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problems: what stomach and bowel issues may say about what you cannot digest, control and letting go.","\u002Fareas\u002Fdigestive-system","i-lucide-utensils",5,"\u002Fdigestive-system",17,{"title":45,"description":46,"path":47,"icon":48,"order":49,"comingSoon":10,"to":50,"conditionCount":49},"Back","The emotional and spiritual meaning of back problems: what back and neck pain may reveal about support, burdens, flexibility and what you hide behind you.","\u002Fareas\u002Fback","i-lucide-person-standing",6,"\u002Fback",{"title":52,"description":53,"path":54,"icon":55,"order":56,"comingSoon":10,"to":57,"conditionCount":58},"Skin","The emotional and spiritual meaning of skin problems: how your skin may reflect boundaries, contact, self-image and the emotions you hold inside.","\u002Fareas\u002Fskin","i-lucide-fingerprint",7,"\u002Fskin",13,{"title":60,"description":61,"path":62,"icon":63,"order":64,"comingSoon":10,"to":65,"conditionCount":64},"Joints and bones","The emotional and 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receiving.","\u002Fareas\u002Farms-and-hands","i-lucide-hand","\u002Farms-and-hands",{"title":132,"description":133,"path":134,"icon":135,"order":136,"comingSoon":10,"to":137,"conditionCount":9},"Hips","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the hips: what they may say about balance, moving forward, and living from yourself rather than for others.","\u002Fareas\u002Fhips","i-lucide-move",17.5,"\u002Fhips",{"title":139,"description":140,"path":141,"icon":142,"order":143,"comingSoon":10,"to":144,"conditionCount":35},"Legs and feet","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the legs and the feet: what they may say about moving forward, standing your ground, and the contact you keep with the earth.","\u002Fareas\u002Flegs-and-feet","i-lucide-footprints",18,"\u002Flegs-and-feet",{"title":146,"description":147,"path":148,"icon":149,"order":150,"comingSoon":10,"to":151,"conditionCount":25},"Hair and nails","The emotional and spiritual meaning of hair and nails: what they may say about vitality, 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welcome myself as I am. I can reconnect with others, and the emptiness I feel can be filled with care for myself.",[300,301,302,303,304],"Fear of abandonment","Feeling abandoned","Abandonment issues","Feeling left behind","Abandon",[306,307,308],"whole-body","heart-and-circulation","digestive-system",{"type":310,"value":311,"toc":443},"minimark",[312,317,321,324,327,331,334,337,342,345,368,371,375,378,382,389,404,408,411],[313,314,316],"h2",{"id":315},"what-abandonment-is","What abandonment is",[318,319,320],"p",{},"Abandonment is the experience of being left, forsaken or deprived of someone's care, and the feeling that goes with it. It can come from a real event, such as a parent leaving, a death, a breakup or neglect in childhood. It can also live on as a fear of being left, long after the event, shaping how close you let people come and how you react when they pull away.",[318,322,323],{},"A strong fear of abandonment is common after early loss or unstable care. It is not a diagnosis in itself, but it can be part of anxiety, depression or difficult relationship patterns, and talking therapies can help.",[318,325,326],{},"Spiritually, abandonment is looked at as an emptiness, and at what you do to fill it or to protect yourself from it.",[313,328,330],{"id":329},"the-emotional-meaning-of-abandonment","The emotional meaning of abandonment",[318,332,333],{},"In the emotional approach, the central image is a void. Someone or something has gone, and what is left is a gap that feels very hard to bear. You may feel you have lost your footing, your \"contenance\". You may also feel guilty for the departure or the loss of someone dear, as if you should have kept them.",[318,335,336],{},"Abandonment is not only about people. It can be a business you had to give up, a project you had to renounce, a child you hoped for and did not have. Having to abdicate can break the heart as surely as a person leaving.",[338,339,341],"h3",{"id":340},"filling-the-gap-or-keeping-the-distance","Filling the gap, or keeping the distance",[318,343,344],{},"Two opposite movements are described, and both protect against the same wound.",[346,347,348,362],"ul",{},[349,350,351,355,356,361],"li",{},[352,353,354],"strong",{},"Filling."," ",[357,358,360],"a",{"href":359},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fexcess-weight","Excess weight"," is read as a layer between your inner self and the world. Eating can become a way to fill an inner emptiness, the impression of having been left, or the loneliness you live with. Weight gain is linked to coming after a great emotional shock or a significant loss. Weight has many causes, including genes, hormones, medicines, sleep and circumstances, so this is a question to explore, not an explanation.",[349,363,364,367],{},[352,365,366],{},"Keeping away."," Thinness is linked to a very sensitive person, once hurt, who keeps a distance to avoid being hurt again. It can come with the feeling that you had to flee or leave someone to survive, or that you are the one who was left.",[318,369,370],{},"Both are tied to a deep, unmet need for love and affection.",[338,372,374],{"id":373},"cold-hands-a-frozen-feeling","Cold hands, a frozen feeling",[318,376,377],{},"Raynaud's phenomenon narrows the small arteries of the fingers and toes in the cold or under stress, so they turn white, then blue or purple, and hurt as the blood returns. Spiritually, the affected limbs are read as feeling abandoned and living a sense of loss. The questions are direct: do I feel abandoned by someone, or by life? Did a death take someone, and does it still freeze my blood because I refuse to mourn? Why do I need to keep away from people? Why is physical and emotional contact so hard? Making peace with your mother, or whoever played that role, is part of the way back.",[338,379,381],{"id":380},"needing-someone-who-is-leaving","Needing someone who is leaving",[318,383,384,388],{},[357,385,387],{"href":386},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fhaemorrhoids","Haemorrhoids"," are linked to a difficulty with one's mother: a mourning not done, or the wish not to see her go, and a great need for her that leaves you feeling abandoned when circumstances change. The tension between pushing out and holding in is the image.",[318,390,391,392,395,396,399,400,403],{},"Abandonment sits next to ",[357,393,394],{"href":267},"rejection",", which is being pushed away, and ",[357,397,398],{"href":252},"loneliness",", which is the state that can follow. When the one who left has died, see ",[357,401,402],{"href":237},"grief",".",[313,405,407],{"id":406},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[318,409,410],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for the gap someone left. The emotional perspective invites you to look at how you meet the emptiness now.",[346,412,413,419,425,431,437],{},[349,414,415,418],{},[352,416,417],{},"Name what left."," A person, a place, a project, a dream. Each deserves to be named and, where it is final, mourned.",[349,420,421,424],{},[352,422,423],{},"Notice how you fill the void."," Food, busyness, screens, a relationship. Noticing is the first step, not a reason for shame.",[349,426,427,430],{},[352,428,429],{},"Check the distance you keep."," Ask whether it still protects you or now only isolates you.",[349,432,433,436],{},[352,434,435],{},"Let go of the guilt for someone else's leaving."," A departure is rarely yours to have prevented.",[349,438,439,442],{},[352,440,441],{},"Do not abandon yourself."," Welcoming yourself as you are is what lets you reconnect with others, consciously, and warms the heart.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":445},"",[446,447,452],{"id":315,"depth":18,"text":316},{"id":329,"depth":18,"text":330,"children":448},[449,450,451],{"id":340,"depth":25,"text":341},{"id":373,"depth":25,"text":374},{"id":380,"depth":25,"text":381},{"id":406,"depth":18,"text":407},[454,455,456,359],"\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain","\u002Fhips\u002Fhip-pain","\u002Fskin\u002Fvitiligo","2026-10-06","The emotional and spiritual meaning of abandonment: feeling left or forsaken, the emptiness that follows, and how it is read in weight and circulation.","md","ties",[462],"\u002Fguides\u002Fjacques-martel-dictionary",[],{},true,[467,468,469,470,471,472],"Who or what do I feel has left me, and have I let myself feel it?","Am I trying to fill an emptiness with food, work or something else?","Do I keep people at a distance so that no one can leave me again?","Do I feel guilty about a departure or a loss, as if I should have prevented it?","Is there a project or a dream I had to give up, and still have not mourned?","What would it take to welcome myself as I am, so that I am not abandoning myself too?",[267,252,225],[475,476],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAbandonment_(emotional)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ16001341",{"title":188,"description":458},"Abandonment: Spiritual Meaning & Where It Shows in the Body",[480,486,490,494],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":483,"pages":485},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[484],"Poids (excès de ...)","347–349",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":487,"pages":489},[488],"Raynaud (maladie de ...)","363",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":491,"pages":493},[492],"Maigreur","259",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":495,"pages":497},[496],"Hémorroïdes","221–222","emotions\u002Fabandonment","Spiritually, abandonment is often linked to an inner emptiness after someone or something has gone. The body is read as filling the gap or pulling away from it, in weight, in thinness, and in cold, pale fingers.",[501,502,503,504,505],"Inner emptiness","Feeling left","Protection and distance","Guilt about a departure","Reconnecting",[507,508,509,510,511],"Fingers or toes that turn white, then blue, then red in the cold, especially if they become sore, ulcerated or the pattern is new after the age of 30. Raynaud's can be linked to other conditions and needs a doctor.","Unintended weight gain or weight loss, or changes in appetite. A medical check is the first step.","Restricting food, bingeing, or a fear of eating. Eating disorders are serious and treatable.","A fear of being left that drives intense, unstable relationships or panic when someone leaves. A GP or a talking therapy can help.","Thoughts of harming yourself. Seek urgent help straight away.","ocq8hJvcck1x7ZdJoJQJiQhZEeBgsuAUDz5glCo5J5o",[514,667,869],{"id":515,"title":224,"affirmation":516,"aka":517,"areas":521,"body":524,"conditions":624,"dateModified":633,"datePublished":633,"description":634,"extension":459,"group":460,"guides":635,"medicalSources":636,"meta":637,"navigation":465,"order":18,"path":225,"reflectionQuestions":638,"related":645,"sameAs":646,"seo":647,"seoTitle":648,"sources":649,"stem":654,"summary":655,"themes":656,"whenToSeeADoctor":661,"__hash__":666},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fdependence.md","I deserve to be loved, including by myself. I can face the lack and become my own support.",[518,519,520],"Addiction","Emotional dependency","A lack you try to fill",[308,522,523],"respiratory-system","reproductive-system",{"type":310,"value":525,"toc":616},[526,530,533,536,540,555,559,566,569,573,576,579,581,584],[313,527,529],{"id":528},"what-dependence-is","What dependence is",[318,531,532],{},"Dependence is the need for something outside yourself in order to feel all right: a substance, a behaviour, or a person. Alcohol, drugs, food, cigarettes, sex and work are common forms. Some are physically addictive and dangerous to stop without medical help. Emotional dependence on another person can be just as binding, without a substance at all.",[318,534,535],{},"Spiritually, this does not tell you how to withdraw, and it does not replace treatment. It looks at the lack the dependence is trying to cover.",[313,537,539],{"id":538},"the-emotional-meaning-of-dependence","The emotional meaning of dependence",[318,541,542,543,546,547,550,551,554],{},"The source links dependence to a deep inner void, and to an outer attempt to fill, above all, a lack of love for yourself, or an emotional lack tied to one of your parents. Through the dependence you try to fill that void, that despair and that ",[357,544,545],{"href":273},"sadness",". Life feels meaningless. It does not satisfy your deepest desires. There is revolt against the outer world, and difficulty preserving your sense of self. You cannot manage to love yourself as you are, and that temporary inability shows up as ",[357,548,549],{"href":198},"anger"," and ",[357,552,553],{"href":270},"resentment"," toward the universe.",[338,556,558],{"id":557},"a-substitute-world","A substitute world",[318,560,561,562,565],{},"You live in a psychological prison, enslaved to a substance or a behaviour. Dependence is a substitute that lets you live, for a while, in a world without problems. Alcohol may bring a kind of ecstasy and a numbness toward what you are living. Other drugs are read as a search for new sensations and unknown heights of consciousness. You feel safe and pleased, and sooner or later you meet your insecurities and your ",[357,563,564],{"href":234},"fears"," again.",[318,567,568],{},"Cigarettes, in this reading, wrap the emotions in smoke. That is the link with the respiratory system. Food fills a lack of tenderness and love. Dependence on sugar, in particular, is read as a void of human warmth and gentleness, and as a rejection of your own desires. That is the link with the digestive system. A sexual tendency that is hard to master is named as another form. That is the link with the reproductive system. Every dependence, the source says, brings reactions in the body. The fears that ride with a strong dependence can be severe.",[338,570,572],{"id":571},"the-lack-you-are-fleeing","The lack you are fleeing",[318,574,575],{},"The first step the source insists on is to become conscious of the situation. That takes love and courage, to face the slavery and break it. Identify the lack. That lack is what you flee by losing yourself in something else, or in someone. The desire to live is great, and you feel you are not succeeding. You feel like a loser. You do not have your place in your own life, or in society. You measure your happiness by other people's success. Failure follows failure, and confirms the feeling of incapacity.",[318,577,578],{},"Judging yourself, whipping yourself with the knowledge that you should change, only grows the anger and makes freedom harder. You fear failing. You fear your past. Shame and guilt are parts to set aside, not fuels to add.",[313,580,407],{"id":406},[318,582,583],{},"The aim is not to moralise, and not to pretend a substance dependence is only a metaphor. Get medical help when the body is involved. The emotional perspective invites you to name the lack underneath the substitute.",[346,585,586,592,598,604,610],{},[349,587,588,591],{},[352,589,590],{},"Identify the void."," Love of yourself, or love that was missing from a parent, is where the source looks first.",[349,593,594,597],{},[352,595,596],{},"See the substitute for what it is."," Food, smoke, sex, work or a person may be standing in for tenderness.",[349,599,600,603],{},[352,601,602],{},"Stop feeding the shame."," Self-punishment, in this reading, strengthens the dependence.",[349,605,606,609],{},[352,607,608],{},"Take one real step."," Ask, search, check, begin. The source treats unconditional love as the start, not the reward at the end.",[349,611,612,615],{},[352,613,614],{},"If a substance is involved, do not do this alone."," Courage includes a doctor.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":617},[618,619,623],{"id":528,"depth":18,"text":529},{"id":538,"depth":18,"text":539,"children":620},[621,622],{"id":557,"depth":25,"text":558},{"id":571,"depth":25,"text":572},{"id":406,"depth":18,"text":407},[625,626,627,628,629,630,631,632,359],"\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fdiarrhoea","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Firritable-bowel-syndrome","\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fdark-circles","\u002Fhead\u002Fmultiple-sclerosis","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fpalpitations","\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fcalf-pain","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fasthma","2026-10-02","The emotional and spiritual meaning of dependence: trying to fill a lack of love from outside, through a substance, food, smoke, sex or another person.",[],[],{},[639,640,641,643,644],"What lack am I trying to fill from outside myself?","Does this dependence stand in for love I did not feel, including from a parent?",{"Which substitute am I using":642},"a substance, food, smoke, sex, work, or a person?","Am I judging myself so harshly that the shame makes the dependence stronger?","What would the first honest step be, if I stopped hiding the lack?",[273,234],[],{"title":224,"description":634},"Dependence: Spiritual Meaning & Where It Shows in the Body",[650],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":651,"pages":653},[652],"Dépendance","140–141","emotions\u002Fdependence","Dependence is often read as a deep inner void. A substance, food, cigarettes, sex, work or another person is asked to fill a lack of love, often one that goes back to a parent.",[657,658,659,275,660],"Inner void","Lack of love","A substitute","Fear of the past",[662,663,664,665],"You cannot stop alcohol, drugs, or another substance, or stopping makes you ill. Seek medical help. Do not stop suddenly on your own if you drink heavily or use certain drugs.","Dependence that is harming your health, your work or the people you love.","Eating, smoking or sexual behaviour that feels out of your control and leaves you ashamed or afraid.","Thoughts of harming yourself. Seek help straight away.","K0wrBw8gGQirXS-yEGvCN4WXey49nT6Rl0zSfw62z2w",{"id":668,"title":251,"affirmation":669,"aka":670,"areas":676,"body":678,"conditions":817,"dateModified":457,"datePublished":457,"description":819,"extension":459,"group":460,"guides":820,"medicalSources":821,"meta":825,"navigation":465,"order":110,"path":252,"reflectionQuestions":826,"related":833,"sameAs":834,"seo":837,"seoTitle":838,"sources":839,"stem":856,"summary":857,"themes":858,"whenToSeeADoctor":863,"__hash__":868},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Floneliness.md","I am supported, first from within and then by others I let in. I take off one mask at a time, and I let myself be seen.",[671,672,673,674,675],"Feeling lonely","Isolation","Being alone","Feeling unsupported","Solitude",[677,522],"back",{"type":310,"value":679,"toc":808},[680,684,687,690,693,697,700,704,712,715,721,724,728,735,738,742,750,765,767,770],[313,681,683],{"id":682},"what-loneliness-is","What loneliness is",[318,685,686],{},"Loneliness is the painful feeling that your need for connection is not being met. It is not the same as being alone: many people enjoy time on their own, and many feel lonely in a crowd, a family or a marriage. Loneliness can follow a move, a loss, retirement, illness or a change in a relationship, and it can also be long-standing.",[318,688,689],{},"Lasting loneliness is linked to low mood, anxiety and poorer physical health. It is common, it is nothing to be ashamed of, and it can change with support.",[318,691,692],{},"Spiritually, loneliness is looked at as a question of support: who holds you up, and whom you let in.",[313,694,696],{"id":695},"the-emotional-meaning-of-loneliness","The emotional meaning of loneliness",[318,698,699],{},"In the emotional approach, loneliness often sits beside bitterness, timidity and the feeling of carrying everything alone. It is less about the number of people around you than about whether you let them see inside.",[338,701,703],{"id":702},"the-pillar-who-can-only-count-on-themselves","The pillar who can only count on themselves",[318,705,706,707,711],{},"The ",[357,708,710],{"href":709},"\u002Fback\u002Flower-back-pain","lower back"," is described as part of the body's support system, tied to security and to trust in life. Pain there is linked to feeling you are the pillar, able to count only on yourself, and to doing everything to be loved while worrying about what others think. It often appears after a loss of work, a retirement, a child leaving home or a separation, when the structure that held you changes.",[318,713,714],{},"At one lumbar vertebra in particular, loneliness and bitterness are tied to a marked shyness. You are prisoner of your emotions, not knowing how to live or express them, so you wear masks to keep others from seeing inside. You may want to numb the discomfort with drink, drugs or work. You may need closeness and solitude at once, and the clash between them brings frustration.",[318,716,706,717,720],{},[357,718,719],{"href":454},"middle back"," carries a related sentence: the impression that everyone is \"on your back\", that you are alone in doing everything, and that you are not supported enough emotionally.",[318,722,723],{},"The way through is support that starts inside: the recognition that your first support can come from yourself, and that this makes it easier to ask others for help.",[338,725,727],{"id":726},"drinking-to-forget-the-feeling","Drinking to forget the feeling",[318,729,730,731,734],{},"Like every ",[357,732,733],{"href":225},"dependence",", drinking too much is read as an attempt to fill an emotional void. Loneliness, isolation, guilt, incomprehension and a kind of abandonment come together with a sense of being worthless, in a cold place where no one understands. Instead of building solid relationships with people, the bottle becomes \"my best friend\". For a time, drinking takes away the feelings of solitude, of not being like the others, of rejecting yourself. When it wears off, reality looks harder, and depression can follow.",[318,736,737],{},"Underneath is a feeling of being different, out of step with a world that seems materialistic, and a longing to be loved without conditions. Alcohol dependence is a medical condition, and help works best when it covers both the drinking and the loneliness.",[338,739,741],{"id":740},"a-cough-that-pushes-something-out","A cough that pushes something out",[318,743,744,745,749],{},"A ",[357,746,748],{"href":747},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fcough","cough"," is read as a way of releasing an irritation or an emotion you cannot speak: loneliness, bitterness, sadness, incomprehension, frustration or boredom. Something seems caught in the throat, usually a thing you hold back for fear of how others will react. You feel stuck in a situation, and the cough says in small pieces what you would like to say clearly.",[318,751,752,753,756,757,760,761,764],{},"Loneliness is close to ",[357,754,755],{"href":291},"withdrawal",", the pause that can turn into a closed door, to ",[357,758,759],{"href":285},"timidity",", and to ",[357,762,763],{"href":189},"abandonment",", the feeling of having been left.",[313,766,407],{"id":406},[318,768,769],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for being lonely. The emotional perspective invites you to look at where support is missing and where it could come in.",[346,771,772,778,784,790,796,802],{},[349,773,774,777],{},[352,775,776],{},"Notice the pillar."," If you are holding everything up alone, ask what one thing you could hand to someone else.",[349,779,780,783],{},[352,781,782],{},"Take off one mask."," Let one person see a little of what is happening inside.",[349,785,786,789],{},[352,787,788],{},"Make room for both needs."," Time alone and time with others are not opposites. Plan for each.",[349,791,792,795],{},[352,793,794],{},"Look at what numbs it."," Drink, work or screens can quiet loneliness for a while and deepen it afterwards.",[349,797,798,801],{},[352,799,800],{},"Say the thing in your throat."," A clear sentence, even a small one, can do what a cough cannot.",[349,803,804,807],{},[352,805,806],{},"Start with your own support."," Recognising that you can hold yourself up makes it easier to ask for, and accept, help.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":809},[810,811,816],{"id":682,"depth":18,"text":683},{"id":695,"depth":18,"text":696,"children":812},[813,814,815],{"id":702,"depth":25,"text":703},{"id":726,"depth":25,"text":727},{"id":740,"depth":25,"text":741},{"id":406,"depth":18,"text":407},[627,818,359],"\u002Fskin\u002Flupus","The emotional and spiritual meaning of loneliness: feeling alone or unsupported, the masks that keep people out, and how it shows in the back and breath.",[],[822],{"name":823,"url":824},"NHS: Get help with loneliness","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fmental-health\u002Ffeelings-symptoms-behaviours\u002Ffeelings-and-symptoms\u002Ffeeling-lonely\u002F",{},[827,828,829,830,831,832],"Do I feel I can only count on myself, as if I were the only pillar?","What mask do I wear so that no one can see what is happening inside me?","Do I feel different, out of step, as if I do not know how to belong?","What am I using to numb the feeling of being alone?","Is there something I hold back in my throat for fear of how others will react?","Do I need closeness and solitude at the same time, and have I made room for both?",[291,189,285,225],[835,836],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLoneliness","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ223270",{"title":251,"description":819},"Loneliness: Spiritual Meaning & Where It Shows in the Body",[840,844,848,852],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":841,"pages":843},[842],"Dos (maux de ...) — Bas du dos","160–164",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":845,"pages":847},[846],"Alcoolisme","32–34",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":849,"pages":851},[850],"Toux","411–412",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":853,"pages":855},[854],"Dos (maux de ...) — Milieu du dos (12 vertèbres dorsales)","154–159","emotions\u002Floneliness","Spiritually, loneliness is often linked to feeling unsupported and different, and to masks that keep others from seeing inside. It is read in the lower back, in a cough, and in drinking to numb the feeling.",[674,859,860,861,862],"The masks we wear","Feeling different","Numbing the feeling","Support from within",[864,865,866,867,511],"Loneliness that has lasted for weeks and comes with low mood, hopelessness, or losing interest in everything. A GP can help, and local support exists.","Drinking to cope, or needing more alcohol to get through the day. Speak to a doctor. If you drink heavily every day, do not stop suddenly without medical advice, as withdrawal can be dangerous.","A cough that lasts more than three weeks, brings up blood, or comes with breathlessness, chest pain or weight loss.","Low back pain with numbness around the groin or buttocks, loss of bladder or bowel control, or weakness in the legs. Call emergency services.","xzWLrkx_PX6xI-0yHzpsL0lLg8qRd9gmvhEDVNpHQXA",{"id":870,"title":266,"affirmation":871,"aka":872,"areas":878,"body":880,"conditions":999,"dateModified":457,"datePublished":457,"description":1004,"extension":459,"group":460,"guides":1005,"medicalSources":1007,"meta":1008,"navigation":465,"order":12,"path":267,"reflectionQuestions":1009,"related":1016,"sameAs":1017,"seo":1020,"seoTitle":1021,"sources":1022,"stem":1039,"summary":1040,"themes":1041,"whenToSeeADoctor":1047,"__hash__":1053},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Frejection.md","I accept myself as I am. I can let others come close, safely, and I can show them where my space begins.",[873,874,875,876,877],"Feeling rejected","Fear of rejection","Rejection sensitivity","Being pushed away","Rejet",[879],"skin",{"type":310,"value":881,"toc":990},[882,886,889,892,896,899,903,906,910,913,946,950,953,955,958],[313,883,885],{"id":884},"what-rejection-is","What rejection is",[318,887,888],{},"Rejection is the experience of being pushed away, excluded or not chosen, and the feeling that goes with it. Almost everyone knows the sting of it. Some people feel it far more intensely than others, read rejection into neutral situations, or organise their lives around avoiding it. This is sometimes called rejection sensitivity. It often travels with anxiety, low self-esteem and low mood, and talking therapies can help.",[318,890,891],{},"Spiritually, rejection is looked at from the inside: what you expect from others often begins with what you already believe about yourself.",[313,893,895],{"id":894},"the-emotional-meaning-of-rejection","The emotional meaning of rejection",[318,897,898],{},"The same pattern returns again and again. A person is highly sensitive, has not learned to love themselves, and fears being hurt. So they shape their life around what others expect, in order to be loved. In doing so they set aside a part of themselves. The fear of being rejected comes true in a quiet way, because they have already rejected themselves.",[338,900,902],{"id":901},"the-more-i-reject-myself-the-more-i-feel-rejected","The more I reject myself, the more I feel rejected",[318,904,905],{},"The more you push away who you are, the more you notice, or attract, people by whom you feel rejected. The reaction is to retreat and cut yourself off, when what you really want is to come closer. A barrier goes up to avoid being threatened or hurt, and it keeps out the very contact you need.",[338,907,909],{"id":908},"where-rejection-shows-on-the-skin","Where rejection shows on the skin",[318,911,912],{},"The skin is the surface others see first, so this fear is most often read there.",[346,914,915,925,936],{},[349,916,917,355,920,924],{},[352,918,919],{},"Eczema.",[357,921,923],{"href":922},"\u002Fskin\u002Feczema","Eczema"," is linked to a strong separation, to the feeling that your deepest self or your values have been rejected, and to an ambivalence about touch: you need it, and it frightens you. The visible, \"ugly\" skin seems to confirm how you see yourself inside. The patches can act as a barrier between you and others.",[349,926,927,930,931,935],{},[352,928,929],{},"Acne."," The face is the part of you that meets others first, where you are accepted or rejected. ",[357,932,934],{"href":933},"\u002Fskin\u002Facne","Acne"," is read as a visible irritation, criticism, shame or rejection aimed at yourself or others, and a lack of acceptance of yourself, often at a time of life when identity is still forming. On the back, it is linked to rejecting yourself, or to rejecting people you blame for not supporting you. It can also be a way of marking out territory, filtering who may come close.",[349,937,938,355,941,945],{},[352,939,940],{},"Hives.",[357,942,944],{"href":943},"\u002Fskin\u002Fhives","Hives"," are linked to a hypersensitive person who lives a great deal of rejection, needs others' attention but cannot bear their criticism, and often feels someone wants to be rid of them. The red patches leave you feeling marked, ugly and unwanted.",[338,947,949],{"id":948},"when-rejection-turns-against-the-body-itself","When rejection turns against the body itself",[318,951,952],{},"Anorexia nervosa is described as the most complete form of self-rejection: a rejection of one's own body image, sometimes of life itself, with a wish to disappear so as to bother no one. Underneath is a hunger for unconditional love and acceptance. Anorexia is a serious illness that needs specialist medical and psychological care. If any of this is close to home, please speak to a doctor.",[313,954,407],{"id":406},[318,956,957],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for being sensitive. Sensitivity is not the problem. The emotional perspective invites you to look at the rejection that starts inside.",[346,959,960,966,972,978,984],{},[349,961,962,965],{},[352,963,964],{},"Catch the first rejection."," Notice when you dismiss yourself before anyone else has spoken.",[349,967,968,971],{},[352,969,970],{},"Stop paying for love."," Doing everything others expect is an expensive way to be accepted, and it rarely works.",[349,973,974,977],{},[352,975,976],{},"Lower the barrier one notch."," Let one safe person come a little closer.",[349,979,980,983],{},[352,981,982],{},"Say where your space is."," Marking your limits with words is kinder than marking them with distance.",[349,985,986,989],{},[352,987,988],{},"Be your own most important person."," Trust yourself enough to step forward and take part.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":991},[992,993,998],{"id":884,"depth":18,"text":885},{"id":894,"depth":18,"text":895,"children":994},[995,996,997],{"id":901,"depth":25,"text":902},{"id":908,"depth":25,"text":909},{"id":948,"depth":25,"text":949},{"id":406,"depth":18,"text":407},[454,627,1000,1001,1002,1003],"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fwisdom-teeth","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Flump-in-throat","\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome","\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fsweating-and-body-odour","The emotional and spiritual meaning of rejection: the fear of being pushed away, the self-rejection behind it, and how it shows on the skin.",[1006,462],"\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-body-map",[],{},[1010,1011,1012,1013,1014,1015],"Where do I reject myself before anyone else has had the chance to?","Do I shape what I do around what others expect, so that they will love me?","Am I building a barrier to keep people away, when what I really want is to be close?","Do I need others' attention but find their criticism unbearable?","Which part of who I am have I hidden for so long that I no longer recognise it?","What would it look like to stop trying to please everyone at any cost?",[189,276,252],[1018,1019],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSocial_rejection","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ674328",{"title":266,"description":1004},"Rejection: Spiritual Meaning & Where It Shows in the Body",[1023,1027,1031,1035],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1024,"pages":1026},[1025],"Peau — Eczéma","328–330",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1028,"pages":1030},[1029],"Peau — Acné","322–323",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1032,"pages":1034},[1033],"Peau — Urticaire","337",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1036,"pages":1038},[1037],"Anorexie mentale","48–50","emotions\u002Frejection","Spiritually, rejection is often linked to a rejection of yourself that comes first. The skin, the surface others see, is where this fear is most often read, in eczema, acne and hives.",[1042,1043,1044,1045,1046],"Rejecting yourself first","Living for others' approval","The skin as a barrier","Fear of being hurt","Your own space",[1048,1049,1050,1051,1052],"A skin rash that spreads, blisters, weeps, becomes hot and painful, or comes with fever. Eczema can become infected.","Hives with swelling of the lips, tongue or throat, or difficulty breathing. Call emergency services.","Restricting food, a fear of gaining weight, or seeing yourself as large when others do not. Eating disorders are serious and treatable, and early help matters.","A fear of rejection that keeps you from relationships, work or leaving home, or persistent low mood. A GP or a talking therapy can help.","Thoughts of harming yourself or of wanting to disappear. Seek urgent help straight away.","5YVrOHlcaevlQp-RC0dxBJdKN2qN5NmQjx2srSe6dFM",[1055,1296,1549,1917],{"id":1056,"title":360,"affirmation":1057,"aka":1058,"area":306,"body":1064,"dateModified":457,"datePublished":457,"description":1239,"extension":459,"group":1240,"guides":1241,"medicalSources":1242,"meta":1249,"navigation":465,"path":1250,"reflectionQuestions":1251,"related":1259,"sameAs":1261,"seo":1264,"seoTitle":1265,"sources":1266,"stem":1277,"summary":1278,"supportIntro":1279,"themes":1280,"whenToSeeADoctor":1286,"__hash__":1295},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fexcess-weight.md","I recognise my worth as I am today. I let my feelings be expressed, and I take my place with my words and my presence.",[1059,1060,1061,1062,1063],"Weight gain","Obesity","Overweight","Belly fat","Excès de poids",{"type":310,"value":1065,"toc":1227},[1066,1070,1073,1090,1102,1106,1109,1113,1116,1132,1136,1146,1150,1155,1159,1170,1174,1177,1181,1187,1189],[313,1067,1069],{"id":1068},"what-excess-weight-is","What excess weight is",[318,1071,1072],{},"Excess weight means carrying more body fat than is considered healthy for a person's height and build. Doctors usually call it overweight or, at a higher level, obesity, and use several measures together rather than one number. Weight on its own says little about a person's habits, character or worth.",[318,1074,1075,1076,1080,1081,1085,1086,1089],{},"Body weight is shaped by many things at once. Genes play a large part. Some medicines, including certain antidepressants, antipsychotics, steroids, epilepsy medicines and insulin, can lead to weight gain. Hormone conditions such as an ",[357,1077,1079],{"href":1078},"\u002Fthyroid\u002Fhypothyroidism","underactive thyroid",", polycystic ovary syndrome, Cushing's syndrome and the ",[357,1082,1084],{"href":1083},"\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fmenopause","menopause"," can change weight and where it sits. Short or broken sleep, long-term ",[357,1087,1088],{"href":282},"stress",", pain or illness that limits movement, stopping smoking, pregnancy and the food, work and money around us all play a role too.",[318,1091,1092,1093,1096,1097,1101],{},"Carrying a lot of extra weight can raise the risk of ",[357,1094,1095],{"href":625},"type 2 diabetes",", ",[357,1098,1100],{"href":1099},"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-blood-pressure","high blood pressure",", joint pain, sleep apnoea and heart disease. A GP is the best place to start. They can look for a medical cause, check blood pressure and blood tests, and talk through support that fits you, which may include specialist services, talking therapy, medicines or, for some people, surgery. Weight stigma and shame are bad for health in their own right, and nobody deserves them.",[313,1103,1105],{"id":1104},"the-emotional-meaning-of-excess-weight","The emotional meaning of excess weight",[318,1107,1108],{},"What follows is not a reason for weight, and it is not a way to change weight. It is a set of questions about how you feel inside, which you may or may not recognise.",[338,1110,1112],{"id":1111},"a-layer-of-protection","A layer of protection",[318,1114,1115],{},"Spiritually, the body's stored fat is read as a layer placed between your inner self and the outside world. It can be linked to a wish to protect yourself: from remarks, criticism, situations that make you uncomfortable, or feeling exposed and vulnerable. There may be a gap between you and others. You may long to love and come close to people, and be very afraid of doing so at the same time.",[318,1117,1118,1119,1123,1124,1127,1128,1131],{},"In French, the word for fat (",[1120,1121,1122],"em",{},"graisse",") sits inside the word for being attacked (",[1120,1125,1126],{},"agressé","). The pun points to the feeling of being under attack, physically or emotionally, and sometimes to the ",[357,1129,1130],{"href":192},"aggressiveness"," that can follow. If you have been hurt, abused or assaulted, the need to feel safe is real and deserves care. Talking to a doctor, a counsellor or a specialist support service is a good step, whatever your body looks like.",[338,1133,1135],{"id":1134},"filling-an-inner-void","Filling an inner void",[318,1137,1138,1139,1141,1142,1145],{},"Food is also emotional food. Eating more than you are hungry for can be a way of filling an emptiness, a feeling of having been left, or ",[357,1140,398],{"href":252},". Spiritually, weight gain is often linked to a great emotional shock or an important loss: someone who left or died, or something you had to give up, such as a business, a project or a dream that mattered, like having a child. You may feel ",[357,1143,1144],{"href":189},"abandoned",", or even guilty about the loss. The empty space can feel very hard to bear.",[338,1147,1149],{"id":1148},"keeping-everything-just-in-case","Keeping everything, just in case",[318,1151,1152,1153,403],{},"Excess weight can also be linked to a deep sense of insecurity, emotional or material, and a need to store up in case of shortage. This feeling of lack can go back a long way, sometimes to early childhood. It can also show as holding on: to the past, to feelings you do not want to let go of, or to a need for others that keeps you in ",[357,1154,733],{"href":225},[338,1156,1158],{"id":1157},"taking-your-place","Taking your place",[318,1160,1161,1162,1165,1166,1169],{},"When it is hard to take your place with your words and actions, the body may take more space instead. In French, someone who \"does not carry the weight\" (",[1120,1163,1164],{},"ne fait pas le poids",") is someone who does not measure up. A larger person is also called a \"strong\" person (",[1120,1167,1168],{},"une personne forte","). Spiritually, this can raise questions: do you feel you must be strong to survive? Do you feel you go unnoticed unless you take up room? Do you need to look imposing to keep people who might hurt you at a distance?",[338,1171,1173],{"id":1172},"what-feels-risky-about-change","What feels risky about change",[318,1175,1176],{},"A useful question is what, if anything, you avoid or are protected from at the moment: certain activities, certain people, certain responsibilities. For some people, being more visible or more attractive feels unsafe, for example because they would have to say no more often, or fear being judged only on their looks. These questions are about safety and freedom, not about your size.",[338,1178,1180],{"id":1179},"the-way-you-look-at-yourself","The way you look at yourself",[318,1182,1183,1184,1186],{},"Excess weight is also linked to being very hard on your own appearance: a small \"imperfection\" takes on huge proportions, and you can no longer see your qualities or what is attractive about you. That harsh inner gaze can feel like rejecting yourself, and it is painful in its own right. ",[357,1185,275],{"href":276}," about the body helps no one.",[313,1188,407],{"id":406},[346,1190,1191,1197,1203,1209,1215,1221],{},[349,1192,1193,1196],{},[352,1194,1195],{},"Express what you feel."," Let sorrow, anger and fear be spoken, written or shared, instead of stored.",[349,1198,1199,1202],{},[352,1200,1201],{},"Grieve what you lost."," If a loss or an abandonment sits behind the emptiness, give it time and, if you can, a person to hear it.",[349,1204,1205,1208],{},[352,1206,1207],{},"Recognise your worth."," Your value does not depend on your size. Name one quality you have, today.",[349,1210,1211,1214],{},[352,1212,1213],{},"Take your place."," Practise saying what you think and need, in small, safe steps.",[349,1216,1217,1220],{},[352,1218,1219],{},"Trust yourself and life."," Notice where you are waiting for something that does not come, and what you could give yourself now.",[349,1222,1223,1226],{},[352,1224,1225],{},"Live from yourself."," Worry less about what others will say or think. Your self-respect grows when your choices are your own.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1228},[1229,1230,1238],{"id":1068,"depth":18,"text":1069},{"id":1104,"depth":18,"text":1105,"children":1231},[1232,1233,1234,1235,1236,1237],{"id":1111,"depth":25,"text":1112},{"id":1134,"depth":25,"text":1135},{"id":1148,"depth":25,"text":1149},{"id":1157,"depth":25,"text":1158},{"id":1172,"depth":25,"text":1173},{"id":1179,"depth":25,"text":1180},{"id":406,"depth":18,"text":407},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of excess weight: protection, an inner void after loss, feeling exposed, and the right to take your place.","energy-and-weight",[],[1243,1246],{"name":1244,"url":1245},"NHS: Overweight and obesity","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Foverweight-and-obesity\u002F",{"name":1247,"url":1248},"MedlinePlus: Obesity","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fobesity.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fexcess-weight",[1252,1253,1254,1255,1256,1257,1258],"Where in my life do I feel the need to protect myself from remarks, criticism or uncomfortable situations?","Which loss, departure or project I had to give up still leaves an empty space in me?","When I eat without hunger, what am I really trying to fill?","Do I find it hard to take my place with my words and actions?","Where do I feel I \"do not carry enough weight\" in a situation?","Do I believe I have to be strong to get through life?","When I look in the mirror, do I see only what I dislike, and never my qualities?",[625,1078,1099,1260],"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoarthritis",[1262,1263],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOverweight","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ332428",{"title":360,"description":1239},"Excess Weight Spiritual Meaning: Protection and Loss",[1267,1269,1273],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1268,"pages":485},[484],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1270,"pages":1272},[1271],"Graisse, embonpoint, obésité","213–214",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1274,"pages":1276},[1275],"Obésité","299","conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fexcess-weight","Spiritually, excess weight is often linked to a need for protection, a distance between you and the world, and an inner emptiness after a loss or an abandonment, along with the wish to take your place and be seen.","If this reading resonates with you, a few minutes of kindness towards your body, without any goal to change it, can be a good next step.",[1281,1282,1283,1284,1158,1285],"Protection","Feeling exposed","An inner void","Loss and abandonment","Strength",[1287,1288,1289,1290,1291,1292,1293,1294],"Weight gain that is fast or that you cannot explain, especially with swelling of the legs or ankles, or breathlessness, which can be fluid and needs checking.","Weight gain with tiredness, feeling cold, constipation or dry skin, which can point to an underactive thyroid.","Weight gain with a rounder face, thin purple stretch marks, easy bruising or muscle weakness, which can point to a hormone problem.","Weight gain after starting a new medicine. Do not stop it on your own; ask the prescriber about the options.","Loud snoring, pauses in breathing at night or great sleepiness during the day, which can be sleep apnoea.","Great thirst, passing a lot of urine, or a family history of diabetes or heart disease. A GP can check your blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol.","Signs of an eating disorder, whatever your size, such as eating large amounts while feeling out of control, making yourself sick, using laxatives, fasting or exercising hard to make up for eating, or thoughts about food and weight that take over your day. Speak to a GP. In the UK, the charity Beat (beateatingdisorders.org.uk) offers a helpline and online support.","Low mood, deep shame about your body, or thoughts of harming yourself. Speak to a doctor the same day, or call emergency services if you are in danger.","dnjQEP9RbzcA0GdVYiMDwghTxySsrmOKI6f8GUbHum0",{"id":1297,"title":1298,"affirmation":1299,"aka":1300,"area":1308,"body":1309,"dateModified":457,"datePublished":457,"description":1494,"extension":459,"group":1308,"guides":1495,"medicalSources":1498,"meta":1505,"navigation":465,"path":1506,"reflectionQuestions":1507,"related":1514,"sameAs":1515,"seo":1518,"seoTitle":1519,"sources":1520,"stem":1533,"summary":1534,"supportIntro":1535,"themes":1536,"whenToSeeADoctor":1541,"__hash__":1548},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fhips\u002Fhip-pain.md","Hip pain","I no longer have to be everyone's mother. I let myself receive, I make my decisions with flexibility, and I move forward with trust.",[1301,1302,1303,1304,1305,1306,1307],"Left hip pain","Right hip pain","Hip joint pain","Sore hip","Stiff hip","Groin pain","Douleur à la hanche","hips",{"type":310,"value":1310,"toc":1481},[1311,1315,1318,1338,1342,1345,1349,1360,1364,1367,1371,1377,1381,1391,1395,1398,1401,1405,1408,1412,1420,1432,1434,1437],[313,1312,1314],{"id":1313},"what-hip-pain-is","What hip pain is",[318,1316,1317],{},"Hip pain is pain felt in the hip joint or around it: in the groin, on the outside of the hip, or in the buttock. Pain in the groin usually comes from the joint itself. Pain on the outer side often comes from the tendons and the fluid-filled sacs, or bursae, that cushion them.",[318,1319,1320,1321,1324,1325,1327,1328,1332,1333,1337],{},"Common causes include ",[357,1322,1323],{"href":1260},"osteoarthritis",", which wears the cartilage of the joint with age, greater trochanteric pain syndrome (tendon or bursa irritation on the outside of the hip), strains from sport or overuse, and pain referred from the ",[357,1326,710],{"href":709},", as in ",[357,1329,1331],{"href":1330},"\u002Fback\u002Fsciatica","sciatica",". In older people, a fall can break the hip, especially when the bones are thinned by ",[357,1334,1336],{"href":1335},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoporosis","osteoporosis",". In children, a limp or hip pain can come from inflammation, infection or a problem with the growing bone, and always needs checking. Most hip pain improves with relative rest, painkillers, gentle exercise and physiotherapy. Severe osteoarthritis can be treated with a hip replacement.",[313,1339,1341],{"id":1340},"the-emotional-meaning-of-hip-pain","The emotional meaning of hip pain",[318,1343,1344],{},"The movement of the legs, and so the way you walk, starts at the hips. The legs let you go forward freely, which links the hips to autonomy. Spiritually, hip pain is often linked to holding yourself back from going ahead, or from taking an important decision.",[338,1346,1348],{"id":1347},"a-turning-point-you-hesitate-to-take","A turning point you hesitate to take",[318,1350,1351,1352,1355,1356,1359],{},"Hip pain often appears when you begin a personal journey and start to ask why and how things are as they are. Old certainties loosen, and you are unsure which way to turn. You may ",[357,1353,1354],{"href":294},"worry"," about the future, become ",[357,1357,1358],{"href":204},"anxious"," each time a big decision comes up, and feel that you are going nowhere, that nothing will come of your efforts, or even that you are \"good for nothing\". Can I really reach the dreams that are dear to my heart?",[338,1361,1363],{"id":1362},"living-for-yourself-or-sacrificing-yourself","Living for yourself or sacrificing yourself",[318,1365,1366],{},"At the centre there is often a great duality. Do I have the right to live for myself, or must I keep sacrificing myself for others, as I always have? That split can keep you from moving at all. If you go on living under pressure, along a road you dislike, the strain grows. You may also feel you must give in, against your will, to someone or something stronger than you.",[338,1368,1370],{"id":1369},"rigidity-after-a-hurt","Rigidity after a hurt",[318,1372,1373,1374,1376],{},"Hip trouble shows stiffness and resistance: an inflexibility towards a person or a situation. It may follow a moment when you felt betrayed or ",[357,1375,1144],{"href":189},", a hurt deep enough to make you question all your relationships. You may want to set \"new rules\" to protect yourself and never be wounded like that again.",[338,1378,1380],{"id":1379},"needs-that-no-one-sees","Needs that no one sees",[318,1382,1383,1384,1386,1387,1390],{},"When the hips ache, as with arthritis, the body points to an imbalance inside. You may feel unable to put forward your ideas and your personality, and so turn to submission. Then ",[357,1385,549],{"href":198}," builds because others do not see your needs. You would like them to meet your expectations without your having to ask. Where there is pain, ask whether a little ",[357,1388,1389],{"href":240},"guilt"," is mixed in too.",[338,1392,1394],{"id":1393},"intimacy-and-pleasure","Intimacy and pleasure",[318,1396,1397],{},"Hips that hurt or refuse to move can also raise questions about pleasure and closeness. You may be holding back your sexual pleasure out of fear or guilt, see yourself as a poor partner, or find it hard to welcome the other. Intimacy may frighten you, so that moving away from the person you love feels easier than facing what you dread. Some people notice that weight around the hips seems to keep a little distance between them and the other.",[318,1399,1400],{},"This can come with a sense of powerlessness, sexual or wider: struggling to accept yourself with your tastes, wishes and pleasures, or no longer feeling able to take your place and to stand up to someone. Rules you set yourself, or took on from society, may keep you from what could bring you pleasure. The question is where you are setting your limits, and whether you are living your life in your head instead of in your feelings.",[338,1402,1404],{"id":1403},"worn-or-weakened-hips","Worn or weakened hips",[318,1406,1407],{},"When the hip wears down or loses bone, it is linked to a shaken sense of security. You feel powerless and no longer dare to move. You may feel emptied, as if you had given a great deal and are now worn out.",[313,1409,1411],{"id":1410},"left-side-or-right-side","Left side or right side?",[318,1413,1414,1415,1419],{},"The side that hurts adds a nuance. In this approach, the right side carries the active, \"masculine\" principle and the left side the receptive, \"feminine\" one, in men and women alike. See ",[357,1416,1418],{"href":1417},"\u002Fguides\u002Fleft-vs-right-side-of-the-body","left and right sides of the body"," for more.",[346,1421,1422,1427],{},[349,1423,1424,1426],{},[352,1425,1302],{}," is linked to decisions and direction: choosing the way, acting on it, and your place at work or towards authority. You may be hesitating to take a step that would assert you.",[349,1428,1429,1431],{},[352,1430,1301],{}," is linked to feelings and receiving: expressing what you feel, following your intuition, and letting yourself be cared for. You may be giving so much that you no longer receive.",[313,1433,407],{"id":406},[318,1435,1436],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for a painful hip. Wear, injury, tendons, bones and the lower back all play a real role, and the warning signs above need a doctor. The emotional perspective invites you to look at how you are moving forward.",[346,1438,1439,1445,1451,1457,1463,1469,1475],{},[349,1440,1441,1444],{},[352,1442,1443],{},"Put down the role of everyone's mother."," You do not have to look after everybody.",[349,1446,1447,1450],{},[352,1448,1449],{},"Let yourself receive."," Accept care, help and love, and let them feed you.",[349,1452,1453,1456],{},[352,1454,1455],{},"Say your needs."," Others cannot meet expectations they have never heard.",[349,1458,1459,1462],{},[352,1460,1461],{},"Be more flexible in how you decide."," A decision does not have to be perfect to be the next right step.",[349,1464,1465,1468],{},[352,1466,1467],{},"Drop the burdens you no longer need."," Lighter responsibilities make choices easier.",[349,1470,1471,1474],{},[352,1472,1473],{},"Look at your limits."," Ask which of your rules protect you, and which only keep you from living.",[349,1476,1477,1480],{},[352,1478,1479],{},"Thank life for what it teaches."," Each experience can help you find your balance and go ahead with trust.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1482},[1483,1484,1492,1493],{"id":1313,"depth":18,"text":1314},{"id":1340,"depth":18,"text":1341,"children":1485},[1486,1487,1488,1489,1490,1491],{"id":1347,"depth":25,"text":1348},{"id":1362,"depth":25,"text":1363},{"id":1369,"depth":25,"text":1370},{"id":1379,"depth":25,"text":1380},{"id":1393,"depth":25,"text":1394},{"id":1403,"depth":25,"text":1404},{"id":1410,"depth":18,"text":1411},{"id":406,"depth":18,"text":407},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of hip pain: left vs right hip, indecision about moving forward, and the right to live for yourself.",[1006,462,1417,1496,1497],"\u002Fguides\u002Flouise-hay-list","\u002Fguides\u002Fspiritual-meaning-of-pain-in-body-parts",[1499,1502],{"name":1500,"url":1501},"NHS: Hip pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fhip-pain\u002F",{"name":1503,"url":1504},"MedlinePlus: Hip Injuries and Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fhipinjuriesanddisorders.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fhips\u002Fhip-pain",[1508,1509,1510,1511,1512,1513],"Which important decision am I holding back from, and what am I afraid of if I take it?","Do I believe I have the right to live for myself, or only to sacrifice myself for others?","Have I been hurt, betrayed or left, and made new rules so it never happens again?","Am I angry that others do not see my needs, while I never say them out loud?","Do I keep a distance from the person I love because closeness frightens me?","Do I feel used up from giving, and do I let myself receive?",[1260,1330,1335,709],[1516,1517],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHip_pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ22350468",{"title":1298,"description":1494},"Hip Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right Hip",[1521,1525,1529],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1522,"pages":1524},[1523],"Hanches (maux de ...)","219–220",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1526,"pages":1528},[1527],"Masculin (principe…)","270–271",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1530,"pages":1532},[1531],"Féminin (principe…)","182–183","conditions\u002Fhips\u002Fhip-pain","Spiritually, hip pain is often linked to hesitating at a turning point. It can point to the question of whether you may live for yourself or must keep sacrificing yourself for others, to rigidity after a hurt, and to feeling worn out from giving.","If this reading resonates with you, a quiet time to feel where you stand and which way you want to go, before you decide, can be a good next step.",[1537,1538,1370,1539,1394,1540],"Indecision","Living for yourself or for others","Unmet needs","Feeling worn out",[1542,1543,1544,1545,1546,1547],"A fall followed by hip or groin pain, being unable to stand or put weight on the leg, or a leg that looks shorter or turned outwards. Call emergency services, as this can be a broken hip.","Hip pain with fever, chills, or a hot, red or swollen joint. This can be an infection.","A child or teenager who limps, refuses to walk, or has hip, thigh or knee pain. This needs a doctor the same day.","Hip pain with numbness, weakness in the leg, or pain that runs below the knee.","Pain that is worse at night, or comes with unexplained weight loss.","Hip pain that has not improved after two weeks, or that makes walking, stairs, putting on socks or sleep difficult.","hZTD6LmbHGcFEIV9I4Nudq2L-ceENzA7iP_LkHLPk5s",{"id":1550,"title":1551,"affirmation":1552,"aka":1553,"area":677,"body":1560,"dateModified":457,"datePublished":457,"description":1868,"extension":459,"group":1869,"guides":1870,"medicalSources":1872,"meta":1879,"navigation":465,"path":1880,"reflectionQuestions":1881,"related":1888,"sameAs":1891,"seo":1894,"seoTitle":1895,"sources":1896,"stem":1899,"summary":1900,"supportIntro":1901,"themes":1902,"whenToSeeADoctor":1908,"__hash__":1916},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain.md","Middle back pain","I let the past rest and come back to a calm here and now. Asking for help is a sign of intelligence, and I allow myself to receive it.",[1554,1555,1556,1557,1558,1559],"Mid back pain","Thoracic back pain","Pain between the shoulder blades","Thoracic spine pain","Dorsal pain","Mal au milieu du dos",{"type":310,"value":1561,"toc":1846},[1562,1566,1569,1575,1581,1585,1588,1591,1595,1601,1605,1608,1612,1618,1622,1625,1629,1639,1649,1653,1656,1662,1666,1669,1675,1679,1686,1697,1701,1708,1711,1715,1718,1727,1731,1737,1740,1744,1747,1759,1763,1766,1773,1777,1780,1790,1793,1797,1800,1803,1805,1808],[313,1563,1565],{"id":1564},"what-middle-back-pain-is","What middle back pain is",[318,1567,1568],{},"Middle back pain is pain in the thoracic spine, the twelve vertebrae between the base of the neck and the bottom of the ribcage, often felt between or below the shoulder blades. This part of the spine is held firmly by the ribs, so it moves less than the neck or the lower back and is injured less often. The vertebrae are numbered T1 to T12; in French they are often called D1 to D12, for \"dorsal\".",[318,1570,1571,1572,1574],{},"Most middle back pain comes from the muscles and ligaments: poor posture, long hours sitting or looking down, lifting or twisting, a strain from sport, or the tight shoulders that come with ",[357,1573,1088],{"href":282},". Other causes include worn joints, a slipped disc (rarely at this level), a fracture from osteoporosis or injury, and shingles before the rash appears. Pain felt in the middle back can also come from organs nearby: the heart, the lungs, the gallbladder, the stomach or the kidneys. That is why pain here with chest pain, breathlessness or fever needs prompt medical attention. Ordinary muscular pain usually improves with gentle movement, heat, simple pain relief and attention to posture.",[318,1576,1577,1578,403],{},"For the back as a whole, see ",[357,1579,1580],{"href":50},"the back",[313,1582,1584],{"id":1583},"the-emotional-meaning-of-middle-back-pain","The emotional meaning of middle back pain",[318,1586,1587],{},"The middle of the back covers the large thoracic region between the heart and the lumbar vertebrae. Spiritually, it is a region of emotional and affective guilt.",[318,1589,1590],{},"Pain here is read as a clear sign of a difficult relationship with life and with the situations you are going through. You often have decisions to make, but you keep doubting them, and doubting that you will be able to stand by them. This part of the back is also tied to the outward movement of your life energy. As you mature and gain experience, qualities such as trust, love and detachment, meaning free will in matters of the heart, are put to the test.",[338,1592,1594],{"id":1593},"guilt-bitterness-and-being-the-pillar","Guilt, bitterness and being the pillar",[318,1596,1597,1598,1600],{},"Back pain in this region, including a rounded back, can carry ",[357,1599,1389],{"href":240}," in situations where you have no reason to feel guilty, bitterness, or low confidence linked to a life that feels very heavy to carry. You may believe you have to be the pillar and keep the existing structure running. You may feel that people are \"always on your back\", or that you are the only one doing everything.",[338,1602,1604],{"id":1603},"powerless-and-needing-help","Powerless, and needing help",[318,1606,1607],{},"Pain in the middle back is also read as a strong sense of powerlessness in front of a current situation that is hard to handle, one where you would need help. Not always knowing where to stand when you have choices to make, you often put others' needs before your own, and bitterness follows. Being touchy can make you close up. Despair can appear when you do not feel supported enough emotionally, and insecurity adds to it.",[338,1609,1611],{"id":1610},"living-in-the-past","Living in the past",[318,1613,1614,1615,1617],{},"You tend to hold back your emotions and live a great deal in the past. You stay attached to it and go round in circles, feeling unsteady and ",[357,1616,1358],{"href":204},", with a troubled conscience. The aim, spiritually, is a more active expression of the energy of life through you.",[313,1619,1621],{"id":1620},"what-each-vertebra-may-suggest","What each vertebra may suggest",[318,1623,1624],{},"The twelve thoracic vertebrae each carry a nuance of their own. If a doctor, osteopath or physiotherapist has named the level of your pain, these are questions to explore, not conclusions.",[338,1626,1628],{"id":1627},"t1-d1-pushing-to-the-limit","T1 (D1): pushing to the limit",[318,1630,1631,1632,1635,1636,1638],{},"The first thoracic vertebra is read as reacting strongly when you push yourself to the end of your mental, physical or emotional strength, at work, in sport or anywhere else. It is also said to dislike any \"boost\", from alcohol or another drug. Your sensitivity is raw. You feel ",[357,1633,1634],{"href":201},"anguish"," and build ways to protect yourself so as not to be hurt: coldness, or wounding words that keep people at a distance. Withdrawing stops anyone from \"getting in\" or having too much power over you. Some people read weight gain in the same way, as a protection that takes up more room. It can also hide a ",[357,1637,759],{"href":285}," that grows stronger when you fear losing people's love.",[318,1640,1641,1642,1644,1645,1648],{},"You may be uncompromising, with little patience for disorder. Fear of losing someone's love, or the death of someone close, can freeze you, so you do not dare to act or take your place. The risk is curling up on yourself, turning dark thoughts over and condemning yourself for past experiences. This vertebra is linked to the arms from the elbows to the fingertips, and to breathing troubles such as a ",[357,1643,748],{"href":747}," or ",[357,1646,1647],{"href":632},"asthma",". The invitation is to open to love, welcoming and respecting who you are.",[338,1650,1652],{"id":1651},"t2-d2-emotions-that-are-stifled","T2 (D2): emotions that are stifled",[318,1654,1655],{},"The second vertebra is read as an alarm bell that rings quickly when your emotions are touched. If you build up feelings and smother them, back pain is the message. It reacts when you feel you have no place in life or in society, that life is unfair and you are its victim. Family conflict and disharmony are lived intensely, and you feel oppressed and stifled, emotionally as much as physically.",[318,1657,1658,1659,1661],{},"Ask what your place is within your family, and especially with your father. Was there a great lack there? Are you carrying too much of the family's safety on your shoulders? Old ",[357,1660,553],{"href":270}," may have built up, and you may keep stirring old memories instead of looking at the future with confidence. A new situation can bring fear of the unknown: will there be too much responsibility, will anyone support you? If you doubt yourself, you may play the tough one and become controlling, while trembling inside. Irritability and mood swings follow, and you prefer to keep others away so they cannot hurt you. This vertebra is linked to the heart and the lungs, and to a heart that has closed because you no longer want to suffer. The invitation is to learn to ask, to trust yourself to meet new challenges, and to let the past go.",[338,1663,1665],{"id":1664},"t3-d3-what-you-perceive-and-cannot-accept","T3 (D3): what you perceive and cannot accept",[318,1667,1668],{},"The third vertebra is linked mainly to the lungs and the chest. It is read as reacting to whatever you perceive through your senses that does not sit right with you. Very sensitive to your surroundings, you have built a system of right and wrong, acceptable and unacceptable, and you can become rigid in it. You may judge anyone or anything that does not fit your idea of what is proper, especially a mother who was missing. Injustice can make you angry, even violent.",[318,1670,1671,1672,1674],{},"You may also build a \"script\" in your head that distorts reality, because you fear seeing it as it is and because it depresses you. Excessive fears can follow, the wish to live fades, and you no longer feel safe. ",[357,1673,272],{"href":273}," can take over, low mood sets in, and you want to cut yourself off from a world that brings only pain, frustration and worry. Grief stifles you, and you withdraw and push your emotions down. The invitation is to see life in a new light: the world is not perfect, and each situation holds something to learn.",[338,1676,1678],{"id":1677},"t4-d4-desires-and-the-search-for-excitement","T4 (D4): desires and the search for excitement",[318,1680,1681,1682,1685],{},"The fourth vertebra relates to pleasures, desires and temptations that often go unmet. Your expectations may be out of proportion, and you become irritable and angry because your wishes are not granted and life seems unfair. Underneath lies a great emptiness, often an emotional one, with a pull towards ",[357,1683,1684],{"href":228},"depression",". To bring some spice into life you may seek excitement, through extreme sports or through drugs, and take refuge in an imaginary world.",[318,1687,1688,1689,1691,1692,1696],{},"The emotions you tried to escape are still there. You may look free and yet be imprisoned in ",[357,1690,549],{"href":198},", sorrow, frustration and bitterness, and in a fear of being smothered by other people's love, which you never learned to recognise or accept. You need to be loved so much, and still you push people away and condemn them. The deepest betrayal is the one turned against yourself, which takes you away from your purpose. This vertebra is linked to the ",[357,1693,1695],{"href":1694},"\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder\u002Fgallstones","gallbladder"," and the liver. The invitation is to recognise and accept your emotions so that you can live your life fully.",[338,1698,1700],{"id":1699},"t5-d5-losing-control","T5 (D5): losing control",[318,1702,1703,1704,1707],{},"The fifth vertebra is read as reacting when you feel you are losing control and your power is outside you. You feel unsettled, rage rumbles inside, and panic can come. This often happens in close relationships: a partner, a family member, a close friend. Control can hide behind \"wanting to help\" or \"guiding\" someone, while keeping the position of strength. When things do not go your way, frustration, criticism and ",[357,1705,1706],{"href":246},"impatience"," follow.",[318,1709,1710],{},"You may want to look tough, broad-backed, able to take anything, while knowing you are carrying too much. Insecurity, anguish and revolt follow, and you blame those around you. You may not feel part of your family, and feel guilty because you could help them more and cannot. Great ambitions can lead you away from your deeper values, into relationships that disappoint because simple love is missing. You dwell on the negative, live in your head and your structures, and bury yourself in work. This vertebra is linked to the liver and the circulation. The invitation is to listen inside, return to your real values, and let calm and true love come back.",[338,1712,1714],{"id":1713},"t6-d6-self-judgement-and-guilt","T6 (D6): self-judgement and guilt",[318,1716,1717],{},"The sixth vertebra is read as reacting when you criticise and judge yourself harshly. You may have grown up in a strict, unbending home where rules had to be followed to the letter. Now you feel a crisis of conscience whenever you want to please yourself or take time for yourself: it is \"not right\", you \"do not deserve it\". You analyse every gesture, word and thought to make sure you are \"correct\", cut off from your body and living in your head.",[318,1719,1720,1722,1723,1726],{},[357,1721,239],{"href":240}," gnaws from the inside, anguish is present, and you punish yourself by cutting yourself off. Accepting yourself as you are is hard. You may feel a victim of life, see events as punishments and injustices rather than chances to grow, and refuse new experiences. Frustration, resentment and ",[357,1724,1725],{"href":249},"jealousy"," can follow. This vertebra is linked to the stomach and the gallbladder. The invitation is to be more flexible and permissive with yourself, and to look for what each event teaches you.",[338,1728,1730],{"id":1729},"t7-d7-the-relentless-worker","T7 (D7): the relentless worker",[318,1732,1733,1734,1736],{},"The seventh vertebra is read as a relentless worker. If you push yourself to extremes and ignore your body's need to rest, it raises the alarm. Overwork may be a way to forget or flee someone or something, or to forget money or relationship worries. If you stop, discouragement and dissatisfaction may resurface. A great deal of anger and ",[357,1735,1130],{"href":192}," builds up, as if life had nothing good to offer. You resist, dig your heels in, and stay fixed on obsessive ideas.",[318,1738,1739],{},"You may hold back your hopes, your spontaneity and your creativity, not knowing how to meet them. Letting others tell you how to live leaves you anguished and vulnerable, not in charge of your own life, while family quarrels you feel responsible for wear you down. This vertebra is linked to the pancreas and the duodenum. The invitation is to appreciate what you have and who you are, to take time for yourself, to let yourself feel sorrow, disappointment and fear instead of letting them boil inside, and to tidy your inner house as you go.",[338,1741,1743],{"id":1742},"t8-and-t9-d8-d9-control-and-the-glass-bubble","T8 and T9 (D8, D9): control and the glass bubble",[318,1745,1746],{},"The eighth and ninth vertebrae sit at the level of the diaphragm and are read together. They are touched mainly by insecurity rooted in the fear of losing control over a situation or a person. You feel safer when you direct every part of your life and know exactly what to expect. Uncertainty makes you keep everything inside, in a glass bubble where nothing has to be questioned or changed. When that balance is disturbed, these vertebrae curl up in fear, you withdraw, and you push your emotions and your inner strength down.",[318,1748,1749,1750,550,1752,1754,1755,1758],{},"T8 points more to a haunting fear of failure and something unresolved in the family. T9 is linked to taking on the role of the victim. Despair can come, with a weariness of living, because you do not know which direction to take and are afraid of getting it wrong. You hesitate partly because you hold on to the past and fear ",[357,1751,763],{"href":189},[357,1753,394],{"href":267},". Seeing light at the end of the tunnel is hard. Spiritually, the way through is trust in life and letting go of control: by letting go you gain mastery of your life. T8 is linked to the diaphragm and the spleen, T9 to allergies, the adrenal glands and ",[357,1756,1757],{"href":943},"hives",". The invitation is to let your gentle, deep nature come forward, and to let the child in you live alongside the adult who now takes care of it.",[338,1760,1762],{"id":1761},"t10-d10-feeling-disarmed","T10 (D10): feeling disarmed",[318,1764,1765],{},"The tenth vertebra is read as reflecting a deep insecurity in front of which you feel disarmed, without resources. Confidence is at its lowest, and you may reach for \"a little pick-me-up\", often more alcohol or another drug than usual, to find courage and forget your worries. When it wears off, the everyday troubles are still there and life looks darker. You see everything in black, refuse life and feel sorry for yourself.",[318,1767,1768,1769,1772],{},"You worry over nothing and become angry without being able to show it, so your sensitivity becomes raw and small things set you off, sometimes aggressively. You stand in front of nothing and do not know which way to go or which choices are right. Feeling a victim of circumstances keeps you from taking your life in hand. Being bogged down in emotions makes communication hard, and you look for your place without finding it. This vertebra is linked to the ",[357,1770,1771],{"href":78},"kidneys",", read as the seat of fear. The invitation is to trust yourself, see the beauty around you and inside you, find the courage to ask for help, and take back the reins of your life.",[338,1774,1776],{"id":1775},"t11-d11-a-distorted-self-image","T11 (D11): a distorted self-image",[318,1778,1779],{},"The eleventh vertebra is read as reacting when the nervous system is under strain. Great sensitivity on every level leads you to bend reality so as to suffer less, shaping it the way you want. You may see yourself as ugly, unattractive, full of faults, and that very negative self-image makes lasting relationships hard because the fear of rejection is so great. You cut yourself off because you feel invaded and no longer know what belongs to you.",[318,1781,1782,1783,550,1786,1789],{},"This cannot last, and sooner or later reality returns, bringing an inner tension that can become unbearable. You may feel wounded, powerless to change things, afraid of the future, and not up to the perfect image you want to give. You may dwell on the negative and find it hard to make the effort to get out of it, as if stuck in passivity. This vertebra is linked to the kidneys and to skin conditions such as ",[357,1784,1785],{"href":922},"eczema",[357,1787,1788],{"href":933},"acne",". The invitation is to accept that change asks for effort and for help, to reconnect with your inner strength, and to let your creative energy flow.",[318,1791,1792],{},"If that tension ever turns into thoughts of ending your life, please do not stay alone with it. Call emergency services or a crisis line straight away.",[338,1794,1796],{"id":1795},"t12-d12-a-closed-world","T12 (D12): a closed world",[318,1798,1799],{},"The twelfth vertebra is read as affected when you live in a closed world, folded in on yourself. You tend to criticise, judge and jump to conclusions, not because you checked but because your impressions can mislead you and you read them your own way. A lot of anger gnaws at you from the inside. Your mind is very busy and your sensitivity raw. You build castles in the air and invent scenarios that let you avoid your responsibilities.",[318,1801,1802],{},"Finding it hard to deal with the people around you, you live with a great deal of insecurity and perfectionism. Dark thoughts can take hold, and envy of what others have. You suffocate under aggressiveness, sorrow and a feeling of abandonment, and wear a mask to protect yourself from more disappointment, especially in love. This vertebra is linked to the intestines, the joints, the lymphatic circulation and sometimes the fallopian tubes. The invitation is to communicate, and to go and check with the people concerned to clear away doubt and insecurity, so you see more clearly and calm can settle.",[313,1804,407],{"id":406},[318,1806,1807],{},"Middle back pain usually has a muscular cause, and pain here with chest symptoms always needs a doctor first. The emotional perspective asks what you are carrying between your shoulder blades.",[346,1809,1810,1816,1822,1828,1834,1840],{},[349,1811,1812,1815],{},[352,1813,1814],{},"Be clear with yourself and others."," Say what is true now, without carrying the feelings of a limping past into it.",[349,1817,1818,1821],{},[352,1819,1820],{},"Ask for help."," Needing help and encouragement is not shameful. It is an intelligent step that lets you move forward.",[349,1823,1824,1827],{},[352,1825,1826],{},"Put the pillar down for a moment."," Notice where you are holding everything up alone, and what could be shared.",[349,1829,1830,1833],{},[352,1831,1832],{},"Separate real guilt from borrowed guilt."," Ask whether you are actually responsible for what you feel guilty about.",[349,1835,1836,1839],{},[352,1837,1838],{},"Watch the ego and the fears."," Remember your own identity, and notice when fear is steering.",[349,1841,1842,1845],{},[352,1843,1844],{},"Turn inward."," Meditation or contemplation is a way to listen to the part of you that keeps watch, and many answers can come from there.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1847},[1848,1849,1854,1867],{"id":1564,"depth":18,"text":1565},{"id":1583,"depth":18,"text":1584,"children":1850},[1851,1852,1853],{"id":1593,"depth":25,"text":1594},{"id":1603,"depth":25,"text":1604},{"id":1610,"depth":25,"text":1611},{"id":1620,"depth":18,"text":1621,"children":1855},[1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866],{"id":1627,"depth":25,"text":1628},{"id":1651,"depth":25,"text":1652},{"id":1664,"depth":25,"text":1665},{"id":1677,"depth":25,"text":1678},{"id":1699,"depth":25,"text":1700},{"id":1713,"depth":25,"text":1714},{"id":1729,"depth":25,"text":1730},{"id":1742,"depth":25,"text":1743},{"id":1761,"depth":25,"text":1762},{"id":1775,"depth":25,"text":1776},{"id":1795,"depth":25,"text":1796},{"id":406,"depth":18,"text":407},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of middle back pain: guilt, the past, feeling unsupported, and what each thoracic vertebra may be carrying.","middle-back",[1871,1006,1496,1497],"\u002Fguides\u002Fcan-emotions-cause-physical-pain",[1873,1876],{"name":1874,"url":1875},"NHS: Back pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fback-pain\u002F",{"name":1877,"url":1878},"MedlinePlus: Back Pain","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fbackpain.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain",[1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887],"Where do I feel guilty in a situation that is not mine to feel guilty about?","Which part of my past do I keep turning over instead of living today?","Do I believe I have to be the pillar, and that I am the only one doing everything?","Which decision am I doubting, and am I afraid I will not be able to stand by it?","Where do I put other people's needs before mine, and then feel bitter?","What help do I need right now, and what stops me from asking for it?",[1889,709,1890],"\u002Fback\u002Fupper-back-and-neck-pain","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fangina",[1892,1893],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMiddle_back_pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ6841655",{"title":1551,"description":1868},"Middle Back Pain Spiritual Meaning: Vertebra by Vertebra",[1897],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":1898,"pages":855},[854],"conditions\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain","Spiritually, middle back pain is often linked to emotional guilt, to a past you keep going back to, and to feeling that you must be the pillar with no one to support you. Each of the twelve thoracic vertebrae adds its own nuance.","If this reading resonates with you, a quiet moment of meditation or contemplation each day, to listen to what is going on inside, can be a good next step.",[1903,1904,1905,674,1906,1907],"Emotional guilt","Holding on to the past","Being the pillar","Control and insecurity","Asking for help",[1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915],"Pain between the shoulder blades or in the middle of the back with chest pain, breathlessness, sweating, nausea or pain in the arm or jaw. Call emergency services, as this can be a heart attack.","Sudden, severe tearing pain in the chest or back. Call emergency services.","Middle back pain with fever, a cough, or pain that worsens when you breathe in.","Pain under the right shoulder blade after eating, with yellow skin or eyes, or pain in the side with fever or blood in the urine.","Back pain after a fall or injury, or with numbness, weakness, or loss of bladder or bowel control.","Pain that is constant, wakes you at night, or comes with unexplained weight loss or a history of cancer.","If you are having thoughts of ending your life, call emergency services or a crisis line now. In the UK you can call Samaritans on 116 123.","RxEEBVsZyV6YvCr9NcR8qz5UlBnCyH8OWeqWsG3ryq4",{"id":1918,"title":1919,"affirmation":1920,"aka":1921,"area":879,"body":1926,"dateModified":457,"datePublished":457,"description":2052,"extension":459,"group":2053,"guides":2054,"medicalSources":2055,"meta":2062,"navigation":465,"path":2063,"reflectionQuestions":2064,"related":2071,"sameAs":2074,"seo":2077,"seoTitle":2078,"sources":2079,"stem":2084,"summary":2085,"supportIntro":2086,"themes":2087,"whenToSeeADoctor":2092,"__hash__":2098},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fskin\u002Fvitiligo.md","Vitiligo","My life matters. I am safe being myself, and I let no one harm me.",[1922,1923,1924,1925],"White patches on skin","Leucoderma","Leukoderma","Skin depigmentation",{"type":310,"value":1927,"toc":2039},[1928,1932,1935,1938,1941,1945,1948,1952,1955,1959,1962,1966,1969,1973,1981,1985,1988,1992,1998,2002,2005,2007],[313,1929,1931],{"id":1930},"what-vitiligo-is","What vitiligo is",[318,1933,1934],{},"Vitiligo is a long-term condition in which patches of skin lose their colour and turn white, because the cells that make pigment (melanocytes) stop working or are destroyed. The patches can appear anywhere, often on the face, hands, around the eyes and mouth, and in skin folds. Hair growing in a patch can turn white too.",[318,1936,1937],{},"Vitiligo is not contagious and not dangerous in itself. In most people it is thought to be an autoimmune condition, where the immune system attacks the pigment cells, and it is more common in people with a family history or with other autoimmune conditions such as thyroid disease. It is visible on all skin tones but more noticeable on darker skin, and it can have a heavy effect on confidence and wellbeing.",[318,1939,1940],{},"There is no cure, but treatments can slow the spread or bring back some colour: creams that calm the immune response, light therapy (phototherapy), and newer medicines prescribed by a dermatologist. Sun protection matters, because white patches burn easily. Camouflage make-up and psychological support are also part of good care.",[313,1942,1944],{"id":1943},"the-emotional-meaning-of-vitiligo","The emotional meaning of vitiligo",[318,1946,1947],{},"Spiritually, vitiligo speaks of identity: who am I, and where do I belong? The white patches are read as a part of you that has gone missing, faded out, or been hidden.",[338,1949,1951],{"id":1950},"no-longer-feeling-part-of-things","No longer feeling part of things",[318,1953,1954],{},"Vitiligo is linked to feeling unconcerned by the people and things around you, as if you had lost your identity. There may be no sense of belonging to your family, community, colleagues or people. You are there, but you do not feel you are part of it.",[338,1956,1958],{"id":1957},"feeling-stained","Feeling stained",[318,1960,1961],{},"Another thread is the feeling of having been marked, a sense of impurity you want to wipe away. Symbolically, instead of a dark stain you end up with a white one: the wish to be spotless, \"white as snow\", innocent as a child, never caught in the wrong. Some people link this feeling to an experience that left them feeling soiled. If that experience was abuse, it was not your fault, and you deserve support from someone trained to help.",[338,1963,1965],{"id":1964},"drained-and-wanting-to-disappear","Drained and wanting to disappear",[318,1967,1968],{},"You may feel \"bled white\", as if all your physical and emotional resources had been drawn out of you. Wanting to become transparent, to go unnoticed, to be free of every problem, can follow. You hide in order to protect yourself.",[338,1970,1972],{"id":1971},"a-separation-you-could-not-stop","A separation you could not stop",[318,1974,1975,1976,550,1978,1980],{},"Vitiligo is also linked to being separated, brutally, from one or more people you love. You could not stop it, even if not stopping it avoided something worse. Their absence weighs on you. The separation shakes a strong sense of duty and tradition: your roots and the structures of your life are overturned, and you may feel defeated. Read ",[357,1977,402],{"href":237},[357,1979,763],{"href":189}," if this sounds close.",[338,1982,1984],{"id":1983},"the-father-and-lost-bearings","The father and lost bearings",[318,1986,1987],{},"Often this tear involves the father, or whoever represents him, and sometimes, more subtly, the God you believe in. You may feel you have lost your bearings and his protection, as if he had become a stranger. A man may try to become a father modelled on someone else rather than on himself. A constant need to work things out can come from this loss of reference points. From there, you may blame and run yourself down, hoping that if you could be \"cleared of all suspicion\" you would get your dignity back.",[338,1989,1991],{"id":1990},"a-self-built-to-please","A self built to please",[318,1993,1994,1995,1997],{},"Vitiligo also sits with a contradiction between what you were taught and your own values. You say no to a part of yourself, often the impulsive and creative side. Your sensitivity was hurt in childhood, and you still feel defenceless, so you built a personality designed to please and to avoid being hurt. Your mouth stays sealed. Underneath, there can be fierce ",[357,1996,549],{"href":198}," at not being understood. You lose sight of what you want because what others expect takes up all the room. Some people also carry, from childhood, the feeling of having been a burden or a worry to their parents.",[313,1999,2001],{"id":2000},"what-the-location-may-suggest","What the location may suggest",[318,2003,2004],{},"The place where the patches appear points to the part of yourself that feels concerned: the face to identity and how you meet others, the hands to what you do and give, and so on. A part of you is hidden, cut off from the whole, kept in the dark.",[313,2006,407],{"id":406},[346,2008,2009,2015,2021,2027,2033],{},[349,2010,2011,2014],{},[352,2012,2013],{},"Recognise that your life matters."," Not only once you are spotless, but now, as you are.",[349,2016,2017,2020],{},[352,2018,2019],{},"Reconnect with your own nature."," Notice one value, taste or wish that is truly yours, and give it a little room.",[349,2022,2023,2026],{},[352,2024,2025],{},"Let the separation be grieved."," Name the people you lost and how it happened. Speaking with someone you trust can help.",[349,2028,2029,2032],{},[352,2030,2031],{},"Put down the guilt that is not yours."," Being a child who needed care was never a fault.",[349,2034,2035,2038],{},[352,2036,2037],{},"Let yourself be safe as yourself."," Practise saying what you want and refusing what hurts you. When you respect yourself, others tend to follow.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2040},[2041,2042,2050,2051],{"id":1930,"depth":18,"text":1931},{"id":1943,"depth":18,"text":1944,"children":2043},[2044,2045,2046,2047,2048,2049],{"id":1950,"depth":25,"text":1951},{"id":1957,"depth":25,"text":1958},{"id":1964,"depth":25,"text":1965},{"id":1971,"depth":25,"text":1972},{"id":1983,"depth":25,"text":1984},{"id":1990,"depth":25,"text":1991},{"id":2000,"depth":18,"text":2001},{"id":406,"depth":18,"text":407},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of vitiligo: lost identity and belonging, a brutal separation, feeling stained and the wish to disappear.","growths-and-pigment",[],[2056,2059],{"name":2057,"url":2058},"NHS: Vitiligo","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fvitiligo\u002F",{"name":2060,"url":2061},"MedlinePlus: Vitiligo","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fvitiligo.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fskin\u002Fvitiligo",[2065,2066,2067,2068,2069,2070],"Where do I feel I no longer belong, in my family, my work or my community?","Was I separated from someone I love in a way I could not prevent?","Do I carry a feeling of being soiled or at fault that I have never put into words?","Have I lost my bearings with my father, or with whoever stood in for him?","Which part of me, perhaps my spontaneous or creative side, have I hidden to be accepted?","Do I still feel, deep down, that I was a burden to my parents?",[1078,2072,2073],"\u002Fthyroid\u002Fhyperthyroidism","\u002Fskin\u002Fpsoriasis",[2075,2076],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVitiligo","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ180152",{"title":1919,"description":2052},"Vitiligo Spiritual Meaning: Identity, Belonging and Loss",[2080],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":2081,"pages":2083},[2082],"Peau — Vitiligo","338–339","conditions\u002Fskin\u002Fvitiligo","Spiritually, vitiligo is often linked to a loss of identity and belonging, to a separation that came brutally, and to a feeling of having been stained that makes you want to become invisible, \"white as snow\".","If this reading resonates with you, a quiet moment to reconnect with who you are, apart from what others expect, can be a good next step.",[2088,2089,1958,2090,1984,2091],"Identity and belonging","A brutal separation","The wish to disappear","Living for others' expectations",[2093,2094,2095,2096,2097],"New pale or white patches on the skin, to confirm the diagnosis and rule out other causes such as a fungal infection.","Patches that spread quickly, or appear with tiredness, weight change, feeling cold or hot, or other signs of a thyroid problem. Vitiligo is often tested alongside thyroid function.","Sunburn on the white patches. They have no pigment to protect them, so use high-factor sun protection.","Vitiligo that affects your mood, confidence or social life. Treatment and psychological support are available.","If a treatment was prescribed, use it as directed and do not stop it without speaking to your doctor.","WUgsCutY6kcydotc59YZixLDwz9_fShtkRg5uQ84CSE",[2100,2334,2561],{"id":2101,"title":29,"body":2102,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":2278,"datePublished":2278,"description":30,"extension":459,"groups":2279,"guides":2300,"icon":32,"medicalSources":2301,"meta":2302,"navigation":465,"order":33,"path":31,"reflectionQuestions":2303,"seo":2310,"seoTitle":2311,"sources":2312,"stem":2319,"themes":2320,"whenToSeeADoctor":2326,"__hash__":2333},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation.md",{"type":310,"value":2103,"toc":2266},[2104,2107,2110,2120,2124,2127,2130,2133,2137,2141,2144,2148,2151,2155,2158,2162,2175,2179,2182,2186,2189,2215,2219,2225,2228],[318,2105,2106],{},"Your heart beats around 100,000 times a day. It pumps blood through a network of arteries, veins and tiny capillaries that, laid end to end, would circle the Earth more than twice. Through this circulation, every cell in your body receives the oxygen and nutrients it needs, and releases what it no longer needs.",[318,2108,2109],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, the heart is associated with love: our capacity to love, to be loved and to love ourselves. Blood represents joy of living, and circulation represents the way love, energy and life flow through us. When the heart or circulation is affected, it can be an invitation to look at how freely love moves in our life.",[2111,2112,2113],"note",{},[318,2114,2115,2116,2119],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have chest pain, breathlessness, ",[357,2117,2118],{"href":630},"palpitations"," or any circulation problem, see a doctor. In an emergency, call emergency services.",[313,2121,2123],{"id":2122},"what-your-heart-and-circulation-represent","What your heart and circulation represent",[318,2125,2126],{},"In this reading, the heart symbolises home. It represents love, joy, vitality and security. Its energy radiates throughout the body, and it works like an energetic pump that makes life circulate. Symbolically, the right side of the heart is linked to the father and the left side to the mother. A calm, gentle heart rhythm is often seen as the sign of a person who is at peace inside.",[318,2128,2129],{},"Blood is compared to the fuel of a vehicle: to work well, it must be clean and flow freely. It represents joy of living and the energy that circulates in us. It also carries our genetic heritage, which links it to our family, our \"bloodline\" and our clan.",[318,2131,2132],{},"Circulation is the network that distributes love, joy and life to every part of our being, without discrimination. It is often read as the reflection of our desire to evolve.",[313,2134,2136],{"id":2135},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[338,2138,2140],{"id":2139},"loving-yourself-and-receiving-love","Loving yourself and receiving love",[318,2142,2143],{},"Heart problems are often associated with a basic question about love: either we do not love ourselves enough, or we do not feel we receive enough love from others or from life. Guilt can quietly play a part, making us feel unworthy of love.",[338,2145,2147],{"id":2146},"heartbreak-and-taking-life-too-seriously","Heartbreak and taking life too seriously",[318,2149,2150],{},"The heart may react when we feel as if our heart has been \"torn out\", when we feel not nourished enough by the love of others, or when we take life too seriously.",[338,2152,2154],{"id":2153},"love-that-no-longer-flows","Love that no longer flows",[318,2156,2157],{},"Poor circulation is often read as love that is blocked. We may find it hard to express our feelings, or feel in conflict with love. When a situation affects us emotionally, we may withdraw from it because we do not have enough energy to move forward. We may also protect ourselves from emotions that feel too intense to bear.",[338,2159,2161],{"id":2160},"joy-of-living","Joy of living",[318,2163,2164,2165,2167,2168,2171,2172,2174],{},"When joy of living fades, circulation may slow down too. ",[357,2166,272],{"href":273},", severe self-criticism, ",[357,2169,2170],{"href":294},"worries",", tiredness or ",[357,2173,549],{"href":198}," can make everything \"freeze\". So can over-excitement or obsession. In this reading, life needs projects, ideas and sensations to circulate.",[338,2176,2178],{"id":2177},"family-and-belonging","Family and belonging",[318,2180,2181],{},"Because blood carries our heritage, blood problems can invite us to look at our relationships with our family. Is there a conflict with a relative? Do we sometimes feel like a stranger in our own clan?",[313,2183,2185],{"id":2184},"reading-the-signs-where-circulation-is-affected","Reading the signs: where circulation is affected",[318,2187,2188],{},"In this approach, where circulation problems appear can add nuance. Take these as questions to explore:",[346,2190,2191,2197,2203,2209],{},[349,2192,2193,2196],{},[352,2194,2195],{},"The legs"," relate to our emotional direction, and to the emotions we can rely on and care about.",[349,2198,2199,2202],{},[352,2200,2201],{},"The hands"," relate to expressing our emotions, and sometimes to a wish to stop what we are doing.",[349,2204,2205,2208],{},[352,2206,2207],{},"Cold hands or feet"," may point to withdrawing from full emotional participation in life, as if we were keeping our distance.",[349,2210,2211,2214],{},[352,2212,2213],{},"A blood clot"," may relate to a well-kept secret, or to a feeling of having been betrayed, where emotions hardened instead of flowing.",[313,2216,2218],{"id":2217},"caring-for-your-heart-from-the-inside","Caring for your heart from the inside",[318,2220,2221,2222],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Genetics, age, diet, tobacco, activity levels and many medical factors play a real role in heart and circulation problems. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[1120,2223,2224],{},"how freely does love flow in my life?",[318,2226,2227],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[346,2229,2230,2236,2242,2248,2254,2260],{},[349,2231,2232,2235],{},[352,2233,2234],{},"Open yourself to love."," Let others show you affection, and notice when you push it away.",[349,2237,2238,2241],{},[352,2239,2240],{},"Stop criticising yourself."," Harsh self-judgment weighs on the heart.",[349,2243,2244,2247],{},[352,2245,2246],{},"Forgive yourself."," The more we forgive ourselves, the more easily we can accept love from others.",[349,2249,2250,2253],{},[352,2251,2252],{},"Focus on compassion."," Attention to love, compassion and forgiveness is said to help the heart work in joy and peace.",[349,2255,2256,2259],{},[352,2257,2258],{},"Let life circulate."," Keep projects, ideas and new experiences moving in your life.",[349,2261,2262,2265],{},[352,2263,2264],{},"Look after your heart physically."," Regular movement, good food, sleep and not smoking are some of the best gifts you can give it.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2267},[2268,2269,2276,2277],{"id":2122,"depth":18,"text":2123},{"id":2135,"depth":18,"text":2136,"children":2270},[2271,2272,2273,2274,2275],{"id":2139,"depth":25,"text":2140},{"id":2146,"depth":25,"text":2147},{"id":2153,"depth":25,"text":2154},{"id":2160,"depth":25,"text":2161},{"id":2177,"depth":25,"text":2178},{"id":2184,"depth":18,"text":2185},{"id":2217,"depth":18,"text":2218},"2026-09-30",[2280,2284,2288,2292,2296],{"id":2281,"title":2282,"description":2283},"blood-pressure","Blood pressure","Blood pressure problems, often linked to accumulated emotions, control and the pressure we put on ourselves.",{"id":2285,"title":2286,"description":2287},"veins-and-circulation","Veins and circulation","Circulation and vein problems, often linked to joy of living, direction in life and the flow of love.",{"id":2289,"title":2290,"description":2291},"blood","Blood","The blood as joy of living, and what a lack of joy, or a joy that cannot circulate, may be asking.",{"id":2293,"title":2294,"description":2295},"heart-rhythm","Heart rhythm","Palpitations and a heart that beats too fast, too slow or out of step, read as a call about love, choice and the pace of a life.",{"id":2297,"title":2298,"description":2299},"heart","The heart","Chest pain and a heart under strain, read as love taken too much to heart, and a joy that has stopped moving.",[1006],[],{},[2304,2305,2306,2307,2308,2309],"Do I love myself enough, and do I feel loved by others?","Am I taking life too seriously at the moment?","Is there guilt that makes me feel unworthy of love?","Is love flowing freely in my life, or have I closed myself off to avoid being hurt?","Where has my joy of living gone, and what could bring it back?","Is there a conflict with a member of my family that still weighs on me?",{"title":29,"description":30},"Heart Problems: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[2313],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":2314,"pages":2318},[2315,2316,2317],"Cœur (en général)","Sang (en général)","Sang — Circulation sanguine","114, 373, 376–377","areas\u002Fheart-and-circulation",[2321,2161,2322,2323,2324,2325],"Love","Self-love","Pressure","Giving and receiving","Forgiveness",[2327,2328,2329,2330,2331,2332],"Chest pain, pressure or tightness, especially spreading to the arm, jaw or back. Call emergency services.","Sudden breathlessness, fainting or a very fast or irregular heartbeat. Call emergency services.","Weakness on one side of the body, facial drooping or difficulty speaking. Call emergency services.","A painful, swollen, warm leg, especially in the calf.","Swollen ankles, breathlessness when lying down or unusual tiredness.","Regular blood pressure checks, even if you feel well.","SYkp3mrp523EKoirfYz4gjHUoPC31OVer_pZHZ9EXoM",{"id":2335,"title":37,"body":2336,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":2278,"datePublished":2278,"description":38,"extension":459,"groups":2517,"guides":2526,"icon":40,"medicalSources":2527,"meta":2528,"navigation":465,"order":41,"path":39,"reflectionQuestions":2529,"seo":2536,"seoTitle":2537,"sources":2538,"stem":2546,"themes":2547,"whenToSeeADoctor":2553,"__hash__":2560},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fdigestive-system.md",{"type":310,"value":2337,"toc":2504},[2338,2344,2347,2352,2356,2359,2362,2365,2367,2371,2374,2378,2381,2385,2394,2398,2401,2405,2411,2415,2418,2422,2425,2451,2455,2461,2463],[318,2339,2340,2341,2343],{},"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 ",[357,2342,1088],{"href":282}," and emotions, which is why we speak of \"gut feelings\" and \"butterflies in the stomach\".",[318,2345,2346],{},"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.",[2111,2348,2349],{},[318,2350,2351],{},"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.",[313,2353,2355],{"id":2354},"what-your-digestive-system-represents","What your digestive system represents",[318,2357,2358],{},"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.",[318,2360,2361],{},"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.",[318,2363,2364],{},"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.",[313,2366,2136],{"id":2135},[338,2368,2370],{"id":2369},"what-we-cannot-digest","What we cannot digest",[318,2372,2373],{},"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.",[338,2375,2377],{"id":2376},"too-much-at-once","Too much at once",[318,2379,2380],{},"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.",[338,2382,2384],{"id":2383},"refusing-what-is-new","Refusing what is new",[318,2386,2387,2388,2390,2391,2393],{},"The stomach is linked to our openness. When we reject new ideas or new situations, the stomach may reject food in turn. ",[357,2389,203],{"href":204},", insecurity and ",[357,2392,1130],{"href":192}," can turn the stomach upside down.",[338,2395,2397],{"id":2396},"a-low-blow","A \"low blow\"",[318,2399,2400],{},"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.",[338,2402,2404],{"id":2403},"holding-on-and-control","Holding on and control",[318,2406,2407,2408,2410],{},"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 ",[357,2409,1725],{"href":249}," or possessiveness, and the bowel becomes congested with what we keep and no longer need.",[338,2412,2414],{"id":2413},"the-belly-and-relationships","The belly and relationships",[318,2416,2417],{},"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.",[313,2419,2421],{"id":2420},"reading-the-signs-which-part-is-affected","Reading the signs: which part is affected",[318,2423,2424],{},"In this approach, the part of the digestive system that is affected can add nuance. Take these as questions to explore:",[346,2426,2427,2433,2439,2445],{},[349,2428,2429,2432],{},[352,2430,2431],{},"The stomach"," relates to how we absorb our reality and how open we are to new ideas.",[349,2434,2435,2438],{},[352,2436,2437],{},"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.",[349,2440,2441,2444],{},[352,2442,2443],{},"The large intestine"," relates to letting go, spontaneity and the ability to turn the page.",[349,2446,2447,2450],{},[352,2448,2449],{},"The belly as a whole"," relates to our relationships and to our deepest intentions.",[313,2452,2454],{"id":2453},"caring-for-your-digestion-from-the-inside","Caring for your digestion from the inside",[318,2456,2457,2458],{},"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: ",[1120,2459,2460],{},"what am I finding hard to digest in my life?",[318,2462,2227],{},[346,2464,2465,2471,2477,2483,2492,2498],{},[349,2466,2467,2470],{},[352,2468,2469],{},"Take one thing at a time."," Give yourself time to adapt to each new situation before taking on the next.",[349,2472,2473,2476],{},[352,2474,2475],{},"Welcome new ideas."," Try approaching change with openness rather than judgment.",[349,2478,2479,2482],{},[352,2480,2481],{},"Name what did not go down well."," Writing or talking about a hurt helps you digest it.",[349,2484,2485,2488,2489,403],{},[352,2486,2487],{},"Let go of what no longer serves you."," Things, habits, grudges: notice what you keep out of ",[357,2490,2491],{"href":234},"fear",[349,2493,2494,2497],{},[352,2495,2496],{},"Trust your inner resources."," The only person you can really control is yourself.",[349,2499,2500,2503],{},[352,2501,2502],{},"Eat slowly and calmly."," A relaxed meal is good for your stomach and your nervous system.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2505},[2506,2507,2515,2516],{"id":2354,"depth":18,"text":2355},{"id":2135,"depth":18,"text":2136,"children":2508},[2509,2510,2511,2512,2513,2514],{"id":2369,"depth":25,"text":2370},{"id":2376,"depth":25,"text":2377},{"id":2383,"depth":25,"text":2384},{"id":2396,"depth":25,"text":2397},{"id":2403,"depth":25,"text":2404},{"id":2413,"depth":25,"text":2414},{"id":2420,"depth":18,"text":2421},{"id":2453,"depth":18,"text":2454},[2518,2522],{"id":2519,"title":2520,"description":2521},"stomach","Stomach","Stomach problems, often linked to situations we cannot digest, anger and openness to what is new.",{"id":2523,"title":2524,"description":2525},"bowel","Bowel","Bowel problems, often linked to control, holding on and the ability to let things flow.",[1006,1496,1497],[],{},[2530,2531,2532,2533,2534,2535],"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",[2539],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":2540,"pages":2545},[2541,2542,2543,2544],"Estomac (en général)","Indigestion","Intestins (maux aux ...)","Ventre ou abdomen","175, 233, 237–238, 421–422","areas\u002Fdigestive-system",[2548,2549,2550,2551,197,2552],"Digesting life","Openness to new ideas","Control","Letting go","Relationships",[2554,2555,2556,2557,2558,2559],"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",{"id":2562,"title":181,"body":2563,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":457,"datePublished":457,"description":182,"extension":459,"groups":2759,"guides":2767,"icon":48,"medicalSources":2768,"meta":2775,"navigation":465,"order":184,"path":183,"reflectionQuestions":2776,"seo":2783,"seoTitle":2784,"sources":2785,"stem":2800,"themes":2801,"whenToSeeADoctor":2807,"__hash__":2815},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fwhole-body.md",{"type":310,"value":2564,"toc":2748},[2565,2568,2571,2576,2580,2583,2586,2588,2592,2610,2614,2628,2634,2638,2646,2650,2653,2657,2660,2698,2702,2708,2710],[318,2566,2567],{},"Some symptoms do not belong to one organ. A fever heats the whole body. Tiredness weighs on every limb. Weight changes the shape of the body as a whole, and sweat comes out through all of the skin. These are often the first signs that something is going on, and they are among the most common reasons people see a doctor.",[318,2569,2570],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, these whole-body signs are read less as a message from one part of you and more as a message about your life as a whole: how much energy you have, how much you are holding in, and how safe you feel among other people.",[2111,2572,2573],{},[318,2574,2575],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. Fever in a young baby, a rash that does not fade, chest pain with sweating, or lasting tiredness with weight loss need a doctor, and some of them need emergency care.",[313,2577,2579],{"id":2578},"what-the-whole-body-represents","What the whole body represents",[318,2581,2582],{},"Symbolically, the whole body is the container of your life. When a symptom spreads everywhere rather than staying in one place, it is read as something that concerns all of you: your vital energy, your emotions as a whole, and the boundary between you and the world.",[318,2584,2585],{},"Fever and sweating work through heat and water, and the liquids and warmth of the body are linked to emotions. Tiredness and weight relate to energy: how much you have, where it goes, and what you keep in reserve or build around yourself.",[313,2587,2136],{"id":2135},[338,2589,2591],{"id":2590},"emotions-that-heat-up-or-overflow","Emotions that heat up or overflow",[318,2593,2594,2598,2599,2601,2602,2605,2606,2609],{},[357,2595,2597],{"href":2596},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffever","Fever"," is read as emotions that burn, often irritation that has turned into ",[357,2600,549],{"href":198}," and spread through the whole body. ",[357,2603,2604],{"href":1003},"Sweating and body odour"," are read as feelings held back that overflow through the skin: frustration, resentment, ",[357,2607,2608],{"href":276},"shame",", or the nervousness of fearing criticism. In both, the question is what you have been keeping inside instead of saying.",[338,2611,2613],{"id":2612},"energy-and-motivation","Energy and motivation",[318,2615,2616,2620,2621,2624,2625,403],{},[357,2617,2619],{"href":2618},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue","Fatigue"," is the feeling of being emptied out. Spiritually, it is linked to a lack of love for the life you are living, energy scattered across too many struggles, and the ",[357,2622,2623],{"href":288},"weariness"," of having to fight to keep going. When the demands never stop, it can lead towards ",[357,2626,2627],{"href":216},"burnout",[318,2629,2630,2633],{},[357,2631,2632],{"href":1002},"Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\u002FCFS)"," is a recognised medical illness, not a mood or a lack of will. Spiritually, it raises questions about high demands on yourself, a true self set aside to meet the expectations of others, and a harsh inner voice.",[338,2635,2637],{"id":2636},"protection-and-taking-your-place","Protection and taking your place",[318,2639,2640,2642,2643,2645],{},[357,2641,360],{"href":359}," is read as a layer of protection between you and the world, an inner emptiness after a loss or an ",[357,2644,763],{"href":189},", and the wish to take your place and be seen. Its medical causes are many, from genes and medicines to sleep and hormones, and it is never a reason for shame.",[338,2647,2649],{"id":2648},"a-body-that-asks-for-a-pause","A body that asks for a pause",[318,2651,2652],{},"A thread runs through all of these signs: the body that stops you when you have not stopped yourself. A fever puts you to bed. Exhaustion slows you down. Spiritually, both can be read as an invitation to rest, to look after your inner well-being, and to stop caring for everything except yourself.",[313,2654,2656],{"id":2655},"reading-the-signs-type-and-timing","Reading the signs: type and timing",[318,2658,2659],{},"These are not rules, but questions worth exploring:",[346,2661,2662,2668,2674,2680,2686,2692],{},[349,2663,2664,2667],{},[352,2665,2666],{},"A sudden fever"," may point to a burning emotion that has just risen, or a situation that has become \"too hot\" to handle.",[349,2669,2670,2673],{},[352,2671,2672],{},"Tiredness that builds slowly"," may point to a life that has become all duty and too little joy.",[349,2675,2676,2679],{},[352,2677,2678],{},"Exhaustion after the smallest effort"," is a medical sign first, and may also ask how hard you are on yourself.",[349,2681,2682,2685],{},[352,2683,2684],{},"Heavy sweating in front of others"," may relate to the fear of being judged when you show yourself.",[349,2687,2688,2691],{},[352,2689,2690],{},"Cold sweats"," are linked to being frozen with fear.",[349,2693,2694,2697],{},[352,2695,2696],{},"Weight gained after a loss"," may point to an empty space that is hard to bear.",[313,2699,2701],{"id":2700},"caring-for-your-whole-body-from-the-inside","Caring for your whole body from the inside",[318,2703,2704,2705],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Infections, hormones, genes, medicines, sleep and many illnesses play a real role in all of these symptoms, and they deserve proper medical care. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[1120,2706,2707],{},"what is my whole life asking of me right now?",[318,2709,2227],{},[346,2711,2712,2718,2724,2730,2736,2742],{},[349,2713,2714,2717],{},[352,2715,2716],{},"Say what you feel."," Feelings that are spoken have less need to heat up or overflow.",[349,2719,2720,2723],{},[352,2721,2722],{},"Rest before you have to."," Build pauses into your days, without waiting for an illness to give you permission.",[349,2725,2726,2729],{},[352,2727,2728],{},"Gather your energy."," Notice where you are fighting on too many fronts, and choose one thing at a time.",[349,2731,2732,2735],{},[352,2733,2734],{},"Be kind to your body."," Treat it as a companion, not a project. Your worth does not depend on its size or its strength.",[349,2737,2738,2741],{},[352,2739,2740],{},"Grieve what you have lost."," An empty space that is given time and words is easier to carry.",[349,2743,2744,2747],{},[352,2745,2746],{},"Do something you love."," Pleasure and meaning are sources of energy too.",{"title":444,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2749},[2750,2751,2757,2758],{"id":2578,"depth":18,"text":2579},{"id":2135,"depth":18,"text":2136,"children":2752},[2753,2754,2755,2756],{"id":2590,"depth":25,"text":2591},{"id":2612,"depth":25,"text":2613},{"id":2636,"depth":25,"text":2637},{"id":2648,"depth":25,"text":2649},{"id":2655,"depth":18,"text":2656},{"id":2700,"depth":18,"text":2701},[2760,2764],{"id":2761,"title":2762,"description":2763},"general","General symptoms","Fever, sweating and body odour, often linked to emotions that heat up or overflow when they are held inside.",{"id":1240,"title":2765,"description":2766},"Energy and weight","Tiredness, long-term exhaustion and weight, often linked to motivation, protection, loss and how kindly you treat yourself.",[],[2769,2772],{"name":2770,"url":2771},"NHS: Tiredness and fatigue","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Ftiredness-and-fatigue\u002F",{"name":2773,"url":2774},"NHS: Fever in adults","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Ffever-in-adults\u002F",{},[2777,2778,2779,2780,2781,2782],"Which feelings have I been holding inside, instead of saying them?","Do I love the life I am living right now, or am I only getting through it?","Where am I asking more of myself than my body can give?","From what, or from whom, do I feel I need to protect myself?","Is there a loss or an empty space in my life that I have not grieved?","When did I last rest without feeling guilty about it?",{"title":181,"description":182},"Whole Body Spiritual Meaning: Fever, Fatigue, Weight",[2786,2790,2794,2796],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":2787,"pages":2789},[2788],"Fièvre (en général)","186",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":2791,"pages":2793},[2792],"Fatigue (en général)","181",{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":2795,"pages":485},[484],{"author":481,"work":482,"entries":2797,"pages":2799},[2798],"Odeur corporelle et transpiration","299–300","areas\u002Fwhole-body",[2802,2803,1281,2804,2805,2806],"Energy","Emotions held inside","Rest and limits","Self-worth","Expression",[2808,2809,2810,2811,2812,2813,2814],"A baby under 3 months with a temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) or higher. Get urgent medical help.","Fever with a stiff neck, a rash that does not fade under a pressed glass, confusion, a fit or difficulty breathing. Call emergency services.","Sweating with chest pain, or pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back. Call emergency services.","Night sweats, unexplained weight loss, a fever that keeps coming back or swollen glands.","Tiredness that lasts more than a few weeks or does not improve with rest.","Weight that changes fast without a clear reason, or thoughts about food and weight that take over your day.","Low mood, hopelessness or thoughts of harming yourself. Speak to a doctor the same day, or call emergency services if you are in danger.","Pg-CzeCLceNeypmHkYvbxUMv9KvGt_70nMbzwIe7X74",[2817],{"path":462,"title":2818,"description":2819,"category":2820,"readingTime":56},"Jacques Martel and The Complete Dictionary of Ailments and Diseases","Who Jacques Martel is, what his dictionary of ailments and diseases contains, how an entry is built, how this site uses it, and its limits.","the-approach",1791298613227]