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Psychologist and hypnotherapist Leslie Lecron is known for identifying and describing 7 main reasons that, in his opinion, can provoke the development of psychosomatic diseases. In English, for the convenience of memorization, the abbreviation COMPISS (Conflict, Organ language, Motivation, Past experience, Identification, Self-punishment, Suggestion) is adopted, the analogue of which in Russian can be KYAMPISV (Conflict, Body Language, Motivation, Past Experience, Identification, Self-punishment, Suggestion). Based on these reasons, you can ask yourself questions to "inspect" your symptoms. Of course, this is not an instruction on self-medication, but a reason to contact a professional psychologist.
1. Conflict
Explanation: Conflict occurs when you feel like you want to do one thing, but you have to do the opposite. You seem to be stretched in two directions, and this takes up a lot of energy. Usually we are talking about an internal conflict between different parts of the personality, expressing different desires and opposite tendencies. If we assign victory to the conscious part, then the part hidden in the unconscious will want to manifest itself through the symptom.
Question: Do you feel that there is a conflict going on inside you? What is pulling you in two opposite directions?
Solution area: resolution of internal conflict.
2. Body language
Explanation: Sometimes our body can literally adopt the state that was expressed by us verbally. This state could be conveyed in one of the phrases in our everyday conversation, in which some of the parts were presented in a negative, "painful" way. For example, we say things like “My boss is a complete headache”, “he makes me sick,” “she tied me hand and foot,” and then the verbal is transmitted in the bodily, and we suffer from migraines, gastrointestinal disorders and musculoskeletal - propulsion system.
Question: Do you use such figurative phrases in which the organs of your body are affected? Does it have an impact on me?
Solution area: Keep track of the moments when a similar phrase is pronounced and find a way to deal with stress in the "here and now" situation.
3. Motivation
Explanation: Sometimes a symptom or disease occurs because it solves a problem, that is, it brings benefits. A symptom or disease is formed unconsciously, then they are real, as well as the purpose they serve: for example, children get sick in order not to go to school.
Question: Do you have a reason for having this symptom? Do you feel like he is helping you solve the problem?
Solution area: Find the best way to deal with the problem or change the perception of the problem.
4. Past experience
Explanation: One of the causes of symptoms is an emotionally charged episode in the past that still elicits an emotional response. The experience of the past affects the state of the present. It leaves its mark on the soul and body.
The question is: is your body affected by your past experiences?
Solution area: dealing with past traumatic experiences.
5. Identification
Explanation: identification takes place where there is a strong emotional attachment to another person, and we “take away” not only his personal qualities and traits, but also his symptom. Very often, the object of such identification has either already died or is dying. In addition, the recurrence of a symptom within a family may be due to a transgenerational factor.
Question: Do you feel like you are identifying yourself with someone who had the same or a similar symptom?
Solution area: Disassociation of your experience from that of another person. Find a healthier way to preserve the memory of a person. Working with transgenerational issues.
6. Self-punishment
Explanation: Sometimes a disturbing symptom may seem necessary to compensate for feelings of guilt. Unconsciously, this is how self-punishment is carried out for some real or imagined offense. The symptom can reduce the experience of guilt, but cause difficulties in other areas of life.
Q: Do you think your symptom is a form of self-punishment to ease the experience of real or imagined guilt?
Solution area: guilty work.
7. Suggestion
Explanation: the appearance of a symptom due to suggestion means that the idea of one's own illness was accepted by a person on an unconscious level. Such an idea could be "imprinted" at the moment of strong emotional tension under the influence of some authoritative person, and was perceived automatically and uncritically.
Question: Do you feel that you are influenced by the point of view of some authoritative person or a suggestion that you once gave to yourself about your illness?
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