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As we know, all diseases are from the nerves. And the most interesting thing is that some are nervous just about health. When thoughts about him become intrusive, mild anxiety turns into chronic suspiciousness and begins to really affect health. How to get rid of fear and stop hurting?
Any unrest, as a rule, develops against the background of a lack of information. Remember your first school love: how many chilling experiences it gave rise to. He didn’t look like that, he didn’t say that, he loves – he doesn’t love, he invites – he doesn’t invite.
And now we have matured, walked through numerous rakes. We studied our own reactions, ways of interacting with men, oriented ourselves in basic psychology. And, entering into a relationship, we feel far from being as vulnerable as in our youth. Yes, we are experiencing, but we go through these experiences with a raised head, an attentive look, with humor and passion.
By analogy, suspiciousness, as a rule, develops against the background of several factors:
- an unstable psychological state – usually associated with dramatic changes in life or, alternatively, with a lack of support from loved ones. A person who is confident in himself, in his environment and in the support of friends / relatives, as a rule, rarely succumbs to attacks of suspiciousness;
- lack of information about how the body works and what steps need to be taken to keep health under control. In this case, any negative sensation from the body, superimposed on a lack of information, can be perceived as a disaster.
What to do? If the matter is in the psychological state, you need to work on balancing the emotional background with the help of a psychologist. And the work will be strictly individual, no general recommendations are suitable here. But how to increase awareness of the work of the body? After all, information can be both useful and dangerous.
How to choose a doctor?
If you have any doubts about your health, you should go to the doctor – this is a fact. Everyone knows about it. However, many, getting to one or another doctor, become even more suspicious. “The doctor said that everything is fine – but I feel that something is wrong.” Or, on the contrary, the doctor scared and now it is completely unclear what to do. How to choose the right doctor?
At firstto understand which treatment techniques to choose, it is necessary to collect several opinions. This also applies to diseases with which you have long been familiar, and new, incomprehensible, alarming signals. Doctors are people with different backgrounds and education, and their approach to the same problem can be different. If two doctors out of three, say, agree, this is already a good sign: most likely, you need to move in this direction. Remember, you are responsible for your own health and you decide what to do. But to find the truth, to get to the bottom of common sense, you need to spend time and effort.
Secondly, remember that doctors of different specialties recommend different treatments. Don’t be surprised, don’t be afraid, don’t doubt. For example, in a situation with a herniated disc, a neurologist may recommend physical therapy, and a surgeon may recommend surgery. As one doctor I know said: “I am a surgeon – my job is to operate. Therefore, when you come to me, you should know that I am most likely in favor of a surgical solution to the problem. Remember who you are going to, and analyze the opinions of specialists from different fields.
To read or not to read?
If you read a medical encyclopedia, as you know, you can find all the described diseases, except perhaps for puerperal fever. Exactly the same effect provides the study of various forums or the collection of information in specialized groups. Reading the comments of people who share their impressions of their own diseases, you can only aggravate your own suspiciousness.
Therefore, to everyone who is already worried about their health, doctors give the same valuable advice: do not google your symptoms. Don’t read about diseases. In particular, even the medical part of the Russian Wikipedia is not the most reliable, understandable and adequate source for this.
What to do? The most appropriate choice is wellness seminars related to your specific disease, led by people with a medical background. Coming to the seminar, you not only get information about how the body works, why and how diseases develop, but also learn healing techniques – they tell you what to do to cope with the problem.
For example, at the seminar “Youth and Health of the Spine” we study anatomy and physiology, and after that we do exercises that help to cope with back pain, headache, joint pain. The most important thing: we teach at the seminar what to pay attention to during classes and what to ignore – so that a person understands how to adequately assess his condition and his progress in classes.
Receiving such clear guidelines, you stop “swimming” in sensations and being afraid of them, but take the situation under control. This is what gives you a feeling of confidence. In addition, at the seminars you can always ask questions to competent specialists, dispel doubts, get an individual recommendation.
Plan your health
Having collected information from doctors and health professionals, you do not just take this information for granted and “digest” inside (and suspiciousness develops), but draw up an action plan to eliminate the health problem, if it really exists.
This plan should include recommendations that you selected on the basis of communication with specialists: treatment, prevention of the further development of the disease, healing measures. The mode in which you take care of maintaining health is one of the best defenses against suspiciousness.
How our emotions change the body
Why do I boldly recommend these events, even if there is no reason for suspiciousness and the person may be completely healthy? Because experiences in one way or another affect the state of the body: the more fears we have inside, the greater the likelihood of the formation of muscle clamps that these fears realize. And this means that experiences will affect the state of at least the musculoskeletal system.
For example, children who are brought up in a strict family experience excessive pressure from adults and often experience scoliosis. Because the body, as it were, takes on this emotional load, “bends” under it. Adults with high levels of anxiety are more likely to suffer from back pain and headaches, so often chronic migraines are treated with antidepressants. Therefore, by collecting information and creating a health promotion plan, you can take control of both real diseases and potential ones that can develop against a background of stress.