(This blog was previously posted on December
29, 2015)
Have you ever told an acquaintance that you can’t
make it to their party because you have a headache—only to develop a bad
stomach-ache that prevents you from attending a different event that you really wanted to go to? Alternatively,
perhaps you have noticed that your period has become irregular or other
symptoms of your reproductive organs. If
so, you may have experienced Guilt/Sexual Frustration Syndrome.
According to John
Kappas, Ph.D., whenever a person represses or holds in (does not express)
an emotion the displaced energy from that experience is converted into a
physical “symptom” of that emotional trauma. Even though there are no nerve
endings in the brain, emotions in the brain through our perceptions (e.g., smell, taste, sight, hearing, touch). Electric
impulses carry this information through the body and begin to manifest physical
discomfort in those areas that are specifically associated with a certain
repressed emotion, the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute founder stated.
Illnesses of the adrenal glands, hips, intestines,
lower back and sexual organs typically manifest Guilt/Sexual Frustration
Syndrome which are related to guilt and sexual/relationship problems.
Symptoms related to this syndrome include: anorgasmia, constipation, irregular
menstruation, Irritable-Bowel Syndrome, lower-back pain and prostate or
ejaculatory dysfunction. Perhaps you feel guilty about not disclosing something
on an official document or flirting with someone other than your spouse, etc.
Alternatively, these illnesses can also manifest sexual/relationship problems,
such as sexual frustration, sexual dysfunction, abstinence and sexual confusion.
As a certified
hypnotherapist, it is out of my scope of expertise to diagnose an illness or to
recognize/identify specific symptoms that have a psychological or physiological
origin. However, once a licensed medical or psychology expert has ruled out a
medical etiology of your symptom, with a follow-up referral from that licensed
professional, I can continue to work with you in hypnotherapy to alleviate and/or
control these symptoms. In addition, I can use hypnosis and therapeutic
guided-imagery techniques to address the specific emotional trauma that has
triggered those symptoms and help you to pursue and achieve your vocational and
avocational self-improvement goals.
Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in
Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in
2005. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy®
and to set up an appointment, please
visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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