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Common causes are indigestion, trapped wind and ",[326,327,329],"a",{"href":328},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fbloating","bloating",", constipation, a stomach bug, period pain, food intolerance and ",[326,332,334],{"href":333},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Firritable-bowel-syndrome","irritable bowel syndrome",". Burning pain in the upper tummy can come from ",[326,337,339],{"href":338},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fgastritis","gastritis",", acid reflux or a ",[326,342,344],{"href":343},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fstomach-ulcer","stomach ulcer",". Some causes need urgent care, such as ",[326,347,349],{"href":348},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fappendicitis","appendicitis",", gallstones, a blocked bowel, an ectopic pregnancy or, more rarely, a heart problem felt in the upper tummy. Anxiety and ",[326,352,353],{"href":282},"stress"," can also cause real stomach pain, especially in children.",[319,356,357],{},"A doctor looks at where the pain is, how it started and what comes with it, and may arrange blood tests, a urine test or a scan. Treatment depends on the cause: rest, fluids, a change of diet, medicines to reduce acid or ease cramps, antibiotics, or sometimes surgery.",[314,359,361],{"id":360},"the-emotional-meaning-of-stomach-pain","The emotional meaning of stomach pain",[319,363,364],{},"Spiritually, the stomach is where you digest, absorb and take in the events of your life, not only your meals. It is linked to your \"daily bread\": the material, practical side of life, and the nurturing, maternal side too. Stomach pain is read as a sign that your daily reality is in conflict with your wishes and your needs, most often in your family, among friends or at work.",[366,367,369],"h3",{"id":368},"what-sits-on-your-stomach","What sits on your stomach",[319,371,372],{},"In French, someone left speechless by a shock is \"stomached\", and something you cannot get over \"stays on your stomach\". The question stomach pain asks is simple: what is the situation in my life that I cannot digest? It is usually something recent, a setback in the family, at work, with friends or neighbours, in which you played an active part. Money worries and trouble at work are frequent triggers.",[319,374,375],{},"Digestion is hard, in thoughts as well as in feelings, when you stay attached to the past and find it difficult to forgive yourself or others. If you hide things, do not communicate, or feel uneasy with your conscience, the stomach is read as reacting.",[366,377,379],{"id":378},"cramps-and-insecurity","Cramps and insecurity",[319,381,382,383,386,387,390],{},"Stomach cramps are linked to a deep sense of insecurity about a particular situation. You may feel lost and resigned, as if there were no way out. A nervous, fragile stomach is read as a sign of strong ",[326,384,385],{"href":234},"fears"," and of ",[326,388,389],{"href":294},"worry"," fed by low self-confidence, which makes it harder to accept your own emotions.",[366,392,394],{"id":393},"hunger-for-love","Hunger for love",[319,396,397],{},"Pulling, gnawing feelings in the stomach are often connected to a need for love, for \"emotional food\". Food stands for affection, safety, reward and survival. When there is an emptiness in your life, especially after a separation, a death, a loss or a shortage of money, you may want to fill it with food, or use food to ease material and financial tension.",[366,399,401],{"id":400},"emotions-that-ferment","Emotions that ferment",[319,403,404,405,408,409,413,414,418,419,423],{},"Fermentation in the stomach is read as emotions you set aside instead of facing them. They do not go away. They pile up and \"ferment\" under a sour, \"acid\" attitude. You keep going back over the same old situations without saying anything, which avoids conflict but leaves everything sitting there. Irritation that is never expressed, and ",[326,406,407],{"href":198},"anger"," that rumbles but is pushed back down, sit, spiritually, with ",[326,410,412],{"href":411},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fheartburn","heartburn"," and ulcers. (Most stomach ulcers are caused by a bacterium, ",[415,416,417],"em",{},"H. pylori",", or by anti-inflammatory painkillers, and they need medical treatment.) A negative, acid reaction to your reality is linked with indigestion and ",[326,420,422],{"href":421},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fnausea-and-vomiting","nausea",".",[366,425,427],{"id":426},"situations-you-find-repugnant","Situations you find repugnant",[319,429,430],{},"Some situations feel so distasteful that the stomach seems to refuse them. Who or what would you like to see disappear from your life? Or is it a part of yourself, a way of living that feels too artificial or rigid, that you want to change? Feeling misunderstood or treated ungratefully belongs here too.",[366,432,434],{"id":433},"slow-digestion","Slow digestion",[319,436,437],{},"A tense, rigid stomach digests slowly, and is read as resisting change. Discomfort after meals (dyspepsia) is linked to inactivity and indecision: are you also slow and passive in life, holding back from putting things forward because you feel insecure?",[314,439,441],{"id":440},"tummy-ache-in-children-and-adults","Tummy ache in children and adults",[319,443,444],{},"For a child as for an adult, a tummy ache is read as a sign of feeling abandoned or alone. Something outside affects you and you cannot put it into words, and this stirs up a quiet revolt. In children, a tummy ache is often a way of getting someone to take care of them, and may reflect a fear of not being listened to.",[319,446,447,448,451],{},"In adults, it can come with ",[326,449,450],{"href":201},"anguish"," about all your possibilities and doubts about your decisions: did I choose well? Am I \"doing it right\"? You may feel constantly watched, with very high stress and a fear of suffering. Reassuring yourself, and talking to the people around you, is the way through.",[319,453,454],{},"A child's tummy ache always deserves a medical check when it is severe, lasting or unusual. Listening to the child is part of the care, never a replacement for it.",[314,456,458],{"id":457},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[319,460,461],{},"Stomach pain needs to be looked at medically first. Alongside that, the emotional perspective asks what you have been swallowing without digesting.",[463,464,465,473,479,485,491,497],"ul",{},[466,467,468,472],"li",{},[469,470,471],"strong",{},"Name what you cannot digest."," Pick the one recent situation that comes to mind first, and say it plainly.",[466,474,475,478],{},[469,476,477],{},"Let it be said."," Truth and openness tame deep emotions. Share what you feel with the person concerned, or with someone you trust.",[466,480,481,484],{},[469,482,483],{},"See events as experience."," Accepting that a situation is there to help you grow can turn pressure into something you have learnt.",[466,486,487,490],{},[469,488,489],{},"Look at forgiveness."," Ask whether there is someone, perhaps yourself, you are still unable to forgive, and what one step towards reconciliation would look like.",[466,492,493,496],{},[469,494,495],{},"Feed yourself with care."," Notice when you reach for food to fill an emptiness, and what kind of comfort you are really looking for.",[466,498,499,502],{},[469,500,501],{},"Reassure yourself."," Speak to yourself kindly, and let love flow to the people around you. 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It may reflect insecurity, emotions you set aside until they ferment, and, especially in a child, a feeling of being alone and not heard.","If this reading resonates with you, naming out loud the one situation that is \"sitting on your stomach\", to yourself or to someone you trust, can be a good next step.",[560,561,562,563,564,565],"What you cannot digest","Daily reality and real needs","Insecurity","Unspoken emotions","Feeling alone and unheard","Forgiveness",[567,568,569,570,571,572,573,574,575],"Sudden, severe stomach pain, or pain that gets worse quickly. Call emergency services or go to A&E.","Vomiting blood or what looks like coffee grounds, or black, tarry or bloody stools. Call emergency services.","A hard, rigid tummy that hurts to touch, or pain with fainting or a fast heartbeat. Call emergency services.","Stomach pain during pregnancy, especially with bleeding or cramping. Get medical help the same day.","Pain that starts around the belly button and moves to the lower right side, which can be appendicitis. Get urgent help.","Pain with chest pain, breathlessness or pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back. Call emergency services.","Pain with a high temperature, yellow skin or eyes, or being unable to keep fluids down.","Stomach pain that keeps coming back, lasts more than a few days, or comes with weight loss you cannot explain or difficulty swallowing. See a GP.","In a child, stomach pain that is severe, constant, or comes with a swollen tummy or green vomit. Get urgent help.","gUn-vvIrqM9gWjRwGMec97U7NXhzPk-68i_YsCREOWQ",{"id":578,"title":37,"body":579,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":766,"datePublished":766,"description":38,"extension":519,"groups":767,"guides":775,"icon":40,"medicalSources":778,"meta":779,"navigation":531,"order":41,"path":39,"reflectionQuestions":780,"seo":787,"seoTitle":788,"sources":789,"stem":797,"themes":798,"whenToSeeADoctor":804,"__hash__":811},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fdigestive-system.md",{"type":311,"value":580,"toc":753},[581,587,590,596,600,603,606,609,613,617,620,624,627,631,641,645,648,652,659,663,666,670,673,699,703,709,712],[319,582,583,584,586],{},"Your digestive system is a long, busy road. From the mouth to the stomach, then through several metres of intestine, food is broken down, sorted and absorbed. What the body can use is kept, and the rest is eliminated. The gut is also closely connected to the brain: it contains millions of nerve cells and is sensitive to ",[326,585,353],{"href":282}," and emotions, which is why we speak of \"gut feelings\" and \"butterflies in the stomach\".",[319,588,589],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, the digestive system reflects the way we take in and absorb what happens in our life. We digest situations, ideas, emotions and relationships just as we digest food. When digestion is disturbed, it can be an invitation to ask what we are finding hard to swallow, to absorb or to let go of.",[591,592,593],"note",{},[319,594,595],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have persistent digestive symptoms, blood in the stools, weight loss or severe pain, see a doctor.",[314,597,599],{"id":598},"what-your-digestive-system-represents","What your digestive system represents",[319,601,602],{},"The stomach receives food and digests it to meet the body's needs. In the same way, we \"feed\" our mind with the situations and events of our life. In this reading, the stomach reflects how we absorb and integrate our reality, and how well we digest new ideas and new situations. It can be compared to a barometer, showing how open we are and how we react to life.",[319,604,605],{},"The intestines are the centre of absorption and integration. They keep what is good for us and expel the rest, on the physical level (food), the emotional level (feelings) and the mental level (thoughts). They also symbolise our ability to let events flow through our life, and to feel secure enough inside to be spontaneous.",[319,607,608],{},"The belly, which holds the intestines, is where a child grows before moving from a solitary state to a social one. It is therefore seen as the region of relationships. It is also where our deepest intentions and our sense of what is right or wrong are said to reside.",[314,610,612],{"id":611},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[366,614,616],{"id":615},"what-we-cannot-digest","What we cannot digest",[319,618,619],{},"Digestive troubles are often associated with a situation or a person that we cannot digest or accept. It may be something we saw or heard that \"did not go down well\", or a situation where we need to take a stand but do not yet feel able to. Words we would like to say can remain trapped inside.",[366,621,623],{"id":622},"too-much-at-once","Too much at once",[319,625,626],{},"Indigestion, in this reading, points to an overflow somewhere in our life: too many things happening at the same time, until it becomes unbearable. Eating too fast has its emotional equivalent: taking in too many new situations at once, without time to adapt.",[366,628,630],{"id":629},"refusing-what-is-new","Refusing what is new",[319,632,633,634,636,637,640],{},"The stomach is linked to our openness. When we reject new ideas or new situations, the stomach may reject food in turn. ",[326,635,203],{"href":204},", insecurity and ",[326,638,639],{"href":192},"aggressiveness"," can turn the stomach upside down.",[366,642,644],{"id":643},"a-low-blow","A \"low blow\"",[319,646,647],{},"The intestines may react when we feel hurt by an unfair act or a betrayal, especially if it comes from a family member. Digestive problems often appear after a separation from a partner, a business associate, a child or a teacher, when we cannot digest what happened.",[366,649,651],{"id":650},"holding-on-and-control","Holding on and control",[319,653,654,655,658],{},"The large intestine is linked to letting go. We may feel a strong need to hold on to and control what happens to us. We cling to things, people or situations, sometimes to the point of ",[326,656,657],{"href":249},"jealousy"," or possessiveness, and the bowel becomes congested with what we keep and no longer need.",[366,660,662],{"id":661},"the-belly-and-relationships","The belly and relationships",[319,664,665],{},"Because the belly is the region of relationships, tensions there can reflect conflicts between ourselves and the world around us. The belly may tighten when we feel fragile, unsure of ourselves or humiliated, and relax when we feel disillusioned with life.",[314,667,669],{"id":668},"reading-the-signs-which-part-is-affected","Reading the signs: which part is affected",[319,671,672],{},"In this approach, the part of the digestive system that is affected can add nuance. Take these as questions to explore:",[463,674,675,681,687,693],{},[466,676,677,680],{},[469,678,679],{},"The stomach"," relates to how we absorb our reality and how open we are to new ideas.",[466,682,683,686],{},[469,684,685],{},"The small intestine"," relates to sorting what is good for us. It may react when we judge situations in very black-and-white terms, or struggle to recognise our real needs.",[466,688,689,692],{},[469,690,691],{},"The large intestine"," relates to letting go, spontaneity and the ability to turn the page.",[466,694,695,698],{},[469,696,697],{},"The belly as a whole"," relates to our relationships and to our deepest intentions.",[314,700,702],{"id":701},"caring-for-your-digestion-from-the-inside","Caring for your digestion from the inside",[319,704,705,706],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Diet, infections, medication, food intolerances, hormones and many medical factors play a real role in digestive problems. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[415,707,708],{},"what am I finding hard to digest in my life?",[319,710,711],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[463,713,714,720,726,732,741,747],{},[466,715,716,719],{},[469,717,718],{},"Take one thing at a time."," Give yourself time to adapt to each new situation before taking on the next.",[466,721,722,725],{},[469,723,724],{},"Welcome new ideas."," Try approaching change with openness rather than judgment.",[466,727,728,731],{},[469,729,730],{},"Name what did not go down well."," Writing or talking about a hurt helps you digest it.",[466,733,734,737,738,423],{},[469,735,736],{},"Let go of what no longer serves you."," Things, habits, grudges: notice what you keep out of ",[326,739,740],{"href":234},"fear",[466,742,743,746],{},[469,744,745],{},"Trust your inner resources."," The only person you can really control is yourself.",[466,748,749,752],{},[469,750,751],{},"Eat slowly and calmly."," A relaxed meal is good for your stomach and your nervous system.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":754},[755,756,764,765],{"id":598,"depth":18,"text":599},{"id":611,"depth":18,"text":612,"children":757},[758,759,760,761,762,763],{"id":615,"depth":25,"text":616},{"id":622,"depth":25,"text":623},{"id":629,"depth":25,"text":630},{"id":643,"depth":25,"text":644},{"id":650,"depth":25,"text":651},{"id":661,"depth":25,"text":662},{"id":668,"depth":18,"text":669},{"id":701,"depth":18,"text":702},"2026-09-30",[768,771],{"id":520,"title":769,"description":770},"Stomach","Stomach problems, often linked to situations we cannot digest, anger and openness to what is new.",{"id":772,"title":773,"description":774},"bowel","Bowel","Bowel problems, often linked to control, holding on and the ability to let things flow.",[776,777,522],"\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-body-map","\u002Fguides\u002Flouise-hay-list",[],{},[781,782,783,784,785,786],"Which situation or person am I finding hard to digest at the moment?","Is there too much happening in my life at the same time?","Which new idea or change am I refusing to take in?","What am I holding on to that is no longer useful to me?","Do I feel secure enough inside to be spontaneous?","Is there someone who \"did me wrong\" that I have not been able to get over?",{"title":37,"description":38},"Stomach & Digestive Problems: Spiritual Meaning",[790],{"author":548,"work":549,"entries":791,"pages":796},[792,793,794,795],"Estomac (en général)","Indigestion","Intestins (maux aux ...)","Ventre ou abdomen","175, 233, 237–238, 421–422","areas\u002Fdigestive-system",[799,800,801,802,197,803],"Digesting life","Openness to new ideas","Control","Letting go","Relationships",[805,806,807,808,809,810],"Vomiting blood, or black, tarry stools. Seek urgent medical care.","Severe or sudden abdominal pain, or a hard, swollen belly. Seek urgent medical care.","Blood in the stools.","Difficulty swallowing, or food getting stuck.","Unexplained weight loss, loss of appetite or persistent tiredness.","A lasting change in bowel habits, especially after the age of 50.","0NRiPbBQIFEp4TO4N2qm0mtc3GL-iWonOSNJCKcIXhE",[813,918,1078,1170,1388,1585],{"id":814,"title":815,"affirmation":816,"aka":817,"area":309,"body":820,"dateModified":877,"datePublished":877,"description":878,"extension":519,"group":772,"guides":879,"medicalSources":880,"meta":887,"navigation":531,"path":888,"reflectionQuestions":889,"related":893,"sameAs":894,"seo":897,"seoTitle":898,"sources":899,"stem":904,"summary":905,"supportIntro":906,"themes":907,"whenToSeeADoctor":910,"__hash__":917},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fappendicitis.md","Appendicitis","I can stop long enough to feel what is mine, and I can let the rest move.",[818,819],"Appendix inflammation","Grumbling appendix",{"type":311,"value":821,"toc":872},[822,826,834,838,850,856,859,861],[314,823,825],{"id":824},"what-appendicitis-is","What appendicitis is",[319,827,828,829,833],{},"The appendix is a narrow pouch at the base of the large intestine. Its Latin neighbour, the caecum, means blind. Appendicitis is inflammation of that pouch. Pain, fever, and nausea are the usual signs. If the appendix bursts, the lining of the abdomen follows, and that is dangerous. Treatment is urgent assessment and, usually, an operation. ",[326,830,832],{"href":831},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fcrohns-disease","Crohn's disease"," can sometimes imitate the pain. A doctor tells them apart. Dark thoughts do not start the inflammation, and they do not make it safe to stay at home.",[314,835,837],{"id":836},"the-emotional-meaning-of-appendicitis","The emotional meaning of appendicitis",[319,839,840,841,843,844,846,847,849],{},"Spiritually, this is an ",[326,842,407],{"href":198}," tied to a sharp tension or a situation you cannot settle, something that makes you boil and feel indignant. It is most often on the emotional plane, a disturbance of sensitivity. ",[326,845,293],{"href":294}," may have been running for a long time. There can be a sense of a struggle between life and death, a deep ",[326,848,450],{"href":201},", and a choice you cannot make because of the responsibilities that would follow. Work, and the list of things to do, becomes the place you flee to.",[319,851,852,853,855],{},"The shape of the appendix is a dead end. That image is for feeling oppressed, and for the ",[326,854,740],{"href":234},", insecurity, weariness, and sense of abandonment that follow. The bind is often a member of the family, or the principles the family runs on. Money can be in it, especially money that was almost in your pocket and then was not. Something, or someone, you wanted added to your life is blocked: a partner who will not move in, a room that is not there. The current of life feels obstructed, and a crowd of emotions is pushed down.",[319,857,858],{},"You may be at a real turning, and afraid of the changes because you still depend on certain people. Filtering new realities, so as to stay protected, no longer works. There seems to be no other way out. You cannot empty yourself of something. You store it until the pouch cannot hold any more. You need to talk, to empty the bag, because what is happening will not be digested and the disappointment is sharp. Spontaneity is held back. At any moment you feel you could be emptied out, of money or of love. Heat, redness, and pain are the body's side of that tension. When the appendix bursts, the suffering is of another order, and it belongs in a hospital.",[314,860,458],{"id":457},[463,862,863,866,869],{},[466,864,865],{},"If the pain is in your belly now, go to care first. The questions can wait.",[466,867,868],{},"Afterwards, name the dead end. Say who it involves.",[466,870,871],{},"One need of your own, met before the next expectation, is a way of leaving the blind pouch.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":873},[874,875,876],{"id":824,"depth":18,"text":825},{"id":836,"depth":18,"text":837},{"id":457,"depth":18,"text":458},"2026-10-05","The emotional and spiritual meaning of appendicitis: a blind pouch on fire, and a dead end of feeling that has nowhere left to go.",[],[881,884],{"name":882,"url":883},"NHS: Appendicitis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fappendicitis\u002F",{"name":885,"url":886},"MedlinePlus: Appendicitis","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fappendicitis.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fappendicitis",[890,891,892],"What situation am I boiling about, with no way through that I can see?","What am I storing that I have needed to empty out in words?","Which change am I afraid of, because someone else's need is tied to it?",[831],[895,896],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ121041","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAppendicitis",{"title":815,"description":878},"Appendicitis: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[900],{"author":548,"work":549,"entries":901,"pages":903},[902],"Appendicite","pp. 54–55","conditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fappendicitis","Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix, a blind pouch on the large bowel. It is read as a sharp anger and a situation you cannot see a way out of.","If this reading resonates with you, a settling practice belongs after the operation, beside rest and the recovery your surgeon has described.",[908,407,909],"a dead end","a family bind",[911,912,913,914,915,916],"Appendicitis is an emergency.","Pain that starts near the navel and moves to the lower right, with fever, vomiting, or a pain that is suddenly worse, needs urgent care.","A burst appendix can inflame the whole abdomen.","Do not wait to understand the feeling before you are seen.","Surgery, if it is offered, is the treatment.","It is not a failure to have digested life properly.","O_TtlARyalAxQ_6XIZ5ej59cSi-Z0zNJprjD6ioXQnE",{"id":919,"title":920,"affirmation":921,"aka":922,"area":309,"body":928,"dateModified":517,"datePublished":517,"description":1033,"extension":519,"group":520,"guides":1034,"medicalSources":1035,"meta":1042,"navigation":531,"path":1043,"reflectionQuestions":1044,"related":1051,"sameAs":1053,"seo":1056,"seoTitle":1057,"sources":1058,"stem":1062,"summary":1063,"supportIntro":1064,"themes":1065,"whenToSeeADoctor":1071,"__hash__":1077},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fbloating.md","Bloating","I notice what life is giving me today. I dare to say what I need, and I stay open.",[923,924,925,926,927],"Bloated stomach","Abdominal bloating","Swollen belly","Abdominal distension","Ballonnements",{"type":311,"value":929,"toc":1023},[930,934,945,948,952,958,962,965,969,972,976,979,983,986,988,991],[314,931,933],{"id":932},"what-bloating-is","What bloating is",[319,935,936,937,941,942,944],{},"Bloating is a feeling that the belly is full, tight or swollen, sometimes with a visibly larger waist. It is very common. It is usually caused by gas in the gut, by ",[326,938,940],{"href":939},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fconstipation","constipation",", by swallowing air when eating fast, or by foods that ferment in the bowel, such as beans, onions, some fruits and fizzy drinks. Hormonal changes around periods, food intolerances and ",[326,943,334],{"href":333}," are other frequent causes.",[319,946,947],{},"Most bloating settles by itself or with simple changes: eating more slowly, regular exercise, and noticing which foods make it worse. Bloating that is persistent, comes with pain, weight loss or blood, or is new in later life, needs a doctor to look for a cause such as coeliac disease or, more rarely, an ovarian or bowel problem.",[314,949,951],{"id":950},"the-emotional-meaning-of-bloating","The emotional meaning of bloating",[319,953,954,955,957],{},"Spiritually, bloating is linked to the ",[326,956,520],{"href":42}," as the place where we receive. The belly swells with air or water, as if it were filled without being fed.",[366,959,961],{"id":960},"a-hunger-for-affection","A hunger for affection",[319,963,964],{},"Bloating sits with a sense of emotional frustration: the feeling of not being satisfied in love and affection. It is a feeling, a perception built by the mind, the impression that the stomach always wants more, more attention, more tenderness. The question is not whether you are loved but how full you allow yourself to feel. You can check, honestly, how far your emotional needs are really met.",[366,966,968],{"id":967},"too-much-too-fast","Too much, too fast",[319,970,971],{},"Alongside the hunger there is often a rush. You feel obliged to do an enormous number of things very quickly. In that hurry, you may not truly see what life is giving you that is good. The belly fills, but nothing is savoured.",[366,973,975],{"id":974},"silence-and-the-future","Silence and the future",[319,977,978],{},"Instead of naming what you need, you may stay as silent as a grave, while worrying about what lies ahead. What is not said takes up room inside.",[366,980,982],{"id":981},"the-image-of-a-pregnant-belly","The image of a pregnant belly",[319,984,985],{},"A swollen belly can look and feel like pregnancy. Spiritually, this invites a gentle question: is there a wish, conscious or not, to have a child? It is only a question, and bloating has many ordinary causes.",[314,987,458],{"id":457},[319,989,990],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for a swollen belly. Food, gas and hormones play the main part. The emotional perspective simply asks how nourished you feel inside.",[463,992,993,999,1005,1011,1017],{},[466,994,995,998],{},[469,996,997],{},"Notice what is already here."," Each day, name a few things life gave you that were exactly what you needed in that moment.",[466,1000,1001,1004],{},[469,1002,1003],{},"Say what you need."," Rather than keeping quiet and fearing the future, try voicing one need to someone close to you.",[466,1006,1007,1010],{},[469,1008,1009],{},"Slow down."," Do fewer things, and do them more slowly. Eat that way too.",[466,1012,1013,1016],{},[469,1014,1015],{},"Look at the bright side on purpose."," Allow yourself to smile, to see what is beautiful in your life, and to stay open.",[466,1018,1019,1022],{},[469,1020,1021],{},"Check the feeling against the facts."," When you feel you never receive enough, ask what you actually received this week.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1024},[1025,1026,1032],{"id":932,"depth":18,"text":933},{"id":950,"depth":18,"text":951,"children":1027},[1028,1029,1030,1031],{"id":960,"depth":25,"text":961},{"id":967,"depth":25,"text":968},{"id":974,"depth":25,"text":975},{"id":981,"depth":25,"text":982},{"id":457,"depth":18,"text":458},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of bloating: how a swollen belly may relate to emotional hunger, rushing, and needs you have not voiced.",[522],[1036,1039],{"name":1037,"url":1038},"NHS: Bloating","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fbloating\u002F",{"name":1040,"url":1041},"MedlinePlus: Gas","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fgas.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fbloating",[1045,1046,1047,1048,1049,1050],"Do I feel that I never get quite enough attention or affection, whatever I receive?","How satisfied am I, honestly, in my close relationships right now?","Am I pushing myself to do a great many things very fast?","What good things in my life am I rushing past without noticing?","Which need have I kept silent about, out of worry for what comes next?","Is there a wish, perhaps for a child, that I have not fully admitted to myself?",[1052,333,939],"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fgas",[1054,1055],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBloating","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ4927059",{"title":920,"description":1033},"Bloating Spiritual Meaning: What a Swollen Belly Says",[1059],{"author":548,"work":549,"entries":1060,"pages":1061},[927],"68–69","conditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fbloating","Spiritually, bloating is often linked to a feeling of emotional hunger, the sense that you never receive quite enough attention or affection, together with a rush that keeps you from seeing what life already gives you.","If this reading resonates with you, a few quiet minutes to notice what already nourishes you can be a good next step.",[1066,1067,1068,1069,1070],"Emotional hunger","Never enough","Rushing","Unspoken needs","Seeing what is good",[1072,1073,1074,1075,1076],"Bloating with severe or sudden abdominal pain, vomiting, a hard swollen belly, or no wind or stools passing. Seek urgent medical care.","Blood in the stools, black stools, or vomiting blood. Seek urgent medical care.","Bloating that is persistent or happens most days for three weeks or more, especially in women over 50, as it can be an early sign of ovarian cancer and needs checking.","Bloating with unexplained weight loss, loss of appetite, or feeling full very quickly.","A lasting change in bowel habits, or bloating that keeps coming back.","UyX8YTnEm39S6dODfHmlf-RpbUhFkd62E5l8aZOf36s",{"id":1079,"title":1080,"affirmation":1081,"aka":1082,"area":309,"body":1085,"dateModified":877,"datePublished":877,"description":1134,"extension":519,"group":520,"guides":1135,"medicalSources":1136,"meta":1140,"navigation":531,"path":1141,"reflectionQuestions":1142,"related":1146,"sameAs":1148,"seo":1151,"seoTitle":1152,"sources":1153,"stem":1158,"summary":1159,"supportIntro":1160,"themes":1161,"whenToSeeADoctor":1165,"__hash__":1169},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fgastritis.md","Gastritis","I can meet this day as it is, and keep my strength for what is mine to change.",[1083,1084],"Stomach inflammation","Inflamed stomach lining",{"type":311,"value":1086,"toc":1129},[1087,1091,1094,1098,1107,1110,1116,1118],[314,1088,1090],{"id":1089},"what-gastritis-is","What gastritis is",[319,1092,1093],{},"Gastritis is inflammation of the lining of the stomach, the place where digestion begins. It can be sudden or long-lasting. Alcohol, certain painkillers, infection, and bile washing upwards are common medical reasons. Pain, nausea, and a burn high in the belly are the usual signs. Treatment follows the cause. A reading of irritation does not replace a look for that cause.",[314,1095,1097],{"id":1096},"the-emotional-meaning-of-gastritis","The emotional meaning of gastritis",[319,1099,1100,1101,1103,1104,1106],{},"The ",[326,1102,520],{"href":42}," is where the world starts to be taken in. Where the lining is inflamed, spiritually, there is irritation and ",[326,1105,407],{"href":198}," towards something, or someone, that will not be digested. Things are not happening as you wanted. People are not acting as you wished. There can be the sense of having been deceived, or of being stuck because someone else stayed silent.",[319,1108,1109],{},"What the digestion has absorbed, in this language, is a reality that disturbs you at the deepest level. Insecurity asks what is coming next. The world feels as if it could collapse at any moment. The image is a watchdog, constantly alert for danger, unable to lie down.",[319,1111,1112,1113,1115],{},"The only power the spiritual interpretation is willing to grant is power over yourself. Other people, and the situation, stay as they are. Expectations can be turned towards what is good in the day, instead of towards the disaster you are braced for. ",[326,1114,293],{"href":294},", here, is the extra acid. Enjoying one moment is the step that is actually available.",[314,1117,458],{"id":457},[463,1119,1120,1123,1126],{},[466,1121,1122],{},"Name the person or the fact you keep trying to swallow.",[466,1124,1125],{},"Notice the watchdog. Ask what would be enough safety for the next hour.",[466,1127,1128],{},"One expectation you can drop is enough to start. The lining still deserves its own care.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1130},[1131,1132,1133],{"id":1089,"depth":18,"text":1090},{"id":1096,"depth":18,"text":1097},{"id":457,"depth":18,"text":458},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of gastritis: an inflamed stomach lining, and a reality that will not go down as you wanted it to.",[522],[1137],{"name":1138,"url":1139},"NHS: Gastritis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fgastritis\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fgastritis",[1143,1144,1145],"What am I trying to digest that will not go down?","Where am I on guard, waiting for everything to fall apart?","Which expectation could I loosen without abandoning myself?",[411,343,1147],"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fstomach-pain",[1149,1150],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ183130","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGastritis",{"title":1080,"description":1134},"Gastritis: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1154],{"author":548,"work":549,"entries":1155,"pages":1157},[1156],"Estomac — Gastrite","pp. 178–179","conditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fgastritis","Gastritis is inflammation of the stomach lining. It is read as irritation and anger towards something, or someone, you cannot digest.","If this reading resonates with you, a settling practice can sit beside the food changes and the medicine your clinician has suggested.",[1162,1163,1164],"the stomach","irritation","a world that might collapse",[1166,1167,1168],"Vomiting blood, black stools, severe pain, unexplained weight loss, or pain that will not settle needs a doctor promptly.","Do not stop a prescribed acid medicine, and do not assume every burn is only stress.","An infection or a drug can inflame the lining and still needs treating.","Hj_cfHVEe0u8z9HLQNR1PsClTRwHbX6i7PM6sZTbTYg",{"id":1171,"title":1172,"affirmation":1173,"aka":1174,"area":309,"body":1182,"dateModified":517,"datePublished":517,"description":1338,"extension":519,"group":772,"guides":1339,"medicalSources":1342,"meta":1349,"navigation":531,"path":1350,"reflectionQuestions":1351,"related":1358,"sameAs":1359,"seo":1362,"seoTitle":1363,"sources":1364,"stem":1370,"summary":1371,"supportIntro":1372,"themes":1373,"whenToSeeADoctor":1380,"__hash__":1387},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Firritable-bowel-syndrome.md","Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)","I let the past move through me. I learn to love myself, to be myself and to take my place.",[1175,1176,1177,1178,1179,1180,1181],"IBS","Spastic colon","Colitis (mucous)","Mucous colitis","Nervous bowel","Irritable colon","Côlon irritable",{"type":311,"value":1183,"toc":1328},[1184,1188,1211,1222,1225,1229,1232,1236,1246,1250,1253,1257,1271,1278,1282,1285,1287,1290],[314,1185,1187],{"id":1186},"what-irritable-bowel-syndrome-is","What irritable bowel syndrome is",[319,1189,1190,1191,1193,1194,1197,1198,1193,1202,1204,1205,1207,1208,423],{},"Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common, long-term condition of the gut. It causes tummy pain or cramps, ",[326,1192,329],{"href":328},", ",[326,1195,1196],{"href":1052},"gas",", and changes in bowel habits: ",[326,1199,1201],{"href":1200},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fdiarrhoea","diarrhoea",[326,1203,940],{"href":939},", or both in turn. Symptoms tend to come and go in flare-ups. Mucus in the stools can occur. The exact cause is not known. IBS is understood as a problem of how the gut and the brain communicate, with a bowel that is more sensitive and moves food along unevenly. Triggers include certain foods, an earlier gut infection, hormonal changes, and ",[326,1206,353],{"href":282}," or ",[326,1209,1210],{"href":204},"anxiety",[319,1212,1213,1214,1218,1219,1221],{},"IBS is not an inflammatory disease. It does not damage the bowel, cause bleeding, or raise the risk of bowel cancer. That is what sets it apart from ",[326,1215,1217],{"href":1216},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fulcerative-colitis","ulcerative colitis"," and ",[326,1220,832],{"href":831},", which are forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): they inflame and ulcerate the gut wall, can cause blood in the stools, fever and weight loss, and need specialist treatment. The old names \"mucous colitis\" and \"spastic colon\" refer to IBS, not to these diseases. A doctor diagnoses IBS after simple tests, such as blood tests and a stool test, have ruled out other conditions.",[319,1223,1224],{},"There is no single cure, but symptoms can be managed well. Care usually combines changes to eating (sometimes a low FODMAP diet with a dietitian), regular meals, physical activity, medicines for specific symptoms, and psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy or gut-directed hypnotherapy, which have good evidence for IBS.",[314,1226,1228],{"id":1227},"the-emotional-meaning-of-ibs","The emotional meaning of IBS",[319,1230,1231],{},"Spiritually, the colon is where digestion is completed and what remains is prepared to leave. When it is troubled, the first question is simple: what am I holding on to so tightly?",[366,1233,1235],{"id":1234},"a-page-waiting-to-be-turned","A page waiting to be turned",[319,1237,1238,1239,1241,1242,1245],{},"You may have been in a situation for several years and now need to detach from one aspect of it, or from all of it, so that something new can take its place. This can concern personal life as much as work. ",[326,1240,233],{"href":234}," often stands in the way: fear of going without, of ",[326,1243,1244],{"href":252},"loneliness",", of being hurt. There may be a painful, upsetting episode that felt dirty or degrading, which you cannot yet explain to yourself, and which you need to leave behind. A sense that your reputation was stained can keep the irritation alive.",[366,1247,1249],{"id":1248},"nervousness-and-the-unknown","Nervousness and the unknown",[319,1251,1252],{},"The irritable colon is read as a great nervousness, which can grow out of proportion when you face the unknown. Setting limits is hard, and you may feel your privacy is not respected. To feel safe, you become controlling. If there is unusual mucus, the spiritual interpretation asks what you are piling up, emotions among other things, to fill an inner emptiness, and whether this keeps you from holding course towards your life goals.",[366,1254,1256],{"id":1255},"pleasing-in-order-to-be-loved","Pleasing in order to be loved",[319,1258,1259,1260,1263,1264,1267,1268,423],{},"In French, the word for colitis, ",[415,1261,1262],{},"colite",", is heard as carrying ",[415,1265,1266],{},"colère",", anger, in its ending. The colon is compared to the way you behave and deal with your own world. When you cannot be yourself with authority figures or in close relationships, with a partner, parents, teachers or a boss, you control your words and actions because you fear the reaction of the person whose approval and love you want. Life can become passive, as if it were fate. You may feel like the sidekick, never the one who leads, put down again and again, oppressed and ",[326,1269,1270],{"href":267},"rejected",[319,1272,1273,1274,1277],{},"There is often a deep need for affection, love and recognition, so strong that you want to please at any price, even to the point of stifling your personality and your basic needs. Emotions are pushed down rather than expressed. Being very demanding of yourself, always at your maximum, brings a great deal of stress. You keep swallowing situations you find indigestible. This emotional ",[326,1275,1276],{"href":225},"dependence"," can leave anger gnawing inside, together with frustration and humiliation.",[366,1279,1281],{"id":1280},"when-it-starts-in-childhood","When it starts in childhood",[319,1283,1284],{},"Bowel troubles are also seen in children who are afraid of how strict, demanding parents will react, or who feel short of their mother's love. If this was your story, the question is not who is to blame, but which of those old fears still decides how you behave today. If a child is unwell now, the first step is a doctor, and a calm, safe home.",[314,1286,458],{"id":457},[319,1288,1289],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for a sensitive gut. IBS is a real condition with real treatments, and the gut-brain link works in both directions. The emotional perspective adds one question: what am I keeping in that is ready to go?",[463,1291,1292,1298,1304,1310,1316,1322],{},[466,1293,1294,1297],{},[469,1295,1296],{},"Let the past move on."," Name one old story or habit of thought you are ready to release, and let new experiences take its place.",[466,1299,1300,1303],{},[469,1301,1302],{},"Set one clear limit."," Choose a situation where your space is not respected, and say what you need.",[466,1305,1306,1309],{},[469,1307,1308],{},"Stop swallowing what is indigestible."," Notice when you agree to keep the peace, and try a small, honest \"no\".",[466,1311,1312,1315],{},[469,1313,1314],{},"Seek happiness from the inside."," Approval from others is welcome, but it cannot be the only food you live on.",[466,1317,1318,1321],{},[469,1319,1320],{},"Be yourself, and take your place."," Let go of a few fixed ideas about how you must be, and act more in line with your own nature.",[466,1323,1324,1327],{},[469,1325,1326],{},"Trust that you can face what comes."," With life moving through you, you can meet a new situation and come out of it larger and richer.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1329},[1330,1331,1337],{"id":1186,"depth":18,"text":1187},{"id":1227,"depth":18,"text":1228,"children":1332},[1333,1334,1335,1336],{"id":1234,"depth":25,"text":1235},{"id":1248,"depth":25,"text":1249},{"id":1255,"depth":25,"text":1256},{"id":1280,"depth":25,"text":1281},{"id":457,"depth":18,"text":458},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of IBS: holding on to the past, swallowing what is indigestible, and pleasing others at your own expense.",[1340,777,1341,522],"\u002Fguides\u002Fcan-emotions-cause-physical-pain","\u002Fguides\u002Fpsychosomatic-illness",[1343,1346],{"name":1344,"url":1345},"NHS: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Firritable-bowel-syndrome-ibs\u002F",{"name":1347,"url":1348},"MedlinePlus: Irritable Bowel Syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Firritablebowelsyndrome.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Firritable-bowel-syndrome",[1352,1353,1354,1355,1356,1357],"What am I holding on to so tightly, and for how long?","Which page in my life, at home or at work, is ready to be turned?","Where do I find it hard to set a limit, so that my privacy feels trampled?","Whose approval am I trying so hard to win that I hold back who I am?","What situations do I keep \"swallowing\" even though I find them indigestible?","Do I push myself to my maximum all the time, and what does that cost me?",[1216,831,328,1200,939],[1360,1361],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIrritable_bowel_syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ838966",{"title":1172,"description":1338},"IBS Spiritual Meaning: Emotional Causes of Irritable Bowel",[1365],{"author":548,"work":549,"entries":1366,"pages":1369},[1367,1368],"Intestins — Côlon (maux au ...)","Intestins — Colite (mucosité du côlon)","239–240","conditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Firritable-bowel-syndrome","Spiritually, irritable bowel syndrome is often linked to holding on to a long-standing situation you need to leave behind, to nervousness about the unknown, and to swallowing what you find indigestible in order to be approved of and loved.","If this reading resonates with you, a regular practice that settles the nervous system, such as slow breathing or a guided relaxation, can sit well beside the care your doctor suggests.",[1374,1375,1376,1377,1378,1379],"Holding on to the past","Nervousness about the unknown","Boundaries","Pleasing to be loved","Swallowed anger","Becoming yourself",[1381,1382,1383,1384,1385,1386],"Blood in the stools, black stools, or bleeding from the bottom. These are not symptoms of IBS and need a doctor.","Unexplained weight loss, a lump in the belly, or symptoms that wake you at night.","A lasting change in bowel habits, especially after the age of 50, or a family history of bowel cancer, ovarian cancer, coeliac disease or inflammatory bowel disease.","Fever, severe or worsening pain, or persistent diarrhoea. These can point to an infection or to inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.","Bloating most days, especially in women over 50, needs checking for other causes.","IBS should only be diagnosed by a doctor after other conditions are ruled out. Do not stop a treatment your doctor has prescribed because of anything you read here.","oIwLSrmPbhSjo5QDzK0KCbvRdbouVeUeFI7FfghwAOI",{"id":1389,"title":1390,"affirmation":1391,"aka":1392,"area":309,"body":1400,"dateModified":517,"datePublished":517,"description":1540,"extension":519,"group":520,"guides":1541,"medicalSources":1542,"meta":1549,"navigation":531,"path":1550,"reflectionQuestions":1551,"related":1558,"sameAs":1559,"seo":1562,"seoTitle":1563,"sources":1564,"stem":1568,"summary":1569,"supportIntro":1570,"themes":1571,"whenToSeeADoctor":1577,"__hash__":1584},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fnausea-and-vomiting.md","Nausea and vomiting","I can digest what this moment brings. I accept every part of who I am, and I let good things come to me.",[1393,1394,1395,1396,1397,1398,1399],"Feeling sick","Nausea","Vomiting","Throwing up","Being sick","Morning sickness","Nausées et vomissements",{"type":311,"value":1401,"toc":1529},[1402,1406,1427,1430,1434,1437,1441,1449,1453,1464,1468,1475,1478,1482,1485,1489,1492,1494,1497],[314,1403,1405],{"id":1404},"what-nausea-and-vomiting-are","What nausea and vomiting are",[319,1407,1408,1409,1413,1414,1418,1419,1423,1424,1426],{},"Nausea is the uneasy feeling of needing to be sick. Vomiting is the forceful emptying of the stomach through the mouth. They are symptoms, not illnesses in themselves. The most common causes are ",[326,1410,1412],{"href":1411},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fgastroenteritis","gastroenteritis"," (a stomach bug), food poisoning, motion sickness, early pregnancy, ",[326,1415,1417],{"href":1416},"\u002Fhead\u002Fmigraines","migraines",", some medicines, too much alcohol, and inner-ear problems such as ",[326,1420,1422],{"href":1421},"\u002Fhead\u002Fvertigo","vertigo",". Strong emotions and ",[326,1425,1210],{"href":204}," can also bring on nausea.",[319,1428,1429],{},"Most nausea and vomiting pass within a day or two. The main risk is dehydration, so small, frequent sips of water or rehydration drinks matter. A pharmacist can advise, and a doctor may prescribe anti-sickness medicine. Vomiting can also be a sign of something serious, such as appendicitis, a blockage of the bowel or a head injury, which is why the warning signs below need urgent care.",[314,1431,1433],{"id":1432},"the-emotional-meaning-of-nausea-and-vomiting","The emotional meaning of nausea and vomiting",[319,1435,1436],{},"Spiritually, nausea is the body saying \"I cannot take this in\". The stomach, which receives our reality, turns.",[366,1438,1440],{"id":1439},"a-reality-you-cannot-stomach","A reality you cannot stomach",[319,1442,1443,1444,1193,1446,1448],{},"Nausea sits with sorrow and pain about a reality that is upsetting your life and that you would like to avoid. It can signal disgust or aversion towards a thing, a person, an idea, a situation or even an emotion, because you do not feel safe. There may be revolt, ",[326,1445,407],{"href":198},[326,1447,740],{"href":234},", frustration or simple incomprehension, and it \"sits on your stomach\".",[366,1450,1452],{"id":1451},"what-wants-to-be-said","What wants to be said",[319,1454,1455,1456,1459,1460,1463],{},"The question is what you have absorbed, from your life or from yourself, that creates an urge to express it at once. If it is not said in words, it may show as nausea. In French, nausea is also called ",[415,1457,1458],{},"mal au cœur",", literally \"heartache\", and retching is a ",[415,1461,1462],{},"haut-le-cœur",", a heave of the heart. The language itself hears the heart in the stomach. A retching feeling may come when you see how powerless you feel to act or to take your life in hand.",[366,1465,1467],{"id":1466},"vomiting-throwing-it-out","Vomiting: throwing it out",[319,1469,1470,1471,1474],{},"When it becomes too much, when ",[326,1472,1473],{"href":270},"resentment"," grows too large, vomiting is read as the physical rejection of a situation that feels unfair. What you reject may be outside you. It may also be a part of yourself you would like to see disappear. Vomiting refuses something or someone, and in doing so it can keep you from moving forward. The question is: whom or what am I resisting so strongly? Sometimes it is a parent you would like to put out of your life, because what you shared seems to have gone.",[319,1476,1477],{},"Other questions belong here too. Am I afraid I will not be equal to what is coming? Why do I refuse what is new? Do I feel pushed by others to say or do things? Perhaps you no longer want a life that feels superficial.",[366,1479,1481],{"id":1480},"bringing-up-bile","Bringing up bile",[319,1483,1484],{},"If you bring up bile, the spiritual interpretation is that a situation has become unbearable, and you are tired of always having to \"water down your wine\", the French expression for compromising and toning yourself down.",[314,1486,1488],{"id":1487},"nausea-in-early-pregnancy","Nausea in early pregnancy",[319,1490,1491],{},"Morning sickness is very common and is caused mainly by pregnancy hormones. Spiritually, it is read as the body meeting a great change: a new life will rearrange yours. Gentle questions may come up. Do I feel strong enough to care for this child? Is part of me, my insecurity or my sense of powerlessness, something I want to deny? These are ordinary questions for any parent-to-be, not signs of rejecting the baby. The invitation is to welcome the changes, to ask for peace, and to digest the emotions and tensions the pregnancy brings into daily life, so that you can pass on to your child the confidence of someone who is steering their own life.",[314,1493,458],{"id":457},[319,1495,1496],{},"The aim is not to look for a hidden meaning while you are being sick. Rest, fluids and care come first. Afterwards, the emotional perspective asks what you could not take in.",[463,1498,1499,1505,1511,1517,1523],{},[466,1500,1501,1504],{},[469,1502,1503],{},"Name what you could not stomach."," Saying it, even only to yourself, gives it somewhere to go other than the body.",[466,1506,1507,1510],{},[469,1508,1509],{},"Accept every facet of yourself."," The parts you would like to throw out are also yours. Making room for them helps you build a life that looks like you, and leave the past behind.",[466,1512,1513,1516],{},[469,1514,1515],{},"Look at your resistance."," Ask what you are refusing, and whether it is truly harmful or simply new.",[466,1518,1519,1522],{},[469,1520,1521],{},"Remember you can choose."," You are always free to choose, and when you do what you love there is less to resist.",[466,1524,1525,1528],{},[469,1526,1527],{},"Trust what is coming."," Let yourself have some faith in life and the future, and leave room for the good things it wants to bring.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1530},[1531,1532,1538,1539],{"id":1404,"depth":18,"text":1405},{"id":1432,"depth":18,"text":1433,"children":1533},[1534,1535,1536,1537],{"id":1439,"depth":25,"text":1440},{"id":1451,"depth":25,"text":1452},{"id":1466,"depth":25,"text":1467},{"id":1480,"depth":25,"text":1481},{"id":1487,"depth":18,"text":1488},{"id":457,"depth":18,"text":458},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of nausea and vomiting: disgust, a reality you cannot stomach, and the urge to reject what feels unfair.",[1340],[1543,1546],{"name":1544,"url":1545},"NHS: Feeling sick (nausea)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Ffeeling-sick-nausea\u002F",{"name":1547,"url":1548},"MedlinePlus: Nausea and Vomiting","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fnauseaandvomiting.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fnausea-and-vomiting",[1552,1553,1554,1555,1556,1557],"Which situation, person or idea do I feel disgust or aversion towards?","What has stayed \"on my stomach\" because I could not put it into words?","What am I resisting so strongly, and what am I trying to push out of my life?","Is there a part of myself I wish would simply disappear?","Am I afraid I will not be up to what is coming next?","Do I feel forced by others to say or do things that are not mine?",[1411,338,1416],[1560,1561],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNausea","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ186889",{"title":1390,"description":1540},"Nausea and Vomiting Spiritual Meaning: What You Reject",[1565],{"author":548,"work":549,"entries":1566,"pages":1567},[1399],"289","conditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fnausea-and-vomiting","Spiritually, nausea and vomiting are often linked to disgust or aversion towards a reality you cannot stomach, and to the wish to throw out a situation, a person or a part of yourself that feels unfair or unbearable.","If this reading resonates with you, once you are feeling physically better, writing down what you could not say can be a good next step.",[1572,1573,266,1574,1575,1576],"Disgust","What sits on the stomach","Resistance to what is new","Powerlessness","Accepting change",[1578,1579,1580,1581,1582,1583],"Vomiting blood or what looks like coffee grounds, or green vomit. Seek urgent medical care.","Vomiting with a severe headache and stiff neck, chest pain, sudden severe tummy pain, or after a head injury. Call emergency services.","Signs of dehydration, such as dizziness, very dark urine, passing little or no urine, or being unable to keep any fluids down. Seek urgent medical care, especially for babies, young children and older people.","Vomiting that lasts more than two days in an adult, or more than a day in a baby or young child.","Severe or constant sickness in pregnancy that stops you keeping food or drink down. This can be hyperemesis gravidarum and needs treatment.","Nausea that keeps coming back, or comes with weight loss. Do not stop a prescribed medicine because it makes you sick; ask your doctor or pharmacist first.","M34oGkBP4h8n9oiuhXxFSMyLoDeLjShPQG-Db1mj6fc",{"id":1586,"title":1587,"affirmation":1588,"aka":1589,"area":309,"body":1593,"dateModified":877,"datePublished":877,"description":1649,"extension":519,"group":520,"guides":1650,"medicalSources":1651,"meta":1655,"navigation":531,"path":1656,"reflectionQuestions":1657,"related":1661,"sameAs":1662,"seo":1665,"seoTitle":1666,"sources":1667,"stem":1672,"summary":1673,"supportIntro":1674,"themes":1675,"whenToSeeADoctor":1678,"__hash__":1684},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fstomach-ulcer.md","Stomach ulcer","I can say what I need, and I can stop gnawing at myself.",[1590,1591,1592],"Peptic ulcer","Gastric ulcer","Duodenal ulcer",{"type":311,"value":1594,"toc":1642},[1595,1599,1602,1606,1613,1616,1620,1626,1629,1631],[314,1596,1598],{"id":1597},"what-a-stomach-ulcer-is","What a stomach ulcer is",[319,1600,1601],{},"A peptic ulcer is a break in the lining of the stomach or of the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. Acid and a common stomach infection are the usual medical partners, along with certain painkillers. A burning pain, often related to meals, is typical. Treatment clears the infection when it is there, and protects the lining while it heals. Low mood and self-criticism can live beside an ulcer. They do not drill the hole.",[314,1603,1605],{"id":1604},"the-emotional-meaning-of-a-stomach-ulcer","The emotional meaning of a stomach ulcer",[319,1607,1608,1609,1612],{},"The spiritual interpretation places a stomach ulcer next to a thin sense of your own worth. The wish to please is so strong that anything will be swallowed. Emotions and your own desires are pushed down. You stop respecting yourself, and then you blame other people for not respecting you either. Inside, it feels as if something is gnawing. Each event gets dramatised. Contrarieties, ",[326,1610,1611],{"href":294},"worries",", and uncertainties pile up, and the sense of powerlessness grows with them. The image is a surplus of irritants that becomes a sore.",[319,1614,1615],{},"The irritant may be a person or a situation you would rather not see and cannot avoid. It sits on the stomach. You want it out of your territory. Feeling misunderstood comes partly from the difficulty of saying what you need. Pleasing people is easier than speaking, so you gnaw on the bit, in the old phrase, and stay quiet. Frustration grows into an aggressiveness that wants to be recognised, or it tips towards wanting revenge. Harsh criticism turns inward. One corner of life, love or work, is worried over until it feels as if it is eating you from the inside. The knots in the stomach are that torment, and they leave you more exposed.",[366,1617,1619],{"id":1618},"the-duodenum-and-authority","The duodenum and authority",[319,1621,1622,1623,1625],{},"An ulcer in the duodenum is read more narrowly as the ",[326,1624,740],{"href":234}," of not being up to the people who stand as authority. The duodenum is only the doorway of the small intestine. The question is whether you can meet that doorway as yourself, instead of as someone who must swallow the verdict.",[319,1627,1628],{},"The step the spiritual interpretation offers is to notice the qualities that are already in you, to value them accurately, and to admit the need for love. Saying a need is part of that. So is channelling the anger once you have seen it, rather than letting it run the whole house.",[314,1630,458],{"id":457},[463,1632,1633,1636,1639],{},[466,1634,1635],{},"Name one thing you have agreed to that you did not want. Say so, in a sentence.",[466,1637,1638],{},"Catch the self-attack when it starts, and replace it with one true quality you already have.",[466,1640,1641],{},"Authority can be met without disappearing. The lining still needs its medicine.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1643},[1644,1645,1648],{"id":1597,"depth":18,"text":1598},{"id":1604,"depth":18,"text":1605,"children":1646},[1647],{"id":1618,"depth":25,"text":1619},{"id":457,"depth":18,"text":458},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of a stomach or duodenal ulcer: a raw place where pleasing others has eaten into you.",[1341],[1652],{"name":1653,"url":1654},"NHS: Stomach ulcer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fstomach-ulcer\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fstomach-ulcer",[1658,1659,1660],"What am I swallowing so that someone else will stay pleased?","Where does a worry feel as if it is eating me from the inside?","With which authority am I afraid of not being enough?",[338,411],[1663,1664],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ172941","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPeptic_ulcer_disease",{"title":1587,"description":1649},"Stomach ulcer: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1668],{"author":548,"work":549,"entries":1669,"pages":1671},[1670],"Ulcère peptique ou gastrique (duodénum ou estomac)","pp. 416–417","conditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fstomach-ulcer","A peptic ulcer is a raw sore in the stomach or the duodenum. It is read as a life of swallowing what you do not want, until the irritation has nowhere left to go.","If this reading resonates with you, a calming practice can sit beside the treatment that lets the lining heal.",[1162,1676,1677],"swallowing it","authority",[1679,1680,1681,1682,1683],"An ulcer can bleed or burst.","Vomiting blood, black stools, sudden severe pain, or fainting needs emergency care.","Finish the antibiotics if an infection was found, and do not stop an acid medicine early because the pain eased.","A clinician confirms an ulcer.","Indigestion on its own is not one.","B6nJvGACijFquEE8nNLxG81Ze-hd_mSi4Rof-v-2-bs",[],[1687],{"path":522,"title":1688,"description":1689,"category":1690,"readingTime":84},"Spiritual meaning of pain in body parts: a head-to-toe guide","What pain in each part of the body may mean spiritually, from headaches to heel pain, with the left and right sides and a quick map to every page.","symptoms",1791298654808]