(This blog was originally posted on April
20, 2014)
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. The five basic body syndromes are:
·
Crying Syndrome (affects the neck, chest
and head): What do you want to say or express?
·
Fight/Reaching Syndrome (affects the arms
and hands): What do you want to defend yourself from? What are you reaching
for?
·
Flight Syndrome (affects the legs and
feet): What do you feel you need to run away from?
·
Guilt/Sexual Frustration Syndrome
(affects areas and organs around the waist, lower back and hips): What do you
feel guilty about? What is going on in your relationship?
·
Responsibility Syndrome (affects areas
and organs around the shoulders and upper back): What do you feel responsible
for?
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
basis. Therefore, I do and will refer
clients to an appropriate licensed medical or psychology professional to
determine the cause and/or treat that specific physical symptom that. However,
once this other 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, which can provide complementary therapeutic benefits and
help to alleviate and/or control these 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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