have You ever heard such, and maybe even say that?
Sometimes, the person indicates a psychosomatic cause him physical suffering, and he angrily argues that he's really sick, he is experiencing discomfort and feels unwell.
the Causes of psychosomatic diseases is not a virus, bacteria, and injuries and thinking, mind. So, for example, abdominal pain can be caused by thinking about a stressful situation that happened in the past, or habit to expect only failure in the present or the future.
so How is that stressful situations cause psychosomatic diseases?
associated With stress is a normal protective reaction of the body. As soon as change the environment or experience disturbing thoughts, located deep in the temporal lobe of the brain, the amygdala, providing defensive behavior, autonomic, motor, emotional responses, and conditioned reflex behavior, triggers a chain of reactions:
- the Adrenal glands secrete adrenaline ( the hormone - "a stimulant of emotions").
- the heart rate increases.
- breathing.
- the pressure Increases.
- Constrict capillaries.
This reaction is called the "Bay run". In this moment blood intensively supplied with muscle, metabolism increases, they are tense and ready to repel the threat, and other systems of the body (digestive, respiratory, reproductive), and parts of the brain responsible for memory and thinking, supplied with blood in eco mode.
Now imagine a person who lives in a constant state of stress and anxiety!
His muscles are always in tension, they become "muscular armor", but not one that is inflated with fitness. Formed muscle clamps, which can lead to diseases of the spine.
Important systems in the body are experiencing a constant shortage of blood supply and lack of oxygen. If a person has some genetically weak or damaged on the part of the body, they become the target of psychosomatic medicine, because under stress, lack of blood supply.
however, the constant adrenaline reaction accelerates the aging process and increases the overall wear and tear of the body.
Thus, the physico-chemical processes in the body, caused by a reaction to a stressful situation is one of the factors in the emergence of psychosomatic diseases.
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