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am responsible for my life, and I do not have to be guilty for it. I stop punishing myself, and I take my place.",[300,301,302,303],"Feeling guilty","Self-blame","Remorse","Culpabilité",[305,306],"back","legs-and-feet",{"type":308,"value":309,"toc":460},"minimark",[310,315,319,322,325,329,332,337,340,343,347,350,353,357,369,372,376,410,421,425,428],[311,312,314],"h2",{"id":313},"what-guilt-is","What guilt is",[316,317,318],"p",{},"Guilt is the painful feeling of having done wrong, or of being at fault, whether or not you actually did harm. In a healthy dose it points to a real mistake and helps you repair it. It becomes heavy when it attaches to things that were never your fault, when it does not fade after you have made amends, or when it turns into a constant inner trial.",[316,320,321],{},"Long-lasting guilt often travels with low mood, anxiety and poor sleep. It is worth talking about with a doctor or a therapist when it starts to run your days.",[316,323,324],{},"Spiritually, guilt is less a verdict than a habit of passing sentence on yourself, and the body is where that sentence can be noticed.",[311,326,328],{"id":327},"the-emotional-meaning-of-guilt","The emotional meaning of guilt",[316,330,331],{},"In the emotional approach, guilt and fear sit very close together. The fear of not being good, of not being \"well behaved\", is often lived as guilt rather than as responsibility. And the moral side of a person, when it feels guilty, looks for a punishment: pain, hardship, an accident.",[333,334,336],"h3",{"id":335},"responsible-but-not-guilty","Responsible, but not guilty",[316,338,339],{},"The key distinction is simple. You can feel guilty in a situation if, and only if, you know you are harming someone else. In every other situation you are responsible, not guilty. Responsibility looks forward and asks what you will do now. Guilt looks back and asks how you should be punished.",[316,341,342],{},"That line matters because a great deal of guilt was learned early. A child punished every time they were not good can grow into an adult who still expects a punishment the moment they feel vulnerable or slightly out of line. The pattern is recorded, and it is time to change the attitude, not to obey it.",[333,344,346],{"id":345},"accidents-as-a-forced-stop","Accidents as a forced stop",[316,348,349],{},"An accident is read as a moment of rupture, a point of no return in some part of your life, and often as a form of self-punishment, conscious or not. It also touches your relation to authority: the difficulty of affirming yourself, of naming your needs and your views, so that the violence turns inward. The injured part of the body is often one that was already weakened, and the accident brings that weakness to the surface.",[316,351,352],{},"This is not a claim that anyone deserves an accident. It is a set of questions for the pause that follows one. Had you lost control of a situation? Is it time to change direction? Were you ignoring your intuition? Were you living in suppositions and worry rather than in facts? A tendency to be accident-prone is linked to a conflicted relation with reality, as if you would rather be somewhere else.",[333,354,356],{"id":355},"pain-as-a-sweet-lure","Pain as a \"sweet lure\"",[316,358,359,360,364,365,368],{},"Pain is read in the same family. Whatever the pain, the question beneath it is \"Am I really guilty? And of what?\" In French, ",[361,362,363],"em",{},"douleur"," (pain) sounds like ",[361,366,367],{},"doux leurre",", a sweet lure: you believe you have understood, but one more step remains. When pain becomes chronic, the cause it points to has not yet been faced. The place where the pain sits gives a clue to what it concerns.",[316,370,371],{},"A cut is read as a smaller version of the same story: a deep inner wound, a hurry, limits pushed too far, a feeling of being \"cut off\" from yourself. Small cuts are tied to light, everyday guilt. Deeper ones to a heavier sense of being torn.",[333,373,375],{"id":374},"where-guilt-settles-in-the-body","Where guilt settles in the body",[377,378,379,393,404],"ul",{},[380,381,382,386,387,392],"li",{},[383,384,385],"strong",{},"The middle back."," The region between the heart and the lumbar spine is described as a zone of emotional and affective guilt. ",[388,389,391],"a",{"href":390},"\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain","Middle back pain"," is linked to guilt in situations where you have no reason to feel guilty, to feeling you must be the pillar who carries everything, and to strict upbringings where taking time for yourself feels \"not right\". One vertebra in particular is tied to harsh self-judgement, guilt that gnaws from inside, and cutting yourself off from the world as a punishment.",[380,394,395,398,399,403],{},[383,396,397],{},"An ingrown toenail."," ",[388,400,402],{"href":401},"\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fingrown-toenail","An ingrown toenail"," is linked to guilt or nervousness about a new situation, and on the big toe to guilt about a future you fear you will not live well. The nail curling inwards mirrors a person curling in on themselves, holding everything close.",[380,405,406,409],{},[383,407,408],{},"Accidents, cuts and pain anywhere."," These are the general signals of the pattern, as above.",[316,411,412,413,416,417,420],{},"Guilt is also close to ",[388,414,415],{"href":264},"regret",", which feeds on what you should have done, and to ",[388,418,419],{"href":276},"shame",", which turns the judgement from what you did to who you are.",[311,422,424],{"id":423},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[316,426,427],{},"The aim is not to add guilt about feeling guilty. The emotional perspective invites you to move from a courtroom to a conversation.",[377,429,430,436,442,448,454],{},[380,431,432,435],{},[383,433,434],{},"Ask the two questions."," Am I truly guilty? Of what? Often the honest answer is \"responsible, not guilty\".",[380,437,438,441],{},[383,439,440],{},"Repair what is real."," If you did cause harm, an apology or an act of repair is the way through. Punishment is not.",[380,443,444,447],{},[383,445,446],{},"Notice the old rule."," If you expect to be punished whenever you feel slightly out of line, that rule may be older than you are.",[380,449,450,453],{},[383,451,452],{},"Be your own authority."," Name your needs and your views out loud, instead of letting the violence turn inward.",[380,455,456,459],{},[383,457,458],{},"Slow down after a shock."," An accident or a cut is an invitation to stop, look at your life, and check your choices against your own values.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":462},"",[463,464,470],{"id":313,"depth":18,"text":314},{"id":327,"depth":18,"text":328,"children":465},[466,467,468,469],{"id":335,"depth":25,"text":336},{"id":345,"depth":25,"text":346},{"id":355,"depth":25,"text":356},{"id":374,"depth":25,"text":375},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},[390,472,473,474,475,476,401,477,478,479,480,481,482,483,484,485,486,487,488],"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fhernia","\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fearache","\u002Fhead\u002Fneuralgia","\u002Fhips\u002Fhip-pain","\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fcorns-and-calluses","\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Ftoe-pain","\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fgum-disease","\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftongue-problems","\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fvaginal-thrush","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fhiccups","\u002Fshoulders\u002Frounded-shoulders","\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-pain","\u002Fskin\u002Flupus","\u002Fskin\u002Frash","\u002Fskin\u002Fwarts","\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome","\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finflammation","2026-10-06","The emotional and spiritual meaning of guilt: self-punishment, accidents and pain read as signals, and the line between being responsible and being guilty.","md","inward",[494,495,496,497,498,499],"\u002Fguides\u002Fcan-emotions-cause-physical-pain","\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-body-map","\u002Fguides\u002Fjacques-martel-dictionary","\u002Fguides\u002Fleft-vs-right-side-of-the-body","\u002Fguides\u002Flouise-hay-list","\u002Fguides\u002Fspiritual-meaning-of-pain-in-body-parts",[],{},true,[504,505,506,507,508,509],"Am I truly guilty here, and of what exactly?","Have I actually harmed someone, or am I responsible without being guilty?","Where do I still punish myself the way I was punished as a child for not being good?","Is there a direction in my life I keep refusing to change, until something forces me to stop?","Do I feel guilty for wanting time or pleasure for myself, as if I did not deserve it?","Whose authority am I still waiting for, when I could be my own?",[264,276,234],[512,513],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGuilt_(emotion)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ628939",{"title":239,"description":490},"Guilt: Spiritual Meaning & Where It Shows in the Body",[517,523,527,531],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":520,"pages":522},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[521],"Accident","23–24",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":524,"pages":526},[525],"Douleur","165",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":528,"pages":530},[529],"Dos (maux de ...) — Milieu du dos (12 vertèbres dorsales)","154–159",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":532,"pages":534},[533],"Ongle incarné","304","emotions\u002Fguilt","Spiritually, guilt is often linked to a quiet habit of self-punishment. Accidents, pain, cuts and an aching middle back are read as places where the body shows the sentence you have passed on yourself.",[538,539,540,541,542],"Self-punishment","Responsible, not guilty","Fear of not being good","Your own authority","A change of direction",[544,545,546,547,548],"Any injury after an accident, especially a blow to the head, a deep cut, or pain that is getting worse.","Guilt that keeps you awake, replays the same thoughts for weeks, or comes with persistent low mood. A GP or a talking therapy can help.","Guilt after a trauma, an assault or a loss that you cannot put down. Specialist support exists.","Thoughts of harming yourself or of deserving to be hurt. Seek urgent help straight away, through emergency services or a crisis line.","Pain that lasts or keeps coming back. Have it examined, and do not stop prescribed pain relief because of anything you read here.","21WS16KzcFF-Dpty-RCBqY-BOL1ojjSpOUbJ9GMql1s",[551,781,893],{"id":552,"title":233,"affirmation":553,"aka":554,"areas":557,"body":560,"conditions":684,"dateModified":742,"datePublished":742,"description":743,"extension":491,"group":744,"guides":745,"medicalSources":747,"meta":748,"navigation":502,"order":25,"path":234,"reflectionQuestions":749,"related":756,"sameAs":757,"seo":760,"seoTitle":761,"sources":762,"stem":767,"summary":768,"themes":769,"whenToSeeADoctor":775,"__hash__":780},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Ffear.md","I replace fear with trust. I have full power over my life, and I can be guided in what I do and say.",[555,556,209],"Fright","Dread",[558,559],"heart-and-circulation","kidneys",{"type":308,"value":561,"toc":676},[562,566,573,576,580,587,591,594,598,601,633,636,639,641,644],[311,563,565],{"id":564},"what-fear-is","What fear is",[316,567,568,569,572],{},"Fear is the ",[388,570,571],{"href":210},"apprehension"," of a danger, real or imagined. The heart races. The body tenses. That reaction is useful when the danger is real and brief. It becomes a problem when the danger is not there, or when fear starts to decide your days: what you avoid, what you check, what you will not risk. Panic attacks are fear that has overrun reason. They deserve medical care.",[316,574,575],{},"Spiritually, this looks at what the fear is protecting, and what power it has taken.",[311,577,579],{"id":578},"the-emotional-meaning-of-fear","The emotional meaning of fear",[316,581,582,583,586],{},"Fear takes its place when you feel worried, unsure of yourself, discouraged, or very emotional. Its object may be failure, abandonment, rejection, or the fear of being hurt. It becomes so real to your eyes that the whole body reacts, and ",[388,584,585],{"href":78},"the kidneys"," in particular. The source calls them the seat of fear. The sign you can feel at once is the heart, which pounds.",[333,588,590],{"id":589},"fear-that-invites-what-it-dreads","Fear that invites what it dreads",[316,592,593],{},"The source says fear only increases the chance that what you apprehend will arrive. Fear of illness itself can play a part in illness appearing. That is not a verdict, and it is not a reason to skip a doctor. It is a warning that the fear can start to run the show. Your fears control your life, not the people or the situations. If something happened, that thing, or someone else, would be in control. Being afraid shows that you have let your power go.",[333,595,597],{"id":596},"six-fears-the-source-names","Six fears the source names",[316,599,600],{},"Take these as questions, not as a complete list:",[377,602,603,608,613,618,623,628],{},[380,604,605],{},[383,606,607],{},"Fear of dying.",[380,609,610],{},[383,611,612],{},"Fear of illness.",[380,614,615],{},[383,616,617],{},"Fear of poverty.",[380,619,620],{},[383,621,622],{},"Fear of losing the love of someone dear.",[380,624,625],{},[383,626,627],{},"Fear of old age.",[380,629,630],{},[383,631,632],{},"Fear of criticism.",[316,634,635],{},"When fear controls your reason, panic attacks can follow. You can no longer be neutral or detached from what you are living. You stay off balance, inwardly vulnerable. You are centred more on what others expect than on your own needs. You lose your reference points, and sometimes feel you are going mad.",[316,637,638],{},"The source says fear shows you the part of life where more love is needed. It points to the emotional conflict to settle, so that love, wisdom and freedom have a way back.",[311,640,424],{"id":423},[316,642,643],{},"The aim is not to shame yourself for being afraid. Fear is a signal. The emotional perspective invites you to see who is actually in charge of the moment: you, or the fear.",[377,645,646,652,658,664,670],{},[380,647,648,651],{},[383,649,650],{},"Feel the heart, then name the fear."," A racing heart is information. The name of the fear is the next step.",[380,653,654,657],{},[383,655,656],{},"Take the power back."," Ask what you handed to the danger, or to another person, the moment you became afraid.",[380,659,660,663],{},[383,661,662],{},"Look at the six."," One of them is usually louder than the others.",[380,665,666,669],{},[383,667,668],{},"Put love where the fear is pointing."," The source treats fear as a sign of where love is missing, not as an identity.",[380,671,672,675],{},[383,673,674],{},"If it is panic, get help."," Trust is an inner direction. A panic attack is also a body event.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":677},[678,679,683],{"id":564,"depth":18,"text":565},{"id":578,"depth":18,"text":579,"children":680},[681,682],{"id":589,"depth":25,"text":590},{"id":596,"depth":25,"text":597},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},[685,686,687,688,689,690,691,692,693,694,695,696,697,698,699,700,701,702,703,704,705,706,707,708,474,709,710,711,712,713,714,715,716,717,718,719,720,721,722,723,478,724,725,726,727,728,729,730,481,731,732,733,734,735,736,737,486,738,487,739,740,741],"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Ffinger-pain","\u002Fback\u002Fsciatica","\u002Fback\u002Fstiff-neck","\u002Fback\u002Fupper-back-and-neck-pain","\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes","\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fhypoglycaemia","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fappendicitis","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fconstipation","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fdiarrhoea","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fgas","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Firritable-bowel-syndrome","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fnausea-and-vomiting","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fstomach-pain","\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fstomach-ulcer","\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Ffarsightedness","\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fhearing-loss","\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fmyopia","\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Ftinnitus","\u002Fhair-and-nails\u002Fhair-loss","\u002Fhead\u002Falzheimers","\u002Fhead\u002Fepilepsy","\u002Fhead\u002Finsomnia","\u002Fhead\u002Fmultiple-sclerosis","\u002Fhead\u002Fnervousness","\u002Fhead\u002Fparkinsons","\u002Fhead\u002Fstroke","\u002Fhead\u002Fvertigo","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fanaemia","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fchest-pain","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fheart-attack","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-blood-pressure","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Flow-blood-pressure","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fpalpitations","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fvaricose-veins","\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fknee-pain","\u002Fkidneys\u002Fcystitis","\u002Fkidneys\u002Fincontinence","\u002Fkidneys\u002Fkidney-problems","\u002Fkidneys\u002Fkidney-stones","\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fjaw-pain","\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fwisdom-teeth","\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fendometriosis","\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fprostate","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fasthma","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fcough","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fflu","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fpneumonia","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fsinusitis","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fsore-throat","\u002Fskin\u002Facne","\u002Fskin\u002Feczema","\u002Fskin\u002Fpsoriasis","\u002Fskin\u002Fshingles","\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fallergies","\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue","\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finfections","\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fsweating-and-body-odour","2026-10-02","The emotional and spiritual meaning of fear: a heart that races, a power handed away, and the specific fears of loss, illness, poverty, ageing and criticism.","fear",[494,495,496,498,746],"\u002Fguides\u002Fpsychosomatic-illness",[],{},[750,751,753,754,755],"When I am afraid, do I feel my heart race and my body brace?",{"Which fear is actually in charge":752},"death, illness, poverty, losing someone's love, ageing, or criticism?","Have I let this fear, rather than the people or the situation, run my life?","Where am I centred on what others expect, instead of on what I need?","What would change if I put love and trust where the fear is standing?",[204,201],[758,759],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFear","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ44619",{"title":233,"description":743},"Where Is Fear Stored in the Body? Spiritual Meaning",[763],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":764,"pages":766},[765],"Peur","341–342","emotions\u002Ffear","Fear is often read as a power you have handed away. The heart races, the kidneys are called its seat, and what you dread can start to organise your life.",[770,771,772,773,774],"A racing heart","Handed-away power","Abandonment and rejection","Fear of loss","Criticism",[776,777,778,779],"Chest pain, severe breathlessness, fainting, or a sense that you are dying. Call emergency services.","Panic attacks, or fear that stops you leaving home, sleeping or working.","Fear of illness that has become an illness of its own, with constant checking or avoidance.","Thoughts of harming yourself. Seek help straight away.","_ol6_TCl4kVm928tHoTZN1dbpRVYG0EMEgAMoXffiUQ",{"id":782,"title":263,"affirmation":783,"aka":784,"areas":787,"body":788,"conditions":861,"dateModified":742,"datePublished":742,"description":864,"extension":491,"group":492,"guides":865,"medicalSources":866,"meta":867,"navigation":502,"order":18,"path":264,"reflectionQuestions":868,"related":875,"sameAs":876,"seo":877,"seoTitle":878,"sources":879,"stem":883,"summary":884,"themes":885,"whenToSeeADoctor":891,"__hash__":892},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fregret.md","I did the best I knew. I learn from the past, and that learning can make me wiser rather than only smaller.",[785,786,302],"Regrets","If only",[],{"type":308,"value":789,"toc":856},[790,794,801,804,807,811,814,825,827,830],[311,791,793],{"id":792},"what-regret-is","What regret is",[316,795,796,797,800],{},"If you feed on regrets, you feed the body on ",[388,798,799],{"href":279},"sorrow",", grief and discontent about what you should have done or not done, said or thought. You face a reality that crosses you. You feel you have lost something or someone for good.",[316,802,803],{},"A pang after a real mistake is human. Regret becomes costly when it is what you eat, every day.",[316,805,806],{},"The entry does not name one organ. It says the regrets gnaw inside and lower your level of energy, and that they create a ground favourable to illness. That is the source's warning about a life organised around \"if only\". It is not a claim that regret is the medical cause of a disease.",[311,808,810],{"id":809},"the-emotional-meaning-of-regret","The emotional meaning of regret",[316,812,813],{},"The whole entry is that gnawing, and the way out. A positive attitude rests on knowing you always do the best you can with what you know. You learn from the past. That allows you to improve, to gain experience, to become wiser.",[316,815,816,817,820,821,824],{},"It is close to ",[388,818,819],{"href":258},"nostalgia",", which the source calls a ",[388,822,823],{"href":255},"melancholy"," caused by regret. Nostalgia is the drift out of the present. Regret is the feeding on the other choice.",[311,826,424],{"id":423},[316,828,829],{},"The aim is not to pretend the loss was nothing. The emotional perspective invites you to stop using the past only as a punishment.",[377,831,832,838,844,850],{},[380,833,834,837],{},[383,835,836],{},"Name the exact \"should\"."," An act, a sentence, or a thought.",[380,839,840,843],{},[383,841,842],{},"Admit the sense of a final loss."," That impression is the centre of the spiritual interpretation.",[380,845,846,849],{},[383,847,848],{},"Notice the energy."," Gnawing has a cost, even before any illness.",[380,851,852,855],{},[383,853,854],{},"Take one lesson, then set the rest down."," Wisdom is what the source says the past is for.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":857},[858,859,860],{"id":792,"depth":18,"text":793},{"id":809,"depth":18,"text":810},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},[689,472,713,401,862,733,483,863,486,738],"\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fmenopause","\u002Fskin\u002Fcysts","The emotional and spiritual meaning of regret: feeding on what you should have done, said or thought, and the sense that someone or something is lost for good.",[],[],{},[869,871,872,873,874],{"What am I still feeding on":870},"something I should have done, said, or thought?","Do I feel I have lost someone or something for good?","Is this regret gnawing, and taking my energy with it?","Can I accept that I did the best I knew at the time?","What has the past already taught me that I could use, instead of only punishing myself with it?",[279,258],[],{"title":263,"description":864},"Regret: Spiritual Meaning & Where It Shows in the Body",[880],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":881,"pages":882},[785],"363–364","emotions\u002Fregret","Regret is often read as feeding the body on sorrow and discontent about what you should have done, said or thought. It gnaws, lowers your energy, and leaves you facing a reality that will not match the other choice.",[886,887,888,889,890],"What you should have done","A loss that feels final","Energy drawn down","Learning from the past","Doing the best you knew",[],"jx9LDOQ8GirQJhV63yZDnucQuHiTFCKX4nlAtTUmYy0",{"id":894,"title":275,"affirmation":895,"aka":896,"areas":902,"body":905,"conditions":1029,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":1031,"extension":491,"group":492,"guides":1032,"medicalSources":1033,"meta":1034,"navigation":502,"order":103,"path":276,"reflectionQuestions":1035,"related":1042,"sameAs":1043,"seo":1046,"seoTitle":1047,"sources":1048,"stem":1065,"summary":1066,"themes":1067,"whenToSeeADoctor":1073,"__hash__":1080},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fshame.md","I am worthy of love as I am. I no longer have to carry this shame, and I let my true self come out.",[897,898,899,900,901],"Feeling ashamed","Embarrassment","Humiliation","Feeling unworthy","Honte",[903,904],"skin","reproductive-system",{"type":308,"value":906,"toc":1020},[907,911,918,921,924,928,931,935,942,945,949,955,961,965,972,983,985,988],[311,908,910],{"id":909},"what-shame-is","What shame is",[316,912,913,914,917],{},"Shame is the painful feeling of being exposed as flawed, inadequate or unworthy. Where ",[388,915,916],{"href":240},"guilt"," says \"I did something bad\", shame says \"I am bad\". It can flash up as embarrassment or humiliation, or settle in as a lasting sense that something about you is wrong. It makes people want to hide, go quiet or disappear.",[316,919,920],{},"Long-held shame often travels with low self-esteem, depression, anxiety and social withdrawal. It frequently has roots in childhood criticism, bullying or trauma, and it responds well to compassionate, skilled support.",[316,922,923],{},"Spiritually, shame is looked at as a judgement on who you are, and at where that judgement came from.",[311,925,927],{"id":926},"the-emotional-meaning-of-shame","The emotional meaning of shame",[316,929,930],{},"In the emotional approach, shame is a judgement turned against the self: certain sides of me are ugly and detestable, so I reject my sensitivity, my spontaneity, my creativity. Feeling rejected and misunderstood by others follows close behind. The belief at the bottom is often \"I do not deserve better\".",[333,932,934],{"id":933},"a-shame-that-goes-back-a-long-way","A shame that goes back a long way",[316,936,937,938,941],{},"A birthmark, the red port-wine stain also called an ",[361,939,940],{},"envie"," in French, is linked to a strong emotion, often anger or sorrow, lived by the mother during pregnancy and felt by the child too. It carries a shame that goes back very far, that seems to touch the whole family, and that leads to self-devaluation. Because these marks are often visible, they come with the wish to blend into the crowd and not be noticed. Medically, a port-wine stain is a malformation of tiny blood vessels present from birth. Nothing a mother felt or did causes it, and laser treatment can fade many of them.",[316,943,944],{},"The question here is whether the shame you carry is truly yours. The way forward is to stop carrying a shame imprisoned in that redness, and to accept a life of your own, independent of your family's.",[333,946,948],{"id":947},"not-deserving-better","Not deserving better",[316,950,951,954],{},[388,952,953],{"href":486},"Warts"," are caused by a virus, and spiritually they are read as barriers you put on your own road: sorrows and grudges tied to parts of yourself you judge ugly, with guilt attached. \"I am ashamed of who I am\" is the core sentence. If you are ashamed of what you do, or want something and believe you do not deserve it, warts are linked to that belief. Where they appear adds a nuance: on the hands, a feeling of not being up to the task; on the face, a wound to self-esteem. The virus also raises a question: do I feel invaded by someone who has power over me, and disgusted at having been taken in?",[316,956,957,960],{},[388,958,959],{"href":734},"Acne"," belongs here too. Shame is one of the feelings it is linked to, with the sense of being ugly, even disgusting, and a worry about the image you project.",[333,962,964],{"id":963},"the-most-secret-feelings","The most secret feelings",[316,966,967,968,971],{},"The womb is described as the home of a woman's creativity and safety, and as the place of her deepest, most secret feelings. Guilt, shame and loneliness can gnaw there. The questions are tender: how do I feel as a woman? Do I feel guilty, ashamed or betrayed about having, or not having, children? Am I disappointed by the family I did not have? An unfinished mourning can be part of this, and it is worth reading ",[388,969,970],{"href":237},"grief"," alongside.",[316,973,974,975,978,979,982],{},"Shame is close to ",[388,976,977],{"href":285},"timidity",", which keeps you small, and to ",[388,980,981],{"href":267},"rejection",", which often begins with rejecting yourself.",[311,984,424],{"id":423},[316,986,987],{},"The aim is not to be ashamed of feeling ashamed. Shame grows in hiding and loosens when it is met kindly. The emotional perspective invites you to question the verdict.",[377,989,990,996,1002,1008,1014],{},[380,991,992,995],{},[383,993,994],{},"Separate doing from being."," A mistake is something you did. It is not who you are.",[380,997,998,1001],{},[383,999,1000],{},"Ask whose shame it is."," Some shame is handed down in families. You can put down what was never yours.",[380,1003,1004,1007],{},[383,1005,1006],{},"Say it to someone safe."," Shame loses much of its grip once it is spoken and met without judgement.",[380,1009,1010,1013],{},[383,1011,1012],{},"Let a hidden quality out."," The sensitivity or creativity you buried is often what wants to come back.",[380,1015,1016,1019],{},[383,1017,1018],{},"Practise deserving."," Allow yourself one small thing you want, without first earning it.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1021},[1022,1023,1028],{"id":909,"depth":18,"text":910},{"id":926,"depth":18,"text":927,"children":1024},[1025,1026,1027],{"id":933,"depth":25,"text":934},{"id":947,"depth":25,"text":948},{"id":963,"depth":25,"text":964},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},[687,479,480,484,485,486,1030,741],"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fexcess-weight","The emotional and spiritual meaning of shame: feeling ugly or unworthy at the core, a family shame carried from birth, and how it shows on the skin.",[],[],{},[1036,1037,1038,1039,1040,1041],"What part of me do I judge as ugly or unacceptable?","Is this shame really mine, or did I inherit it from my family?","Where do I wish I could melt into the crowd so that no one notices me?","Do I believe I do not deserve what I want, and punish myself for wanting it?","Which sensitivity or spontaneity have I hidden because I was ashamed of it?","As a woman, do I carry shame or guilt about having, or not having, children?",[240,267,285],[1044,1045],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShame","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ152282",{"title":275,"description":1031},"Shame: Spiritual Meaning & Where It Shows in the Body",[1049,1053,1057,1061],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1050,"pages":1052},[1051],"Peau — Taches de vin","336–337",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1054,"pages":1056},[1055],"Peau — Verrues (en général)","337–338",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1058,"pages":1060},[1059],"Utérus (en général)","418–419",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1062,"pages":1064},[1063],"Peau — Acné","322–323","emotions\u002Fshame","Spiritually, shame is often linked to the belief that something in you is ugly or does not deserve better. It is read on the skin, in birthmarks, warts and acne, and in the womb, where the most secret feelings are held.",[1068,1069,1070,1071,1072],"Feeling ugly or unworthy","A family shame","Wanting to disappear","Hidden sensitivity","Deserving love",[1074,1075,1076,1077,1078,1079],"A skin growth that changes shape, colour or size, bleeds, or does not look like an ordinary wart. Have it checked.","Warts that spread, hurt, or appear on the face or genitals. A pharmacist or GP can advise.","A birthmark that changes, bleeds, or is near the eye in a baby. Some need specialist assessment.","Pelvic pain, bleeding between periods or after menopause, or heavy bleeding. See a doctor.","Shame so heavy that you avoid people, cannot work, or feel worthless most days. A GP or a talking therapy can help.","Thoughts of harming yourself. Seek urgent help straight away.","f1dbFTOJtpGoV2Srk_8wUpVvtWijpkqdpAd83wDisH0",[1082,1265,1496,1734,1980,2244,2412,2656,2898,3063,3241,3609,3828,4028,4215,4443,4759,4940,5142],{"id":1083,"title":1084,"affirmation":1085,"aka":1086,"area":1093,"body":1094,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":1217,"extension":491,"group":1218,"guides":1219,"medicalSources":1220,"meta":1227,"navigation":502,"path":1228,"reflectionQuestions":1229,"related":1237,"sameAs":1239,"seo":1242,"seoTitle":1243,"sources":1244,"stem":1249,"summary":1250,"supportIntro":1251,"themes":1252,"whenToSeeADoctor":1257,"__hash__":1264},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome.md","Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\u002FCFS)","I am an important person in my own life. I listen to my inner voice, I treat myself with kindness, and I move at the pace my body allows.",[1087,1088,1089,1090,1091,1092],"ME\u002FCFS","Myalgic encephalomyelitis","CFS","ME","Chronic fatigue","Encéphalomyélite myalgique","whole-body",{"type":308,"value":1095,"toc":1206},[1096,1100,1103,1111,1114,1118,1121,1125,1132,1136,1142,1146,1149,1153,1159,1163,1166,1168],[311,1097,1099],{"id":1098},"what-mecfs-is","What ME\u002FCFS is",[316,1101,1102],{},"Myalgic encephalomyelitis, also called chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\u002FCFS), is a long-term illness that affects many systems of the body. Its central sign is post-exertional malaise: after physical, mental or emotional effort, even a small one, symptoms get worse, often a day or two later, and can take days or weeks to settle. People also have extreme tiredness that rest does not relieve, sleep that does not refresh, problems with thinking and memory (\"brain fog\"), pain in the muscles and joints, headaches, and often dizziness on standing.",[316,1104,1105,1106,1110],{},"ME\u002FCFS is a recognised medical illness. It is not laziness, a lack of willpower or \"all in the mind\", and it is not caused by a person's character. It often starts after a viral infection, such as glandular fever (",[388,1107,1109],{"href":1108},"\u002Fspleen\u002Fmononucleosis","mononucleosis","), and research points to changes in the immune system, the nervous system and the way the body makes energy. It can be mild or so severe that a person is housebound or bed-bound for years.",[316,1112,1113],{},"There is no single test. A doctor makes the diagnosis by listening to the symptoms and ruling out other causes with blood tests. There is no cure yet, but care can help: learning to manage energy and stay within your limits (pacing), help with sleep, pain and other symptoms, and support from a specialist team. Exercise programmes that push a person to do a little more each time regardless of symptoms are no longer recommended in the UK, because they can make ME\u002FCFS worse.",[311,1115,1117],{"id":1116},"the-emotional-meaning-of-mecfs","The emotional meaning of ME\u002FCFS",[316,1119,1120],{},"None of what follows is a cause of ME\u002FCFS, and none of it means the illness is imagined. Spiritually, the illness raises questions about how you treat yourself, and about the pressure you may have lived under before it began. Take each one as a question you may or may not recognise.",[333,1122,1124],{"id":1123},"the-moment-it-began","The moment it began",[316,1126,1127,1128,1131],{},"Spiritually, it helps to look at what you were living through around the time of the first infection. Had you just decided to leave home? Had you lost someone, gone through a break-up, or felt ",[388,1129,1130],{"href":267},"rejected","? An illness can arrive at a moment that was already heavy.",[333,1133,1135],{"id":1134},"success-at-the-price-of-your-dreams","Success at the price of your dreams",[316,1137,1138,1139,1141],{},"ME\u002FCFS is linked to a strong wish to succeed at everything you undertake. You may have put your dreams and ambitions aside to meet the performance that society demanded of you, or that you demanded of yourself. You may be uncompromising, want to manage on your own and hesitate to ask for help. Under that, there can be a great ",[388,1140,744],{"href":234}," of failure, of life and of responsibility, and a feeling that you cannot live up to what is expected of you.",[333,1143,1145],{"id":1144},"a-self-built-for-others","A self built for others",[316,1147,1148],{},"You may want very much to be recognised and admired. To get there, you may have shaped another personality that answers what others want, while your real self was set aside. Keeping up that second self takes a great deal of energy.",[333,1150,1152],{"id":1151},"surviving-when-others-did-not","Surviving when others did not",[316,1154,1155,1156,1158],{},"Sometimes the illness follows an event such as an accident in which you survived and someone else did not. The ",[388,1157,916],{"href":240}," of having survived, the question \"why me and not them?\", can be heavy enough to wear down all your strength. If this is your story, it deserves to be heard, with a counsellor or a trauma specialist if you wish.",[333,1160,1162],{"id":1161},"living-from-the-head","Living from the head",[316,1164,1165],{},"Spiritually, ME\u002FCFS is linked to living your life \"with your head\" when it asks to be lived with your heart and your gut. You may insist and push, spending huge amounts of energy in fighting the current when it would be easier to go with it. You may also find it very easy to run yourself down, to belittle yourself and to compare yourself unfavourably with others. A harsh inner voice is draining in itself.",[311,1167,424],{"id":423},[377,1169,1170,1176,1182,1188,1194,1200],{},[380,1171,1172,1175],{},[383,1173,1174],{},"Learn to love yourself more."," You are the most important person in your own life. Treat yourself as you would treat a friend who is ill.",[380,1177,1178,1181],{},[383,1179,1180],{},"Go with the current."," Notice where you are forcing, and let go of the fight you do not need. In daily life, this can look like pacing: stopping before you reach your limit, not after.",[380,1183,1184,1187],{},[383,1185,1186],{},"Listen to your inner voice."," It can spare you detours that cost energy you do not have.",[380,1189,1190,1193],{},[383,1191,1192],{},"Spend saved energy on what you love."," When there is a little energy to spare, let some of it go to small things that remind you of your own qualities and your taste for life.",[380,1195,1196,1199],{},[383,1197,1198],{},"Turn obligations into choices."," Look at your \"musts\" and ask which ones you would choose freely, and which you could put down.",[380,1201,1202,1205],{},[383,1203,1204],{},"Let others help."," Asking for help is not failure. It is part of caring for yourself.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1207},[1208,1209,1216],{"id":1098,"depth":18,"text":1099},{"id":1116,"depth":18,"text":1117,"children":1210},[1211,1212,1213,1214,1215],{"id":1123,"depth":25,"text":1124},{"id":1134,"depth":25,"text":1135},{"id":1144,"depth":25,"text":1145},{"id":1151,"depth":25,"text":1152},{"id":1161,"depth":25,"text":1162},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of ME\u002FCFS: high demands on yourself, a true self set aside, and learning to live with more kindness and less force.","energy-and-weight",[746],[1221,1224],{"name":1222,"url":1223},"NHS: Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\u002FCFS)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs\u002F",{"name":1225,"url":1226},"MedlinePlus: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\u002FChronic Fatigue Syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fmyalgicencephalomyelitischronicfatiguesyndrome.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome",[1230,1232,1233,1234,1235,1236],{"What was I living through around the time I first became ill":1231},"a move, a loss, a break-up, a rejection?","Which dreams and ambitions did I put aside to meet what was expected of me, or what I expected of myself?","Do I find it hard to ask for help, even now?","Have I built a version of myself to please others, and where is my real self in that?","How often do I compare myself with others and come off worse?","Which of my obligations could become a choice, freely made?",[739,1238,1108,706],"\u002Fmuscles-and-tendons\u002Ffibromyalgia",[1240,1241],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMyalgic_encephalomyelitis\u002Fchronic_fatigue_syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ209733",{"title":1084,"description":1217},"Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Spiritual Meaning (ME\u002FCFS)",[1245],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1246,"pages":1248},[1247],"Fatigue chronique (syndrome de ...) ou encéphalomyélite myalgique","182","conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome","Spiritually, ME\u002FCFS is often linked to high demands on yourself, a true self set aside to meet the expectations of others, and a harsh inner voice, with an invitation to live more from the heart and with far more kindness towards yourself.","If this reading resonates with you, a few quiet minutes of lying-down rest with a kind inner voice, well within your energy limits, can be a good next step.",[1253,1254,1255,1256,1162],"High demands on yourself","The true self set aside","Hard to ask for help","Self-criticism",[1258,1259,1260,1261,1262,1263],"Extreme tiredness that has lasted several weeks and does not improve with rest, especially if symptoms get worse after even small efforts. A GP can look for other causes and discuss ME\u002FCFS.","Unexplained weight loss, night sweats, fever, swollen glands, or a new pain in one place. These point towards other illnesses and need checking.","Chest pain, fainting, or sudden breathlessness. Seek urgent care.","A low mood, hopelessness, or thoughts that life is not worth living. Living with a long illness is hard, and support is available. Speak to a doctor the same day, or call emergency services if you are in danger.","Being pushed into an exercise programme that makes you worse. Ask for a specialist ME\u002FCFS team and an energy management plan.","Do not stop a medicine you have been prescribed for sleep, pain or mood because of anything you read here.","Tdi9XZb7JecGTYCvPnftWW0XQcocGZx2adou7bvHhB8",{"id":1266,"title":1267,"affirmation":1268,"aka":1269,"area":306,"body":1276,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":1441,"extension":491,"group":1442,"guides":1443,"medicalSources":1444,"meta":1451,"navigation":502,"path":1452,"reflectionQuestions":1453,"related":1460,"sameAs":1462,"seo":1467,"seoTitle":1468,"sources":1469,"stem":1482,"summary":1483,"supportIntro":1484,"themes":1485,"whenToSeeADoctor":1489,"__hash__":1495},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fcorns-and-calluses.md","Corns and calluses","I look at what rubs and what holds me back. I let the guilt go and step into the future with more trust.",[1270,1271,1272,1273,1274,1275],"Corns","Calluses","Callouses","Hard skin on feet","Foot corn","Durillons et cors",{"type":308,"value":1277,"toc":1431},[1278,1282,1285,1293,1297,1300,1304,1310,1314,1328,1332,1335,1353,1356,1360,1367,1381,1383,1393],[311,1279,1281],{"id":1280},"what-corns-and-calluses-are","What corns and calluses are",[316,1283,1284],{},"Corns and calluses are areas of thick, hardened skin that form where the skin is rubbed or pressed again and again. A callus is a broad, flat patch of hard skin, often on the sole or the heel, and it keeps the normal skin lines on its surface. A corn is smaller and deeper, with a hard, often yellowish centre that presses inward and can be painful. Corns usually appear on the tops or sides of the toes, between the toes, or on the sole. A soft corn between the toes can look white and moist.",[316,1286,1287,1288,1292],{},"The usual causes are tight or poorly fitting shoes, high heels, walking or standing a lot, going without socks, and foot shapes such as bunions or hammer toes. Comfortable shoes, cushioning pads, moisturising and gently filing hard skin often help. A podiatrist can safely remove hard skin and look at the cause. People with diabetes or poor circulation should have their feet checked rather than treating corns themselves. A ",[388,1289,1291],{"href":1290},"\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fplantar-warts","plantar wart"," can look similar but is caused by a virus.",[311,1294,1296],{"id":1295},"the-emotional-meaning-of-corns-and-calluses","The emotional meaning of corns and calluses",[316,1298,1299],{},"The feet take you forward. With a corn or callus, something catches a little as you go. Spiritually, the thickening is read as a sign that moving ahead has become effortful, and that the same friction keeps coming back in the same place.",[333,1301,1303],{"id":1302},"calluses-and-apprehension","Calluses and apprehension",[316,1305,1306,1307,1309],{},"A callus is linked to an attitude of ",[388,1308,571],{"href":210}," about your present life. You may not see all the good things already there, so you do not fully enjoy them. Life can feel hard on a material level, and moving forward takes a great deal of effort. You want to launch yourself towards the future, but you hesitate, and then you either push too hard or not hard enough. The question is simple: what is bothering you so much that you cannot live in the present moment?",[333,1311,1313],{"id":1312},"corns-and-a-deeper-guilt","Corns and a deeper guilt",[316,1315,1316,1317,1319,1320,1323,1324,1327],{},"A corn hurts more sharply, and the spiritual interpretation sees in it a deeper sense of ",[388,1318,916],{"href":240},". It is linked to the fear of walking into the unknown with confidence, and to finding it hard to stay \"natural\" and do things simply. You may let other people decide for you. In French, ",[361,1321,1322],{},"cor"," (a corn) sounds like ",[361,1325,1326],{},"corps"," (the body): an inner pain that you avoid expressing ends up showing itself in the body.",[333,1329,1331],{"id":1330},"hardening-around-friction","Hardening around friction",[316,1333,1334],{},"Hard skin is protection, and protection can turn into hardness. You may notice that you are toughening yourself against someone, perhaps even with a wish for revenge. Your emotions can feel so knotted that they stop you from reaching your goals. Some people feel that their mother is keeping them from living their own life. Rather than take any of this as fact, you can ask:",[377,1336,1337,1340,1343],{},[380,1338,1339],{},"Who is a \"thorn\" in my life at the moment?",[380,1341,1342],{},"Which situation do I live over and over, with pressure or a great deal of friction?",[380,1344,1345,1346,1349,1350,1352],{},"Are ",[388,1347,1348],{"href":273},"sadness",", ",[388,1351,799],{"href":279},", or the fear of failing behind the difficulty of living today or facing tomorrow?",[316,1354,1355],{},"Having hard skin or a corn removed by a podiatrist is proper care, and it brings real relief. The inner question can be explored alongside it.",[311,1357,1359],{"id":1358},"left-side-or-right-side","Left side or right side?",[316,1361,1362,1363,1366],{},"Spiritually, the ",[388,1364,1365],{"href":497},"left and right sides of the body"," can add a shade of meaning. The right side is linked to action, logic, decisions and the men in your life. The left side is linked to feelings, intuition, receiving and the women in your life.",[377,1368,1369,1375],{},[380,1370,1371,1374],{},[383,1372,1373],{},"On the right foot",", the friction may sit in work, material effort, or a direction you feel pushed to take.",[380,1376,1377,1380],{},[383,1378,1379],{},"On the left foot",", it may sit in your emotional life, in what you find hard to receive, or in a relationship with your mother or another woman close to you.",[311,1382,424],{"id":423},[316,1384,1385,1386,1389,1390,1392],{},"The direction is to look honestly at what bothers you so much that it stops you going forward, and to let the dark thoughts and the guilt go. You are then more \"in tune\" with life. In French, being ",[361,1387,1388],{},"en accord"," with life carries the same sound as ",[361,1391,1322],{},". Trust in the future can grow from there.",[377,1394,1395,1401,1407,1413,1419,1425],{},[380,1396,1397,1400],{},[383,1398,1399],{},"Name the thorn."," Say, at least to yourself, who or what keeps rubbing.",[380,1402,1403,1406],{},[383,1404,1405],{},"Notice one good thing in the present."," Apprehension makes it easy to miss what is already going well.",[380,1408,1409,1412],{},[383,1410,1411],{},"Make one decision yourself."," Take back a choice you have been leaving to others.",[380,1414,1415,1418],{},[383,1416,1417],{},"Let the pain have words."," What is not said tends to harden.",[380,1420,1421,1424],{},[383,1422,1423],{},"Look at the guilt."," Ask whether it is still deserved, and whether it still helps anyone.",[380,1426,1427,1430],{},[383,1428,1429],{},"Change the shoe, too."," Easing the physical friction and the inner one can go together.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1432},[1433,1434,1439,1440],{"id":1280,"depth":18,"text":1281},{"id":1295,"depth":18,"text":1296,"children":1435},[1436,1437,1438],{"id":1302,"depth":25,"text":1303},{"id":1312,"depth":25,"text":1313},{"id":1330,"depth":25,"text":1331},{"id":1358,"depth":18,"text":1359},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of corns and calluses: how hard skin on the feet may relate to apprehension, guilt and friction in daily life.","feet",[],[1445,1448],{"name":1446,"url":1447},"NHS: Corns and calluses","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fcorns-and-calluses\u002F",{"name":1449,"url":1450},"MedlinePlus: Corns and calluses","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fency\u002Farticle\u002F001232.htm",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fcorns-and-calluses",[1454,1455,1456,1457,1458,1459],"What keeps rubbing against me, in the same way, again and again?","Who or what feels like a thorn in my side right now?","Do I let other people decide for me instead of moving forward my own way?","Which pain am I keeping inside rather than expressing?","Is there a wish for revenge, or a guilt, that I have hardened around?","What good things in my present life am I failing to notice and enjoy?",[1290,1461],"\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fathletes-foot",[1463,1464,1465,1466],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCallus","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ2197452","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCorn_(pathology)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ154558",{"title":1267,"description":1441},"Corns and Calluses Spiritual Meaning: Friction and Guilt",[1470,1474,1478],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1471,"pages":1473},[1472],"Pieds — Durillons et cors","344–345",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1475,"pages":1477},[1476],"Masculin (principe…)","270–271",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1479,"pages":1481},[1480],"Féminin (principe…)","182–183","conditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fcorns-and-calluses","Spiritually, corns and calluses are often linked to apprehension about moving forward, a friction that keeps repeating, and, for a painful corn, a deep guilt or inner pain that has hardened instead of being said.","If this reading resonates with you, asking which situation keeps rubbing in the same place can be a good next step, while a podiatrist looks after the skin itself.",[209,1486,239,1487,1488],"Repeated friction","Hardening","Living in the present",[1490,1491,1492,1493,1494],"A corn or callus when you have diabetes, poor circulation or numb feet. See a GP or podiatrist rather than treating it yourself.","Bleeding, discharge, increasing redness, heat or swelling, which can mean infection.","Pain that stops you walking normally, or that does not improve after changing your shoes.","Corns that keep coming back. A foot shape such as a bunion or hammer toe may need assessment.","Do not cut corns yourself or use corn plasters if you have diabetes or fragile skin.","B9hNK7myvDKkR8TVWrlJI4lxw5frYJyZl61g4Ybwb_o",{"id":1497,"title":1498,"affirmation":1499,"aka":1500,"area":1506,"body":1507,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":1683,"extension":491,"group":1684,"guides":1685,"medicalSources":1686,"meta":1693,"navigation":502,"path":1694,"reflectionQuestions":1695,"related":1702,"sameAs":1703,"seo":1706,"seoTitle":1707,"sources":1708,"stem":1717,"summary":1718,"supportIntro":1719,"themes":1720,"whenToSeeADoctor":1726,"__hash__":1733},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fearache.md","Earache","I lend an ear to what is around me and within me. I can hear without holding on, and keep my heart open.",[1501,1502,1503,1504,1505],"Ear pain","Left ear pain","Right ear pain","Ear burning","Otalgia","eyes-and-ears",{"type":308,"value":1508,"toc":1668},[1509,1513,1521,1524,1528,1531,1535,1538,1542,1545,1549,1556,1560,1571,1575,1581,1585,1588,1592,1599,1601,1607,1619,1623,1630,1632],[311,1510,1512],{"id":1511},"what-earache-is","What earache is",[316,1514,1515,1516,1520],{},"Earache is pain in one or both ears. It can be sharp, dull or burning, constant or coming and going, and it is especially common in children. The most frequent cause is an ",[388,1517,1519],{"href":1518},"\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fear-infection","ear infection",", in the middle ear behind the eardrum or in the outer ear canal. Other causes include a cold or sinus congestion blocking the tube that drains the ear, a build-up of earwax, pressure changes when flying, and pain that comes from somewhere else, such as a tooth, the jaw joint or the throat.",[316,1522,1523],{},"Most earache gets better by itself within a few days. Painkillers and a warm or cold compress can ease it, and a pharmacist can advise. A GP is needed when the pain lasts, comes with fever or discharge, or affects a young child. Some infections need antibiotics, and some ear problems need a specialist.",[311,1525,1527],{"id":1526},"the-emotional-meaning-of-earache","The emotional meaning of earache",[316,1529,1530],{},"The ear is how words reach you. Spiritually, earache appears when what you hear hurts, irritates or wounds you, and when the communication around you has broken down.",[333,1532,1534],{"id":1533},"words-that-hurt","Words that hurt",[316,1536,1537],{},"The pain may follow a criticism that reached your ears, whether it was meant for you or for someone else. What you hear makes you anxious and hurts you, physically as well as emotionally. You may want to shut yourself away and lose contact with what is around you. When what you heard stirs up a lot of irritation, upset or conflict, the ear can become inflamed.",[333,1539,1541],{"id":1540},"not-heard-and-not-told","Not heard, and not told",[316,1543,1544],{},"Earache can also sit with the feeling that nobody listens to you. Or with the disappointment of the words you wish you would hear and never do: a thank you, a compliment, some recognition. Sometimes it is the opposite: you are the one who is stubborn and refuses to hear what others are saying, because what you hear is beyond what you can take in.",[333,1546,1548],{"id":1547},"missing-what-mattered","Missing what mattered",[316,1550,1551,1552,1555],{},"When noise or chatter stops you from catching words that were important, to make a decision or to know which way to go, the ",[388,1553,1554],{"href":198},"anger"," or frustration that follows is linked to the ears. There is a failure in communication, and the ear carries it.",[333,1557,1559],{"id":1558},"caught-between-loved-ones","Caught between loved ones",[316,1561,1562,1563,1566,1567,1570],{},"The ears react strongly when people you love cannot agree. This is why earaches are so frequent in children, who hear everything the adults say, including their parents' arguments, without being able to give their own view. Hearing different versions of the same story is unsettling when you do not know whom to believe. A child's earache may mirror a parent who is living the same thing and would benefit from listening to themselves more. In French, ",[361,1564,1565],{},"oreille",", the ear, can be heard as ",[361,1568,1569],{},"or-elle",", \"she\", and an earache is often linked to a conflict with the mother.",[333,1572,1574],{"id":1573},"stuck-in-the-past","Stuck in the past",[316,1576,1577,1578,1580],{},"Earache can also sit with a dark past you cling to, with blaming yourself and ",[388,1579,916],{"href":240},". The question is whether you hurt yourself, or let others treat you badly. If someone is mistreating you, that calls for safety and real help, not only for reflection.",[333,1582,1584],{"id":1583},"the-telephone-and-the-endless-conversation","The telephone and the endless conversation",[316,1586,1587],{},"In adults, earache can come with difficulty in spoken communication, for example a dislike of using the phone. It can be hard to end conversations that feel boring, or that circle endlessly around the same subjects.",[333,1589,1591],{"id":1590},"blocked-ears-and-earwax","Blocked ears and earwax",[316,1593,1594,1595,1598],{},"The ears can block when you want to hide inside and hear nothing more, because what you hear hurts or disturbs you too much. A plug of earwax is read as not wanting to hear any more arguments or wounding words, and as keeping and chewing over everything instead of letting it go. Confusing messages can bring the same wish: in French, ",[361,1596,1597],{},"je n'en crois pas mes oreilles",", I cannot believe my ears.",[311,1600,1359],{"id":1358},[316,1602,1603,1604,1606],{},"The side can add a nuance, as with other ",[388,1605,1365],{"href":497},".",[377,1608,1609,1614],{},[380,1610,1611,1613],{},[383,1612,1502],{}," relates to the feminine side, in men and women alike: feelings, tenderness and receiving. The question may be what you have heard in your emotional life, or from the women in your life, that you find hard to take in.",[380,1615,1616,1618],{},[383,1617,1503],{}," relates to the masculine side: reasoning, speech, decisions and work. The question may be what you have heard at work, about the direction you are taking, or from the men in your life.",[311,1620,1622],{"id":1621},"in-folklore","In folklore",[316,1624,1625,1626,1629],{},"Popular belief, not medicine and not the spiritual interpretation above, says that burning or ringing ears mean someone is talking about you. Old sayings disagree on which ear means praise and which means criticism. These are sayings: a ringing that lasts is ",[388,1627,1628],{"href":702},"tinnitus",", and a burning, painful ear deserves a look.",[311,1631,424],{"id":423},[377,1633,1634,1644,1650,1656,1662],{},[380,1635,1636,1639,1640,1643],{},[383,1637,1638],{},"Lend an ear."," In French, ",[361,1641,1642],{},"prêter l'oreille"," means to listen closely. Practise it with the people around you, and especially with yourself.",[380,1645,1646,1649],{},[383,1647,1648],{},"Keep your ears open, and your distance."," You can hear what is said without letting every word lodge in you.",[380,1651,1652,1655],{},[383,1653,1654],{},"Say what you need to hear."," If you are waiting for thanks or recognition, ask for it, or give it to yourself.",[380,1657,1658,1661],{},[383,1659,1660],{},"Step out of the middle."," When people you love disagree, you do not have to carry their quarrel.",[380,1663,1664,1667],{},[383,1665,1666],{},"Listen inside."," A few minutes of silence each day makes room for your own inner wisdom.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1669},[1670,1671,1680,1681,1682],{"id":1511,"depth":18,"text":1512},{"id":1526,"depth":18,"text":1527,"children":1672},[1673,1674,1675,1676,1677,1678,1679],{"id":1533,"depth":25,"text":1534},{"id":1540,"depth":25,"text":1541},{"id":1547,"depth":25,"text":1548},{"id":1558,"depth":25,"text":1559},{"id":1573,"depth":25,"text":1574},{"id":1583,"depth":25,"text":1584},{"id":1590,"depth":25,"text":1591},{"id":1358,"depth":18,"text":1359},{"id":1621,"depth":18,"text":1622},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of earache: hurtful words, feeling unheard, words you wait for, and listening to your inner wisdom.","hearing",[497,499],[1687,1690],{"name":1688,"url":1689},"NHS: Earache","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fearache\u002F",{"name":1691,"url":1692},"MedlinePlus: Earache","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fency\u002Farticle\u002F003046.htm",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fearache",[1696,1697,1698,1699,1700,1701],"What have I heard recently that hurt me, whether it was aimed at me or at someone else?","Do I feel that nobody listens to what I have to say?","Which words am I still waiting to hear, a thank you, a compliment, an \"I love you\"?","Am I refusing to hear what someone is trying to tell me?","Am I caught between people I love who cannot agree, or between versions of a story I do not know whether to believe?","When did I last listen to my own inner wisdom?",[1518,702,700,724],[1704,1705],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEar_pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1596398",{"title":1498,"description":1683},"Ear Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right Ear",[1709,1713,1715],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1710,"pages":1712},[1711],"Oreilles (maux d'...)","306",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1714,"pages":1477},[1476],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1716,"pages":1481},[1480],"conditions\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fearache","Spiritually, earache is often linked to hurt, irritation or anguish about what you hear, from criticism and quarrels to the words you wait for and never receive, and to an invitation to listen more closely to yourself.","If this reading resonates with you, a quiet listening practice, a few minutes of silence each day to hear what is going on inside, can be a good next step.",[1721,1722,1723,1724,1725],"Hurtful words","Not being heard","Words never said","Conflict between loved ones","Inner listening",[1727,1728,1729,1730,1731,1732],"Earache with a high temperature, or that has not improved after two to three days.","Fluid, pus or blood coming out of the ear, or a change in hearing.","Swelling or redness behind the ear, the ear sticking out, a stiff neck, severe headache, dizziness or a face that droops on one side. Seek urgent care.","Earache in a baby, or frequent earaches in a child.","Ear pain after an injury, a loud noise, or something put in the ear.","Do not push cotton buds or objects into a painful ear. If drops or antibiotics are prescribed, finish the course.","cvjb9QZR-lotbNAhiUPCLubv9teiH3wCq-8kIsiMe50",{"id":1735,"title":1736,"affirmation":1737,"aka":1738,"area":1748,"body":1749,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":1915,"extension":491,"group":1916,"guides":1917,"medicalSources":1918,"meta":1925,"navigation":502,"path":1926,"reflectionQuestions":1927,"related":1934,"sameAs":1938,"seo":1943,"seoTitle":1944,"sources":1945,"stem":1962,"summary":1963,"supportIntro":1964,"themes":1965,"whenToSeeADoctor":1972,"__hash__":1979},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fgum-disease.md","Gum disease","I trust myself in the decisions I take, and I trust life. I let the past go and move forward with determination.",[1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747],"Gingivitis","Bleeding gums","Periodontitis","Periodontal disease","Receding gums","Swollen gums","Pyorrhoea","Pyorrhea","Gencives qui saignent","mouth-and-teeth",{"type":308,"value":1750,"toc":1902},[1751,1755,1758,1761,1765,1768,1770,1773,1783,1787,1790,1794,1801,1805,1808,1817,1820,1823,1829,1832,1835,1838,1841,1845,1859,1861,1864],[311,1752,1754],{"id":1753},"what-gum-disease-is","What gum disease is",[316,1756,1757],{},"Gum disease is inflammation of the tissues that hold the teeth in place. It is caused by plaque, a sticky film of bacteria that builds up along the gum line. In its early stage, gingivitis, the gums become red, swollen and bleed easily when you brush. If it is not treated, it can become periodontitis: the gums pull away from the teeth, the bone that supports them is slowly lost, and teeth can become loose and eventually fall out. Bad breath and a bad taste are common.",[316,1759,1760],{},"Gum disease is very common in adults. Smoking, diabetes, pregnancy, some medicines, a weakened immune system and not cleaning between the teeth all raise the risk. Gingivitis can usually be reversed with good brushing, cleaning between the teeth and a professional clean. Periodontitis needs regular treatment by a dentist or hygienist to stop it getting worse. Bleeding gums with bruising or other bleeding elsewhere need a doctor.",[311,1762,1764],{"id":1763},"the-emotional-meaning-of-gum-disease","The emotional meaning of gum disease",[316,1766,1767],{},"The gums support the teeth, and the strength of the teeth depends a great deal on them. Since the teeth stand for decisions, the gums are read as the ground under your decisions: your confidence that you can stand by them.",[333,1769,1574],{"id":1573},[316,1771,1772],{},"Spiritually, sore gums are read as feeling caught with a person or a situation because you insist on staying in the past. Instead of climbing the next step, you would rather go back. Indecision is everywhere. You doubt because you wonder whether you can bear your decisions and what they will bring.",[316,1774,1775,1776,1778,1779,1782],{},"Gum pain may be linked to a decision you should have taken long ago and keep postponing, out of ",[388,1777,744],{"href":234}," of what it could change; or to a decision you have taken but are not carrying out. You are in a passive state of fear, insecurity and uncertainty about the future. Your words feel as if they carry no weight, and you are often ",[388,1780,1781],{"href":198},"angry"," with yourself.",[333,1784,1786],{"id":1785},"limits-and-the-need-for-love","Limits and the need for love",[316,1788,1789],{},"You may feel left to fend for yourself, struggling to define your limits and what you can tolerate. Then, like a small volcano, emotions held back for a long time erupt. There can be an intense inner pain about the emotional nourishment you need and feel you lack. Sensitive gums that sometimes swell are read as great emotional sensitivity and vulnerability: you need a lot of love and feel you are not receiving it, or fear losing it. You may feel unsure of your own limits and of your ability to tell what is good for you. If you blame yourself for things you have said or done, the gums are read as feeling it too.",[333,1791,1793],{"id":1792},"an-abscess-on-the-gum","An abscess on the gum",[316,1795,1796,1797,1800],{},"When there is a break in affection, especially with your mother or your children, and you store up sorrow and disappointment while feeling ",[388,1798,1799],{"href":240},"guilty"," about what is happening, a gum abscess is read as the wish to expel that inner suffering once and for all. An abscess still needs a dentist.",[333,1802,1804],{"id":1803},"gingivitis-fear-around-a-decision","Gingivitis: fear around a decision",[316,1806,1807],{},"An infection of the gums is read as fear. It may be fear about a decision you took and regret, or one you keep questioning, or about your inability to decide at all. It may also be fear of someone else, a manager, a partner, a religion, whose decisions affect you directly and over which you have no control. Someone acted too fast and it irritates you. Frustration and discontent can lead to confrontations that may not be needed.",[316,1809,1810,1811,1349,1814,1816],{},"When the gums become inflamed, they are read as distress and a poor ability to defend yourself, with ",[388,1812,1813],{"href":288},"weariness",[388,1815,823],{"href":255}," and fear. The invitation is to channel that fear and express it.",[311,1818,1740],{"id":1819},"bleeding-gums",[316,1821,1822],{},"Bleeding gums are read as insecurity, a doubt about a decision to take, and a loss of joy in expressing yourself. Are you right to doubt, or to regret? You may find it hard to hold your position and stay firm. You may feel your freedom is restricted, feel powerless, and hold others responsible for how you feel.",[316,1824,1825,1826,1828],{},"In gingivitis the bleeding is read as ",[388,1827,1348],{"href":273}," at not being able to express yourself, either because you are not allowed to or because you stop yourself, feeling that what you say does not matter and no one will listen. When a decision tears you in two, the bleeding is read as joy draining out of it.",[311,1830,1743],{"id":1831},"receding-gums",[316,1833,1834],{},"Because the gums are the foundation the teeth rest on, gum disease can come with anger and sadness at the feeling that your foundations are collapsing, leaving you powerless in front of events or other people. You may stamp on the spot and criticise instead of looking at how to move forward and leave the past behind.",[316,1836,1837],{},"When the gums pull back and the teeth loosen, the sense of powerlessness is read as strongest. Reality no longer holds and your inner strength is shaken. In a striking image, the gums are bathed in the tears of the teeth, your emotions. You keep asking whether you made the right decisions and find it hard to stand by your choices. You doubt yourself so much, and want so badly to be accepted, that you become flexible and understanding to the extreme while putting your own needs aside.",[316,1839,1840],{},"Receding gums are also read as the fear of being found out in a secret that was never told, one that has gnawed at you over the years. Like a chameleon, you may adjust so much to others to be loved and accepted that you lose yourself and have no limits left. The invitation is to mark out your own space and free yourself from what has been eating at you.",[311,1842,1844],{"id":1843},"upper-or-lower-gum","Upper or lower gum",[377,1846,1847,1853],{},[380,1848,1849,1852],{},[383,1850,1851],{},"The upper gum"," is read as masculine energy and the father, and also as your work and your role in society.",[380,1854,1855,1858],{},[383,1856,1857],{},"The lower gum"," is read as feminine energy and the mother, and also as your whole emotional side.",[311,1860,424],{"id":423},[316,1862,1863],{},"Gum disease is a bacterial infection and needs a dentist or hygienist. The emotional perspective asks how steady the ground under your decisions feels.",[377,1865,1866,1872,1878,1884,1890,1896],{},[380,1867,1868,1871],{},[383,1869,1870],{},"Take a moment of silence."," Give yourself time alone to gather your strength.",[380,1873,1874,1877],{},[383,1875,1876],{},"Name the postponed decision."," Write down the one you have been avoiding, or the one you took and have not acted on.",[380,1879,1880,1883],{},[383,1881,1882],{},"Assert yourself."," The gums support the teeth, and the teeth are decisions: trust yourself in the ones you make.",[380,1885,1886,1889],{},[383,1887,1888],{},"Draw your limits."," Decide what you will and will not tolerate, even with people you love.",[380,1891,1892,1895],{},[383,1893,1894],{},"Speak, even if you think it will not count."," Your words carry weight when you give them some.",[380,1897,1898,1901],{},[383,1899,1900],{},"See change as growth."," Each important change can be a step towards the goals you have set yourself. Look reality in the face, let the past go, and trust what is coming.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1903},[1904,1905,1911,1912,1913,1914],{"id":1753,"depth":18,"text":1754},{"id":1763,"depth":18,"text":1764,"children":1906},[1907,1908,1909,1910],{"id":1573,"depth":25,"text":1574},{"id":1785,"depth":25,"text":1786},{"id":1792,"depth":25,"text":1793},{"id":1803,"depth":25,"text":1804},{"id":1819,"depth":18,"text":1740},{"id":1831,"depth":18,"text":1743},{"id":1843,"depth":18,"text":1844},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of gum disease, gingivitis and bleeding gums: doubt about decisions, a lost joy in speaking, and shaky foundations.","teeth",[],[1919,1922],{"name":1920,"url":1921},"NHS: Gum disease","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fgum-disease\u002F",{"name":1923,"url":1924},"MedlinePlus: Gum Disease","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fgumdisease.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fgum-disease",[1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933],"Is there a decision I should have taken long ago and keep putting off?","Have I made a decision that I am not carrying out?","Do I feel that what I say carries no weight, or that no one will listen?","Where do I struggle to set my limits and know what is good for me?","Am I so flexible, to be accepted, that my own needs disappear?","Is there a secret I am afraid will come out?",[1935,1936,689,1937],"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftoothache","\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftooth-decay","\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fbad-breath",[1939,1940,1941,1942],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPeriodontal_disease","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ520127","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGingivitis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ673083",{"title":1736,"description":1915},"Bleeding Gums Spiritual Meaning: Gingivitis and Gum Disease",[1946,1950,1954,1958],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1947,"pages":1949},[1948],"Gencives (maux de ...)","196",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1951,"pages":1953},[1952],"Gencives (saignements des ...)","197",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1955,"pages":1957},[1956],"Gencives — Gingivite aiguë","196–197",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":1959,"pages":1961},[1960],"Dents (maux de ...)","135–136","conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fgum-disease","Spiritually, gum disease is often linked to doubt about decisions, ones you keep postponing or have taken and not carried out. Bleeding gums may reflect a lost joy in expressing yourself, and receding gums a feeling that your foundations are giving way.","If this reading resonates with you, a short moment of silence on your own each day, to gather your strength and look at one decision clearly, can be a good next step.",[1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971],"Indecision","Staying in the past","Lost joy in self-expression","Shaky foundations","Limits and boundaries","Need for love",[1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978],"Gums that bleed when you brush or floss, or are red and swollen. See a dentist or hygienist; early gum disease can be reversed.","Loose teeth, gums pulling away from the teeth, or a change in your bite.","A swelling on the gum, pus, a bad taste or fever, which can be an abscess. Get urgent dental care.","Very painful, bleeding gums with ulcers, bad breath and feeling unwell. Get dental care quickly.","Gums that bleed easily with unexplained bruising, nosebleeds, tiredness or frequent infections. See a GP, as this can point to a blood problem.","Gum problems if you have diabetes or are pregnant. Tell your dentist and doctor.","XdJLi91FD5QEsmA7yYsCEe04qfpkG81ypFHneX9ZPJY",{"id":1981,"title":1982,"affirmation":1983,"aka":1984,"area":1993,"body":1994,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":2191,"extension":491,"group":2192,"guides":2193,"medicalSources":2194,"meta":2201,"navigation":502,"path":2202,"reflectionQuestions":2203,"related":2210,"sameAs":2211,"seo":2214,"seoTitle":2215,"sources":2216,"stem":2224,"summary":2225,"supportIntro":2226,"themes":2227,"whenToSeeADoctor":2233,"__hash__":2243},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fhernia.md","Hernia","I allow myself to be who I am and to express it freely. I take time to see clearly where I am going.",[1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992],"Inguinal hernia","Umbilical hernia","Hiatus hernia","Hiatal hernia","Femoral hernia","Incisional hernia","Abdominal hernia","Hernie","digestive-system",{"type":308,"value":1995,"toc":2180},[1996,2000,2003,2006,2037,2044,2052,2056,2062,2066,2069,2073,2076,2080,2087,2091,2097,2101,2104,2137,2139,2142],[311,1997,1999],{"id":1998},"what-a-hernia-is","What a hernia is",[316,2001,2002],{},"A hernia happens when an internal organ or fatty tissue pushes through a weak spot in the surrounding muscle or tissue wall. It often shows as a soft lump or swelling that may disappear when you lie down and reappear when you stand, cough or strain. Some hernias ache or feel heavy; others cause no symptoms.",[316,2004,2005],{},"The most common types are:",[377,2007,2008,2013,2018,2023,2028],{},[380,2009,2010,2012],{},[383,2011,1985],{},", in the groin, much more common in men.",[380,2014,2015,2017],{},[383,2016,1989],{},", also in the groin, more common in women.",[380,2019,2020,2022],{},[383,2021,1986],{},", at the belly button. It is common and usually harmless in babies, and often closes by itself in the first years of life. It can also appear in adults.",[380,2024,2025,2027],{},[383,2026,1990],{},", through the scar of a previous operation.",[380,2029,2030,2032,2033,1606],{},[383,2031,1987],{},", where part of the stomach pushes up through the diaphragm into the chest. It often causes no symptoms but can lead to ",[388,2034,2036],{"href":2035},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fheartburn","heartburn",[316,2038,2039,2040,2043],{},"Hernias are linked to weaker muscle walls, ageing, heavy lifting, chronic coughing, ",[388,2041,2042],{"href":692},"constipation",", pregnancy and being overweight. They do not heal by themselves in adults. Treatment ranges from watchful waiting to surgery, which is often a routine operation. A hernia that gets trapped is an emergency.",[316,2045,2046,2047,2051],{},"A ",[388,2048,2050],{"href":2049},"\u002Fback\u002Fslipped-disc","slipped disc",", sometimes called a herniated disc or spinal hernia, is a different problem in the spine and has its own page.",[311,2053,2055],{"id":2054},"the-emotional-meaning-of-a-hernia","The emotional meaning of a hernia",[316,2057,2058,2059,2061],{},"Spiritually, a hernia is pressure looking for a way out. Something pushes through the wall where the wall is weakest. The abdominal wall protects the organs and keeps them in place. In the same way, you may be trying to keep your world in its place by not allowing your ",[388,2060,1554],{"href":198}," or your stronger feelings out.",[333,2063,2065],{"id":2064},"a-wish-to-break-away","A wish to break away",[316,2067,2068],{},"A hernia can sit with a great, unspoken wish to break with a situation or a person you find unpleasant, and to which you feel committed. You want to pull yourself out of something that has become intolerable. It may concern a separation, chosen by you or by your partner, that you find hard to accept.",[333,2070,2072],{"id":2071},"living-for-everyone-else","Living for everyone else",[316,2074,2075],{},"Do you find life heavy to carry? Why work so hard? Underneath there may be weakness and fatigue, a need to be supported, and a reluctance to ask for help. There is often frustration with yourself, because you know you live too much for others and not enough for your own needs. You answer the expectations of parents, friends, partner and boss. And where are you in all this?",[333,2077,2079],{"id":2078},"when-pressure-implodes","When pressure implodes",[316,2081,2082,2083,2086],{},"By keeping the strain under control, you can reach a point where everything bursts, or rather bursts inward. Distress that has not been released outwardly has to find a way out. There is a mental push, ",[388,2084,2085],{"href":282},"stress",", trying to break through. You may feel driven to go too far, or to reach your goal in an excessive way.",[333,2088,2090],{"id":2089},"a-question-of-self-blame","A question of self-blame",[316,2092,2093,2094,2096],{},"The spiritual interpretation also hears a form of self-punishment in a hernia. Treat this as a question rather than a verdict: am I angry with myself for feeling powerless, or for not achieving certain things? Do I feel ",[388,2095,1799],{"href":240}," for being in this state? If the answer is yes, a hernia can be read as the moment for a new start.",[311,2098,2100],{"id":2099},"what-the-location-may-suggest","What the location may suggest",[316,2102,2103],{},"In this approach, where the hernia appears adds nuance. Take these as questions to explore.",[377,2105,2106,2112,2120,2129],{},[380,2107,2108,2111],{},[383,2109,2110],{},"Inguinal hernia (groin):"," a secret you carry and do not share, and difficulty expressing your creativity. It can also ask: am I satisfied in my intimate life? Do I try to meet my partner's needs while forgetting my own?",[380,2113,2114,2117,2118,1606],{},[383,2115,2116],{},"Hiatus hernia (diaphragm):"," anger, even rage, in a situation where you feel powerless. You feel ready to \"fly off the handle\". If it brings on heartburn, see also ",[388,2119,2036],{"href":2035},[380,2121,2122,2125,2126,2128],{},[383,2123,2124],{},"Umbilical hernia (belly button):"," in a baby it is a common physical finding linked to how the navel heals after the cord is cut, and it usually closes on its own. As a symbolic image for an adult, the belly button points back to the safe, warm place of the mother's womb. It may express disappointment, even ",[388,2127,415],{"href":264},", at having had to leave that safety. Now you feel you must manage on your own, and goals you set yourself suddenly feel much less exciting. In adult life it can also reflect a fear of being controlled or influenced by a new environment.",[380,2130,2131,2134,2135,1606],{},[383,2132,2133],{},"Spinal \"hernia\":"," see ",[388,2136,2050],{"href":2049},[311,2138,424],{"id":423},[316,2140,2141],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for a weak spot. Muscle walls, lifting, ageing and surgery explain most hernias, and many need a surgeon. The emotional perspective simply asks what pressure you have been holding in.",[377,2143,2144,2150,2156,2162,2168,2174],{},[380,2145,2146,2149],{},[383,2147,2148],{},"Let your creativity out."," Give yourself one place, a hobby, a notebook, a conversation, where you express yourself freely.",[380,2151,2152,2155],{},[383,2153,2154],{},"Be yourself out loud."," Notice where you hide who you are to keep the peace, and try one small honest step.",[380,2157,2158,2161],{},[383,2159,2160],{},"Ask for support."," If life feels heavy, say so to someone, and accept the help that is offered.",[380,2163,2164,2167],{},[383,2165,2166],{},"Put your own needs back on the list."," Next to what parents, partner and work expect, write what you need.",[380,2169,2170,2173],{},[383,2171,2172],{},"Take time alone."," A little solitude helps you see your life clearly and know where you are going.",[380,2175,2176,2179],{},[383,2177,2178],{},"Trust your potential."," For the umbilical image especially: you have what it takes to reach your goals, and you are supported. Opening your heart to others, without losing yourself, makes the road less lonely.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2181},[2182,2183,2189,2190],{"id":1998,"depth":18,"text":1999},{"id":2054,"depth":18,"text":2055,"children":2184},[2185,2186,2187,2188],{"id":2064,"depth":25,"text":2065},{"id":2071,"depth":25,"text":2072},{"id":2078,"depth":25,"text":2079},{"id":2089,"depth":25,"text":2090},{"id":2099,"depth":18,"text":2100},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of a hernia: pressure held in too long, a wish to break free, and living for others. Inguinal, hiatus and umbilical.","bowel",[],[2195,2198],{"name":2196,"url":2197},"NHS: Hernia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fhernia\u002F",{"name":2199,"url":2200},"MedlinePlus: Hernia","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fhernia.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fhernia",[2204,2205,2206,2207,2208,2209],"Which situation or person do I long to break away from, without saying so?","Am I working this hard for my own sake, or to meet everyone else's expectations?","Where do I need support but hold back from asking for it?","What anger or distress am I keeping in so that everything stays in its place?","Am I pushing myself to go too far, or reaching my goals in an excessive way?","What part of my creativity or my true self have I kept hidden?",[2035,2049,692],[2212,2213],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHernia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ133076",{"title":1982,"description":2191},"Hernia Spiritual Meaning: Inguinal, Umbilical, Hiatus",[2217,2220],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":2218,"pages":2219},[1992],"222",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":2221,"pages":2223},[2222],"Ombilicale (hernie ...)","302","conditions\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fhernia","Spiritually, a hernia is often linked to pressure that has been held in for too long, a strong unspoken wish to break away from a situation you feel bound to, and a life lived for other people's expectations rather than your own needs.","If this reading resonates with you, a short daily pause on your own, to notice what you need rather than what others expect, can be a good next step.",[2228,2229,2230,2231,301,2232],"Pressure held in","Wanting to break free","Living for others","Not asking for help","A new start",[2234,2237,2238,2239,2240,2241,2242],{"A hernia that becomes suddenly painful, tender, red or hard, or cannot be pushed back in, especially with vomiting, a swollen belly or being unable to pass wind or stools":2235},{" Call emergency services":2236},"the bowel may be trapped (strangulated) and needs surgery the same day.","A new lump in the groin, near the belly button, or in a scar on the abdomen. See a GP to confirm what it is.","A lump in the groin or scrotum in a baby or child. See a GP; inguinal hernias in children are usually repaired.","A lump at the belly button of a baby that is still there after the age of about four or five, or that becomes painful or discoloured.","Heartburn that is frequent, or difficulty swallowing, which may come with a hiatus hernia.","Chest pain should never be assumed to be a hiatus hernia. If it is severe, spreads to the arm or jaw, or comes with breathlessness, call emergency services.","Whether and when to operate is a surgeon's decision. Do not delay a recommended repair because of anything you read here.","gpzuqrnQ7BoFTqrocw4q1XWDyQQmoo6CVmTGj9GCcTU",{"id":2245,"title":2246,"affirmation":2247,"aka":2248,"area":2254,"body":2255,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":2368,"extension":491,"group":2369,"guides":2370,"medicalSources":2371,"meta":2378,"navigation":502,"path":2379,"reflectionQuestions":2380,"related":2387,"sameAs":2388,"seo":2391,"seoTitle":2392,"sources":2393,"stem":2397,"summary":2398,"supportIntro":2399,"themes":2400,"whenToSeeADoctor":2405,"__hash__":2411},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fhiccups.md","Hiccups","I take life more calmly. I savour it fully, and I take charge of myself.",[2249,2250,2251,2252,2253],"Hiccough","Hiccups that won't stop","Hiccup","Persistent hiccups","Hoquet","respiratory-system",{"type":308,"value":2256,"toc":2357},[2257,2261,2264,2270,2274,2280,2284,2287,2291,2294,2298,2305,2309,2318,2320,2323,2325],[311,2258,2260],{"id":2259},"what-hiccups-are","What hiccups are",[316,2262,2263],{},"Hiccups are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle under the lungs that drives breathing. Each spasm makes the vocal cords snap shut, which gives the familiar \"hic\" sound.",[316,2265,2266,2267,2269],{},"Most bouts last a few minutes and stop on their own. Common triggers are eating or drinking too quickly, fizzy drinks, alcohol, spicy food, a full stomach, sudden changes in temperature, and excitement or ",[388,2268,2085],{"href":282},". Hiccups that last more than two days are rare and are worth seeing a doctor about: they can be linked to reflux, irritation of the nerves that supply the diaphragm, some medicines, or other conditions that need to be looked at. A doctor may treat the cause and, if needed, prescribe medicine to stop the spasms.",[311,2271,2273],{"id":2272},"the-emotional-meaning-of-hiccups","The emotional meaning of hiccups",[316,2275,2276,2277,2279],{},"Spiritually, hiccups are linked to something that upsets the body's rhythm from the inside: an inner revolt, ",[388,2278,916],{"href":240},", or harsh self-judgement.",[333,2281,2283],{"id":2282},"something-you-cannot-stop","Something you cannot stop",[316,2285,2286],{},"Hiccups can be frequent and long-lasting, and they are uncomfortable and unpleasant for the person who has them. The question is whether something in your life, or something you would like to live, is just as uncomfortable and unpleasant, and frustrates you because it does not happen. Are there noises or thoughts in your head that you cannot switch off? Is there a situation you cannot accept, over which you have no control, and that you would like to change or stop, just like the hiccups?",[333,2288,2290],{"id":2289},"consistency-and-being-heard","Consistency and being heard",[316,2292,2293],{},"Hiccups also ask about consistency between what you think, what you say and what you do. On which subject do you disagree, while feeling that you cannot be heard? Sometimes the feeling is aimed at a person in authority, and what you would like to say is simply: \"That's enough!\"",[333,2295,2297],{"id":2296},"listening-to-the-inner-ok","Listening to the inner \"OK\"",[316,2299,2300,2301,2304],{},"In French, ",[361,2302,2303],{},"hoquet"," sounds like \"O.K.\". The play on words invites a question: do you still listen to your inner voice, and to the \"OKs\" it gives you?",[333,2306,2308],{"id":2307},"fear-impatience-and-habit","Fear, impatience and habit",[316,2310,2311,2312,2314,2315,2317],{},"Hiccups can come with ",[388,2313,744],{"href":234}," of something or someone, as a reminder that you need to free yourself of it. ",[388,2316,245],{"href":246}," and impulsiveness about an event can sit there too. And sometimes the hiccups seem programmed, such as \"every time I drink something fizzy, I get hiccups\", which is itself worth noticing.",[311,2319,1622],{"id":1621},[316,2321,2322],{},"In popular belief, not medicine and not the spiritual interpretation above, hiccups are sometimes said to mean that someone is thinking or talking about you. Folk remedies such as a sudden fright, drinking from the far side of a glass or holding your breath are passed on in many families, but they are habits and stories, not proven treatments.",[311,2324,424],{"id":423},[377,2326,2327,2333,2339,2345,2351],{},[380,2328,2329,2332],{},[383,2330,2331],{},"Take life more calmly."," Slow down your eating, your drinking and your pace, and notice what changes.",[380,2334,2335,2338],{},[383,2336,2337],{},"Savour what you live."," Give yourself time to taste and appreciate your life rather than rushing through it.",[380,2340,2341,2344],{},[383,2342,2343],{},"Trust that things can be in their place."," Some situations are not yours to control, and accepting that can ease the inner revolt.",[380,2346,2347,2350],{},[383,2348,2349],{},"Say \"that's enough\" where it is needed."," Find a calm, clear way to voice a disagreement, including to someone in authority.",[380,2352,2353,2356],{},[383,2354,2355],{},"Take charge of yourself."," The power you do have is over your own choices, and you can use it fully.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2358},[2359,2360,2366,2367],{"id":2259,"depth":18,"text":2260},{"id":2272,"depth":18,"text":2273,"children":2361},[2362,2363,2364,2365],{"id":2282,"depth":25,"text":2283},{"id":2289,"depth":25,"text":2290},{"id":2296,"depth":25,"text":2297},{"id":2307,"depth":25,"text":2308},{"id":1621,"depth":18,"text":1622},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of hiccups: how they may relate to inner revolt, self-judgement, impatience and a situation you cannot stop.","lungs-and-bronchi",[],[2372,2375],{"name":2373,"url":2374},"NHS: Hiccups","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fhiccups\u002F",{"name":2376,"url":2377},"MedlinePlus: Hiccups","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fency\u002Farticle\u002F003068.htm",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fhiccups",[2381,2382,2383,2384,2385,2386],"Is something in my life uncomfortable or unpleasant, and frustrating me because it does not change?","Are there thoughts or noises I cannot stop?","Are what I think, what I say and what I do consistent with one another?","Which situation can I not accept, because I have no control over it and would like it to stop?","On which subject do I disagree without feeling that I can be heard?","Is there someone in authority to whom I would like to say \"that's enough\"?",[2035,708],[2389,2390],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHiccup","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ58952",{"title":2246,"description":2368},"Hiccups Spiritual Meaning: Emotional Causes and Folklore",[2394],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":2395,"pages":2396},[2253],"226","conditions\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fhiccups","Spiritually, hiccups are often linked to an inner revolt, guilt or self-judgement, and to a situation you would like to stop but cannot control, just like the hiccups themselves.","If this reading resonates with you, taking a few slow breaths and naming the situation you would like to stop can be a good next step.",[2401,2402,2403,1722,245,2404],"Inner revolt","Self-judgement","Lack of control","Listening to your inner voice",[2406,2407,2408,2409,2410],"Hiccups that last more than 48 hours, or keep coming back.","Hiccups with chest pain, difficulty breathing, trouble swallowing, vomiting or a high temperature.","Hiccups with new weakness, numbness, confusion or difficulty speaking. Call emergency services.","Hiccups that started after a new medicine, or that stop you eating or sleeping.","Do not stop a prescribed medicine because of anything you read here. Ask the prescriber.","YkL8LMaZzIF3obRlnOtC754LttQnsdcvVoIbGhACjEQ",{"id":2413,"title":2414,"affirmation":2415,"aka":2416,"area":2424,"body":2425,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":2608,"extension":491,"group":2424,"guides":2609,"medicalSources":2610,"meta":2617,"navigation":502,"path":2618,"reflectionQuestions":2619,"related":2626,"sameAs":2627,"seo":2630,"seoTitle":2631,"sources":2632,"stem":2641,"summary":2642,"supportIntro":2643,"themes":2644,"whenToSeeADoctor":2648,"__hash__":2655},"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.",[2417,2418,2419,2420,2421,2422,2423],"Left hip pain","Right hip pain","Hip joint pain","Sore hip","Stiff hip","Groin pain","Douleur à la hanche","hips",{"type":308,"value":2426,"toc":2595},[2427,2431,2434,2456,2460,2463,2467,2478,2482,2485,2489,2496,2500,2509,2513,2516,2519,2523,2526,2528,2534,2546,2548,2551],[311,2428,2430],{"id":2429},"what-hip-pain-is","What hip pain is",[316,2432,2433],{},"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.",[316,2435,2436,2437,2441,2442,2446,2447,2450,2451,2455],{},"Common causes include ",[388,2438,2440],{"href":2439},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoarthritis","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 ",[388,2443,2445],{"href":2444},"\u002Fback\u002Flower-back-pain","lower back",", as in ",[388,2448,2449],{"href":686},"sciatica",". In older people, a fall can break the hip, especially when the bones are thinned by ",[388,2452,2454],{"href":2453},"\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.",[311,2457,2459],{"id":2458},"the-emotional-meaning-of-hip-pain","The emotional meaning of hip pain",[316,2461,2462],{},"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.",[333,2464,2466],{"id":2465},"a-turning-point-you-hesitate-to-take","A turning point you hesitate to take",[316,2468,2469,2470,2473,2474,2477],{},"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 ",[388,2471,2472],{"href":294},"worry"," about the future, become ",[388,2475,2476],{"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?",[333,2479,2481],{"id":2480},"living-for-yourself-or-sacrificing-yourself","Living for yourself or sacrificing yourself",[316,2483,2484],{},"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.",[333,2486,2488],{"id":2487},"rigidity-after-a-hurt","Rigidity after a hurt",[316,2490,2491,2492,2495],{},"Hip trouble shows stiffness and resistance: an inflexibility towards a person or a situation. It may follow a moment when you felt betrayed or ",[388,2493,2494],{"href":189},"abandoned",", 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.",[333,2497,2499],{"id":2498},"needs-that-no-one-sees","Needs that no one sees",[316,2501,2502,2503,2505,2506,2508],{},"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 ",[388,2504,1554],{"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 ",[388,2507,916],{"href":240}," is mixed in too.",[333,2510,2512],{"id":2511},"intimacy-and-pleasure","Intimacy and pleasure",[316,2514,2515],{},"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.",[316,2517,2518],{},"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.",[333,2520,2522],{"id":2521},"worn-or-weakened-hips","Worn or weakened hips",[316,2524,2525],{},"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.",[311,2527,1359],{"id":1358},[316,2529,2530,2531,2533],{},"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 ",[388,2532,1365],{"href":497}," for more.",[377,2535,2536,2541],{},[380,2537,2538,2540],{},[383,2539,2418],{}," 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.",[380,2542,2543,2545],{},[383,2544,2417],{}," 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.",[311,2547,424],{"id":423},[316,2549,2550],{},"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.",[377,2552,2553,2559,2565,2571,2577,2583,2589],{},[380,2554,2555,2558],{},[383,2556,2557],{},"Put down the role of everyone's mother."," You do not have to look after everybody.",[380,2560,2561,2564],{},[383,2562,2563],{},"Let yourself receive."," Accept care, help and love, and let them feed you.",[380,2566,2567,2570],{},[383,2568,2569],{},"Say your needs."," Others cannot meet expectations they have never heard.",[380,2572,2573,2576],{},[383,2574,2575],{},"Be more flexible in how you decide."," A decision does not have to be perfect to be the next right step.",[380,2578,2579,2582],{},[383,2580,2581],{},"Drop the burdens you no longer need."," Lighter responsibilities make choices easier.",[380,2584,2585,2588],{},[383,2586,2587],{},"Look at your limits."," Ask which of your rules protect you, and which only keep you from living.",[380,2590,2591,2594],{},[383,2592,2593],{},"Thank life for what it teaches."," Each experience can help you find your balance and go ahead with trust.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2596},[2597,2598,2606,2607],{"id":2429,"depth":18,"text":2430},{"id":2458,"depth":18,"text":2459,"children":2599},[2600,2601,2602,2603,2604,2605],{"id":2465,"depth":25,"text":2466},{"id":2480,"depth":25,"text":2481},{"id":2487,"depth":25,"text":2488},{"id":2498,"depth":25,"text":2499},{"id":2511,"depth":25,"text":2512},{"id":2521,"depth":25,"text":2522},{"id":1358,"depth":18,"text":1359},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of hip pain: left vs right hip, indecision about moving forward, and the right to live for yourself.",[495,496,497,498,499],[2611,2614],{"name":2612,"url":2613},"NHS: Hip pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fhip-pain\u002F",{"name":2615,"url":2616},"MedlinePlus: Hip Injuries and Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fhipinjuriesanddisorders.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fhips\u002Fhip-pain",[2620,2621,2622,2623,2624,2625],"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?",[2439,686,2453,2444],[2628,2629],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHip_pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ22350468",{"title":2414,"description":2608},"Hip Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right Hip",[2633,2637,2639],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":2634,"pages":2636},[2635],"Hanches (maux de ...)","219–220",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":2638,"pages":1477},[1476],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":2640,"pages":1481},[1480],"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.",[1966,2645,2488,2646,2512,2647],"Living for yourself or for others","Unmet needs","Feeling worn out",[2649,2650,2651,2652,2653,2654],"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":2657,"title":2658,"affirmation":2659,"aka":2660,"area":1093,"body":2667,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":2853,"extension":491,"group":2854,"guides":2855,"medicalSources":2856,"meta":2863,"navigation":502,"path":2864,"reflectionQuestions":2865,"related":2872,"sameAs":2873,"seo":2876,"seoTitle":2877,"sources":2878,"stem":2882,"summary":2883,"supportIntro":2884,"themes":2885,"whenToSeeADoctor":2890,"__hash__":2897},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finflammation.md","Inflammation","I allow myself to be different. I say what I think and trust myself to live more spontaneously.",[2661,2662,2663,2664,2665,2666],"Chronic inflammation","Inflamed","Swelling and redness","Inflammatory disease","Inflammatory response","Inflamed joints",{"type":308,"value":2668,"toc":2841},[2669,2673,2676,2742,2746,2749,2753,2762,2766,2769,2773,2776,2780,2786,2790,2793,2797,2804,2806,2809],[311,2670,2672],{"id":2671},"what-inflammation-is","What inflammation is",[316,2674,2675],{},"Inflammation is the body's local response to injury or to a harmful agent such as a germ. Blood flow and immune cells increase in the affected area, which produces the four classic signs: redness, heat, pain and swelling. In the short term it is protective and part of healing, as after a cut, a sprain or a sore throat.",[316,2677,2678,2679,1349,2683,1349,2687,1349,2691,1349,2694,1349,2698,1349,2702,1349,2706,1349,2709,1349,2713,1349,2717,2721,2722,2725,2726,1349,2730,1349,2734,2737,2738,2741],{},"Many conditions are named after it, with the ending \"-itis\": ",[388,2680,2682],{"href":2681},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fgastritis","gastritis",[388,2684,2686],{"href":2685},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fbronchitis","bronchitis",[388,2688,2690],{"href":2689},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Ftonsillitis","tonsillitis",[388,2692,2693],{"href":732},"sinusitis",[388,2695,2697],{"href":2696},"\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fconjunctivitis","conjunctivitis",[388,2699,2701],{"href":2700},"\u002Fskin\u002Fdermatitis","dermatitis",[388,2703,2705],{"href":2704},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fbursitis","bursitis",[388,2707,2708],{"href":691},"appendicitis",[388,2710,2712],{"href":2711},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fdiverticulitis","diverticulitis",[388,2714,2716],{"href":2715},"\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder\u002Fhepatitis","hepatitis",[388,2718,2720],{"href":2719},"\u002Fpancreas\u002Fpancreatitis","pancreatitis"," and ",[388,2723,2724],{"href":720},"cystitis",". When inflammation goes on for months, as in ",[388,2727,2729],{"href":2728},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Frheumatoid-arthritis","rheumatoid arthritis",[388,2731,2733],{"href":2732},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fulcerative-colitis","ulcerative colitis",[388,2735,2736],{"href":736},"psoriasis"," or ",[388,2739,2740],{"href":484},"lupus",", the immune system keeps attacking healthy tissue. Doctors can measure it with blood tests such as CRP, and treat the cause with rest, cold, anti-inflammatory medicines, steroids or other targeted treatments.",[311,2743,2745],{"id":2744},"the-emotional-meaning-of-inflammation","The emotional meaning of inflammation",[316,2747,2748],{},"Spiritually, inflammation in the body mirrors an inflammation inside. Something or someone has set you alight: you are fired up, enraged, and your body is showing it.",[333,2750,2752],{"id":2751},"seeing-red","Seeing red",[316,2754,2755,2756,2758,2759,2761],{},"The language of everyday speech fits well: being \"red with anger\", \"boiling\". The spiritual interpretation links this heat to ",[388,2757,1554],{"href":198},", often tied symbolically to the liver and gallbladder, whose \"fire\" is said to run too high. The question is which part of your life makes you boil. Left unspoken, that anger can turn into ",[388,2760,916],{"href":240},", and guilt itself may already be part of what keeps the fire going.",[333,2763,2765],{"id":2764},"holding-on-to-what-has-had-its-time","Holding on to what has had its time",[316,2767,2768],{},"Inflammation is read as a sign that you are living through a situation you do not want to let go of. You resist change and fight it angrily. Something you once needed to support you and help you move forward may no longer need to be there. That contradiction, between what was and what is, is what inflames you. It irritates and exasperates you.",[333,2770,2772],{"id":2771},"feeling-hemmed-in","Feeling hemmed in",[316,2774,2775],{},"You may feel cornered and limited, with a life that has become too rigid, too structured. There is little room left for what is spontaneous in you.",[333,2777,2779],{"id":2778},"old-hurts-and-losses","Old hurts and losses",[316,2781,2782,2783,2785],{},"It is worth checking whether an old difficulty, perhaps in your intimate or sexual life, was pushed down and never resolved. Or whether you have lived a loss you have not accepted, which still makes you very irritable. Seeing it clearly can give you a new and kinder understanding of it. The page on ",[388,2784,970],{"href":237}," may help here.",[333,2787,2789],{"id":2788},"you-against-the-others","You against the others",[316,2791,2792],{},"Finally, inflammation can point to a sharp inner conflict between who you are and the people around you. It invites you to look at your beliefs, and at how much room you give yourself to be different.",[311,2794,2796],{"id":2795},"where-in-the-body","Where in the body",[316,2798,2799,2800,2803],{},"The part of the body that is inflamed adds information. The stomach, the airways, a joint or the skin each carry their own meaning, so the page for that specific \"-itis\" goes further. If an infection is behind the inflammation, see ",[388,2801,2802],{"href":740},"infections"," as well.",[311,2805,424],{"id":423},[316,2807,2808],{},"The closing movement is about allowing yourself to be who you are, even when that sets you apart.",[377,2810,2811,2817,2823,2829,2835],{},[380,2812,2813,2816],{},[383,2814,2815],{},"Name what makes you boil."," Write down, in one line, the person or situation that has been heating you up.",[380,2818,2819,2822],{},[383,2820,2821],{},"Let go of an old support."," Ask what once helped you and is no longer needed, and what it would be like to set it down.",[380,2824,2825,2828],{},[383,2826,2827],{},"Make room for loss."," If a loss is still raw, give it time and words, alone or with someone you trust.",[380,2830,2831,2834],{},[383,2832,2833],{},"Say what you think."," Practise giving your opinion, calmly, even when it differs from those around you.",[380,2836,2837,2840],{},[383,2838,2839],{},"Trust yourself."," Choose one small, spontaneous thing this week, outside your usual structure.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2842},[2843,2844,2851,2852],{"id":2671,"depth":18,"text":2672},{"id":2744,"depth":18,"text":2745,"children":2845},[2846,2847,2848,2849,2850],{"id":2751,"depth":25,"text":2752},{"id":2764,"depth":25,"text":2765},{"id":2771,"depth":25,"text":2772},{"id":2778,"depth":25,"text":2779},{"id":2788,"depth":25,"text":2789},{"id":2795,"depth":18,"text":2796},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of inflammation: inner fire, anger at what you cannot let go, resisting change and the need to be yourself.","general",[],[2857,2860],{"name":2858,"url":2859},"MedlinePlus: C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Test","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Flab-tests\u002Fc-reactive-protein-crp-test\u002F",{"name":2861,"url":2862},"MedlinePlus: Autoimmune Diseases","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fautoimmunediseases.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finflammation",[2866,2867,2868,2869,2870,2871],"What in my life makes me \"see red\" or keeps me at boiling point?","Which situation am I refusing to let go of, even though it has had its time?","Where do I feel cornered, limited or held in a life that is too rigid?","Is there a loss I have not accepted, and that still makes me irritable?","Has some old difficulty, perhaps in my intimate life, been pushed aside without being resolved?","Where do I hold back my opinion because it differs from the people around me?",[740,2681,2685,2689,2700,2704,2728,2715],[2874,2875],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FInflammation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ101991",{"title":2658,"description":2853},"Inflammation Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[2879],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":2880,"pages":2881},[2658],"236","conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finflammation","Spiritually, inflammation is often linked to an inner fire, anger at a person or situation you will not let go of, resistance to change, and a conflict between who you are and the people around you.","If this reading resonates with you, taking a moment to notice what makes you \"boil\", and writing it down before it builds, can be a good next step.",[2886,2887,2772,2765,2888,2889],"Inner fire and anger","Resisting change","Unaccepted loss","Being yourself",[2891,2892,2893,2894,2895,2896],"Redness, heat and swelling that spread quickly, especially with fever, red streaks or feeling very unwell. This can be a serious infection. Get medical help the same day.","A swollen, hot, painful joint, particularly with fever. Get medical help the same day.","A hot, swollen, painful calf. This can be a blood clot. Get urgent medical help.","Swelling of the face, lips, tongue or throat, or difficulty breathing. Call emergency services.","Joint pain and stiffness that last for weeks, morning stiffness, ongoing tiredness, rashes or weight loss. A doctor can check for an inflammatory or autoimmune condition with blood tests.","If you take anti-inflammatory medicines, steroids or other long-term treatment, do not stop or change the dose because of anything you read here.","DlmXTv4Py5sZ8UMuXh8FH_Dn5YsBN7uGUdTG5N7ChRo",{"id":2899,"title":2900,"affirmation":2901,"aka":2902,"area":306,"body":2907,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":3019,"extension":491,"group":1442,"guides":3020,"medicalSources":3021,"meta":3028,"navigation":502,"path":3029,"reflectionQuestions":3030,"related":3037,"sameAs":3040,"seo":3043,"seoTitle":3044,"sources":3045,"stem":3048,"summary":3049,"supportIntro":3050,"themes":3051,"whenToSeeADoctor":3056,"__hash__":3062},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fingrown-toenail.md","Ingrown toenail","I recognise the strength and the riches that live in me. I can be myself without claws, go towards others and move forward on my own inner strength.",[2903,2904,2905,2906,533],"Ingrowing toenail","Onychocryptosis","Ingrown nail","Ingrown big toenail",{"type":308,"value":2908,"toc":3010},[2909,2913,2916,2919,2923,2929,2933,2936,2940,2952,2955,2959,2970,2972],[311,2910,2912],{"id":2911},"what-an-ingrown-toenail-is","What an ingrown toenail is",[316,2914,2915],{},"An ingrown toenail is a nail whose side edge grows into the soft skin next to it. It most often affects the big toe. The skin becomes sore, red and swollen, and it can become infected, with pus and more pain. Common causes are cutting nails too short or rounding the corners, tight or pointed shoes, sweaty feet, an injury to the toe, and a naturally curved nail. Fingernails can also be affected, though less often.",[316,2917,2918],{},"Mild cases often settle with warm soaks, cutting the nail straight across, and wide shoes. A GP or podiatrist can treat an infection, lift or trim the edge of the nail, and, if it keeps coming back, remove part of the nail under local anaesthetic. People with diabetes or poor circulation should have it treated by a professional rather than at home.",[311,2920,2922],{"id":2921},"the-emotional-meaning-of-an-ingrown-toenail","The emotional meaning of an ingrown toenail",[316,2924,2925,2926,2928],{},"Spiritually, an ingrown nail is linked to ",[388,2927,916],{"href":240}," or nervousness about a new situation. There may be a wish to take revenge or to stand up to someone, often the mother, that you feel unable to act on. It can also point to a conflict between what the mind wants and what the spirit longs for.",[333,2930,2932],{"id":2931},"toe-or-finger","Toe or finger",[316,2934,2935],{},"On a finger, the nail speaks of a situation in daily life. On a toe, which is more common, it speaks of a situation or a decision about the future.",[333,2937,2939],{"id":2938},"the-big-toe-and-the-pressure-ahead","The big toe and the pressure ahead",[316,2941,2942,2943,2945,2946,2948,2949,2951],{},"On the big toe, the ingrown nail can be read as ",[388,2944,2472],{"href":294}," about the pressure you think you will have to face later. You may already feel guilty, because you fear you will not live that future with harmony and success. ",[388,2947,269],{"href":270}," may be there too. Guilt can make you feel you have no right to move forward or make things happen. You may also ",[388,2950,415],{"href":264}," some decisions you have made.",[316,2953,2954],{},"The question is whether the pain has become a way of punishing yourself. Noticing which toe or finger is affected can show which part of your life asks for an adjustment, and for less guilt.",[333,2956,2958],{"id":2957},"curling-into-the-shell","Curling into the shell",[316,2960,2961,2962,2965,2966,2969],{},"The nail tends to curl in on itself, as you may curl in on yourself in life. You withdraw under your shell and want to hold everything close. Yet you want to succeed, and you feel unable to make your dreams real. That gap can leave you ",[388,2963,2964],{"href":192},"aggressive"," and frustrated, and convinced that you must keep ",[361,2967,2968],{},"doing"," things to show your worth.",[311,2971,424],{"id":423},[377,2973,2974,2980,2986,2992,2998,3004],{},[380,2975,2976,2979],{},[383,2977,2978],{},"Look at your inner riches."," List a few strengths you already have, without having to prove them.",[380,2981,2982,2985],{},[383,2983,2984],{},"Be yourself."," You may not need the \"claws\" that keep growing in every direction to defend and assert yourself.",[380,2987,2988,2991],{},[383,2989,2990],{},"Name the guilt."," Ask what it is about and whether it still belongs to you.",[380,2993,2994,2997],{},[383,2995,2996],{},"Say the disagreement."," Find a safe way to express what you hold back, even if only in writing first.",[380,2999,3000,3003],{},[383,3001,3002],{},"Go towards others."," Instead of holding on, take one step out of the shell.",[380,3005,3006,3009],{},[383,3007,3008],{},"Lean on your own strength."," Move forward from what you already have inside.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":3011},[3012,3013,3018],{"id":2911,"depth":18,"text":2912},{"id":2921,"depth":18,"text":2922,"children":3014},[3015,3016,3017],{"id":2931,"depth":25,"text":2932},{"id":2938,"depth":25,"text":2939},{"id":2957,"depth":25,"text":2958},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of an ingrown toenail: how it may relate to guilt, worry about the future and anger you cannot express.",[],[3022,3025],{"name":3023,"url":3024},"NHS: Ingrown toenail","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fingrown-toenail\u002F",{"name":3026,"url":3027},"MedlinePlus: Nail Diseases","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fnaildiseases.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fingrown-toenail",[3031,3032,3033,3034,3035,3036],"What new situation makes me feel guilty or nervous?","Whom would I like to stand up to, and why do I feel I cannot?","What pressure do I expect in the future, and do I already feel guilty about not coping with it?","Do I feel I have no right to move forward and achieve things?","Which decisions do I regret, and am I punishing myself for them?","Do I believe I have to keep doing things to prove my worth?",[477,3038,3039,1461],"\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Ffoot-pain","\u002Fhair-and-nails\u002Fbrittle-nails",[3041,3042],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIngrown_nail","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1060425",{"title":2900,"description":3019},"Ingrown Toenail Spiritual Meaning: Guilt and the Future",[3046],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":3047,"pages":534},[533],"conditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fingrown-toenail","Spiritually, an ingrown toenail is often linked to guilt or nervousness about a new situation, worry about the pressure the future may bring, and a wish to oppose someone, often the mother, that you cannot act on.","If this reading resonates with you, naming one thing you feel guilty about and asking whether you still need to carry it can be a good next step.",[239,3052,3053,3054,3055],"Worry about the future","Opposition held back","Withdrawal into a shell","Proving your worth",[3057,3058,3059,3060,3061],"Redness, swelling or warmth that spreads, pus, or a red streak up the foot. This can be an infection.","A fever with a painful toe.","Any ingrown nail if you have diabetes, poor circulation or numbness in the feet. Do not treat it yourself.","Pain that does not improve after a few days of home care, or a nail that keeps growing in.","Overgrown, bleeding tissue at the side of the nail.","Uzyv0TN4mJUyrPJqPS0JNuvVJc8hvsJhf2zz8kNhxzI",{"id":3064,"title":3065,"affirmation":3066,"aka":3067,"area":903,"body":3073,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":3193,"extension":491,"group":3194,"guides":3195,"medicalSources":3196,"meta":3203,"navigation":502,"path":3204,"reflectionQuestions":3205,"related":3212,"sameAs":3213,"seo":3216,"seoTitle":3217,"sources":3218,"stem":3223,"summary":3224,"supportIntro":3225,"themes":3226,"whenToSeeADoctor":3232,"__hash__":3240},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fskin\u002Flupus.md","Lupus","I am learning to love myself again. I reconnect with my inner power and let my talents be seen.",[3068,3069,3070,3071,3072],"Systemic lupus erythematosus","SLE","Discoid lupus","Cutaneous lupus","Lupus erythematosus",{"type":308,"value":3074,"toc":3183},[3075,3079,3082,3092,3095,3099,3102,3106,3115,3119,3125,3129,3138,3142,3145,3147],[311,3076,3078],{"id":3077},"what-lupus-is","What lupus is",[316,3080,3081],{},"Lupus is a long-term autoimmune disease: the immune system, which normally defends the body, attacks its own tissues and causes inflammation. It can affect the skin, joints, kidneys, blood, heart, lungs and brain. It is much more common in women, usually starting between the ages of 15 and 45, and in people of African, Caribbean and Asian descent.",[316,3083,3084,3085,3088,3089,3091],{},"There are different forms. ",[383,3086,3087],{},"Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"," can affect many organs. ",[383,3090,3071],{},", including discoid lupus, mainly affects the skin, with red, scaly or scarring patches, often on sun-exposed areas. Common signs of SLE include extreme tiredness, joint pain and swelling, a rash across the cheeks and nose (the \"butterfly rash\"), sensitivity to sunlight, mouth ulcers and fevers. Symptoms tend to come in flares.",[316,3093,3094],{},"There is no cure, but treatment usually controls lupus well and protects the organs. Care is led by a specialist (a rheumatologist, often with a dermatologist or kidney specialist) and commonly includes antimalarial medicines such as hydroxychloroquine, steroids for flares, other immune-suppressing medicines, regular blood and urine tests, and careful sun protection. These medicines are usually taken for the long term.",[311,3096,3098],{"id":3097},"the-emotional-meaning-of-lupus","The emotional meaning of lupus",[316,3100,3101],{},"Spiritually, lupus is read as a body turned against itself, echoing a person who has turned against themselves. This is a way of hearing the illness, not its cause: lupus comes from the immune system, genes, hormones and triggers such as sunlight, not from a feeling.",[333,3103,3105],{"id":3104},"deep-discouragement","Deep discouragement",[316,3107,3108,3109,2737,3112,3114],{},"Lupus sits with a profound discouragement, sometimes with ",[388,3110,3111],{"href":243},"hate",[388,3113,419],{"href":276}," directed at yourself. You may have reached the point of giving up, of laying down your arms, because no way out and no solution seems possible. Frustration at your own powerlessness can come with it.",[333,3116,3118],{"id":3117},"guilt-that-eats-away","Guilt that eats away",[316,3120,3121,3122,3124],{},"The unease often has its root in a deep emotional ",[388,3123,916],{"href":240}," that invades and gnaws from the inside. You see yourself as a bad person who does not deserve to be happy, and you would rather punish yourself than stand up for yourself.",[333,3126,3128],{"id":3127},"the-beaten-wolf","The beaten wolf",[316,3130,3131,3133,3134,3137],{},[361,3132,3065],{}," is Latin for \"wolf\". Spiritually, the word is heard as the image of a beaten wolf: someone who has been through so much, who \"has had more than enough\", that they cannot take any more. The scars of those years are still there. You feel without power, and you want to be left alone. Read ",[388,3135,3136],{"href":252},"loneliness"," if this withdrawal feels familiar.",[333,3139,3141],{"id":3140},"closing-the-door-to-love","Closing the door to love",[316,3143,3144],{},"When life feels this heavy, death can start to look like an escape, and it becomes hard to let in love or forgiveness, for yourself or for others. If you recognise this, it deserves to be heard by someone now: a doctor, a therapist, a crisis line, or emergency services if you are in danger. Help exists, and needing it is not a weakness.",[311,3146,424],{"id":423},[377,3148,3149,3155,3161,3167,3173],{},[380,3150,3151,3154],{},[383,3152,3153],{},"Relearn how to love yourself."," This is an important step. Start with how you speak to yourself on a bad day.",[380,3156,3157,3160],{},[383,3158,3159],{},"Ask for help."," Inwardly, through prayer or quiet reflection, and outwardly, from people trained to support you: a psychologist, a support group, your medical team.",[380,3162,3163,3166],{},[383,3164,3165],{},"Choose standing up over self-punishment."," Notice one situation where you blame yourself and practise saying what you need instead.",[380,3168,3169,3172],{},[383,3170,3171],{},"Honour the scars."," What you went through was real. Acknowledging it is different from being defined by it.",[380,3174,3175,3178,3179,3182],{},[383,3176,3177],{},"Let the young wolf out."," In French, a ",[361,3180,3181],{},"jeune loup"," is an ambitious young person ready to make their mark. Reconnect with your inner power and let your ambitions, talents and full potential be seen.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":3184},[3185,3186,3192],{"id":3077,"depth":18,"text":3078},{"id":3097,"depth":18,"text":3098,"children":3187},[3188,3189,3190,3191],{"id":3104,"depth":25,"text":3105},{"id":3117,"depth":25,"text":3118},{"id":3127,"depth":25,"text":3128},{"id":3140,"depth":25,"text":3141},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of lupus: deep discouragement, turning against yourself, the beaten wolf, and finding your inner power again.","inflammatory",[],[3197,3200],{"name":3198,"url":3199},"NHS: Lupus","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Flupus\u002F",{"name":3201,"url":3202},"MedlinePlus: Lupus","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Flupus.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fskin\u002Flupus",[3206,3207,3208,3209,3210,3211],"Do I feel, deep down, that I am a bad person who does not deserve to be happy?","Do I punish myself rather than stand up for myself?","Where have I given up because I can see no way out?","What have I been through that has left me with scars I still carry?","Do I push people away when I most need them?","Who could help me, inside myself or around me, to start treating myself more kindly?",[2728,722,739,485],[3214,3215],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLupus","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1485",{"title":3065,"description":3193},"Lupus Spiritual Meaning: Self-Worth and the Inner Wolf",[3219],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":3220,"pages":3222},[3221],"Peau — Lupus (érythémateux chronique)","334","conditions\u002Fskin\u002Flupus","Spiritually, lupus is often linked to deep discouragement and to turning against yourself, with guilt and shame that eat away inside and the sense of being a beaten wolf with no way out. The invitation is to learn to love yourself again and to reclaim your inner power.","If this reading resonates with you, a regular moment of rest and kindness towards yourself, alongside your medical care, can be a good next step.",[3105,3227,3228,3229,3230,3231],"Turning against yourself","Guilt and shame","Powerlessness","Old scars","Reclaiming inner power",[3233,3234,3235,3236,3237,3238,3239],"Chest pain, shortness of breath, a seizure, sudden confusion, or weakness on one side of the body. Call emergency services.","Fever, especially if you take medicines that lower your immunity. Contact your medical team the same day.","Swollen legs or ankles, foamy urine, blood in the urine or high blood pressure, which can be signs that lupus is affecting the kidneys.","A new flare, a rash after sun exposure, painful joints, mouth ulcers or unusual tiredness.","Planning a pregnancy, or becoming pregnant. Lupus pregnancies need specialist care.","Lupus is usually treated for the long term. Do not stop or change your medicines, including hydroxychloroquine or steroids, because of anything you read here. Stopping steroids suddenly can be dangerous.","Feeling hopeless, or having thoughts of death or of harming yourself. Speak to your doctor, call a crisis line, or call emergency services if you are in danger.","TXVCBScrLuQhBvFfXcjx4SFqwgo9qARckSr9q9g2PJg",{"id":3242,"title":391,"affirmation":3243,"aka":3244,"area":305,"body":3251,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":3561,"extension":491,"group":3562,"guides":3563,"medicalSources":3564,"meta":3571,"navigation":502,"path":3572,"reflectionQuestions":3573,"related":3580,"sameAs":3582,"seo":3585,"seoTitle":3586,"sources":3587,"stem":3590,"summary":3591,"supportIntro":3592,"themes":3593,"whenToSeeADoctor":3600,"__hash__":3608},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain.md","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.",[3245,3246,3247,3248,3249,3250],"Mid back pain","Thoracic back pain","Pain between the shoulder blades","Thoracic spine pain","Dorsal pain","Mal au milieu du dos",{"type":308,"value":3252,"toc":3539},[3253,3257,3260,3266,3272,3276,3279,3282,3286,3292,3296,3299,3303,3309,3313,3316,3320,3330,3340,3344,3347,3354,3358,3361,3367,3371,3378,3389,3393,3400,3403,3407,3410,3419,3423,3430,3433,3437,3440,3454,3458,3461,3467,3471,3474,3484,3487,3491,3494,3497,3499,3502],[311,3254,3256],{"id":3255},"what-middle-back-pain-is","What middle back pain is",[316,3258,3259],{},"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\".",[316,3261,3262,3263,3265],{},"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 ",[388,3264,2085],{"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.",[316,3267,3268,3269,1606],{},"For the back as a whole, see ",[388,3270,3271],{"href":50},"the back",[311,3273,3275],{"id":3274},"the-emotional-meaning-of-middle-back-pain","The emotional meaning of middle back pain",[316,3277,3278],{},"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.",[316,3280,3281],{},"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.",[333,3283,3285],{"id":3284},"guilt-bitterness-and-being-the-pillar","Guilt, bitterness and being the pillar",[316,3287,3288,3289,3291],{},"Back pain in this region, including a rounded back, can carry ",[388,3290,916],{"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.",[333,3293,3295],{"id":3294},"powerless-and-needing-help","Powerless, and needing help",[316,3297,3298],{},"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.",[333,3300,3302],{"id":3301},"living-in-the-past","Living in the past",[316,3304,3305,3306,3308],{},"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 ",[388,3307,2476],{"href":204},", with a troubled conscience. The aim, spiritually, is a more active expression of the energy of life through you.",[311,3310,3312],{"id":3311},"what-each-vertebra-may-suggest","What each vertebra may suggest",[316,3314,3315],{},"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.",[333,3317,3319],{"id":3318},"t1-d1-pushing-to-the-limit","T1 (D1): pushing to the limit",[316,3321,3322,3323,3326,3327,3329],{},"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 ",[388,3324,3325],{"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 ",[388,3328,977],{"href":285}," that grows stronger when you fear losing people's love.",[316,3331,3332,3333,2737,3336,3339],{},"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 ",[388,3334,3335],{"href":729},"cough",[388,3337,3338],{"href":728},"asthma",". The invitation is to open to love, welcoming and respecting who you are.",[333,3341,3343],{"id":3342},"t2-d2-emotions-that-are-stifled","T2 (D2): emotions that are stifled",[316,3345,3346],{},"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.",[316,3348,3349,3350,3353],{},"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 ",[388,3351,3352],{"href":270},"resentment"," 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.",[333,3355,3357],{"id":3356},"t3-d3-what-you-perceive-and-cannot-accept","T3 (D3): what you perceive and cannot accept",[316,3359,3360],{},"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.",[316,3362,3363,3364,3366],{},"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. ",[388,3365,272],{"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.",[333,3368,3370],{"id":3369},"t4-d4-desires-and-the-search-for-excitement","T4 (D4): desires and the search for excitement",[316,3372,3373,3374,3377],{},"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 ",[388,3375,3376],{"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.",[316,3379,3380,3381,3383,3384,3388],{},"The emotions you tried to escape are still there. You may look free and yet be imprisoned in ",[388,3382,1554],{"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 ",[388,3385,3387],{"href":3386},"\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.",[333,3390,3392],{"id":3391},"t5-d5-losing-control","T5 (D5): losing control",[316,3394,3395,3396,3399],{},"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 ",[388,3397,3398],{"href":246},"impatience"," follow.",[316,3401,3402],{},"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.",[333,3404,3406],{"id":3405},"t6-d6-self-judgement-and-guilt","T6 (D6): self-judgement and guilt",[316,3408,3409],{},"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.",[316,3411,3412,3414,3415,3418],{},[388,3413,239],{"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 ",[388,3416,3417],{"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.",[333,3420,3422],{"id":3421},"t7-d7-the-relentless-worker","T7 (D7): the relentless worker",[316,3424,3425,3426,3429],{},"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 ",[388,3427,3428],{"href":192},"aggressiveness"," builds up, as if life had nothing good to offer. You resist, dig your heels in, and stay fixed on obsessive ideas.",[316,3431,3432],{},"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.",[333,3434,3436],{"id":3435},"t8-and-t9-d8-d9-control-and-the-glass-bubble","T8 and T9 (D8, D9): control and the glass bubble",[316,3438,3439],{},"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.",[316,3441,3442,3443,2721,3446,3448,3449,3453],{},"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 ",[388,3444,3445],{"href":189},"abandonment",[388,3447,981],{"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 ",[388,3450,3452],{"href":3451},"\u002Fskin\u002Fhives","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.",[333,3455,3457],{"id":3456},"t10-d10-feeling-disarmed","T10 (D10): feeling disarmed",[316,3459,3460],{},"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.",[316,3462,3463,3464,3466],{},"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 ",[388,3465,559],{"href":78},", 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.",[333,3468,3470],{"id":3469},"t11-d11-a-distorted-self-image","T11 (D11): a distorted self-image",[316,3472,3473],{},"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.",[316,3475,3476,3477,2721,3480,3483],{},"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 ",[388,3478,3479],{"href":735},"eczema",[388,3481,3482],{"href":734},"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.",[316,3485,3486],{},"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.",[333,3488,3490],{"id":3489},"t12-d12-a-closed-world","T12 (D12): a closed world",[316,3492,3493],{},"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.",[316,3495,3496],{},"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.",[311,3498,424],{"id":423},[316,3500,3501],{},"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.",[377,3503,3504,3510,3515,3521,3527,3533],{},[380,3505,3506,3509],{},[383,3507,3508],{},"Be clear with yourself and others."," Say what is true now, without carrying the feelings of a limping past into it.",[380,3511,3512,3514],{},[383,3513,3159],{}," Needing help and encouragement is not shameful. It is an intelligent step that lets you move forward.",[380,3516,3517,3520],{},[383,3518,3519],{},"Put the pillar down for a moment."," Notice where you are holding everything up alone, and what could be shared.",[380,3522,3523,3526],{},[383,3524,3525],{},"Separate real guilt from borrowed guilt."," Ask whether you are actually responsible for what you feel guilty about.",[380,3528,3529,3532],{},[383,3530,3531],{},"Watch the ego and the fears."," Remember your own identity, and notice when fear is steering.",[380,3534,3535,3538],{},[383,3536,3537],{},"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":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":3540},[3541,3542,3547,3560],{"id":3255,"depth":18,"text":3256},{"id":3274,"depth":18,"text":3275,"children":3543},[3544,3545,3546],{"id":3284,"depth":25,"text":3285},{"id":3294,"depth":25,"text":3295},{"id":3301,"depth":25,"text":3302},{"id":3311,"depth":18,"text":3312,"children":3548},[3549,3550,3551,3552,3553,3554,3555,3556,3557,3558,3559],{"id":3318,"depth":25,"text":3319},{"id":3342,"depth":25,"text":3343},{"id":3356,"depth":25,"text":3357},{"id":3369,"depth":25,"text":3370},{"id":3391,"depth":25,"text":3392},{"id":3405,"depth":25,"text":3406},{"id":3421,"depth":25,"text":3422},{"id":3435,"depth":25,"text":3436},{"id":3456,"depth":25,"text":3457},{"id":3469,"depth":25,"text":3470},{"id":3489,"depth":25,"text":3490},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of middle back pain: guilt, the past, feeling unsupported, and what each thoracic vertebra may be carrying.","middle-back",[494,495,498,499],[3565,3568],{"name":3566,"url":3567},"NHS: Back pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fback-pain\u002F",{"name":3569,"url":3570},"MedlinePlus: Back Pain","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fbackpain.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain",[3574,3575,3576,3577,3578,3579],"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?",[688,2444,3581],"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fangina",[3583,3584],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMiddle_back_pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ6841655",{"title":391,"description":3561},"Middle Back Pain Spiritual Meaning: Vertebra by Vertebra",[3588],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":3589,"pages":530},[529],"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.",[3594,3595,3596,3597,3598,3599],"Emotional guilt","Holding on to the past","Being the pillar","Feeling unsupported","Control and insecurity","Asking for help",[3601,3602,3603,3604,3605,3606,3607],"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":3610,"title":3611,"affirmation":3612,"aka":3613,"area":3620,"body":3621,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":3781,"extension":491,"group":3782,"guides":3783,"medicalSources":3784,"meta":3791,"navigation":502,"path":3792,"reflectionQuestions":3793,"related":3800,"sameAs":3801,"seo":3804,"seoTitle":3805,"sources":3806,"stem":3811,"summary":3812,"supportIntro":3813,"themes":3814,"whenToSeeADoctor":3820,"__hash__":3827},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Fneuralgia.md","Neuralgia","I notice the feelings that block my flow and let them move. I step out of the cage I built and fly with my own wings.",[3614,3615,3616,3617,3618,3619],"Nerve pain","Trigeminal neuralgia","Facial neuralgia","Occipital neuralgia","Post-herpetic neuralgia","Névralgie","head",{"type":308,"value":3622,"toc":3771},[3623,3627,3630,3649,3652,3655,3659,3662,3666,3674,3678,3687,3691,3697,3699,3702,3737,3739],[311,3624,3626],{"id":3625},"what-neuralgia-is","What neuralgia is",[316,3628,3629],{},"Neuralgia is sharp, stabbing, burning or electric-shock pain that follows the path of a nerve. It comes from irritation of, pressure on, or damage to the nerve itself, rather than from the tissue around it.",[316,3631,3632,3633,3636,3637,3640,3641,3643,3644,3648],{},"The best-known form is trigeminal neuralgia, which causes sudden, severe attacks of pain in the face, cheek, jaw or teeth, often set off by touch, eating, talking, brushing the teeth or a cold wind. It is often caused by a blood vessel pressing on the trigeminal nerve, and is sometimes linked to ",[388,3634,3635],{"href":707},"multiple sclerosis",". Post-herpetic neuralgia is pain that persists where ",[388,3638,3639],{"href":737},"shingles"," has been. Occipital neuralgia gives shooting pain from the base of the skull over the scalp. Nerve pain can also come from a trapped nerve, as in ",[388,3642,2449],{"href":686},", from ",[388,3645,3647],{"href":3646},"\u002Fhead\u002Fneuropathy","neuropathy",", or after an injury or operation.",[316,3650,3651],{},"Ordinary painkillers often do little for nerve pain. A doctor can prescribe specific medicines, such as certain anti-epilepsy medicines or antidepressants used at low doses for pain, and may refer to a specialist. Injections or surgery help some people when medicines are not enough.",[316,3653,3654],{},"The spiritual interpretation that follows sits alongside this care. It offers another angle, for those who feel their pain also says something about how they live.",[311,3656,3658],{"id":3657},"the-emotional-meaning-of-neuralgia","The emotional meaning of neuralgia",[316,3660,3661],{},"Picture the nerves as the electrical wiring of the body. Neuralgia is like a bad contact somewhere along a wire: too much tension on the line, and the current sparks. Spiritually, it is read as a place where the free flow of energy and communication in you has been interrupted.",[333,3663,3665],{"id":3664},"a-coldness-between-you-and-someone","A coldness between you and someone",[316,3667,3668,3669,2721,3671,3673],{},"When the line is cut, something is separating you from another person. A chill has settled in. Animosity, sometimes ",[388,3670,3428],{"href":192},[388,3672,3352],{"href":270},", keeps you from making contact. Your thoughts about it may feel irritating, even burning, and you may have the sense that your nerves are about to snap.",[333,3675,3677],{"id":3676},"guilt-and-the-pressure-to-fit-in","Guilt and the pressure to fit in",[316,3679,3680,3681,3683,3684,3686],{},"Neuralgia is also linked to ",[388,3682,916],{"href":240}," and to a strong wish to stay within the norms set by society: to do what is expected, to be correct. Behind that there may be a ",[388,3685,744],{"href":234}," of authority. Living under that pressure keeps the whole system tense.",[333,3688,3690],{"id":3689},"feeling-stuck","Feeling stuck",[316,3692,3693,3694,3696],{},"The deeper question is where you feel caught. A situation you cannot leave, a habit you want to drop, an inner prison you may have built yourself. ",[388,3695,203],{"href":204}," and insecurity often sit in the same place as the pain.",[311,3698,2100],{"id":2099},[316,3700,3701],{},"Where the pain sits shows which kind of feeling may be involved. Take these as questions, not conclusions:",[377,3703,3704,3713,3722,3728],{},[380,3705,3706,3709,3710,1606],{},[383,3707,3708],{},"In an arm or a hand:"," a pressure, such as a commitment, or a feeling such as powerlessness, may be stopping you from taking hold of a decision or a direction that feels right. See also ",[388,3711,3712],{"href":130},"the arms and hands",[380,3714,3715,3718,3719,1606],{},[383,3716,3717],{},"In a leg, calf or foot:"," an emotion may be holding back the next step in a new direction. See also ",[388,3720,3721],{"href":144},"the legs and feet",[380,3723,3724,3727],{},[383,3725,3726],{},"In the face:"," your face may have turned \"to ice\", hiding your feelings to protect you. Or something keeps hitting you \"full in the face\" that reminds you of a painful event.",[380,3729,3730,3733,3734,1606],{},[383,3731,3732],{},"In the teeth or jaw:"," bending to others may be stirring a quiet revolt. Becoming indifferent can seem easier than having to decide. See also ",[388,3735,3736],{"href":91},"the mouth and teeth",[311,3738,424],{"id":423},[377,3740,3741,3747,3753,3759,3765],{},[380,3742,3743,3746],{},[383,3744,3745],{},"Find the blocked spot."," Use the part of the body that hurts as a pointer to the area of life where anxiety or insecurity has gathered.",[380,3748,3749,3752],{},[383,3750,3751],{},"Ask where you feel stuck."," Name the situation, and the habit or behaviour you would like to leave behind.",[380,3754,3755,3758],{},[383,3756,3757],{},"Warm the cold contact."," If a coldness has set in with someone, consider what a first small step towards contact, or towards honest distance, would look like.",[380,3760,3761,3764],{},[383,3762,3763],{},"Let feelings flow."," Allow each emotion to be felt and named, so it can be accepted and gradually turned towards something useful.",[380,3766,3767,3770],{},[383,3768,3769],{},"Open the cage."," Notice the rules you obey out of fear rather than conviction, and give yourself permission to fly with your own wings.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":3772},[3773,3774,3779,3780],{"id":3625,"depth":18,"text":3626},{"id":3657,"depth":18,"text":3658,"children":3775},[3776,3777,3778],{"id":3664,"depth":25,"text":3665},{"id":3676,"depth":25,"text":3677},{"id":3689,"depth":25,"text":3690},{"id":2099,"depth":18,"text":2100},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of neuralgia: how nerve pain may relate to cut-off contact, hidden resentment, guilt and the fear of authority.","nervous-system",[499],[3785,3788],{"name":3786,"url":3787},"NHS: Trigeminal neuralgia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Ftrigeminal-neuralgia\u002F",{"name":3789,"url":3790},"MedlinePlus: Trigeminal Neuralgia","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Ftrigeminalneuralgia.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Fneuralgia",[3794,3795,3796,3797,3798,3799],"With whom has a coldness set in, and what has kept me from reaching out?","Which thoughts keep burning and irritating me?","Where am I trying hard to fit what society expects, and what do I feel guilty about?","In which situation do I feel stuck, as if my nerves were about to snap?","Am I hiding my feelings behind a frozen face to protect myself?","Which behaviour or habit would I like to be free of?",[737,686,3646,707],[3802,3803],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNeuralgia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1136940",{"title":3611,"description":3781},"Neuralgia Spiritual Meaning: Nerve Pain by Location",[3807],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":3808,"pages":3810},[3809],"Nerfs — Névralgie","290–291","conditions\u002Fhead\u002Fneuralgia","Spiritually, neuralgia is often linked to a break in contact, a coldness with someone that carries resentment and irritation, and to guilt and the wish to fit the rules, with the place of the pain showing which part of life is caught.","If this reading resonates with you, taking a quiet moment to notice which part of your life the pain points to, and what feeling lives there, can be a good next step.",[3815,3816,3817,3818,3819,3690],"A break in contact","Coldness and resentment","Guilt and fitting the norm","Fear of authority","Hidden emotions",[3821,3822,3823,3824,3825,3826],"Facial pain together with weakness, numbness, drooping of the face, slurred speech or confusion. Call emergency services, as this can be a stroke.","Sudden, very severe pain, or nerve pain with fever, a stiff neck or a new rash.","Stabbing or electric-shock pain in the face, even if it comes and goes. See a GP, as specific treatments exist and ordinary painkillers often do not help.","Nerve pain that lasts after shingles, or that stops you eating, sleeping or working.","Numbness, weakness or problems with vision or balance alongside the pain. These need checking for an underlying cause.","If you take medicine for nerve pain, do not stop it or change the dose because of anything you read here. Some must be reduced slowly with a doctor.","Xf6abSWVYlttes1mNFT0q5jbF8ifSo0vy6xurE6Belo",{"id":3829,"title":3830,"affirmation":3831,"aka":3832,"area":903,"body":3838,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":3981,"extension":491,"group":3982,"guides":3983,"medicalSources":3984,"meta":3991,"navigation":502,"path":3992,"reflectionQuestions":3993,"related":4000,"sameAs":4002,"seo":4005,"seoTitle":4006,"sources":4007,"stem":4012,"summary":4013,"supportIntro":4014,"themes":4015,"whenToSeeADoctor":4020,"__hash__":4027},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fskin\u002Frash.md","Rash","I let myself see what is under the surface. I say what I feel, and I recognise my own worth.",[3833,3834,3835,3836,3837],"Skin rash","Spots all over the body","Breakout of spots","Skin eruption","Éruption de boutons",{"type":308,"value":3839,"toc":3969},[3840,3844,3847,3855,3859,3862,3866,3872,3876,3882,3886,3894,3898,3901,3905,3908,3912,3935,3937],[311,3841,3843],{"id":3842},"what-a-rash-is","What a rash is",[316,3845,3846],{},"A rash is a change in the skin's colour or texture, often with small red spots or bumps, that appears over an area of the body or all over it. It may itch, sting or feel hot, and it can be flat, raised, blistered or scaly.",[316,3848,3849,3850,2737,3852,3854],{},"A rash is a sign, not a diagnosis. Common causes include viral infections (such as chickenpox or the many harmless viral rashes of childhood), allergic reactions to food, plants or medicines, irritating soaps or fabrics, heat, insect bites and skin conditions such as ",[388,3851,3479],{"href":735},[388,3853,3452],{"href":3451},". More rarely, a rash is the first sign of a serious infection or of an illness affecting the whole body. Many rashes settle with time, gentle skin care and antihistamines, but some need a doctor to find the cause, and a few need emergency care.",[311,3856,3858],{"id":3857},"the-emotional-meaning-of-a-rash","The emotional meaning of a rash",[316,3860,3861],{},"The skin is the first part of us that meets the world. Spiritually, the redness of a rash is linked to emotion, and the itching to annoyance: something, or someone, is getting on your nerves.",[333,3863,3865],{"id":3864},"pressure-that-breaks-through","Pressure that breaks through",[316,3867,3868,3869,3871],{},"A volcano erupts when too much pressure gathers under the earth's crust. A rash is read in the same way: tensions held inside, often after a period of intense ",[388,3870,2085],{"href":282}," about your emotions, look for a way out and break through the surface. The body also seems to remember. When a similar situation comes back, a new eruption may come with it.",[333,3873,3875],{"id":3874},"frustration-with-delays","Frustration with delays",[316,3877,3878,3879,3881],{},"A rash often sits with irritation at things that are slowed down, postponed or blocked, and with frustration towards a situation or a person. You want to move, and life, or someone in it, keeps you waiting. Read ",[388,3880,3398],{"href":246}," if this sounds familiar.",[333,3883,3885],{"id":3884},"shame-about-going-too-far","Shame about going too far",[316,3887,3888,3889,2721,3891,3893],{},"A rash can also carry ",[388,3890,419],{"href":276},[388,3892,916],{"href":240},". The questions are simple: did I act too fast? Did I go too far in what I said or did? The skin may show the self-reproach that the mind keeps replaying.",[333,3895,3897],{"id":3896},"wanting-to-be-left-alone","Wanting to be left alone",[316,3899,3900],{},"Behind the rash there can be a feeling of being upset inside, of being under threat, even of rejecting yourself as a person. Insecurity makes you withdraw, perhaps hoping that nobody will come near. Without realising it, a visible rash can also be a way of drawing attention when you do not know how else to ask for it.",[333,3902,3904],{"id":3903},"held-back-strength","Held-back strength",[316,3906,3907],{},"A rash is also linked to creativity and strength that you keep in check. You need to act, to take on projects, to go for it, yet you let others organise your life because you do not trust your own potential. Painful experiences from the past, often connected with your father, may still hold you back from becoming more independent.",[311,3909,3911],{"id":3910},"what-the-circumstances-may-suggest","What the circumstances may suggest",[377,3913,3914,3920,3926],{},[380,3915,3916,3919],{},[383,3917,3918],{},"In adolescence",", a rash may point to fear of, or resistance to, outside authority, and to impatience to be treated as an adult sooner.",[380,3921,3922,3925],{},[383,3923,3924],{},"At any age",", it may reflect a life that others are running for you, and a wish for more autonomy.",[380,3927,3928,3931,3932,3934],{},[383,3929,3930],{},"Where it appears"," on the body shows where the annoyance sits. The ",[388,3933,903],{"href":57}," area page describes what the face, hands and back are often linked to.",[311,3936,424],{"id":423},[377,3938,3939,3945,3951,3957,3963],{},[380,3940,3941,3944],{},[383,3942,3943],{},"Look for the trigger inside as well as outside."," Alongside the search for an allergy or an infection, ask what situation was building up just before the rash appeared.",[380,3946,3947,3950],{},[383,3948,3949],{},"Let the pressure out in words."," Say what frustrates you, to the person concerned or on paper, before it has to come out another way.",[380,3952,3953,3956],{},[383,3954,3955],{},"Go easy on yourself."," If you acted too quickly, name it, repair what you can, and stop replaying it.",[380,3958,3959,3962],{},[383,3960,3961],{},"Take back one decision."," Choose one area where others decide for you and make that choice yourself.",[380,3964,3965,3968],{},[383,3966,3967],{},"Recognise your worth."," Your inner wisdom and your strengths are allowed to show, not only to be held back.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":3970},[3971,3972,3979,3980],{"id":3842,"depth":18,"text":3843},{"id":3857,"depth":18,"text":3858,"children":3973},[3974,3975,3976,3977,3978],{"id":3864,"depth":25,"text":3865},{"id":3874,"depth":25,"text":3875},{"id":3884,"depth":25,"text":3885},{"id":3896,"depth":25,"text":3897},{"id":3903,"depth":25,"text":3904},{"id":3910,"depth":18,"text":3911},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of a rash: inner pressure breaking through the skin, frustration with delays, shame and a wish to be left alone.","itching",[],[3985,3988],{"name":3986,"url":3987},"MedlinePlus: Rashes","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Frashes.html",{"name":3989,"url":3990},"NHS: Rashes in babies and children","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Frashes-babies-and-children\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fskin\u002Frash",[3994,3995,3996,3997,3998,3999],"What situation, or which person, has been frustrating me lately, especially by slowing me down?","Did I act or speak too quickly recently, and am I still reproaching myself for it?","Has my body reacted like this before, in a situation that felt similar?","Am I hoping, without saying it, that people will keep their distance from me?","Which of my plans or strengths am I holding back, and who am I letting organise my life instead?","Is there an old experience, perhaps with my father, that still stops me from acting on my own?",[4001,3451,735],"\u002Fskin\u002Fitchy-skin",[4003,4004],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRash","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ653197",{"title":3830,"description":3981},"Rash Spiritual Meaning: Pressure Breaking the Surface",[4008],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4009,"pages":4011},[4010],"Peau — Éruption (... de boutons)","330–331","conditions\u002Fskin\u002Frash","Spiritually, a rash is often linked to inner tension that has built up until it breaks through the skin, like a volcano. It can sit with frustration at delays, with shame about having gone too far, and with a wish to withdraw so that nobody comes close.","If this reading resonates with you, a few minutes of quiet breathing, to let the pressure inside come down a notch, can be a good next step.",[4016,3875,4017,290,4018,4019],"Inner pressure","Shame and self-reproach","Held-back energy","Autonomy",[4021,4022,4023,4024,4025,4026],"A rash with fever that does not fade when you press a clear glass against it. Call emergency services, as this can be meningitis or sepsis.","A rash with swelling of the lips, face or tongue, difficulty breathing or feeling faint. Call emergency services, as this can be anaphylaxis.","A rash that blisters, peels or spreads quickly, or affects the mouth, eyes or genitals, especially after starting a new medicine.","A rash with fever, joint pain or feeling unwell, or one in a newborn baby.","A rash that is hot, swollen, painful or oozing, which can be a sign of infection.","A rash that has not improved after a week or two, or keeps coming back.","VmlyMsnrg13cXtG1JI-1zhfrycUlkI_kGGRe-AXMwfE",{"id":4029,"title":4030,"affirmation":4031,"aka":4032,"area":4040,"body":4041,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":4168,"extension":491,"group":4040,"guides":4169,"medicalSources":4170,"meta":4174,"navigation":502,"path":4175,"reflectionQuestions":4176,"related":4183,"sameAs":4184,"seo":4187,"seoTitle":4188,"sources":4189,"stem":4197,"summary":4198,"supportIntro":4199,"themes":4200,"whenToSeeADoctor":4207,"__hash__":4214},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Frounded-shoulders.md","Rounded shoulders","It is time to take care of myself. I let others look after their own happiness, and I listen to what I need.",[4033,4034,4035,4036,4037,4038,4039],"Hunched shoulders","Kyphosis (postural)","Postural kyphosis","Slouching","Stooped shoulders","Hunchback","Épaules voûtées","shoulders",{"type":308,"value":4042,"toc":4158},[4043,4047,4050,4056,4060,4071,4075,4078,4082,4088,4092,4095,4099,4107,4109,4115],[311,4044,4046],{"id":4045},"what-rounded-shoulders-are","What rounded shoulders are",[316,4048,4049],{},"Rounded shoulders are a posture in which the shoulders roll forward and the upper back curves more than usual, often with the head pushed ahead of the body. When the curve comes from habit rather than from the shape of the bones, doctors call it postural kyphosis.",[316,4051,4052,4053,4055],{},"It usually develops from long hours of sitting, looking down at a screen or a phone, carrying heavy bags, or tiredness, with tight chest muscles and weak upper back muscles. Postural kyphosis is flexible: it straightens when you stand tall or lie flat, and it improves with posture awareness, strengthening and stretching exercises, and physiotherapy if needed. A fixed curve is different. It can come from a growth problem of the vertebrae in teenagers (Scheuermann's disease), from a birth defect of the spine, or, in older adults, from small fractures of vertebrae weakened by ",[388,4054,2454],{"href":2453},". These need a doctor's assessment.",[311,4057,4059],{"id":4058},"the-emotional-meaning-of-rounded-shoulders","The emotional meaning of rounded shoulders",[316,4061,4062,4063,4066,4067,4070],{},"Rounded shoulders carry everything that ",[388,4064,4065],{"href":483},"shoulder pain"," carries, with one more step. Spiritually, the posture is linked to striking your flag before life and its burden: giving way, because you can no longer carry all that weight alone and it starts to feel hopeless. In French, rounded shoulders quickly bring to mind ",[361,4068,4069],{},"le Bossu",", the hunchback, a figure who seems to carry his load in his own body.",[333,4072,4074],{"id":4073},"other-peoples-fate-in-your-hands","Other people's fate in your hands",[316,4076,4077],{},"You carry your own many problems, and on top of them you may feel you must carry, unfairly, the load of the people around you. \"Their fate is in my hands.\" That conviction bends the back a little more each day.",[333,4079,4081],{"id":4080},"guilt-that-you-drag-behind-you","Guilt that you drag behind you",[316,4083,4084,4085,4087],{},"The posture is also linked to a lot of ",[388,4086,916],{"href":240}," about the past. What you regret or blame yourself for does not stay behind you. It goes everywhere with you, and the shoulders curl around it.",[333,4089,4091],{"id":4090},"always-on-guard","Always on guard",[316,4093,4094],{},"If the shoulders are both rounded and clenched, there is a constant state of tension inside. You are always on the lookout, ready to deal with whatever might happen, and so you take responsibility for everyone's happiness in advance. You half expect something to fall on your head.",[333,4096,4098],{"id":4097},"old-anger-and-a-lesson-in-humility","Old anger and a lesson in humility",[316,4100,4101,4102,2737,4104,4106],{},"A pronounced curve of the spine can also invite humility. Spiritually, this block of energy is linked to great angers from the past that still affect you today, along with much irritation towards certain people or situations. The question is gentle: is there an old ",[388,4103,1554],{"href":198},[388,4105,3352],{"href":270}," you still carry that keeps your back bent? Humility here is not shrinking. It is putting down the role of the one who must hold everything.",[311,4108,424],{"id":423},[316,4110,4111,4112],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for your posture. Screens, desks, fatigue, growth and bone health all play a real part, and exercises and physiotherapy help. The emotional perspective adds a question: ",[361,4113,4114],{},"whose weight am I bending under?",[377,4116,4117,4123,4129,4135,4141,4147,4152],{},[380,4118,4119,4122],{},[383,4120,4121],{},"Take care of yourself first."," It is high time to put your own needs on the list.",[380,4124,4125,4128],{},[383,4126,4127],{},"Let others look after their own happiness."," Their fate is not in your hands alone.",[380,4130,4131,4134],{},[383,4132,4133],{},"Put the past down."," Name the guilt you carry, and ask whether it still serves anyone.",[380,4136,4137,4140],{},[383,4138,4139],{},"Lower your guard."," Notice the moments when you are braced for a blow that has not come.",[380,4142,4143,4146],{},[383,4144,4145],{},"Look at old anger."," Writing or talking about a past irritation can take some of its weight off your back.",[380,4148,4149,4151],{},[383,4150,1186],{}," It knows what would make you happier.",[380,4153,4154,4157],{},[383,4155,4156],{},"Let your body be helped."," A massage, an energy session or simple relaxation can help you come back to the present and feel what you need.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":4159},[4160,4161,4167],{"id":4045,"depth":18,"text":4046},{"id":4058,"depth":18,"text":4059,"children":4162},[4163,4164,4165,4166],{"id":4073,"depth":25,"text":4074},{"id":4080,"depth":25,"text":4081},{"id":4090,"depth":25,"text":4091},{"id":4097,"depth":25,"text":4098},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of rounded shoulders: how a hunched posture may relate to carrying others' burdens, old guilt and constant vigilance.",[499],[4171],{"name":4172,"url":4173},"NHS: Kyphosis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fkyphosis\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Frounded-shoulders",[4177,4178,4179,4180,4181,4182],"Do I feel that the fate of the people around me is in my hands?","Have I started to believe that carrying all this is hopeless?","What from my past am I still dragging behind me with guilt?","Am I always braced for something to fall on my head?","Which old anger or irritation towards a person or a situation is still with me?","What does my inner voice say I need in order to be happier?",[483,688,2453],[4185,4186],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKyphosis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ478389",{"title":4030,"description":4168},"Rounded Shoulders Spiritual Meaning: Carrying Too Much",[4190,4193],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4191,"pages":4192},[4039],"174–175",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4194,"pages":4196},[4195],"Épaule(s) (en général)","173–174","conditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Frounded-shoulders","Spiritually, rounded shoulders are often linked to giving way under the weight of life. They can point to the feeling of carrying other people's fate alone, old guilt, and a body always on guard for the next blow.","If this reading resonates with you, a quiet moment in which your body can let go of its guard, such as a massage or a guided relaxation, can be a good next step.",[4201,4202,4203,4204,4205,4206],"Giving up under the load","Carrying others' fate","Guilt about the past","Constant vigilance","Old anger","Humility",[4208,4209,4210,4211,4212,4213],"A curve in the upper back that is getting worse, or that does not straighten when you stand tall or lie down.","A curve that appears in a child or teenager, or a rib hump when bending forward.","Back pain with a loss of height in an older adult. This can be a fracture of a vertebra linked to osteoporosis.","Numbness, tingling or weakness in the arms or legs, or trouble with the bladder or bowel.","Shortness of breath that seems related to the shape of your back.","Persistent neck, shoulder or upper back pain that does not ease with posture changes and exercise.","DxeR7w6F-l6tjdeZMRTo3fIkKtXmAhNGwjfHqRKR4bo",{"id":4216,"title":4217,"affirmation":4218,"aka":4219,"area":4040,"body":4228,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":4396,"extension":491,"group":4040,"guides":4397,"medicalSources":4398,"meta":4405,"navigation":502,"path":4406,"reflectionQuestions":4407,"related":4414,"sameAs":4415,"seo":4418,"seoTitle":4419,"sources":4420,"stem":4427,"summary":4428,"supportIntro":4429,"themes":4430,"whenToSeeADoctor":4435,"__hash__":4442},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-pain.md","Shoulder pain","I am responsible for myself. I let others carry their own happiness, I share the load, and I live this day as it comes.",[4220,4221,4222,4223,4224,4225,4226,4227],"Sore shoulder","Shoulder ache","Frozen shoulder","Adhesive capsulitis","Left shoulder pain","Right shoulder pain","Shoulder tension","Douleur à l'épaule",{"type":308,"value":4229,"toc":4381},[4230,4234,4237,4243,4246,4249,4253,4256,4260,4263,4267,4274,4278,4281,4285,4295,4299,4302,4306,4309,4311,4317,4329,4332,4334,4337],[311,4231,4233],{"id":4232},"what-shoulder-pain-is","What shoulder pain is",[316,4235,4236],{},"Shoulder pain is pain felt in or around the shoulder joint, from the top of the arm to the base of the neck. It is very common and usually comes from the joint itself or the soft tissues around it.",[316,4238,4239,4240,4242],{},"Frequent causes include rotator cuff problems (irritated, worn or torn tendons, often painful when lifting the arm), bursitis, frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis, a dislocation or a broken collarbone or upper arm after a fall. Pain can also be referred to the shoulder from somewhere else: the neck, the ",[388,4241,3387],{"href":3386}," on the right side, and the heart, especially on the left. Most shoulder pain improves within a few weeks with relative rest, simple painkillers, gentle movement and, if needed, physiotherapy. Steroid injections and, more rarely, surgery are options when it does not settle.",[333,4244,4222],{"id":4245},"frozen-shoulder",[316,4247,4248],{},"Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, happens when the capsule that surrounds the joint becomes inflamed, thickens and tightens. The shoulder gets painful, then very stiff, then slowly loosens again. The whole course often takes one to three years. It is most common between 40 and 60, more common in women and in people with diabetes, and it can follow a period when the arm was kept still. Treatment aims at relieving pain and keeping movement: painkillers, physiotherapy exercises, sometimes a steroid injection, and occasionally a procedure to free the joint.",[311,4250,4252],{"id":4251},"the-emotional-meaning-of-shoulder-pain","The emotional meaning of shoulder pain",[316,4254,4255],{},"Spiritually, a painful shoulder is a shoulder that carries more than it can. The question is less \"why me?\" than \"what have I taken on?\"",[333,4257,4259],{"id":4258},"making-yourself-responsible-for-others","Making yourself responsible for others",[316,4261,4262],{},"The weight grows heaviest when you make the happiness and comfort of the people around you your personal task. You feel there is always too much to do and that you will never get to the end of it. Each new demand lands on the same spot.",[333,4264,4266],{"id":4265},"blocked-and-without-backing","Blocked and without backing",[316,4268,4269,4270,4273],{},"The pain can also come with a sense of being stopped. Things are imposed on you, someone's different opinion stands in your way, or the help you hoped for with a project simply does not come. You may feel you are being slapped in the face again and again, until you want to give up, to lower your weapons. Life looks tangled and you lose sight of your own good qualities. In French, not feeling ",[361,4271,4272],{},"épaulé",", \"shouldered\", is not feeling supported.",[333,4275,4277],{"id":4276},"crushed-by-having-to-succeed","Crushed by having to succeed",[316,4279,4280],{},"Shoulders hurt when you feel flattened by your responsibilities, emotional as well as material. The obstacles you meet, the pressure to create, to do and to succeed, all press down. You may feel shut inside a structure and unable to break the door down to get out.",[333,4282,4284],{"id":4283},"perfection-and-remorse","Perfection and remorse",[316,4286,4287,4288,1349,4290,2721,4292,4294],{},"Behind many sore shoulders there is a strict inner judge. You demand perfection from yourself, and if you think you were cowardly, you may whip yourself emotionally for it. You may blame yourself for not having kept someone you love safe under your wing. Thoughts of \"I should have…\" come back. ",[388,4289,263],{"href":264},[388,4291,916],{"href":240},[388,4293,3325],{"href":201}," about the future add their weight. You can be so afraid of tomorrow that today goes by unlived.",[333,4296,4298],{"id":4297},"when-a-bone-is-hurt","When a bone is hurt",[316,4300,4301],{},"If the bone is involved, as in a fracture, the pain is linked to your most basic responsibilities and to a deep conflict that touches who you are. You may be asking too much of yourself and wanting too much control, until the burden is simply too heavy.",[333,4303,4305],{"id":4304},"frozen-shoulder-going-through-the-motions","Frozen shoulder: going through the motions",[316,4307,4308],{},"A frozen shoulder becomes cold, painful and hard to use fully. Spiritually, it asks whether you have grown cold and indifferent towards what you do. Are you doing it just to do it, or do you really want to? The stiffness can point to a deep tension between your present path and a wish to do something quite different.",[311,4310,1359],{"id":1358},[316,4312,4313,4314,4316],{},"The side that hurts adds a nuance. In this approach, the right side carries the active, rational, \"masculine\" principle and the left side the receptive, feeling, \"feminine\" one, in men and women alike. See ",[388,4315,1365],{"href":497}," for the wider picture.",[377,4318,4319,4324],{},[380,4320,4321,4323],{},[383,4322,4225],{}," is linked to material insecurity and to tension around work, authority and decisions. You may undervalue your role or status in the family, the couple or society, and the stiff, controlling side takes over.",[380,4325,4326,4328],{},[383,4327,4224],{}," is linked to emotional insecurity and to expressing what you feel. You may belittle your image of yourself as a good parent, or as a good son or daughter. Receiving love can feel harder than giving it.",[316,4330,4331],{},"Left shoulder pain with chest symptoms is a medical emergency first, whatever its meaning.",[311,4333,424],{"id":423},[316,4335,4336],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for a sore shoulder. Tendons, joints, posture and injuries play a real part, and the warning signs above need a doctor. The emotional perspective invites you to look at what you are carrying.",[377,4338,4339,4345,4351,4357,4363,4369,4375],{},[380,4340,4341,4344],{},[383,4342,4343],{},"Name what crushes you."," Look honestly at the loads that sit on your shoulders today, one by one.",[380,4346,4347,4350],{},[383,4348,4349],{},"Hand back what is not yours."," You are responsible for yourself. Others can take care of their own happiness.",[380,4352,4353,4356],{},[383,4354,4355],{},"Delegate."," Stop carrying the world on your shoulders. Choose one task to share or let go this week.",[380,4358,4359,4362],{},[383,4360,4361],{},"Soften the judge."," When \"I should have\" comes up, ask what you could reasonably have done with what you knew then.",[380,4364,4365,4368],{},[383,4366,4367],{},"Check your motive."," If your shoulder has frozen around a task, ask whether you still want to do it, and what you would rather do.",[380,4370,4371,4374],{},[383,4372,4373],{},"Live this moment."," Each time you notice yourself in tomorrow, come back to the present. The load feels lighter there.",[380,4376,4377,4380],{},[383,4378,4379],{},"Trust that your needs can be met."," You do not have to provide everything alone.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":4382},[4383,4386,4394,4395],{"id":4232,"depth":18,"text":4233,"children":4384},[4385],{"id":4245,"depth":25,"text":4222},{"id":4251,"depth":18,"text":4252,"children":4387},[4388,4389,4390,4391,4392,4393],{"id":4258,"depth":25,"text":4259},{"id":4265,"depth":25,"text":4266},{"id":4276,"depth":25,"text":4277},{"id":4283,"depth":25,"text":4284},{"id":4297,"depth":25,"text":4298},{"id":4304,"depth":25,"text":4305},{"id":1358,"depth":18,"text":1359},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of shoulder pain: left vs right shoulder, frozen shoulder, and the weight of responsibilities that are not yours.",[494,495,496,497,498,499],[4399,4402],{"name":4400,"url":4401},"NHS: Shoulder pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fshoulder-pain\u002F",{"name":4403,"url":4404},"NHS: Frozen shoulder","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Ffrozen-shoulder\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-pain",[4408,4409,4410,4411,4412,4413],"Whose happiness or well-being have I quietly made my job?","Do I feel blocked by someone's opinion, or left without help for my plans?","What am I telling myself I \"should have\" done, and how hard am I on myself about it?","Is it my affective security or my material security that feels shaky right now?","Am I still doing this task because I want to, or just to get it done?","What would I do differently if I let myself?",[482,688,687,2439],[4416,4417],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShoulder_problems","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ7502714",{"title":4217,"description":4396},"Shoulder Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right & Frozen",[4421,4423,4425],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4422,"pages":4196},[4195],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4424,"pages":1477},[1476],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4426,"pages":1481},[1480],"conditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-pain","Spiritually, shoulder pain is often linked to carrying more than your share. It can point to a sense of being crushed by responsibility, of having no one to back you up, and of driving yourself towards perfection while fearing tomorrow.","If this reading resonates with you, a few minutes of deep rest in which your shoulders can drop and nothing is asked of you can be a good next step.",[4431,3597,4432,302,4433,4434],"Over-responsibility","Perfectionism","Fear of the future","Doing what you no longer want to do",[4436,4437,4438,4439,4440,4441],"Left shoulder or arm pain with chest pain or tightness, breathlessness, sweating or nausea. Call emergency services, as this can be a heart attack.","A shoulder that looks out of place, or that you cannot move after a fall or a blow.","A hot, red or swollen shoulder, or shoulder pain with a high temperature.","Sudden weakness of the arm, or pain with numbness or tingling down to the hand.","Right shoulder tip pain with pain under the right ribs, fever, or yellow skin or eyes.","Pain or stiffness that has not improved after two weeks of self-care, that wakes you at night, or that stops you lifting your arm. Frozen shoulder and rotator cuff problems respond better to early physiotherapy.","9x3D9_qgtn2RDqQQwbWPyzPYaROtGq5wzkONUwhRmD4",{"id":4444,"title":4445,"affirmation":4446,"aka":4447,"area":306,"body":4455,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":4700,"extension":491,"group":1442,"guides":4701,"medicalSources":4702,"meta":4709,"navigation":502,"path":4710,"reflectionQuestions":4711,"related":4718,"sameAs":4719,"seo":4722,"seoTitle":4723,"sources":4724,"stem":4742,"summary":4743,"supportIntro":4744,"themes":4745,"whenToSeeADoctor":4751,"__hash__":4758},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Ftoe-pain.md","Toe pain","I stay open and flexible about the future. I trust my own choices and I move forward with conviction.",[4448,4449,4450,4451,4452,4453,4454],"Toes","Big toe pain","Toe problems","Stubbed toe","Bunion","Hammer toe","Orteils",{"type":308,"value":4456,"toc":4688},[4457,4461,4476,4479,4483,4486,4490,4496,4500,4503,4517,4521,4549,4553,4556,4566,4580,4584,4587,4621,4623,4628,4648,4650],[311,4458,4460],{"id":4459},"what-toe-pain-is","What toe pain is",[316,4462,4463,4464,1349,4467,4470,4471,4475],{},"Toe pain is pain in one or more toes or in the joints at their base. Common causes are a stubbed or broken toe, tight or pointed shoes, an ",[388,4465,4466],{"href":401},"ingrown toenail",[388,4468,4469],{"href":476},"corns and calluses",", and a bunion (hallux valgus), where the big toe leans towards the others and a bony lump forms at its base. Hammer toes and claw toes are toes that stay bent at a joint. Sudden, intense pain with redness in the big toe joint is often ",[388,4472,4474],{"href":4473},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fgout","gout",". Arthritis, a trapped nerve between the toes, and poor circulation are other causes.",[316,4477,4478],{},"Many toe problems settle with roomy shoes, rest, ice and simple pain relief. A broken little toe is usually strapped to its neighbour. A GP or podiatrist can treat nails, corns and bunions, offer insoles or splints, and refer for surgery when a bunion or bent toe causes lasting pain. Anyone with diabetes should have any toe problem checked early.",[311,4480,4482],{"id":4481},"the-emotional-meaning-of-toe-pain","The emotional meaning of toe pain",[316,4484,4485],{},"Spiritually, the toes stand for the details of the future. They are a point of balance and the part of the foot that senses the ground, and so the world. Where the fingers handle the details of daily life, the toes handle the details of what is coming.",[333,4487,4489],{"id":4488},"insecurity-guilt-and-haste","Insecurity, guilt and haste",[316,4491,4492,4493,4495],{},"Insecurity about the future may show as cramps. ",[388,4494,239],{"href":240}," may show as stubbing a toe, cutting it when joy is lost, or a more serious injury. When it is hard to go straight towards the goal you have set, or when you want to go too fast, the toes take the strain. Rushing things often shows as a knock against a toe. Harsh, violent thoughts towards yourself may come back as a small hurt, as if to remind you.",[333,4497,4499],{"id":4498},"details-vigilance-and-dead-ends","Details, vigilance and dead ends",[316,4501,4502],{},"You may be leaving out details that matter, and the injury wakes you up to be more watchful. Or you may be worrying so much about small things to settle later that you lose sight of what is essential. A dreamy, artistic side can live mostly in the imagination.",[316,4504,2046,4505,4508,4509,4512,4513,4516],{},[383,4506,4507],{},"cracked toe or mild sprain"," is read as wanting to change direction and resisting it, because you are too attached to a thing, a person or a situation. You may be tired of always being the one responsible for keeping things harmonious. A ",[383,4510,4511],{},"broken toe"," points to the feeling of a dead end: your routine reassures you, and you also need change. A toe that someone ",[383,4514,4515],{},"steps on"," suggests feeling more and more cornered about a direction. You want to escape, and you know deep down that running away is not the answer.",[311,4518,4520],{"id":4519},"the-shape-of-the-toes","The shape of the toes",[377,4522,4523,4529,4535,4541],{},[380,4524,4525,4528],{},[383,4526,4527],{},"Toes curled down:"," insecurity about moving forward. The toes grip the ground like hooks, so you stay where you are.",[380,4530,4531,4534],{},[383,4532,4533],{},"Toes turned up:"," a tendency to live on the surface and rise towards abstract rather than earthly matters.",[380,4536,4537,4540],{},[383,4538,4539],{},"Claw toes:"," confusion about which direction to take, and a lack of inner freedom and clarity, which makes you want to run.",[380,4542,4543,398,4546,4548],{},[383,4544,4545],{},"Hammer toe:",[388,4547,2085],{"href":282}," and reluctance to go forward, or a fear of a way of being that feels abstract or loose.",[311,4550,4552],{"id":4551},"bunions-and-the-big-toe","Bunions and the big toe",[316,4554,4555],{},"The big toe is the one most often affected. It stands for the ego, your convictions and your territory. When it hurts, ask whether you are in conflict with obligations, laws, or the authority your mother has over you, and whether you feel obliged to obey.",[316,4557,2046,4558,4561,4562,4565],{},[383,4559,4560],{},"bunion"," is read as a deep conflict that touches your values. It often appears while living with a partner or parent you find very dominant. Letting the other person decide can mean stepping back from responsibility for your own choices. The French say \"mind your own onions\", ",[361,4563,4564],{},"oignon"," being both an onion and a bunion, for \"mind your own business\". You may feel that people around you meddle in your affairs, or blame yourself for meddling in theirs. When the big toe leans in towards the others, the question is whether you feel guilty for being happy, withdraw into yourself, or feel you have no place in the world, with so much imposed on you that you want to flee without knowing where.",[377,4567,4568,4574],{},[380,4569,4570,4573],{},[383,4571,4572],{},"Big toe over the second toe:"," do you feel responsible for a younger brother or sister, or obliged to provide for them?",[380,4575,4576,4579],{},[383,4577,4578],{},"Big toe under the second toe:"," do you feel you submit to an older brother or sister?",[311,4581,4583],{"id":4582},"what-each-toe-may-mean","What each toe may mean",[316,4585,4586],{},"Each toe takes the meaning of the matching finger, from the big toe as the thumb to the little toe as the little finger, carried from today's details over to the details of the future.",[377,4588,4589,4595,4601,4609,4615],{},[380,4590,4591,4594],{},[383,4592,4593],{},"Big toe (thumb):"," pressure, both what you put on yourself and what you demand of others, and the need for power.",[380,4596,4597,4600],{},[383,4598,4599],{},"Second toe (index finger):"," judgement, authority and the ego, and how you react to authority.",[380,4602,4603,4606,4607,1606],{},[383,4604,4605],{},"Third toe (middle finger):"," creativity, sexuality, strength and ",[388,4608,1554],{"href":198},[380,4610,4611,4614],{},[383,4612,4613],{},"Fourth toe (ring finger):"," your emotional bonds and unions, and how you relate to yourself.",[380,4616,4617,4620],{},[383,4618,4619],{},"Little toe (little finger):"," the family, harmony at home, and listening to your intuition.",[311,4622,1359],{"id":1358},[316,4624,4625,4626,1606],{},"In this approach, the right side of the body is the masculine, active side and the left side the feminine, receptive side, for men and women alike. See ",[388,4627,1365],{"href":497},[377,4629,4630,4636,4642],{},[380,4631,4632,4635],{},[383,4633,4634],{},"Right big toe:"," the authority of your actual mother, and the obligations you act on.",[380,4637,4638,4641],{},[383,4639,4640],{},"Left big toe:"," a symbolic mother, such as an institution, a rule or a figure that plays that role, and the side of feeling and intuition.",[380,4643,4644,4647],{},[383,4645,4646],{},"Other toes:"," right points towards action and decisions about the future, left towards the emotions you carry into it.",[311,4649,424],{"id":423},[377,4651,4652,4658,4664,4670,4676,4682],{},[380,4653,4654,4657],{},[383,4655,4656],{},"Stay open about the future."," Notice a detail you are gripping and ask whether it truly matters.",[380,4659,4660,4663],{},[383,4661,4662],{},"Find your pace."," If you are rushing, slow down. If you are stalling, choose one small step.",[380,4665,4666,4669],{},[383,4667,4668],{},"Trust your own choices."," Take back one decision you have left to someone else.",[380,4671,4672,4675],{},[383,4673,4674],{},"Look at the authority you obey."," Ask which rules are really yours.",[380,4677,4678,4681],{},[383,4679,4680],{},"Let yourself be happy."," Notice if part of you feels it has no right to joy, and question it.",[380,4683,4684,4687],{},[383,4685,4686],{},"Move forward with conviction."," Your direction can be your own.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":4689},[4690,4691,4695,4696,4697,4698,4699],{"id":4459,"depth":18,"text":4460},{"id":4481,"depth":18,"text":4482,"children":4692},[4693,4694],{"id":4488,"depth":25,"text":4489},{"id":4498,"depth":25,"text":4499},{"id":4519,"depth":18,"text":4520},{"id":4551,"depth":18,"text":4552},{"id":4582,"depth":18,"text":4583},{"id":1358,"depth":18,"text":1359},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of toe pain: how sore toes and bunions may relate to the details of the future, direction and authority.",[499],[4703,4706],{"name":4704,"url":4705},"NHS: Toe pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Ffoot-pain\u002Ftoe-pain\u002F",{"name":4707,"url":4708},"NHS: Bunions","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fbunions\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Ftoe-pain",[4712,4713,4714,4715,4716,4717],"Which small details of the future am I worrying about, and do they pull me away from what matters?","Am I rushing towards a goal, or finding it hard to go straight to it?","Which decision am I resisting because I am too attached to a person, a thing or a situation?","Do I feel stuck in a dead end, safe in my routine yet longing for change?","Whose rules or authority do I feel obliged to obey?","Do I let a dominant person make my decisions for me?",[3038,401,4473,1461,476],[4720,4721],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FToe","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ154425",{"title":4445,"description":4700},"Toe Pain Spiritual Meaning: Each Toe, Bunions, Left vs Right",[4725,4728,4736,4739],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4726,"pages":4727},[4454],"310–311",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4729,"pages":4735},[4730,4731,4732,4733,4734],"Doigts — Pouce","Doigts — Index","Doigts — Majeur","Doigts — Annulaire","Doigts — Auriculaire (petit doigt)","146–149",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4737,"pages":1477},[4738],"Masculin (principe...)",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4740,"pages":1481},[4741],"Féminin (principe...)","conditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Ftoe-pain","Spiritually, toe pain is often linked to the details of the future, to hesitation or haste about the direction you take, and, for the big toe, to your convictions and the authority you feel bound to obey.","If this reading resonates with you, writing down one decision about your future that you have been putting off can be a good next step.",[4746,4747,4748,4749,4750],"The details of the future","Direction and change","Haste and vigilance","Authority and the mother","Convictions and territory",[4752,4753,4754,4755,4756,4757],"A toe that looks bent out of shape after an injury, or that you cannot walk on. It may be broken.","A big toe joint that is suddenly red, hot, swollen and very painful. This is often gout and needs a doctor.","A toe that is pale, blue or black, or numb and cold. Seek urgent care.","Redness, pus or spreading warmth around a toe or nail, or a fever.","Any toe wound or pain if you have diabetes or poor circulation.","A bunion or bent toe that makes it hard to walk or find shoes.","VuFnoRHz5Na83NvbMzD9mboSVtVZL9Q0FyIwWrZfiXA",{"id":4760,"title":4761,"affirmation":4762,"aka":4763,"area":1748,"body":4773,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":4891,"extension":491,"group":4892,"guides":4893,"medicalSources":4894,"meta":4901,"navigation":502,"path":4902,"reflectionQuestions":4903,"related":4910,"sameAs":4912,"seo":4915,"seoTitle":4916,"sources":4917,"stem":4921,"summary":4922,"supportIntro":4923,"themes":4924,"whenToSeeADoctor":4931,"__hash__":4939},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftongue-problems.md","Tongue problems","I find my words and I say what I think. I let myself taste every flavour of life.",[4764,4765,4766,4767,4768,4769,4770,4771,4772],"Sore tongue","Biting your tongue","Burning tongue","Burning mouth syndrome","Tongue ulcer","Swollen tongue","Glossitis","Oral thrush","Langue",{"type":308,"value":4774,"toc":4880},[4775,4779,4782,4790,4793,4797,4800,4803,4809,4813,4819,4823,4826,4830,4833,4836,4840,4843,4845,4848],[311,4776,4778],{"id":4777},"what-tongue-problems-are","What tongue problems are",[316,4780,4781],{},"Tongue problems are changes in how the tongue looks, feels or works: pain, burning, swelling, sores, colour changes, a coating, or a change in taste. The tongue is a muscle covered with a moist lining and taste buds, and it is involved in eating, swallowing and speaking.",[316,4783,4784,4785,4789],{},"Most tongue problems are minor. Common causes include biting the tongue or burning it on hot food, ",[388,4786,4788],{"href":4787},"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fmouth-ulcers","mouth ulcers",", irritation from sharp teeth or a brace, oral thrush (a yeast infection that leaves a white coating), and geographic tongue (harmless smooth patches that move around). A smooth, sore, red tongue (glossitis) can come from low iron, vitamin B12 or folate. Burning mouth syndrome causes a burning tongue with no visible change. Sudden swelling can be an allergic reaction or a side effect of some medicines. More rarely, a sore or patch that does not heal is a sign of mouth cancer, which is why a lasting change needs to be checked.",[316,4791,4792],{},"Care depends on the cause: time and gentle care for small injuries and ulcers, antifungal treatment for thrush, blood tests and supplements for a deficiency, and a referral if a patch or sore does not heal.",[311,4794,4796],{"id":4795},"the-emotional-meaning-of-tongue-problems","The emotional meaning of tongue problems",[316,4798,4799],{},"Spiritually, the tongue is the organ you need to put a thought into words. It is also the seat of taste. Tongue problems are therefore read along two lines: what is said and what is left unsaid, and how much you allow yourself to enjoy life.",[333,4801,4765],{"id":4802},"biting-your-tongue",[316,4804,4805,4806,4808],{},"When you bite your tongue, the question is whether you are cross with yourself for what you have just said, whether you feel ",[388,4807,916],{"href":240}," about your words. The old advice to \"turn your tongue seven times before speaking\" fits here. Can you hold your tongue when it matters, and speak when it matters too?",[333,4810,4812],{"id":4811},"a-burning-or-tingling-tongue","A burning or tingling tongue",[316,4814,4815,4816,4818],{},"Burning and prickling are linked to the tension between the said and the unsaid. In French, something you are dying to say \"burns your tongue\". What are you burning to do or say, and holding back? A feeling of powerlessness may push you into silence. You may be keeping a secret, perhaps a family secret, that you fear would bring you ",[388,4817,419],{"href":276}," if it came out. When you feel nobody is listening, you may end up becoming indifferent to others.",[333,4820,4822],{"id":4821},"pain-sores-and-ulcers","Pain, sores and ulcers",[316,4824,4825],{},"A painful tongue points to something precise that you refuse to say, something that stays \"on the tip of your tongue\". A spot on the tip of the tongue is read as holding back your impulses and passions, in words or in actions, or as a painful memory you would like to speak about to free yourself. An ulcer on the tip is something you want to say that is burning you.",[333,4827,4829],{"id":4828},"a-cracked-numb-swollen-or-thick-tongue","A cracked, numb, swollen or thick tongue",[316,4831,4832],{},"A cracked tongue is read as being tired of playing the \"good boy\" or \"good girl\", and wanting to tell the whole world: \"Enough! Listen to me!\" You are tired of feeling divided between what you want to express and what you actually say.",[316,4834,4835],{},"A numb or swollen tongue is linked to wanting to taste more of life, or to a feeling of distaste, even disgust, towards a person, a thing or a situation. A thick tongue shows how tangled up you feel in your words, not knowing how to express yourself.",[333,4837,4839],{"id":4838},"inflammation-and-a-white-coating","Inflammation and a white coating",[316,4841,4842],{},"An inflamed tongue (glossitis) is read as withdrawing into yourself, or feeling guilty about the pleasure on offer. You do not dare to taste all the flavours of life, as if you had to punish yourself. A white, fungal coating (thrush) is linked to criticism and rage rumbling inside that you do not dare to express. You may have been hurt in the past, and prefer to stay alone with the pain.",[311,4844,424],{"id":423},[316,4846,4847],{},"A lasting sore, patch or swelling needs a doctor or dentist. Alongside that, the emotional perspective asks what is waiting to be said, and what you are waiting to enjoy.",[377,4849,4850,4856,4862,4868,4874],{},[380,4851,4852,4855],{},[383,4853,4854],{},"Find the sentence."," Ask what is on the tip of your tongue, and write it down as it is.",[380,4857,4858,4861],{},[383,4859,4860],{},"Choose your moment."," Holding your tongue can be wise. Swallowing your words for good is something else. Decide which this is.",[380,4863,4864,4867],{},[383,4865,4866],{},"Make peace with what you said."," If you regret your words, repair what you can, and let the rest go.",[380,4869,4870,4873],{},[383,4871,4872],{},"Ask to be heard."," Say your opinion, and ask for respect for your differences.",[380,4875,4876,4879],{},[383,4877,4878],{},"Taste life again."," Choose one pleasure you have been denying yourself, and allow it.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":4881},[4882,4883,4890],{"id":4777,"depth":18,"text":4778},{"id":4795,"depth":18,"text":4796,"children":4884},[4885,4886,4887,4888,4889],{"id":4802,"depth":25,"text":4765},{"id":4811,"depth":25,"text":4812},{"id":4821,"depth":25,"text":4822},{"id":4828,"depth":25,"text":4829},{"id":4838,"depth":25,"text":4839},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of tongue problems: biting your tongue, a burning or sore tongue, ulcers and swelling, and what is left unsaid.","mouth",[],[4895,4898],{"name":4896,"url":4897},"MedlinePlus: Tongue problems","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fency\u002Farticle\u002F003047.htm",{"name":4899,"url":4900},"MedlinePlus: Mouth Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fmouthdisorders.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftongue-problems",[4904,4905,4906,4907,4908,4909],"Did I bite my tongue just after saying something I now regret?","What am I burning to say or do, but holding back?","Where does it hurt not to say things as I live them?","Am I keeping a secret, perhaps a family one, out of fear of shame?","Am I tired of playing the \"good boy\" or \"good girl\" and wanting to be heard at last?","Do I allow myself to enjoy the pleasures that life offers me?",[4787,4911,1937],"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fcold-sores",[4913,4914],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTongue_disease","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ7107436",{"title":4761,"description":4891},"Tongue Problems Spiritual Meaning: Biting, Burning, Sores",[4918],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":4919,"pages":4920},[4772],"253","conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftongue-problems","Spiritually, tongue problems are often linked to what is said and what is left unsaid. Biting your tongue may reflect guilt over your words, a burning tongue something you are itching to say, and a sore or swollen tongue a struggle to find the words, or a hesitation to taste life fully.","If this reading resonates with you, writing down the sentence that has been \"on the tip of your tongue\", then choosing whether and how to say it, can be a good next step.",[4925,4926,4927,4928,4929,4930],"The said and the unsaid","Guilt over words","Holding back","Finding the right words","Tasting life","Being heard",[4932,4933,4934,4935,4936,4937,4938],"Sudden swelling of the tongue, lips or throat, or difficulty breathing or swallowing. Call emergency services, as this can be a serious allergic reaction.","A sore, ulcer, lump or red or white patch on the tongue that lasts more than 3 weeks. See a GP or dentist, as it needs to be checked for mouth cancer.","A tongue ulcer that keeps coming back, or several ulcers at once.","A white coating that does not rub off, or a sore tongue with pain when eating, which can be oral thrush.","A smooth, red, sore tongue with tiredness or pale skin, which can point to low iron, vitamin B12 or folate. A blood test can check.","A burning tongue that lasts for weeks with no visible cause.","A bite or cut that is deep, bleeds heavily or does not heal.","uXLr_mxFNWJWCVrJotZcFMMZs_abgjbTWpeMfLTTK0s",{"id":4941,"title":4942,"affirmation":4943,"aka":4944,"area":904,"body":4952,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":5086,"extension":491,"group":5087,"guides":5088,"medicalSources":5089,"meta":5096,"navigation":502,"path":5097,"reflectionQuestions":5098,"related":5105,"sameAs":5107,"seo":5110,"seoTitle":5111,"sources":5112,"stem":5124,"summary":5125,"supportIntro":5126,"themes":5127,"whenToSeeADoctor":5133,"__hash__":5141},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fvaginal-thrush.md","Vaginal thrush","I take my place with respect for myself. I give my heart the time it needs to open, and I say what I feel.",[4945,4946,4947,4948,4949,4950,4951],"Yeast infection","Vaginal yeast infection","Candida","Candidiasis","Vaginitis","Vaginal itching","Candidose",{"type":308,"value":4953,"toc":5075},[4954,4958,4968,4975,4982,4985,4989,4997,5001,5004,5008,5011,5015,5018,5022,5025,5028,5032,5041,5043],[311,4955,4957],{"id":4956},"what-vaginal-thrush-is","What vaginal thrush is",[316,4959,4960,4961,4963,4964,4967],{},"Vaginal thrush is a common yeast infection caused by an overgrowth of ",[361,4962,4947],{},", most often ",[361,4965,4966],{},"Candida albicans",". This yeast normally lives in the vagina in small amounts, kept in check by healthy bacteria. When that balance shifts, it can multiply. Most women have thrush at least once.",[316,4969,4970,4971,4974],{},"Typical signs are itching and soreness around the vagina, a thick white discharge that often looks like cottage cheese and usually does not smell, and stinging when peeing or during sex. Thrush is more likely after antibiotics, during pregnancy, with hormonal changes, with a weakened immune system, and when ",[388,4972,4973],{"href":689},"diabetes"," is not well controlled. It is not classed as a sexually transmitted infection, although sex can trigger it. Antifungal pessaries, creams or tablets from a pharmacy usually clear it within a week or two.",[316,4976,4977,4978,4981],{},"\"Vaginitis\" is the wider word for inflammation of the vagina. Thrush is one cause. Others include bacterial vaginosis, which typically gives a thin, fishy-smelling discharge, trichomoniasis and other infections, skin conditions, and the dryness that can follow the ",[388,4979,4980],{"href":862},"menopause",". Because they are treated differently, it is worth getting a diagnosis if you are unsure or if symptoms keep returning.",[316,4983,4984],{},"The spiritual interpretation that follows sits alongside this care. It offers another angle, for those who feel their body may also be speaking about their intimate life.",[311,4986,4988],{"id":4987},"the-emotional-meaning-of-vaginal-thrush","The emotional meaning of vaginal thrush",[316,4990,4991,4992,2737,4994,4996],{},"The vagina is the place where feelings about sexuality come to the surface. When those feelings are easy and warm, they are lived as pleasure. When they are tangled with fear, conflict, ",[388,4993,916],{"href":240},[388,4995,419],{"href":276},", the same place can become sore. Spiritually, thrush is read in this light: as an irritation that speaks about intimacy.",[333,4998,5000],{"id":4999},"something-that-irritates","Something that irritates",[316,5002,5003],{},"An itch is the body's way of saying \"something is bothering me\". Spiritually, vaginal itching points to something in your intimate life that annoys or upsets you: a partner who tries your patience, a situation you put up with, frustration you have kept to yourself. The questions are simple. What irritates me? Where does my frustration come from?",[333,5005,5007],{"id":5006},"opening-up-at-your-own-pace","Opening up, at your own pace",[316,5009,5010],{},"Thrush often appears at a time of change in a relationship, for instance with a new partner or a new depth of closeness. Opening yourself to love, sharing and giving can be new, and the heart may need time to catch up with the body. Seen this way, the soreness can be a sign that you need a little time to take in what is happening.",[333,5012,5014],{"id":5013},"feelings-that-were-never-said","Feelings that were never said",[316,5016,5017],{},"The infection is also linked to emotions and situations left unspoken after earlier conflicts, with yourself or with a partner. It can bring up questions about your commitment to yourself, about your sexual life, and about how much of your inner world you are ready to share.",[333,5019,5021],{"id":5020},"a-boundary-the-body-draws","A boundary the body draws",[316,5023,5024],{},"Because irritation makes sex uncomfortable, thrush can act as a kind of protection. It is worth asking, without blame, whether a part of you needs a pause. You might also ask whether you have ever used closeness, or its absence, to keep control in a relationship, or whether a strict, moralising voice inside you is quick to punish your own desire. Old fears can also wake up with intimacy: being misunderstood, being hurt again, or losing the other person.",[316,5026,5027],{},"If intimacy brings back memories of being hurt, or if you have felt pushed, used or belittled, that deserves care and safety, not just reflection. A GP, a counsellor or a sexual assault service can help, and if someone is harming you now, get to safety first.",[333,5029,5031],{"id":5030},"taking-your-place","Taking your place",[316,5033,5034,5036,5037,5040],{},[361,5035,4947],{}," comes from the Latin for \"white\". In French it also echoes ",[361,5038,5039],{},"candidat",", a candidate. Heard that way, it invites you to stand as the candidate who takes first place in your own life, rather than sacrificing yourself, letting others decide for you, or hiding in your shell. It can also touch a fear of losing your innocence or your purity as you open up.",[311,5042,424],{"id":423},[377,5044,5045,5051,5057,5063,5069],{},[380,5046,5047,5050],{},[383,5048,5049],{},"Name the irritation."," Ask which part of your intimate life feels disturbed, and write down what comes.",[380,5052,5053,5056],{},[383,5054,5055],{},"Speak from the heart."," Share with your partner what you feel, calmly and openly, rather than letting frustration build.",[380,5058,5059,5062],{},[383,5060,5061],{},"Take your time."," Allow yourself to open to love and closeness at a pace that feels right, with patience for yourself and for the other person.",[380,5064,5065,5068],{},[383,5066,5067],{},"Respect yourself."," Notice where you set yourself aside, and practise taking your place in your relationships.",[380,5070,5071,5074],{},[383,5072,5073],{},"Make peace with pleasure."," A harmonious sexuality is part of life and of the happiness you are allowed to have.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":5076},[5077,5078,5085],{"id":4956,"depth":18,"text":4957},{"id":4987,"depth":18,"text":4988,"children":5079},[5080,5081,5082,5083,5084],{"id":4999,"depth":25,"text":5000},{"id":5006,"depth":25,"text":5007},{"id":5013,"depth":25,"text":5014},{"id":5020,"depth":25,"text":5021},{"id":5030,"depth":25,"text":5031},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of vaginal thrush: how it may relate to intimacy, irritation with a partner, unspoken feelings and taking your place.","ovaries-and-vagina",[],[5090,5093],{"name":5091,"url":5092},"NHS: Thrush in men and women","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fthrush-in-men-and-women\u002F",{"name":5094,"url":5095},"MedlinePlus: Vaginitis","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fvaginitis.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fvaginal-thrush",[5099,5100,5101,5102,5103,5104],"What is irritating me so much right now, especially in my intimate life?","Is there something I feel but have not said to my partner?","Am I opening up to someone faster than I feel ready for?","Do I let other people decide how I live, and where do I put myself aside?","Am I carrying guilt, shame or old fears into my sexuality?","What would it mean to respect myself fully in my relationships?",[720,689,5106],"\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fovarian-cysts",[5108,5109],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVaginal_yeast_infection","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ977090",{"title":4942,"description":5086},"Vaginal Thrush Spiritual Meaning: Candida and Intimacy",[5113,5116,5120],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":5114,"pages":5115},[4947],"93",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":5117,"pages":5119},[5118],"Démangeaisons vaginales","133",{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":5121,"pages":5123},[5122],"Vaginite","420–421","conditions\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fvaginal-thrush","Spiritually, vaginal thrush is often linked to irritation around intimacy and sexuality, feelings left unspoken with a partner, and the need to take your own place while you open up at your own pace.","If this reading resonates with you, finding a calm moment to put into words what irritates you, and then sharing it openly with your partner, can be a good next step.",[5128,5129,5130,5031,5131,5132],"Intimacy and opening up","Irritation with a partner","Unspoken feelings","Protecting yourself","Guilt and shame around sexuality",[5134,5135,5136,5137,5138,5139,5140],"Thrush for the first time, or symptoms you are not sure about. A GP or sexual health clinic can confirm what it is.","Thrush that comes back four or more times a year, or does not clear with treatment.","You are pregnant or breastfeeding, under 16 or over 60. Ask a GP or pharmacist before using a treatment.","A grey or green discharge, a strong fishy smell, sores, blisters, pelvic pain or bleeding between periods. These suggest another infection, such as bacterial vaginosis or a sexually transmitted infection.","Fever, pain in the lower tummy, or pain on one side of the back with burning when you pee. These need prompt care.","Repeated thrush with thirst, peeing more often or tiredness. A blood test can check for diabetes.","If sex is happening when you do not want it, or someone is hurting you, get to safety and seek help from a GP, a sexual assault service or the police.","qIR2bcsRpB0tldaLR13uO915SWjZtjC-Q7tKfq-g1UU",{"id":5143,"title":953,"affirmation":5144,"aka":5145,"area":903,"body":5150,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":489,"description":5320,"extension":491,"group":5321,"guides":5322,"medicalSources":5323,"meta":5330,"navigation":502,"path":5331,"reflectionQuestions":5332,"related":5339,"sameAs":5340,"seo":5343,"seoTitle":5344,"sources":5345,"stem":5348,"summary":5349,"supportIntro":5350,"themes":5351,"whenToSeeADoctor":5356,"__hash__":5362},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fskin\u002Fwarts.md","I accept who I am, someone worthy of love. I let my true self show and my creativity flow.",[5146,5147,5148,5149],"Wart","Common warts","Verruca vulgaris","Verrues",{"type":308,"value":5151,"toc":5308},[5152,5156,5162,5165,5169,5175,5179,5187,5191,5194,5198,5204,5208,5211,5215,5218,5220,5223,5269,5275,5277],[311,5153,5155],{"id":5154},"what-warts-are","What warts are",[316,5157,5158,5159,1606],{},"Warts are small, rough, harmless growths on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). The virus makes skin cells grow too fast, forming a firm lump that is usually painless. Common warts often appear on the hands and fingers, knees and elbows. Warts on the soles of the feet are called verrucas or ",[388,5160,5161],{"href":1290},"plantar warts",[316,5163,5164],{},"Warts are mildly contagious. They spread through direct skin contact or from shared surfaces such as towels or swimming-pool floors, more easily when the skin is damaged. They are very common in children. Most go away on their own within months to a couple of years. Treatments include salicylic acid preparations, freezing (cryotherapy) and, for stubborn cases, other options from a doctor or dermatologist. Covering warts and not picking them helps to stop them spreading.",[311,5166,5168],{"id":5167},"the-emotional-meaning-of-warts","The emotional meaning of warts",[316,5170,5171,5172,5174],{},"Spiritually, a wart is read as a pile of barriers you have put on your own path: barriers made of hurt and ",[388,5173,3352],{"href":270},", tied to parts of yourself that you judge ugly or hateful.",[333,5176,5178],{"id":5177},"shame-about-who-you-are","Shame about who you are",[316,5180,5181,5182,2721,5184,5186],{},"Warts are linked to ",[388,5183,419],{"href":276},[388,5185,916],{"href":240}," about who you are. You reject your sensitivity and your spontaneity, and, in turn, you feel rejected and misunderstood by others. You may feel you deserve nothing better than this \"ugly thing\", as if the wart were a way of punishing yourself. The same can happen when you want something but believe you do not deserve it.",[333,5188,5190],{"id":5189},"withdrawing-and-needing-touch","Withdrawing, and needing touch",[316,5192,5193],{},"Insecurity makes you fold in on yourself. You live for others and search for yourself without finding a clear answer: nothing seems obvious. At the same time there is a need to touch and to be touched. A wart is read as filling an emotional gap.",[333,5195,5197],{"id":5196},"wanting-recognition-too-soon","Wanting recognition too soon",[316,5199,5200,5201,5203],{},"There is a hunger for recognition, and a tendency to put the cart before the horse. Your thoughts go round in circles. Underneath, a ",[388,5202,744],{"href":234}," of being alone, and of death, may be present.",[333,5205,5207],{"id":5206},"held-back-creativity","Held-back creativity",[316,5209,5210],{},"Warts are said to hold creativity and emotion that have been pushed back and are waiting to be expressed.",[333,5212,5214],{"id":5213},"feeling-invaded","Feeling invaded",[316,5216,5217],{},"Because a virus is involved, the question becomes: do I feel attacked or invaded by someone or something that has power over me? Disgust at having been \"taken in\", and a feeling of being eaten away inside, can come with it.",[311,5219,2100],{"id":2099},[316,5221,5222],{},"Where the wart grows points to the part of your body, or of your life, that is concerned. Take these as questions, not conclusions:",[377,5224,5225,5231,5237,5243,5249,5255],{},[380,5226,5227,5230],{},[383,5228,5229],{},"On the hands:"," feeling rejected or misunderstood by your father.",[380,5232,5233,5236],{},[383,5234,5235],{},"On the feet:"," feeling rejected by your mother, or a situation involving your roots, your homeland or your family.",[380,5238,5239,5242],{},[383,5240,5241],{},"Inside the hand, or on a particular limb:"," a gesture you regret.",[380,5244,5245,5248],{},[383,5246,5247],{},"On the back of the hands:"," judging yourself harshly about your handwriting, or someone else's, or about manual work, feeling that your hand \"does not do as well as the teacher's\".",[380,5250,5251,5254],{},[383,5252,5253],{},"On the face:"," a situation where your self-esteem has been trampled on.",[380,5256,5257,5260,5261,5264,5265,5268],{},[383,5258,5259],{},"On the back:"," something from the past. ",[383,5262,5263],{},"On the side of the body:"," the present. ",[383,5266,5267],{},"On the front:"," the future.",[316,5270,5271,5272,5274],{},"The depth adds a nuance too. A wart in the outer layer of skin is linked to a separation at one point in time. One that reaches deeper is linked more to an event where you felt soiled, coloured by ",[388,5273,415],{"href":264}," and self-criticism.",[311,5276,424],{"id":423},[377,5278,5279,5285,5291,5296,5302],{},[380,5280,5281,5284],{},[383,5282,5283],{},"See yourself as worthy of love."," Not once the wart has gone, but now.",[380,5286,5287,5290],{},[383,5288,5289],{},"Lower the barriers."," Name one old hurt or resentment and ask whether you still need to carry it.",[380,5292,5293,5295],{},[383,5294,4361],{}," Notice how you criticise your work or your hands, and try a fairer voice.",[380,5297,5298,5301],{},[383,5299,5300],{},"Let your true self come out."," Give your creativity and your emotions a channel: drawing, writing, music, a conversation.",[380,5303,5304,5307],{},[383,5305,5306],{},"Ask for contact."," If you need touch, let it be offered and received in ways that feel safe.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":5309},[5310,5311,5318,5319],{"id":5154,"depth":18,"text":5155},{"id":5167,"depth":18,"text":5168,"children":5312},[5313,5314,5315,5316,5317],{"id":5177,"depth":25,"text":5178},{"id":5189,"depth":25,"text":5190},{"id":5196,"depth":25,"text":5197},{"id":5206,"depth":25,"text":5207},{"id":5213,"depth":25,"text":5214},{"id":2099,"depth":18,"text":2100},{"id":423,"depth":18,"text":424},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of warts: shame and harsh self-judgment, feeling misunderstood, and what warts on hands, feet or face may mean.","growths-and-pigment",[],[5324,5327],{"name":5325,"url":5326},"NHS: Warts and verrucas","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fwarts-and-verrucas\u002F",{"name":5328,"url":5329},"MedlinePlus: Warts","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fwarts.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fskin\u002Fwarts",[5333,5334,5335,5336,5337,5338],"Which part of myself do I find ugly or unacceptable?","Do I feel rejected or misunderstood, by my father, my mother, or someone else?","Is there a gesture I made that I still regret?","Do I judge my own work, my handwriting or what I make with my hands too severely?","Do I feel invaded by someone or something that has power over me?","Which creative or emotional part of me is waiting to come out?",[1290,476,863],[5341,5342],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWart","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ101971",{"title":953,"description":5320},"Warts Spiritual Meaning: Hands, Feet, Face and Back",[5346],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":5347,"pages":1056},[1055],"conditions\u002Fskin\u002Fwarts","Spiritually, warts are often linked to barriers built from hurt and resentment, to shame about parts of yourself you judge ugly, and to harsh self-criticism. Where they appear adds a nuance, from the hands to the feet to the face.","If this reading resonates with you, a short practice of looking at yourself with kindness rather than judgment can be a good next step.",[5352,5353,5354,5207,5355,5214],"Shame and self-judgment","Barriers of hurt and resentment","Feeling rejected and misunderstood","Need for touch",[5357,5358,5359,5360,5361],"A growth on the face or genitals. Genital warts need their own assessment and treatment.","A growth that bleeds, changes in size, shape or colour, itches or hurts, or that you are not sure is a wart. Some skin cancers can look like warts.","Many warts, warts that keep spreading, or warts that last a long time despite treatment.","Warts if you have diabetes or a weakened immune system. Do not treat them yourself with over-the-counter products on the feet if you have diabetes.","Warts that are painful or affect daily life.","sHveStd6qyHwA9yH17ZlBYwwJqjjpvWtgYjSaHmTqNU",[5364,5586],{"id":5365,"title":45,"body":5366,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":489,"datePublished":5540,"description":46,"extension":491,"groups":5541,"guides":5553,"icon":48,"medicalSources":5554,"meta":5555,"navigation":502,"order":49,"path":47,"reflectionQuestions":5556,"seo":5563,"seoTitle":5564,"sources":5565,"stem":5571,"themes":5572,"whenToSeeADoctor":5578,"__hash__":5585},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fback.md",{"type":308,"value":5367,"toc":5527},[5368,5371,5374,5380,5384,5387,5390,5394,5398,5404,5408,5411,5414,5417,5421,5424,5428,5431,5435,5438,5442,5445,5476,5480,5486,5489],[316,5369,5370],{},"Your spine is made of 33 vertebrae stacked on top of each other, from the neck down to the tailbone. Together with the muscles, ligaments and discs around them, they hold you upright, protect your spinal cord and allow you to bend, twist and turn. Back pain is one of the most common health complaints in the world: most people experience it at some point in their life.",[316,5372,5373],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, the back represents support: the support we receive from life and from others, and the support we give. The spine is our inner pillar. When the back hurts, it can be an invitation to look at the burdens we carry, how supported we feel, and what we may have placed behind us so as not to see it.",[5375,5376,5377],"note",{},[316,5378,5379],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have back pain after an injury, with numbness, weakness, fever or loss of bladder or bowel control, see a doctor urgently.",[311,5381,5383],{"id":5382},"what-your-back-represents","What your back represents",[316,5385,5386],{},"Like the pillar of a building, the spine represents support, protection and resistance. It supports us in every situation of our life. It is our physical and inner pillar: without it, we collapse. In this reading, it also symbolises our most fundamental energy, as well as our flexibility and resilience in the face of life's events. It gives us the freedom to move and to turn in the directions we choose.",[316,5388,5389],{},"The back is also a place of protection. When we feel powerless in front of a person or a situation, we can \"turn our back\". And it is where, symbolically, we put everything we do not want to see or show: painful or confusing experiences, the past, what is unconscious, and sometimes even dreams and desires we no longer believe we can fulfil.",[311,5391,5393],{"id":5392},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[333,5395,5397],{"id":5396},"lack-of-support","Lack of support",[316,5399,5400,5401,5403],{},"Back pain is often associated with not feeling supported enough, whether emotionally, financially or practically. When the load is too heavy, or support is missing, the back reacts. We may ",[388,5402,744],{"href":234}," being let down by the people around us, or by life itself.",[333,5405,5407],{"id":5406},"being-fed-up","Being \"fed up\"",[316,5409,5410],{},"In French, being fed up is literally having \"a full back\". When we can no longer bear what is happening, when we feel backed into a corner or feel that someone is always \"on our back\", the back may protest.",[333,5412,3596],{"id":5413},"being-the-pillar",[316,5415,5416],{},"We may feel we are the pillar of our family, our workplace or any group we belong to. What would happen if we were not there? Would everything fall apart? Carrying this role alone can weigh heavily on the spine.",[333,5418,5420],{"id":5419},"leaning-on-others-without-trusting-them","Leaning on others without trusting them",[316,5422,5423],{},"The back can also show that we lean on something or someone outside ourselves, without fully trusting them. This makes it hard to move forward, and can leave us frustrated and limited in what we dare to put forward.",[333,5425,5427],{"id":5426},"what-we-hide-behind-us","What we hide behind us",[316,5429,5430],{},"Because the back is where we put what we do not want to see, back pain may point to a deep hurt that we cannot yet express, or to a situation we refuse to look at, like an ostrich with its head in the sand. It can also relate to a feeling of betrayal, of being \"stabbed in the back\".",[333,5432,5434],{"id":5433},"pride-or-submission","Pride or submission",[316,5436,5437],{},"Posture itself tells a story. When we react against authority or want to stand our ground, we may stiffen our back out of pride. When we feel submissive, afraid or weak, we may bend it. A back that is supple but strong is often read as a sign of mental flexibility and an open mind.",[311,5439,5441],{"id":5440},"reading-the-signs-where-the-pain-is","Reading the signs: where the pain is",[316,5443,5444],{},"In this approach, the area of the back that hurts can add nuance. Take these as questions to explore:",[377,5446,5447,5456,5464,5470],{},[380,5448,5449,5455],{},[383,5450,5451,5452],{},"The neck and ",[388,5453,5454],{"href":688},"upper back"," relate to the emotions we carry, to communication and to how open we are to life.",[380,5457,5458,5463],{},[383,5459,5460,5461],{},"The ",[388,5462,2445],{"href":2444}," relates to material and emotional security, and to our trust in life.",[380,5465,5466,5469],{},[383,5467,5468],{},"Muscular pain"," in the back may reflect a rigid attitude towards the situations we face.",[380,5471,5472,5475],{},[383,5473,5474],{},"A displaced vertebra"," may relate to feeling in revolt against a situation, or pursuing an ideal in an aggressive way.",[311,5477,5479],{"id":5478},"caring-for-your-back-from-the-inside","Caring for your back from the inside",[316,5481,5482,5483],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Posture, lifting, sitting for long periods, injuries, age and many medical factors play a real role in back pain. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[361,5484,5485],{},"what am I carrying, and who is supporting me?",[316,5487,5488],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[377,5490,5491,5497,5503,5509,5515,5521],{},[380,5492,5493,5496],{},[383,5494,5495],{},"Look at what bothers you."," Face what you have been putting behind you, and express it. This lightens the load.",[380,5498,5499,5502],{},[383,5500,5501],{},"Express what you feel."," Writing, talking or sharing helps you integrate life's difficulties instead of storing them in your back.",[380,5504,5505,5508],{},[383,5506,5507],{},"Assert yourself when you need to."," Saying what you need is a way of supporting yourself.",[380,5510,5511,5514],{},[383,5512,5513],{},"Let life support you."," Accept help, and trust that you have the strength to carry out your plans.",[380,5516,5517,5520],{},[383,5518,5519],{},"Rely on your inner resources."," Your intuition can guide you towards the actions you need to take.",[380,5522,5523,5526],{},[383,5524,5525],{},"Keep moving."," Gentle, regular movement, walking and stretching are among the best things you can do for your back.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":5528},[5529,5530,5538,5539],{"id":5382,"depth":18,"text":5383},{"id":5392,"depth":18,"text":5393,"children":5531},[5532,5533,5534,5535,5536,5537],{"id":5396,"depth":25,"text":5397},{"id":5406,"depth":25,"text":5407},{"id":5413,"depth":25,"text":3596},{"id":5419,"depth":25,"text":5420},{"id":5426,"depth":25,"text":5427},{"id":5433,"depth":25,"text":5434},{"id":5440,"depth":18,"text":5441},{"id":5478,"depth":18,"text":5479},"2026-09-30",[5542,5546,5550],{"id":5543,"title":5544,"description":5545},"lower-back","Lower back","Lower back pain, often linked to material and emotional security, support and the fear of lacking.",{"id":5547,"title":5548,"description":5549},"upper-back-and-neck","Upper back and neck","Upper back and neck pain, often linked to emotions we carry, communication and flexibility.",{"id":3562,"title":5551,"description":5552},"Middle back","The middle of the back, often linked to guilt, the past and emotional support.",[498,499],[],{},[5557,5558,5559,5560,5561,5562],"Do I feel supported in my life, emotionally, financially or practically?","Am I carrying a burden that is too heavy, or that belongs to someone else?","Do I feel that I am the pillar that holds everything together?","What have I put \"behind me\" so as not to have to look at it?","Is there a situation I am \"fed up\" with?","Am I stiffening my back out of pride, or bending it out of fear?",{"title":45,"description":46},"Back Pain Spiritual Meaning: Lower, Middle & Upper Back",[5566],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":5567,"pages":5570},[5568,5569],"Colonne vertébrale (en général)","Dos (en général)","119–120, 148–149","areas\u002Fback",[5573,5574,5575,5576,3596,5577],"Support","Burdens","Flexibility","Security","What we hide",[5579,5580,5581,5582,5583,5584],"Numbness around the genitals or buttocks, or loss of bladder or bowel control. Call emergency services.","Weakness, numbness or tingling in both legs, or difficulty walking.","Back pain after a fall, an accident or a blow.","Back pain with fever, unexplained weight loss or a history of cancer.","Severe pain that is constant, gets worse at night or does not ease with rest.","Back pain that lasts more than six weeks.","MysXz3n2yKZNj2m6DkcWqdK32y0zENzuPYMj-6L-6gs",{"id":5587,"title":139,"body":5588,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":5698,"datePublished":5698,"description":140,"extension":491,"groups":5699,"guides":5706,"icon":142,"medicalSources":5707,"meta":5708,"navigation":502,"order":143,"path":141,"reflectionQuestions":5709,"seo":5716,"seoTitle":5717,"sources":5718,"stem":5726,"themes":5727,"whenToSeeADoctor":5732,"__hash__":5739},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Flegs-and-feet.md",{"type":308,"value":5589,"toc":5693},[5590,5593,5596,5601,5605,5608,5615,5618,5624,5628,5631,5642,5645,5649,5655],[316,5591,5592],{},"The legs carry the body from one place to another. The thighs supply much of the strength, the knees bend and take the shock, and the feet meet the ground. A break, a clot, a knee that gives way and a foot wound that will not heal are medical matters. Sudden weakness of the legs with trouble controlling the bladder is an emergency.",[316,5594,5595],{},"In the emotional reading, the legs are your movement and your autonomy. They take you forward or backward. They give you a direction of your own, stability, and a firm base. The feet are the contact with the nourishing earth, and with the mother.",[5375,5597,5598],{},[316,5599,5600],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. A swollen calf, a leg you cannot feel, or sudden weakness with back pain needs urgent care.",[311,5602,5604],{"id":5603},"what-the-legs-and-thighs-represent","What the legs and thighs represent",[316,5606,5607],{},"The legs represent the power and the capacity to advance in life, to go forward while leaving the past behind. They let you go toward people or stay away. The source also ties them to the mother, the mother earth. The left leg is the emotional side: not being able to go somewhere even though you want to. The right leg is the rational side: not wanting to go somewhere even though you should. They reflect the orientation you take in work, family, and the directions required to get there, and the whole domain of relationships around you.",[316,5609,5610,5611,5614],{},"A problem in the legs can mean you are too rooted in the daily round, the routine, the comfort zone. Weak legs mean little energy circulating there: a lack of assurance, an inability to stay standing and to be strong in front of a situation or a person. You then tend to be ",[388,5612,5613],{"href":225},"dependent"," on others. You look for support and motivation outside, instead of inside.",[316,5616,5617],{},"Small legs are read as difficulty being plugged into the physical, material world, and a wish to delegate those responsibilities. The opposite size is a heavier rooting. The entry treats the size as information, not as a judgement of a body.",[316,5619,5620,5621,5623],{},"The thigh holds the muscles of movement and of the force to go forward. Strong thighs are read as a person well rooted, with reserves for authority and for an inner evolution. Staying inactive too long, the source says, risks storing reserves you do not need. Either you want to do something and cannot, or someone wants to force you into what does not suit you. You fear taking your place. Situations from youth, above all with your parents, feel unjust, and you have not accepted them. ",[388,5622,269],{"href":270}," lives there. You may have been obliged to separate from someone dear. Lacking something is frightening, so you make reserves, and you go on transporting that extra material in the thighs. It often feels \"too late\" to say or do the thing. Anger, resentment and frustration come from the impression of working without much success.",[311,5625,5627],{"id":5626},"knees-and-feet","Knees and feet",[316,5629,5630],{},"The knees are the joints you kneel on. They are read as yielding to what is above you, and also as the movement and the direction that are under way. When you walk, the knees draw the whole body into the movement. They show your degree of flexibility, and they absorb the shock when the pressure is too strong. They also stand for perseverance, and for indecision. They are affected if you belittle yourself over your body or your sporting performance.",[316,5632,5633,5634,5637,5638,5641],{},"Difficulty bending the knees shows a certain rigidity. It can come from an ego that is very strong and proud. You fear losing your freedom. A knee that bends easily is a sign, in this reading, of humility and flexibility, and of ease in listening to the inner voice. The knees maintain your social position. Good knees mean you are open to the people around you and to change. The page on ",[388,5635,5636],{"href":719},"knee pain"," takes one common condition further. The ",[388,5639,5640],{"href":65},"joints and bones"," are the wider structure.",[316,5643,5644],{},"The feet are your contact with the nourishing earth. They are in relation with the mother, and with conflicts with her, which can go back as far as conception. They give you stability as you move toward a goal, a desire or a direction, and they help you feel safe in your relation with the universe. They represent the position you take toward the situations that present themselves, and your social position. Feet turned outward are read as confusion about the direction, or energy scattered across projects. Feet turned inward are a closure, a resistance to the directions you might take.",[311,5646,5648],{"id":5647},"caring-for-the-legs-from-the-inside","Caring for the legs from the inside",[316,5650,5651,5652],{},"Clots, arthritis, nerve compression, injury and circulation disease are real reasons legs hurt or fail. The emotional perspective adds a question: ",[361,5653,5654],{},"am I able to move, and whose ground am I standing on?",[377,5656,5657,5663,5669,5675,5681,5687],{},[380,5658,5659,5662],{},[383,5660,5661],{},"Ask whether you cannot go, or will not go."," Left and right are the book's two answers.",[380,5664,5665,5668],{},[383,5666,5667],{},"Find one support inside."," Dependence, in this reading, is looking for your strength in other people.",[380,5670,5671,5674],{},[383,5672,5673],{},"See what you are storing in the thighs."," Reserves against the fear of lacking are the picture.",[380,5676,5677,5680],{},[383,5678,5679],{},"Notice whether the knee will bend."," Pride and flexibility are the pair the knee is given.",[380,5682,5683,5686],{},[383,5684,5685],{},"Feel the ground."," The feet are the contact with the earth and with the mother, not a test of worth.",[380,5688,5689,5692],{},[383,5690,5691],{},"Treat a swollen calf and sudden weakness as medical."," Meaning does not wait out a clot or a spinal emergency.",{"title":461,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":5694},[5695,5696,5697],{"id":5603,"depth":18,"text":5604},{"id":5626,"depth":18,"text":5627},{"id":5647,"depth":18,"text":5648},"2026-10-04",[5700,5704],{"id":5701,"title":5702,"description":5703},"legs","Legs and thighs","Legs that carry you forward or hold you back, and thighs read as the reserves you store for the journey.",{"id":1442,"title":5627,"description":5705},"Knees that bend or refuse to bend, and feet that meet the ground and the direction you have chosen.",[495,499],[],{},[5710,5711,5712,5713,5714,5715],"Where am I rooted in a routine that no longer takes me anywhere?","Do I want to go somewhere and feel I cannot, or do I refuse to go somewhere I should?","Whose support am I waiting for, instead of finding it in myself?","What from my youth, especially with my parents, am I still carrying in my thighs?","Where is my pride making it hard to bend?","What ground am I actually standing on, and whose direction is it?",{"title":139,"description":140},"Leg & Foot Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right",[5719],{"author":518,"work":519,"entries":5720,"pages":5725},[5721,5722,5723,5724],"Jambes (en général)","Cuisses (en général)","Genoux (en général)","Pieds (en général)","130–131, 198, 247, 343","areas\u002Flegs-and-feet",[5728,4019,5729,5575,5730,5731],"Moving forward","Direction","The mother","Standing your ground",[5733,5734,5735,5736,5737,5738],"A leg you cannot stand on after a fall, or a joint that looks deformed.","One calf that is swollen, hot or painful. This can be a clot. Seek urgent care.","Sudden weakness of one or both legs, especially with back pain and trouble passing urine. Call emergency services.","A foot wound that is not healing, particularly if you have diabetes.","A knee that locks, gives way, or swells after a twist.","Pain at night, or pain with redness and fever.","78AwNaGTfL7GQpijER8nvOArqFLZYoPwtrdG-DCrpjA",[5741,5745,5749,5753,5756,5759],{"path":494,"title":5742,"description":5743,"category":5744,"readingTime":56},"Can emotions cause physical pain?","How stress, fear and grief can intensify or contribute to physical pain, where people feel each emotion, and what helps, from medicine and the symbolic view.","emotions",{"path":495,"title":5746,"description":5747,"category":5748,"readingTime":25},"Emotions body map: where feelings settle in the body","A free, printable body map of emotions: where anger, fear, grief, guilt and other feelings are said to settle in the body, with a page for each area.","body-maps",{"path":496,"title":5750,"description":5751,"category":5752,"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",{"path":497,"title":5754,"description":5755,"category":5748,"readingTime":64},"Left side vs right side of the body: spiritual meaning","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the left and right sides of the body: the feminine and masculine principles, and how they apply to pain.",{"path":498,"title":5757,"description":5758,"category":5752,"readingTime":71},"Louise Hay's list of symptoms and emotional causes: what it is and how to use it","What Louise Hay's list of ailments is, how it is built, how it compares with Jacques Martel's dictionary, its limits, and where to read more by body part.",{"path":499,"title":5760,"description":5761,"category":5762,"readingTime":84},"Spiritual meaning of pain in body parts: a head-to-toe guide","What pain in each part of the body may mean spiritually, from headaches to heel pain, with the left and right sides and a quick map to every page.","symptoms",1791298620034]