2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
Myths and truths about psychosomatics
The word "psychosomatics" is certainly magical. Otherwise, how else to explain those discussions, the intensity of passions that it causes? From the complete denial of psychosomatic medicine to the phrase “all diseases, except venereal, are from the nerves (and those are questionable.” As often happens, the truth is always in the middle.
Psychosomatic disorders are those in which, in addition to the somatic component (organic causes), a psychological component plays a certain role. More precisely, for the onset of a psychosomatic illness, a stressful situation (or prolonged suppression of feelings), the presence of a minimal somatic predisposition (for example, the experience of a similar illness earlier or minimal ill health of one or another body system) as well as a tendency to not expressing and not understanding one's feelings and emotions. In addition to psychosomatics itself, there are several more groups of disorders associated with the body and diseases of the body. For example, somatoform disorders.
Now this is most often the same VSD. The essence of this group is anxiety, which is transferred to the body, the anxiety state takes the form of a somatic one, hence the name. Dizziness, abdominal pain, urinary disturbance, pressure, sweating, chills are all symptoms of somatoform disorder. Also, do not forget about conversion, or, more simply, hysteria. These are the symptoms that, masquerading as bodily (often this is "neurology", that is, paresis, paralysis, strabismus) have a direct connection with psychotrauma and are, in fact, a reaction to it.
Separately, it should be said about hypochondria, especially considering the fact that this word has become almost a curse.
This is an anxiety disorder, the essence of which is that a person is convinced that he has a serious illness, often fatal, and is looking for a doctor … confirmation of his guess.
Continuing the thought at the beginning of the article - psychosomatics takes place, there are 7 recognized psychosomatic diseases. Somatoform, conversion and hypochondriacal disorders are included in the international classifications of diseases.
The problem is that often this branch of medicine and psychotherapy becomes an arena for various speculations, when instead of a medical examination and psychotherapy I offer a person "psychosomatics tables", not to envy, so that knees do not hurt, and so on. Adequate diagnosis at first by doctors, and in the absence of "medical questions", by a psychotherapist or psychiatrist is the key to correct understanding and effective treatment of psychosomatics
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