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What happens to the skin when the soul is wounded or we suffer from unresolved issues and problems? How can symptoms tell you what to pay special attention to in life? Explains a psychiatrist, a specialist in psychosomatic disorders.
When I meet people who do not see the relationship between skin diseases and the state of mind of a person, I ask: “Have you ever blushed? From embarrassment, excitement, excitement? Shame hyperemia is a perfect illustration of a clear relationship. We all get angry, happy or upset. This is a normal physiological reaction of the body in response to an experienced emotion. But, unfortunately, skin «whims» are not limited to this.
According to WHO (World Health Organization) statistics, 22% of the total population of the Earth suffer from skin diseases. And this is only official data — in reality, this percentage is much higher.
The skin is the outer covering of the human body, a complex organ responsible for many functions. The skin is able to protect the body from external influences, participates in the process of respiration, thermoregulation, metabolic and many other processes. But most importantly, it performs a prescription function. This is one of the most sensitive organs. The entire surface of the skin is covered with hundreds of thousands of receptors that receive information and transmit it to the cerebral cortex.
The skin is the first to feel cold, heat, pain, chills, giving us signals in the form of a change in its condition. In other words, this is the boundary between the outside world and the internal organs, and therefore, the internal state of mind of a person. And problems begin when the harmony of this contact is broken. Or they break it. As a result, skin diseases occur. For many patients, this is a real torment, because the treatment of such diseases, as a rule, takes a lot of time and money.
What is the skin trying to tell us?
Most often, skin problems speak of a person’s shame in front of himself or of excessive dependence on third-party opinions, as well as open or hidden fear, impatience or unwillingness to come to terms with one or another given, suppressed anger and hidden resentment.
The emotional response is reflected on the skin in the form of painful manifestations when the contact of this person with the outside world is broken, that is, does not correspond to the aspirations and intentions of the person. This contact may be either excessive or insufficient.
It is important to understand that our consciousness operates with the categories of «ours» or «theirs», and not only in relation to material things. For example, when we choose new clothes, on an unconscious level, this happens precisely according to the “own / alien” mechanism, only at the level of tactile sensations. You will not voluntarily wear unpleasantly prickly wool and do not put on winter boots in the hot summer — this is uncomfortable.
The same principle our brain uses when it comes to intentions, feelings, thoughts, desires and decisions. Therefore, in the non-material sphere, it is extremely important to observe the harmony of contact between the «I» and the outside world.
Sometimes skin conditions that make people feel embarrassed to go somewhere and communicate with others are a “manifested excuse” for avoiding contact. This is an unconscious way to shield yourself from physical or mental interactions with reality.
The same goes for the fear of rejection. The more a person rejects the «value of himself» in the Universe, the stronger his unconscious fear of being really rejected. Reaching a certain level, this fear can trigger the development of an inferiority complex, which, in turn, will immediately appear as a «note» on his skin. And most often this «note» is not alone — it is accompanied by skin manifestations of other internal problems, for example, the inability to internally make a decision regarding any conflict. We forbid ourselves to make mistakes and condemn ourselves for the mere intention to act in one way or another.
How to decipher specific symptoms
Allergy: too often there is a person next to you whom you cannot stand. Your internal irritation has begun to surface in the form of an allergy.
Psoriasis: atonement for guilt. Once you committed an act for which you are chronically ashamed. You carry it in yourself, blaming only yourself for what happened. Psoriasis will disappear when you either come to terms with your misdeed or find a way to justify yourself to the injured person.
Quick: worries patients who are often in a state of irritation.
Boils: clear hatred. The object of such hatred does not have to be a person, perhaps it is some kind of incident that caused extreme indignation. This is a symptom of the highest degree of anger towards someone or something.
Dry skin: a sign that you have to wear a mask for too long. Often, dry skin occurs in mothers raising children alone. Constantly trying to be strong, a woman gets tired and wants someone to understand that fragility, resentment and femininity hide behind her strength.
Exercise: «Understand your skin and yourself»
Take a piece of paper and describe your skin with quality adjectives. What is she? Dry, flabby, flabby? Soft, velvety, fresh? Have you written? Now re-read and get to know yourself — after all, all these epithets refer to your state of mind. This is how you see yourself inside.
Each pathology rests on a distorted perception of the outside world or oneself, on emotions experienced but not released, on fear born in childhood, on aggression from the authorities or the second half.
I really liked the quote from the Internet: “The skin is our largest organ. She protects and protects us, literally tells us how we feel. The skin can be soft and sensitive, very vulnerable and delicate. As thick-skinned as we want to appear, there are millions of nerve endings in our skin, naked, feeling too much. We try to avoid pain, but sometimes that’s not possible. And there is only one thing left — to feel.