Most of the people family doctors see have physical complaints that may in part be their “last straw”. Sometimes its a heart attack or a stroke, with the underlying problem being a feeling of being out of control because imbibing food/drink/not execising or focusing enough on keeping their body healthy, is just something that is an overwhelming added burden. The underlying burden is probably sub/unconscious, maybe most likely, For exmple, a messy divorce, the death of loved parent(s), being over 40 with no children and hating your job are concious stressors that may also touch your soul and stir up questions like why am I here anyway or why is it good to be alive? The realization that “nothing I ever try to do makes me feel any better”. I feel depressed, since life is a long road full of pot holes, one endures. Besides being depressed just thinking about the above, I want to remind the reader that we need to pay attention to how our body feels, since physical sensations are the earliest memories our infant minds record in the depth of the right side of our brain and the process of receiving and recordidng body sensations may begin before birth. We know that fetuses in utero can pull away from painful stimuli and no doubt share the same blood supply as mom and can then experience hormonal stress states, just like mom. So a 50 or 60 year old person who is experiencing physical pains may also be having a re-vivification (bringing back to life) of earlier infantile or toddler memories of stress that our body-mind remembers and that I see in my medical psychotherapy practice added by hypnosis and hypnoanalysis. This final common pathway is a regression which means that subconsciously, the patient, like it or not is going back to earlier times of living and recalling. This is not a conscious process, as the patient is and feels sick. Sometimes, medication may help, but what is more important is for my patient to come to know that there is an unconscious reason for feeling sick and essentially being sick, really sick. If my patient can come to know the source of their misery, then they will have and anchor or footing upon which to regain their hope, get unstuck so their they may redefine their life and who they are. You are not just your thoughts. You also have the human capacity to observe yourself thinking, feeling, sharing, attaching, working with another person to be your temporary guide. You know that you cannot do all this alone, but with the right medical therapist who can come to understand you and feed this understanding back to you, help you grow again. This is the truth and it is not magic, it just requires you ability to listen to, focus and for awhile suspend your preconceived motives about yourself. The final common pathway need only be a temporary stuck place, not a slow death.ir
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