Yesterday I was thinking about how confused we
become, when our biology or structural pain or brain chemistry is tweaked a bit
off , and we interpret it emotionally . How it's often hard for people to
realize that something is happening in their BODY. Feeling off. Not good .
That they're actually getting a communiqué.
And now , an important message, from your body .
Something to listen to. And to learn how to investigate... learn how to respond to and remedy.
In my practice , I saw the results of Western Medicine slowly but thoroughly debunking each individual's sense of themselves .
Of their health.
When something small or large and vital was happening.
People had been conditioned over generations to feel embarrassed or simplistic or silly or stupidly self- important , for daring to share with a DOCTOR their own sense of their health .
Think about it. It's improving a bit.
But 10 years ago, the best way to be intimidated or ridiculed by a doctor was to suggest that you knew anything at all about your health .
In fact, 50 years ago, there were no second opinions to go get. Few doctors would do that, so closed and insecure and insular the medical establishment was .
A second opinion was an insult to the poor precarious first opinion doctor .
In fact, 50 years ago, often if you had a serious condition , or were DYING, doctors would not TELL you .
And they would order your family not to tell you . Think about that for a second.
In my practice, most people had a sense of what was wrong with them. Or at least that something was wrong. Often if you are a Health Practitioner, people come see you when the available medical tests are unable to detect what is up with you , or the available medical txs are unable to address it. Course , often enough if a medical test cannot detect it, it is the tendency of even the best doctors to assert that nothing must be wrong.
But while you sit here, your body and your brain actually know what your cells are doing all over your body . There are no mysteries of information . You know .
And of course , it's not easy to interpret or perceive this intellectually .
So it goes to show that often enough when something is off physically , we both feel off emotionally, and we do the simplistic thing we know how to do... we interpret the problem as an emotional one, at a loss for other viable options.
Course , this too has been hammered into us for generations. If the medical tests cannot perceive it, it doesn't exist. Which is why escaping our cultural hobby of historical amnesia is so important .
Remember, Asthma used to be 'psychosomatic '. That's right . All in your head, you sicko. ALS. Psychosomatic . Think about it.
Wouldn't it seem best to say
" As of now , we are unable to test or evaluate the condition you have . I'm so sorry."
Instead of dismissing the person as being mentally ill and causing their own illness . Shame . The list of conditions that were deemed psychosomatic us huge.
This includes every single female illness, which was characterized as Hysteria or psychosomatic ( Second Sex, unimportant , so no money spent on research , until women were allowed to spend more money and have more power).
It's vital that we don't dismiss the value of our own perceptions , however inconclusive they may initially be.
That we learn that we may have quite an emotional response to a quite physical real problem .
That a very real physical problem begins to significantly impact many ado extra of our brain chemistry and profound depletion .
That whenever we are significantly depleted. , why, of COURSE we will tend to feel despair . Hopelessness.
In fact, in acupressure , when you begin building people up , both their generalized strength , their savings accounts of organs , and individual conditions , you both generate energy , and reallocate their daily allowance , so they have less to play with each day- because it's being spent on the new project - of the rebuilding of the lungs or heart or spine . When you do this, you warn the client that they may feel despair or low or hopeless the few days after the session. You tell them why. You give them the good news. So that as they go off, they can speculatively see their low low feeling about life in that context.
When my brother began working in my husband after a very serious diagnosis. , he took ALL the energy and rerouted it to addressing the condition . My husband became absolutely exhausted. Because we were moving every single ball to the 'get well' basket .
When I used to see pregnant women. , who said they "Felt great. !" I'd say "Great! But I want to reroute half of that to storage. So it goes to your baby. And to your long term health . Ok?". And then , no, not lots of fun available energy to burn. Yes, powerfully strong healthy baby. Yes, profoundly stringer maternal strength for the coming time.
So it makes sense, that our systems send out distress signals , when our digestion or our cardiovascular system or our lower back disc or our liver is becoming quite challenged .
Try to keep in mind that your body is remarkable . Someone you need to listen to, respond to , and get to know.
That sometimes you will feel one off, because an organ or system is expressing its distress.
Not every communiqué means something dire . Better to listen and modify or improve your self care if you can. And keep being kind to yourself . And keep listening . Fear doesn't help. Ignoring your needs or health does nothing helpful .
Being responsive as you are able does . It will not be a magic wand . But it will point you in a better direction .
That they're actually getting a communiqué.
And now , an important message, from your body .
Something to listen to. And to learn how to investigate... learn how to respond to and remedy.
In my practice , I saw the results of Western Medicine slowly but thoroughly debunking each individual's sense of themselves .
Of their health.
When something small or large and vital was happening.
People had been conditioned over generations to feel embarrassed or simplistic or silly or stupidly self- important , for daring to share with a DOCTOR their own sense of their health .
Think about it. It's improving a bit.
But 10 years ago, the best way to be intimidated or ridiculed by a doctor was to suggest that you knew anything at all about your health .
In fact, 50 years ago, there were no second opinions to go get. Few doctors would do that, so closed and insecure and insular the medical establishment was .
A second opinion was an insult to the poor precarious first opinion doctor .
In fact, 50 years ago, often if you had a serious condition , or were DYING, doctors would not TELL you .
And they would order your family not to tell you . Think about that for a second.
In my practice, most people had a sense of what was wrong with them. Or at least that something was wrong. Often if you are a Health Practitioner, people come see you when the available medical tests are unable to detect what is up with you , or the available medical txs are unable to address it. Course , often enough if a medical test cannot detect it, it is the tendency of even the best doctors to assert that nothing must be wrong.
But while you sit here, your body and your brain actually know what your cells are doing all over your body . There are no mysteries of information . You know .
And of course , it's not easy to interpret or perceive this intellectually .
So it goes to show that often enough when something is off physically , we both feel off emotionally, and we do the simplistic thing we know how to do... we interpret the problem as an emotional one, at a loss for other viable options.
Course , this too has been hammered into us for generations. If the medical tests cannot perceive it, it doesn't exist. Which is why escaping our cultural hobby of historical amnesia is so important .
Remember, Asthma used to be 'psychosomatic '. That's right . All in your head, you sicko. ALS. Psychosomatic . Think about it.
Wouldn't it seem best to say
" As of now , we are unable to test or evaluate the condition you have . I'm so sorry."
Instead of dismissing the person as being mentally ill and causing their own illness . Shame . The list of conditions that were deemed psychosomatic us huge.
This includes every single female illness, which was characterized as Hysteria or psychosomatic ( Second Sex, unimportant , so no money spent on research , until women were allowed to spend more money and have more power).
It's vital that we don't dismiss the value of our own perceptions , however inconclusive they may initially be.
That we learn that we may have quite an emotional response to a quite physical real problem .
That a very real physical problem begins to significantly impact many ado extra of our brain chemistry and profound depletion .
That whenever we are significantly depleted. , why, of COURSE we will tend to feel despair . Hopelessness.
In fact, in acupressure , when you begin building people up , both their generalized strength , their savings accounts of organs , and individual conditions , you both generate energy , and reallocate their daily allowance , so they have less to play with each day- because it's being spent on the new project - of the rebuilding of the lungs or heart or spine . When you do this, you warn the client that they may feel despair or low or hopeless the few days after the session. You tell them why. You give them the good news. So that as they go off, they can speculatively see their low low feeling about life in that context.
When my brother began working in my husband after a very serious diagnosis. , he took ALL the energy and rerouted it to addressing the condition . My husband became absolutely exhausted. Because we were moving every single ball to the 'get well' basket .
When I used to see pregnant women. , who said they "Felt great. !" I'd say "Great! But I want to reroute half of that to storage. So it goes to your baby. And to your long term health . Ok?". And then , no, not lots of fun available energy to burn. Yes, powerfully strong healthy baby. Yes, profoundly stringer maternal strength for the coming time.
So it makes sense, that our systems send out distress signals , when our digestion or our cardiovascular system or our lower back disc or our liver is becoming quite challenged .
Try to keep in mind that your body is remarkable . Someone you need to listen to, respond to , and get to know.
That sometimes you will feel one off, because an organ or system is expressing its distress.
Not every communiqué means something dire . Better to listen and modify or improve your self care if you can. And keep being kind to yourself . And keep listening . Fear doesn't help. Ignoring your needs or health does nothing helpful .
Being responsive as you are able does . It will not be a magic wand . But it will point you in a better direction .
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