Experiencing medically unexplained physical symptoms and
intense thoughts, feelings and behaviors related to these
somatic symptoms
Abdominal pains, nausea, vomiting, retching and burping, abdominal pain We can list symptoms such as swelling,
menstrual irregularity or disorders, excessive menstrual bleeding, pain in the sexual
areas, pain in different parts of the body, arms and legs,
dizziness.
Soul The relationship between body and body is a topic that has attracted attention and been researched since the time of Descartes. Body expression preceded verbal expression. When verbal expression
is insufficient or hindered, bodily expression
comes into play. Somatization is actually a language of expression without words.
Physically, every pain and every disturbing sensation has a psychological
meaning of the symptom and is transformed from a spiritual to a physical one.
The person experiences a mental difficulty. He uses his body for It is more common
in traditional
societies and societies where cultural codes are suitable for this. More spiritual burden than can be tolerated cannot be suppressed and is transferred to the body by transforming
. This burden matches one side of the body.
The language of emotion consists of bodily symbols rather than words.
There is a spiritual investment in the disease. The mentalization of the bodily
has an important place. Spiritual material that cannot be mentalized
cannot be verbally expressed is expressed by embodying
.
In this case, health problems become the center of one's life. There is hypersensitivity to body
sensations. The meaning given to these sensations
gains an unreal meaning.
When we look at the personality
characteristics of those who use somatization and are prone to it in general:
Perfectionist, it should be like this, those who have high judgments , those who are accustomed to thinking in an all-or-
or nothing manner, those who have a tendency to
terrify possible bad consequences, those who perceive themselves as incompetent and unlovable
and those who have such beliefs about themselves, manipulative
personalities , those with feelings of guilt, tendency to avoid responsibility
what happened
Impulses and
conflicts that cannot find a way out with mentalization choose the body path. With the overloading of the mental structure
thus the path to somatization is opened. (For example, babies
give somatic bodily responses to their pain because they can't speak. The baby, suddenly
separated from the mother, is exposed to shock and reacts with colic or vomiting
.)
Confusion in humans in 3 ways Expressed. 1- mental 2 – behavioral 3-
somatic
Hide the truth as much as you want, your truth will flow out from your fingertips
. The body acts more realistically than cognition. The body remembers more
. Illness is an operational expression, and the place of action is the person's body. This
disease has a function for the person. It serves the deteriorating spiritual
balance of the person, the person sacrificing a part of the body
in order to maintain the spiritual balance. According to the names, the person expresses himself with his organs
and the weakest organ is selected.
60% of people with depressive problems go to the doctor because of their physical problems
and help from health clinics outside the mental fields
it takes br />. The purpose of somatizing is to maintain the homeostasis balance of the person
and to maintain his/her spiritual integrity. The language spoken by the affected organ
corresponds to the problem the person is experiencing. We occupy space through our body
and create ourselves, occupy space.
Pain experienced in the body can also mean a punishment
. What happens in the psyche is that the person gives up a part of the body.
According to Freud, bodily pain is a local dissolution, and the reason is
breaking of ego resistance.
Pain in any part of the body is caused by aggressive impulses. It appears to suppress the feelings of guilt that arise due to
. The person's
need to speak is realized through body language.
Generally, these people have difficulty in expressing their feelings verbally
and they are alexithymic.
The person tries to express himself/herself through pain. may have learned to be important in the family
and he may have used it as a model in his life.
Psychoanalytic perspective� According to the temperature; suppression repression is insufficient and a new
mechanism is required. For unconscious conflict and forbidden impulses, it is transformed into a bodily disorder through the psychic device
.
A symbolic body language is formed. The goal here is to alleviate the
extreme anxiety caused by conflict. This is the primary gain.
Not being criticized, being respected, being free from responsibility, and being able to be tolerated
from the outside world stand as a secondary gain.
Illness becomes a way of life and These people usually:
They have experienced a shocking life event.
They have lost certain roles or their position
They need to be valued and taken into account
The cultural environment and upbringing are also a factor in this regard.
created a predisposition.
The pain experienced in fibromyalgia does not meet the criteria of physical illness.
There are pain circulating in different parts of the body and uncomfortable
somatic sensations and occupy the mind.
With hypochondriasis, the person has a constant
preoccupation with having a physical illness.
They always attribute their bodily sensations and perceptions to the disease and keep health
institutions very busy. They are constantly looking for illness in their bodies.
Actually, the main problem here is mental depression and they don't accept
go to people who provide mental health services. The source of anxiety is troubled
relationships, bad life events and living conditions.
As they constantly think about illness in their minds, their interests begin to narrow
. Their own bodies become the greatest pursuits in life, and their productivity in life decreases. They constantly tell
about their illness to the people around them. Their complaints, on the other hand, do not conform to any somatic disorder. - It is more common in those who have difficulty in expressing their feelings.
In conversion, there is a decrease in the function of the organs without a physical reason
. It usually gives the impression that the person exaggerates.
The person cannot carry it spiritually, It has stress and conflicts. , sensory
decrease (hypoesthesia), temporary deafness, blindness, throat knots,
cough, hiccups, false pregnancy.
The person's consciousness has narrowed and has been fixed on the idea of a disease. Consciousness
has weakened. People don't talk much
about compelling and depressing life events, instead they start to speak body language.
Fainting, deafness, blindness and paralysis are seen in hysteria, but the reason for this
is psychological. Indicates unresolved mental confusion. Before Hippocrates
it was known as the influence of supermountainous powers. Hippocrates defined these conditions as
diseases. It was a disease frequently seen in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Sharkot and Freud did detailed studies and used hypnosis
in these diseases.
These faintings, which are expressed as dissociative fainting, are person-controlled
faints and usually falls on soft ground. It is completely different from the epileptic seizures
and is often indistinguishable by the society and
arouses uneasiness in the environment. While epilepsy lasts for 1. 2. minutes, these faintings last for
15 minutes and the consciousness is clear and the person is aware of what is happening around.
Convulsions and convulsions may be seen. It usually has traumatic
experiences behind it.
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