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emotional and spiritual meaning of breathing problems: what colds, coughs and lung issues may say about space, freedom and your taste for life.","\u002Fareas\u002Frespiratory-system","i-lucide-wind","\u002Frespiratory-system",{"title":28,"description":29,"path":30,"icon":31,"order":12,"comingSoon":10,"to":32,"conditionCount":18},"Heart and circulation","The emotional and spiritual meaning of heart and circulation problems: what they may reveal about love, joy of living and the pressure you carry.","\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation","i-lucide-heart-pulse","\u002Fheart-and-circulation",{"title":34,"description":35,"path":36,"icon":37,"order":38,"comingSoon":10,"to":39,"conditionCount":20},"Digestive system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of digestive problems: what stomach and bowel issues may say about what you cannot digest, control and letting 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can pause and find the source of the irritation. I do not have to outrun the moment I am in.",[178,179,180],"Irritability","Being impatient","Rushing",[182,183],"head","blood-sugar",{"type":185,"value":186,"toc":248},"minimark",[187,192,196,199,203,206,209,212,216,219],[188,189,191],"h2",{"id":190},"what-impatience-is","What impatience is",[193,194,195],"p",{},"Impatience is the irritation of wanting something now. You become short in what you say and what you do. A little of it is ordinary. It becomes a pattern when speed is how you live, and other people, or you yourself, are always too slow.",[193,197,198],{},"The reading below listens to the stress under the rush.",[188,200,202],{"id":201},"the-emotional-meaning-of-impatience","The emotional meaning of impatience",[193,204,205],{},"The source reads impatience as inner stress, insecurity or tension that shakes you and affects the nervous system. You become more irritable, more abrupt in what you have to say or do. The questions are direct. Are you impatient with yourself, or with others? Why do you always need to go faster? It is as if you wanted to catch up with time.",[193,207,208],{},"When you feel a limitation, or that someone wants to curtail your freedom, it irritates you, and it shows in brusque acts.",[193,210,211],{},"The entry also points toward nervousness and toward low blood sugar. A real drop in sugar can make anyone irritable. That belongs with blood sugar, and with a doctor if it keeps happening. The rush itself is the feeling.",[188,213,215],{"id":214},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[193,217,218],{},"The aim is not to become slow for its own sake. The emotional perspective invites you to find what the irritation is made of.",[220,221,222,230,236,242],"ul",{},[223,224,225,229],"li",{},[226,227,228],"strong",{},"Ask who the impatience is aimed at."," Yourself, or someone else.",[223,231,232,235],{},[226,233,234],{},"Notice the wish to catch time."," Speed may be covering a fear of being limited.",[223,237,238,241],{},[226,239,240],{},"Take a few moments."," The source offers that pause as the way to the source of the irritation.",[223,243,244,247],{},[226,245,246],{},"If you shake, sweat or turn faint when you have not eaten, check your blood sugar."," Mood and glucose are not the same question.",{"title":249,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":250},"",[251,252,253],{"id":190,"depth":18,"text":191},{"id":201,"depth":18,"text":202},{"id":214,"depth":18,"text":215},"2026-10-02","The emotional and spiritual meaning of impatience: inner stress that shakes the nerves, and the irritation of feeling your freedom limited.","md","anger",{},true,[261,262,263,264,265],"Am I impatient with myself, or with other people?","Why do I always need to go faster, as if I were trying to catch up with time?","Where do I feel my freedom is being limited, and how does that show in abrupt acts?","What is the irritation actually about, under the rush?","Can I take a few moments before I answer?",[91,160],[],{"title":132,"description":255},[270],{"author":271,"work":272,"entries":273,"pages":274},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[132],"231","emotions\u002Fimpatience","Impatience is often read as inner stress and insecurity. It shakes the nervous system, makes you abrupt, and flares when you feel your freedom is being limited.",[278,279,280,281,282],"Inner stress","The nerves","Going too fast","Limited freedom","Irritation",[],"4OjpYrjZFhMZJAt0dlqDJ9I6EvHMprPUI7gMSyzkj5A",[286,391],{"id":287,"title":90,"affirmation":288,"aka":289,"areas":293,"body":294,"dateModified":254,"datePublished":254,"description":365,"extension":256,"group":257,"meta":366,"navigation":259,"order":9,"path":91,"reflectionQuestions":367,"related":373,"sameAs":374,"seo":375,"sources":376,"stem":381,"summary":382,"themes":383,"whenToSeeADoctor":389,"__hash__":390},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fanger.md","I stay attentive to the first sign of anger. I can open to love in this moment, and I do not have to be carried away.",[290,291,292],"Rage","Fury","Being angry",[],{"type":185,"value":295,"toc":358},[296,300,303,306,310,313,318,321,324,327,329,332],[188,297,299],{"id":298},"what-anger-is","What anger is",[193,301,302],{},"Anger is a surge of feeling that comes out sharply, in the body and in the voice. It can rise from irritation to shouting, trembling, aggression, even breaking things. A flash of it is human. It becomes costly when it is the only way you know to be heard, or when it is used to dominate.",[193,304,305],{},"The reading below does not excuse harm. It looks at the alarm underneath the explosion.",[188,307,309],{"id":308},"the-emotional-meaning-of-anger","The emotional meaning of anger",[193,311,312],{},"The source calls anger a spontaneous cry of alarm, the sign of an inner revolt, a violent discontent joined to aggression. Before the age of two it is simply a way of reacting to an inner discomfort, cold or hunger. Later it becomes a way of opposing limits. It can turn into emotional blackmail and a means of domination.",[314,315,317],"h3",{"id":316},"what-the-heat-is-pushing-out","What the heat is pushing out",[193,319,320],{},"The thoughts race, crowd and amplify until you can no longer see clearly. Pressure rises. You go red. The question is what disturbs you enough to explode. Great frustrations are there, and you are not able to affirm who you are. You feel invaded by someone or something. You want to chase it out, expel it, and anger is the means of expression. Introspection is hard. Admitting that you have things to change is hard. You want to stay on your positions.",[193,322,323],{},"Underneath, the source looks for weakness, injustice, frustration, incomprehension or powerlessness, sometimes enlarged by a strong emotivity and by impulsiveness. Once you name the reason, you may see that the conflict repeats without your noticing, and that it can come from situations unsettled since childhood. Integration is then quicker.",[193,325,326],{},"The entry places this heat in the liver, as toxins that can bring on a liver crisis. This site does not yet have a page for the liver. The feeling itself is not tied to one of the areas that are already here.",[188,328,215],{"id":214},[193,330,331],{},"The aim is not to ban anger, and not to use it on other people. The emotional perspective invites you to catch the alarm before it becomes the explosion.",[220,333,334,340,346,352],{},[223,335,336,339],{},[226,337,338],{},"Ask what is actually disturbing you."," The shout is later than the reason.",[223,341,342,345],{},[226,343,344],{},"See if you feel invaded."," Expelling someone may be the only language the frustration has.",[223,347,348,351],{},[226,349,350],{},"Check whether this is an old scene."," A repeating conflict often started long before today.",[223,353,354,357],{},[226,355,356],{},"Notice the first signal."," Attention, before you are carried away, is the practice the source offers.",{"title":249,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":359},[360,361,364],{"id":298,"depth":18,"text":299},{"id":308,"depth":18,"text":309,"children":362},[363],{"id":316,"depth":20,"text":317},{"id":214,"depth":18,"text":215},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of anger: a spontaneous alarm, a revolt that rises to a shout, and the liver where the source says the heat collects.",{},[368,369,370,371,372],"What is disturbing me enough that I explode?","Do I feel invaded, and is anger the only way I know to push that out?","Am I unable to say who I am, so the heat speaks instead?","Is this conflict an old one, still repeating from childhood?","What signal arrives just before I lose my temper, if I am willing to notice it?",[85,130,133],[],{"title":90,"description":365},[377],{"author":271,"work":272,"entries":378,"pages":380},[379],"Colère","119–120","emotions\u002Fanger","Anger is often read as a spontaneous alarm and an inner revolt. Frustration, a feeling of being invaded, and the inability to say who you are are what feed it.",[384,385,386,387,388],"An alarm","Inner revolt","Frustration","Feeling invaded","Unable to say who you are",[],"qq607Am2EgZL19xRX6xQIK-i90EwB9z8yTlyj0mL2RE",{"id":392,"title":159,"affirmation":393,"aka":394,"areas":398,"body":399,"dateModified":254,"datePublished":254,"description":457,"extension":256,"group":458,"meta":459,"navigation":259,"order":9,"path":160,"reflectionQuestions":460,"related":466,"sameAs":467,"seo":470,"sources":471,"stem":475,"summary":476,"themes":477,"whenToSeeADoctor":483,"__hash__":484},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fstress.md","I look inside at my reactions, my motives and my attitude. I can learn to relax, and I can also receive what stress has to give.",[395,396,397],"Pressure","Strain","Feeling stressed",[],{"type":185,"value":400,"toc":452},[401,405,408,411,415,418,421,423,426],[188,402,404],{"id":403},"what-stress-is","What stress is",[193,406,407],{},"Stress is a response of adaptation to an event, a situation, a danger, real or imagined. Any situation that asks more of the organism brings it on. Lived in an extreme way, it turns into distress. The demand may be psychological, the pressure of the people around you. It may be physical, a heavy demand on the body from work, sport, heat or cold. It may be chemical, medicines, chemotherapy, a hormonal change. Those physical and chemical forms need ordinary medical sense. They are not only a mood.",[193,409,410],{},"The reading below looks at the reaction, which the source says matters more than the stress itself.",[188,412,414],{"id":413},"the-emotional-meaning-of-stress","The emotional meaning of stress",[193,416,417],{},"Stress can be as positive, stimulating and creative as it can be threatening to the body. Depending on your reaction to the situation and to the emotions underneath, the effect is beneficial or harmful. Even a happy event can bring an important stress. The source's example is winning a great sum of money, and then living a depression because you feel there is so much to change that you fear you will not manage. Will you keep the job and the people you value? Will your friends stay the same with you? Will you have to move? Will you be able to adapt to all of it?",[193,419,420],{},"The entry does not tie stress to one organ. It is the whole capacity to adapt.",[188,422,215],{"id":214},[193,424,425],{},"The aim is not to abolish demand. The emotional perspective invites you to question the reaction before you blame the event.",[220,427,428,434,440,446],{},[223,429,430,433],{},[226,431,432],{},"Name the kind of demand."," People, the body, or a chemical change. They are not the same problem.",[223,435,436,439],{},[226,437,438],{},"Notice if a good change is the frightening one."," Adaptation, not the event's mood, is the issue.",[223,441,442,445],{},[226,443,444],{},"Look at motives and attitude."," The source asks you to stop throwing the blame outward.",[223,447,448,451],{},[226,449,450],{},"Learn to relax, and also to use the stimulus."," Both are in the remedy it offers.",{"title":249,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":453},[454,455,456],{"id":403,"depth":18,"text":404},{"id":413,"depth":18,"text":414},{"id":214,"depth":18,"text":215},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of stress: the body's answer to a demand, and the difference between a reaction that stimulates you and one that becomes distress.","inward",{},[461,462,463,464,465],"Is this demand psychological, physical, or chemical, and which part can I actually change?","Am I reacting in a way that stimulates me, or in a way that has become distress?","Could a happy change be the thing I am afraid I cannot adapt to?","What would I have to change, and do I fear I will not manage it?","Am I blaming the situation, instead of looking at my motives and my attitude?",[97,133,109],[468,469],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPsychological_stress","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ3500368",{"title":159,"description":457},[472],{"author":271,"work":272,"entries":473,"pages":474},[159],"398–399","emotions\u002Fstress","Stress is often read as the answer to a demand that is greater than usual. The event matters less than your reaction, and even a happy change can become distress if you fear you cannot adapt.",[478,479,480,481,482],"A demand to adapt","Your reaction","Distress","Happy events too","Blame turned outward",[],"kTER606bicvzrMgs-SAQV-QAqTbB0OUsbblzlVyly-w",[486,689],{"id":487,"title":5,"body":488,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":645,"datePublished":645,"description":6,"extension":256,"groups":646,"icon":8,"meta":655,"navigation":259,"order":9,"path":7,"reflectionQuestions":656,"seo":663,"sources":664,"stem":673,"themes":674,"whenToSeeADoctor":681,"__hash__":688},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fhead.md",{"type":185,"value":489,"toc":634},[490,493,496,502,506,509,512,516,520,523,527,530,534,537,541,544,548,551,582,586,593,596],[193,491,492],{},"Your head is the control centre of your body. It is where your senses meet, where you think, decide and plan, and where you feel that you are \"you\". Your nervous system, which runs from your brain through your spine to every part of your body, carries information in both directions: it receives what you see, hear and feel, and it sends out the orders that move you.",[193,494,495],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, the head is therefore linked to individuality, autonomy and the way you lead your life. When the head or the nerves react, it can be an invitation to look at how much pressure you live under, how much you try to control, and whether your head and your heart are working together.",[497,498,499],"note",{},[193,500,501],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have headaches, dizziness or any neurological symptom, see a doctor.",[188,503,505],{"id":504},"what-your-head-and-nerves-represent","What your head and nerves represent",[193,507,508],{},"Symbolically, the head is the place from which you steer your life. It is often compared to the head of a company: the one who directs, decides and takes responsibility. When you feel you are not really in charge of your own life, or on the contrary when you feel you must be in charge of everything, the head is often where the tension shows.",[193,510,511],{},"The nervous system can be seen as the body's electrical network. It connects your thoughts to your actions, and your inner world to the outer one. When this network is overloaded, with too many worries, too much analysis and too much tension, the circuits can overheat.",[188,513,515],{"id":514},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[314,517,519],{"id":518},"control-and-the-need-to-master-everything","Control and the need to master everything",[193,521,522],{},"A recurring theme is control: wanting to plan every moment, anticipate every problem and keep every situation in hand. This can come from insecurity, from high expectations, or from having had to be responsible very early in life. The more we try to control, the more the head works, and the less room there is for spontaneity.",[314,524,526],{"id":525},"too-much-head-not-enough-heart","Too much head, not enough heart",[193,528,529],{},"Many head and nerve problems are associated with living mainly through the intellect. We analyse, reason, organise and judge, and in the process we may push aside what we feel, what we want and what gives us joy. The source describes this as a lack of balance between the rational side and the intuitive, emotional side. Both are needed.",[314,531,533],{"id":532},"mental-pressure-and-worry-about-the-future","Mental pressure and worry about the future",[193,535,536],{},"Worrying about what is coming, racking your brains for answers, fearing that a project will not succeed: all of this adds pressure. The head can end up feeling like a pot about to boil over.",[314,538,540],{"id":539},"tension-and-trust","Tension and trust",[193,542,543],{},"Nervous tension is often linked to a feeling of being held back or \"locked in\" by a person, a situation or by yourself. Behind it there is often a difficulty trusting others and trusting life, sometimes because of past hurts.",[188,545,547],{"id":546},"reading-the-signs-location-and-side","Reading the signs: location and side",[193,549,550],{},"In this approach, where the tension appears can add some nuance. Take these as questions to explore, not as rules:",[220,552,553,559,565,571,577],{},[223,554,555,558],{},[226,556,557],{},"The forehead"," is often associated with work and your social role.",[223,560,561,564],{},[226,562,563],{},"The temples and sides of the head"," relate to emotional life: family, couple, close relationships.",[223,566,567,570],{},[226,568,569],{},"The left side"," is linked to the feminine, the mother or a daughter.",[223,572,573,576],{},[226,574,575],{},"The right side"," is linked to the masculine, the father or a son.",[223,578,579,581],{},[226,580,279],{}," themselves speak of communication: in which area of your life do you need to express yourself better, or to hear what others are telling you?",[188,583,585],{"id":584},"caring-for-your-head-from-the-inside","Caring for your head from the inside",[193,587,588,589],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Genetics, hormones, sleep, posture, screens, diet and many medical factors play a real role in head and nerve problems. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[590,591,592],"em",{},"what might my head be trying to tell me?",[193,594,595],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[220,597,598,604,610,616,622,628],{},[223,599,600,603],{},[226,601,602],{},"Step back from the problem."," Taking some distance from what you are living often clears the mind more than thinking harder.",[223,605,606,609],{},[226,607,608],{},"Loosen your grip."," Notice where you try to control everything and choose one area where you can let things unfold.",[223,611,612,615],{},[226,613,614],{},"Make room for your emotions."," Feeling them, naming them and expressing them eases the pressure on the head.",[223,617,618,621],{},[226,619,620],{},"Be patient with yourself."," Not every answer has to come today. Some solutions appear when the time is right.",[223,623,624,627],{},[226,625,626],{},"Listen to your heart as well as your head."," Ask yourself not only \"what should I do?\" but also \"what do I really want?\"",[223,629,630,633],{},[226,631,632],{},"Rest your nervous system."," Breathing exercises, relaxation, time in nature and good sleep all help calm an overloaded mind.",{"title":249,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":635},[636,637,643,644],{"id":504,"depth":18,"text":505},{"id":514,"depth":18,"text":515,"children":638},[639,640,641,642],{"id":518,"depth":20,"text":519},{"id":525,"depth":20,"text":526},{"id":532,"depth":20,"text":533},{"id":539,"depth":20,"text":540},{"id":546,"depth":18,"text":547},{"id":584,"depth":18,"text":585},"2026-09-30",[647,651],{"id":648,"title":649,"description":650},"head-pain","Head pain","Headaches and migraines, often linked to mental overload, control and the pressure we put on ourselves.",{"id":652,"title":653,"description":654},"nervous-system","Nerves and tension","Nervous tension and nerve problems, often linked to stress, overthinking and difficulty trusting life.",{},[657,658,659,660,661,662],"Where in my life am I trying to control everything?","Am I listening more to my head than to my heart at the moment?","What pressure am I putting on myself, and is it really necessary?","Is there a situation I keep turning over in my mind without finding a way out?","Which emotions do I analyse instead of simply feeling them?","Do I feel that I am really leading my own life?",{"title":5,"description":6},[665],{"author":271,"work":272,"entries":666,"pages":672},[667,668,669,670,671],"Tête (en général)","Cerveau (en général)","Système nerveux","Nerfs (en général)","Tête (maux de ...)","93–94, 289, 402, 407–408","areas\u002Fhead",[675,676,677,678,679,680],"Control","Mental pressure","Head and heart","Individuality","Tension","Trust",[682,683,684,685,686,687],"A sudden, very severe headache, like a thunderclap. Call emergency services.","Weakness, numbness, drooping of the face, confusion or difficulty speaking. Call emergency services.","A headache with fever, a stiff neck or a rash.","A headache after a blow to the head.","Headaches that are new, getting worse, waking you up at night, or starting after the age of 50.","Dizziness, fainting or seizures.","g8Hvz1381s3vquajEZ-zEeNpEil90HcWgsgXrdgWI2I",{"id":690,"title":76,"body":691,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":254,"datePublished":254,"description":77,"extension":256,"groups":807,"icon":79,"meta":816,"navigation":259,"order":80,"path":78,"reflectionQuestions":817,"seo":824,"sources":825,"stem":831,"themes":832,"whenToSeeADoctor":838,"__hash__":845},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fblood-sugar.md",{"type":185,"value":692,"toc":798},[693,696,699,704,708,711,714,716,720,723,726,730,741,744,748,751,754,757,761,764,766],[193,694,695],{},"Blood sugar is the glucose the body uses for energy. Insulin, made in the pancreas, lets that sugar move into the cells. When insulin is lacking or no longer works well, sugar stays high in the blood: that is diabetes. When sugar falls too low, the cells and muscles are starved of fuel: that is hypoglycaemia. Both need medical care. Diabetes is a long illness. Low blood sugar can be an emergency, especially in someone who uses insulin.",[193,697,698],{},"In the emotional approach, sugar stands for love, tenderness and affection. Too much and too little are both read as a trouble with sweetness, and with the love you can give yourself and other people.",[497,700,701],{},[193,702,703],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. Do not change insulin, tablets or meals because of what you read here. If you feel very unwell, confused or faint, seek urgent care.",[188,705,707],{"id":706},"what-blood-sugar-represents","What blood sugar represents",[193,709,710],{},"The source treats sugar as sweetness. Diabetes, in this reading, is a sorrow of love: an affective fast. Repeated sadness, emotions held back, and a life with little gentleness are said to harden a person. Sweetness disappears in favour of a continuous pain. Food then compensates: pasta, bread, sweets, anything that stands in for the tenderness that is missing. Life tastes bitter, so something sweeter is asked to balance it.",[193,712,713],{},"Low blood sugar is the other side of the same theme. Sugar is a reward, affection, softness. The questions are whether you are looking for that love, waiting for it from outside, and eating sugar to fill the lack. Both pictures are tied to joy that has gone thin, and to the love you are able to express for yourself and for others.",[188,715,515],{"id":514},[314,717,719],{"id":718},"sadness-and-love-that-is-hard-to-receive","Sadness, and love that is hard to receive",[193,721,722],{},"A deep sadness is one of the feelings the source places beside diabetes. You may feel you have to hold on, to fight life, people and events. You limit yourself in many domains. Regret covers both what was and what might have been. You think you do not deserve happiness or pleasure.",[193,724,725],{},"Receiving love is difficult. You feel smothered, overloaded, stuck in a situation that is too much and out of your hands. There is a great need for love, especially from the father, and also from a boss or from whoever stands for authority, together with little idea of how to take it when it is offered. Because the small sweetnesses of life are refused, the illness itself then forbids the sweet foods you used to eat. Joy, love and passion may feel impossible to show in the open.",[314,727,729],{"id":728},"resistance-and-the-fight-you-are-storing-sugar-for","Resistance, and the fight you are storing sugar for",[193,731,732,733,736,737,740],{},"The source describes a strong resistance to an event you want to avoid and feel forced to undergo: a separation, a move, an exam. The feelings are often the loss of someone dear, or a deep loneliness, sometimes close to despair. Family is usually involved. Disgust and disdain sit with the resistance. You may think of it constantly. In French the source plays on ",[590,734,735],{},"diabète"," and ",[590,738,739],{},"bête",", the beast, and asks whether that beast is outside you or inside you, and which will be stronger.",[193,742,743],{},"High blood sugar is then read as reserves kept ready for a fight. Blood sugar is what feeds the muscles. You feel pushed to do things you want to resist. There can also be a feeling of powerlessness: not enough energy to move forward, unable to get through the tasks. A child with diabetes is read as fearing that one or both parents do not trust them and will be disappointed, and as needing sweetness without knowing how to ask.",[314,745,747],{"id":746},"giving-everything-away","Giving everything away",[193,749,750],{},"Hypoglycaemia is read as the opposite imbalance. You give so much to others that nothing is left for you. Life is off balance and you want to drop it all and flee. Strong emotions, a deep sadness, anguish, even hostility toward other people, are named as the background. Expectations are not met. What comes from outside, especially from authority, is refused.",[193,752,753],{},"There can be intense disgust toward something or someone you would rather avoid, including your own body in the mirror. Strength goes into resisting what you find unbearable. The smallest gesture of the day feels tedious. Inner pressure feels out of your control. Direction is lost. The source also says a food allergy can be a physical cause, and that this needs a real medical check, not only a meaning.",[193,755,756],{},"It adds a hard note, to be read gently. Feeling weak can become a way of getting attention, easier than standing up for what you believe. That is a question, not a judgement on being ill.",[188,758,760],{"id":759},"caring-for-your-blood-sugar-from-the-inside","Caring for your blood sugar from the inside",[193,762,763],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. The pancreas, weight, pregnancy, medicines, exercise and family history all play a real role. An emotional reading sits beside treatment. It is not a reason to stop it.",[193,765,595],{},[220,767,768,774,780,786,792],{},[223,769,770,773],{},[226,771,772],{},"Let sweetness be received."," Notice when affection is offered and you cannot take it.",[223,775,776,779],{},[226,777,778],{},"Name the sadness."," Repeated sorrow is the feeling this reading keeps beside high blood sugar.",[223,781,782,785],{},[226,783,784],{},"Look at the event you are resisting."," A separation, a move, a loss. Resistance is part of the picture.",[223,787,788,791],{},[226,789,790],{},"Give to yourself first."," The low-sugar reading says you cannot give others what you refuse yourself.",[223,793,794,797],{},[226,795,796],{},"Keep the medical plan."," Meals, monitoring and medicine are how the body is actually looked after.",{"title":249,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":799},[800,801,806],{"id":706,"depth":18,"text":707},{"id":514,"depth":18,"text":515,"children":802},[803,804,805],{"id":718,"depth":20,"text":719},{"id":728,"depth":20,"text":729},{"id":746,"depth":20,"text":747},{"id":759,"depth":18,"text":760},[808,812],{"id":809,"title":810,"description":811},"high","High blood sugar","Diabetes, often linked to a lack of sweetness, repeated sadness, and resistance to a loss you feel forced to live.",{"id":813,"title":814,"description":815},"low","Low blood sugar","Hypoglycaemia, often linked to giving everything away, deep sadness, and a life that has lost its direction.",{},[818,819,820,821,822,823],"Where has sweetness gone from my life, and what am I using in its place?","What sadness have I hardened against, instead of letting it be felt?","Do I find it hard to receive love, especially from a parent or from someone in authority?","What event am I resisting, while feeling I have no choice but to go through it?","Am I giving so much to others that nothing is left for me?","What would change if I let myself have the affection I keep refusing?",{"title":76,"description":77},[826],{"author":271,"work":272,"entries":827,"pages":830},[828,829],"Sang — Diabète sucré","Sang — Hypoglycémie","378–381, 383–384","areas\u002Fblood-sugar",[833,153,834,835,836,837],"Sweetness","Love","Resistance","Receiving","Giving yourself away",[839,840,841,842,843,844],"Confusion, collapse, a seizure, or someone with diabetes who cannot be woken. Call emergency services. If they use insulin and you have been shown how, a low-sugar emergency needs immediate sugar or glucagon as you were taught.","A diagnosis of diabetes, or sugar found in the urine or a high blood test. This needs medical care, diet guidance and sometimes medicine. Do not stop insulin or tablets because of an emotional reading.","Unusual thirst, passing large amounts of urine, unexplained weight loss, or tiredness that does not lift.","Shaking, sweating, hunger, irritability or faintness that improves when you eat. Have blood sugar checked.","Diabetes in pregnancy. It needs obstetric care.","A child who is suddenly very thirsty, very tired or losing weight. Seek care the same day.","ka9DRftC120eJRncgDPCUeJjMZS8S4UMaf0NClqacmI",1790940866199]