Stress and Psychosomatic Induced Illness

by | Oct 6, 2015 | Healing, Methodology

When we think about Psychosomatics, we often times have the feeling that: these are people that have physical diseases that are primarily caused by mental factors. However, this isn’t the full truth. Granted, psychosomatics have illnesses that might be physically debilitating; the disorder is a unique one being that these physical illnesses are made worse by mental factors. Stress and its cousin- anxiety have particularly been shown to aggravate some particular diseases for psychosomatics. The reaction of individuals (with Psychosomatic Induced Illnesses) to the mental aspect of their physical disease, to a large extent determines the trajectory the disease will take. These reactions can be largely either of two divides: Calmness and Break down. For those on the calm side of the equation, when they notice the physical symptom of a disease, for instance; rashes on their skin. Their calm ‘shrug shoulders and continue activities’ attitude to this symptom leads to the slow-yet eventual- eradication of the sign. However, for others on the ‘Break down’ side of the divide, their immediate ‘disturbed disposition’ to the slightest of physical signs of a disease, always leads to an escalation of such an illness. The mental states of some patients are worsened by stress depending on their illnesses. Some recorded susceptible illnesses includes: Stomach Ulcer, Psoriasis, eczema, high blood pressure and heart disease. Patients have even admitted themselves that their disturbed mental state has an impact on their current health status. Having established the veracity of the inter-relatedness of stress and Psychosomatic illnesses. It is imperative to ascertain some of the underlying causes of psychosomatic illnesses among people. An illness sometimes arises...