs in some patients with pathology may manifest as numbness of the upper lip, hands. Most often seen in women and young mothers.

Psychological causes of lung disease

In the psychosomatics of heavy breathing, the body relies on physiological functions. If you find yourself in a tense situation, the amount of certain hormones in the blood rises, so breathing becomes worse, the chest seems to be squeezed (hormones cause shortness of breath).

There are these psychological reasons that can provide difficulty breathing:

• stress;
• tension and stiffness;
• strong emotional upheavals;
• presence in a stuffy, poorly ventilated room;
• sad emotions (despondency) for a long time.

With psychological diseases of the lungs of a person, shortness of breath disappears after a few minutes, after calming down. To speed up this process, you need to relax and massage the body with stroking movements, starting from the top of the head to the abdominal cavity.

Quite often, people with poor physical fitness, who are in a dusty room, suffer from shortness of breath.

Reasons for feeling short of breath

Why does a person feel that breathing has ceased to be normal, if this is a physiological process?

There are many opinions and answers to this question. Many experts believe that sensation occurs at a subconscious level with the help of nerve signals. The body warns a person that the normal rhythm of breathing is broken, he cannot restore it (like a program failure in a computer system). And if the body cannot restore balance, then a person should do it.

There is an opinion that a person can “invent” a problem for himself. If the loss of breathing rhythm is associated with a psychological situation, then shortness of breath will be felt.

Causes of the sensation of "coma in the throat"

A soft round ball that seems to get stuck in the throat is actually a psychological defense of the body. There is a separate item that is not included in psychosomatics (associated with obesity, pathology of the pulmonary tract), but it is physiological.

The causes of the appearance of a "coma in the throat" of a nervous nature:

• underestimating oneself;
• bad experience in absolutely any field;
• resentment, sadness from some event;
• social norms that prevent you from expressing your opinion and contributing ideas normally.

It is these reasons that are the main ones that can cause an unpleasant sensation in the throat, trembling on the lips.

How do life situations affect breathing?

If there is not enough air, its active shortage is manifested in certain periods of time, then the reason is an unpleasant life situation. It is worth analyzing this problem step by step, since it is it that occurs more often than the main ones.

During an affective state (when a person experiences anger, fear), corresponding changes begin to occur in the work of the lungs, tied to the production of hormones. Breathing quickens.

In sleep, breathing reaches an ideal state. Fully balanced inhalations and exhalations can only be achieved by falling asleep, relaxed.

Breathing can generally stop during a panic attack, severe fear. The paralyzing horror does not give a person the opportunity to breathe air.

If a person suffers from respiratory syndrome, then he begins to breathe more deeply. A very deep, full breath still creates a feeling of incompleteness in the lungs.

Symptoms and ways to explain them

Several types:

1. Heart type. With arrhythmias, malformations and heart failure, shortness of breath occurs very often. This should also include the fear of death, deep depression, accompanied by compression in the chest, shortness of breath. Tachycardia causes lethargy along with hyperkinetic heart syndrome.
2. psychological type. In the presence of diseases associated with overweight (physical inactivity), low self-esteem (nicotine or alcohol addiction). Such people are quite aggressive, hostile behavior in large clusters of others like them.
3. Pulmonary symptoms. Occurs in accordance with such diseases: tumor, foreign bodies in the lungs, chronic diseases. You can highlight shortness of breath, feeling unwell with prolonged physical activity (at least 28 minutes).

Such people want to get more air and give it away at the same time. This factor is controlled at the nervous level, relevant for a person with bronchial diseases.

Treatment

For treatment, it is necessary to undergo a short course of psychotherapy.

In this case, the doctor must convince the patient of the opposite - the air will not end. Suitable for: family or group therapy, hypnosis, other individual treatment combinations

Prevention

Includes these daily quests:

• Awareness of the situation. It is necessary to understand that it is difficult for you to breathe and this can happen to anyone.
• Try to understand that this is only a part. In any difficult situation, it begins to seem to a person that his whole life, all organ systems are not working properly. Reassure yourself.
• Breathe. Deeper and more often.
• Develop thinking. Think about the problem.

Asphyxiation during shortness of breath occurs on the basis of various reasons, has a pathological and temporary character. Be sure to carry out prevention, in advanced cases - treatment.