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I live with truth, openness and an open heart.",[301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308],"Peripheral neuropathy","Neuritis","Nerve inflammation","Nerve damage","Pins and needles","Numbness","Diabetic neuropathy","Névrite","head",{"type":311,"value":312,"toc":436},"minimark",[313,318,322,340,348,351,354,358,361,366,373,377,380,384,390,394,397,401],[314,315,317],"h2",{"id":316},"what-neuropathy-and-neuritis-are","What neuropathy and neuritis are",[319,320,321],"p",{},"Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, the ones that carry feeling and movement to the arms, hands, legs and feet. It often starts in the feet and hands. Common signs are numbness, tingling or \"pins and needles\", burning or shooting pain, a feeling of wearing gloves or socks that are not there, muscle weakness, and loss of balance. Some people stop feeling heat, cold or injury in their feet.",[319,323,324,329,330,334,335,339],{},[325,326,328],"a",{"href":327},"\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes","Diabetes"," is one of the most common causes, because high blood sugar over time damages nerves and the small vessels that feed them. Other causes include drinking too much alcohol, a lack of vitamin B12, some medicines including chemotherapy, infections such as ",[325,331,333],{"href":332},"\u002Fskin\u002Fshingles","shingles",", kidney disease, an underactive thyroid, autoimmune conditions, inherited conditions, and pressure on a single nerve, as in ",[325,336,338],{"href":337},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel","carpal tunnel syndrome",". Sometimes no cause is found.",[319,341,342,343,347],{},"Neuritis means inflammation of a nerve. It can affect one nerve, such as optic neuritis, which affects vision and can be linked to ",[325,344,346],{"href":345},"\u002Fhead\u002Fmultiple-sclerosis","multiple sclerosis",", or several nerves at once.",[319,349,350],{},"Treatment depends on the cause: good blood sugar control, vitamin replacement, stopping a medicine with a doctor's advice, or cutting down alcohol can stop nerves getting worse. Medicines made for nerve pain, physiotherapy and careful daily foot care also help. A GP can arrange blood tests and, if needed, nerve tests or a referral to a neurologist.",[319,352,353],{},"The spiritual interpretation that follows sits alongside this care. It offers another angle, for those who feel their body may also be speaking about how they live.",[314,355,357],{"id":356},"the-emotional-meaning-of-neuropathy-and-neuritis","The emotional meaning of neuropathy and neuritis",[319,359,360],{},"Nerves carry messages. When they are inflamed or go numb, the message is not getting through. Spiritually, neuritis is read as a problem of communication, and above all of the communication you have with yourself. The part of the body that is affected shows which area of your life is asking for your attention.",[362,363,365],"h3",{"id":364},"anger-in-the-conversation-with-yourself","Anger in the conversation with yourself",[319,367,368,369,372],{},"Inflammation is associated with ",[325,370,371],{"href":198},"anger",". Here, the question is what makes you angry in the way you speak to yourself: the harsh voice, the impatience, the things you refuse to hear. The same anger can turn outwards as a difficulty accepting others as they are and as they act.",[362,374,376],{"id":375},"feeling-attacked","Feeling attacked",[319,378,379],{},"You may feel under attack and ready to defend yourself, even when no one is visibly coming at you. Living on guard keeps the nerves on alert.",[362,381,383],{"id":382},"control-and-the-unexpected","Control and the unexpected",[319,385,386,387,389],{},"Surprises can feel unbearable, so you try to foresee everything. That planning gives a sense of control, but it is a fragile one, and it leaves little room to rest. ",[325,388,293],{"href":294}," often sits underneath.",[362,391,393],{"id":392},"staying-out-of-sight","Staying out of sight",[319,395,396],{},"You may prefer to stay anonymous, in the background, where no one sees you and so no one can criticise you. Numbness can be heard as an image of that choice: feeling less, so as to be exposed less.",[314,398,400],{"id":399},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[402,403,404,412,418,424,430],"ul",{},[405,406,407,411],"li",{},[408,409,410],"strong",{},"Listen to the place."," Notice which part of the body is affected and ask what that part of life, holding, giving, walking forward, is asking you to look at.",[405,413,414,417],{},[408,415,416],{},"Change the inner voice."," Catch one harsh sentence you say to yourself each day and rewrite it with the understanding you would offer a friend.",[405,419,420,423],{},[408,421,422],{},"Lower the guard."," When you feel attacked, pause and check whether the threat is here now, or an old one.",[405,425,426,429],{},[408,427,428],{},"Leave room for surprise."," Plan what matters, and let one small thing each day happen without a plan.",[405,431,432,435],{},[408,433,434],{},"Be seen a little."," Share one honest thought or feeling with someone you trust, and notice that you can be seen and still be safe.",{"title":437,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":438},"",[439,440,446],{"id":316,"depth":18,"text":317},{"id":356,"depth":18,"text":357,"children":441},[442,443,444,445],{"id":364,"depth":25,"text":365},{"id":375,"depth":25,"text":376},{"id":382,"depth":25,"text":383},{"id":392,"depth":25,"text":393},{"id":399,"depth":18,"text":400},"2026-10-06","The emotional and spiritual meaning of neuropathy and neuritis: how numbness may relate to anger at yourself, control and hiding from criticism.","md","nervous-system",[],[453,456],{"name":454,"url":455},"NHS: Peripheral neuropathy","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fperipheral-neuropathy\u002F",{"name":457,"url":458},"MedlinePlus: Peripheral Nerve Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fperipheralnervedisorders.html",{},true,"\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Fneuropathy",[463,464,465,466,467,468],"Which part of my body is affected, and what does that part of my life ask me to notice?","What makes me angry in the way I speak to myself?","Do I feel attacked, and what am I defending myself against?","Do I try to plan everything because the unexpected frightens me?","Am I staying in the background so that no one can see or criticise me?","Whom do I find it hard to accept as they are?",[327,337,470,345],"\u002Fhead\u002Fneuralgia",[472,473],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPeripheral_neuropathy","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ945238",{"title":298,"description":448},"Neuropathy Spiritual Meaning: Numbness and Tingling",[477],{"author":478,"work":479,"entries":480,"pages":482},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[481],"Nerf — Névrite","291","conditions\u002Fhead\u002Fneuropathy","Spiritually, neuropathy and neuritis are often linked to anger in the conversation you have with yourself, to feeling attacked and on guard, and to trying to control everything while staying out of sight to avoid criticism.","If this reading resonates with you, a few minutes each day of kind, honest contact with yourself, through a body scan or a short journal, can be a good next step.",[487,376,383,488,489,490],"Anger at yourself","Hiding from criticism","Refusing others as they are","Reconnecting with yourself",[492,493,494,495,496,497],"Weakness, numbness or tingling that spreads quickly over hours or days, often from the feet upwards, or difficulty breathing or swallowing. Call emergency services, as this can be Guillain-Barré syndrome.","Sudden numbness or weakness on one side of the body, a drooping face or slurred speech. Call emergency services, as this can be a stroke.","Sudden loss of vision, or pain on moving the eye. Get urgent care the same day.","Numbness, tingling, burning or shooting pain in the hands or feet that does not go away. See a GP to look for the cause.","With diabetes, a cut, blister, ulcer, redness or swelling on the foot that you may not feel. Get it checked the same day, and keep your regular foot checks.","If you take insulin or other diabetes medicines, or treatment for nerve pain, do not stop or change the dose because of anything you read here.","Xg1pWX8JDnF5ryWy068qFzzkzAnpSYsKST_Z1OR1zH0",{"id":500,"title":5,"body":501,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":677,"datePublished":677,"description":6,"extension":449,"groups":678,"guides":686,"icon":8,"medicalSources":688,"meta":689,"navigation":460,"order":9,"path":7,"reflectionQuestions":690,"seo":697,"seoTitle":698,"sources":699,"stem":708,"themes":709,"whenToSeeADoctor":716,"__hash__":723},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fhead.md",{"type":311,"value":502,"toc":666},[503,506,509,525,529,532,539,543,547,550,554,557,561,564,568,575,579,582,614,618,625,628],[319,504,505],{},"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.",[319,507,508],{},"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.",[510,511,512],"note",{},[319,513,514,515,519,520,524],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have ",[325,516,518],{"href":517},"\u002Fhead\u002Fheadaches","headaches",", ",[325,521,523],{"href":522},"\u002Fhead\u002Fvertigo","dizziness"," or any neurological symptom, see a doctor.",[314,526,528],{"id":527},"what-your-head-and-nerves-represent","What your head and nerves represent",[319,530,531],{},"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.",[319,533,534,535,538],{},"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 ",[325,536,537],{"href":294},"worries",", too much analysis and too much tension, the circuits can overheat.",[314,540,542],{"id":541},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[362,544,546],{"id":545},"control-and-the-need-to-master-everything","Control and the need to master everything",[319,548,549],{},"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.",[362,551,553],{"id":552},"too-much-head-not-enough-heart","Too much head, not enough heart",[319,555,556],{},"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.",[362,558,560],{"id":559},"mental-pressure-and-worry-about-the-future","Mental pressure and worry about the future",[319,562,563],{},"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.",[362,565,567],{"id":566},"tension-and-trust","Tension and trust",[319,569,570,574],{},[325,571,573],{"href":572},"\u002Fhead\u002Fnervousness","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.",[314,576,578],{"id":577},"reading-the-signs-location-and-side","Reading the signs: location and side",[319,580,581],{},"In this approach, where the tension appears can add some nuance. Take these as questions to explore, not as rules:",[402,583,584,590,596,602,608],{},[405,585,586,589],{},[408,587,588],{},"The forehead"," is often associated with work and your social role.",[405,591,592,595],{},[408,593,594],{},"The temples and sides of the head"," relate to emotional life: family, couple, close relationships.",[405,597,598,601],{},[408,599,600],{},"The left side"," is linked to the feminine, the mother or a daughter.",[405,603,604,607],{},[408,605,606],{},"The right side"," is linked to the masculine, the father or a son.",[405,609,610,613],{},[408,611,612],{},"The nerves"," 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?",[314,615,617],{"id":616},"caring-for-your-head-from-the-inside","Caring for your head from the inside",[319,619,620,621],{},"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: ",[622,623,624],"em",{},"what might my head be trying to tell me?",[319,626,627],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[402,629,630,636,642,648,654,660],{},[405,631,632,635],{},[408,633,634],{},"Step back from the problem."," Taking some distance from what you are living often clears the mind more than thinking harder.",[405,637,638,641],{},[408,639,640],{},"Loosen your grip."," Notice where you try to control everything and choose one area where you can let things unfold.",[405,643,644,647],{},[408,645,646],{},"Make room for your emotions."," Feeling them, naming them and expressing them eases the pressure on the head.",[405,649,650,653],{},[408,651,652],{},"Be patient with yourself."," Not every answer has to come today. Some solutions appear when the time is right.",[405,655,656,659],{},[408,657,658],{},"Listen to your heart as well as your head."," Ask yourself not only \"what should I do?\" but also \"what do I really want?\"",[405,661,662,665],{},[408,663,664],{},"Rest your nervous system."," Breathing exercises, relaxation, time in nature and good sleep all help calm an overloaded mind.",{"title":437,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":667},[668,669,675,676],{"id":527,"depth":18,"text":528},{"id":541,"depth":18,"text":542,"children":670},[671,672,673,674],{"id":545,"depth":25,"text":546},{"id":552,"depth":25,"text":553},{"id":559,"depth":25,"text":560},{"id":566,"depth":25,"text":567},{"id":577,"depth":18,"text":578},{"id":616,"depth":18,"text":617},"2026-09-30",[679,683],{"id":680,"title":681,"description":682},"head-pain","Head pain","Headaches and migraines, often linked to mental overload, control and the pressure we put on ourselves.",{"id":450,"title":684,"description":685},"Nerves and tension","Nervous tension and nerve problems, often linked to stress, overthinking and difficulty trusting life.",[687],"\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-body-map",[],{},[691,692,693,694,695,696],"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},"Head & Nervous System: Spiritual Meaning of Symptoms",[700],{"author":478,"work":479,"entries":701,"pages":707},[702,703,704,705,706],"Tête (en général)","Cerveau (en général)","Système nerveux","Nerfs (en général)","Tête (maux de ...)","93–94, 289, 402, 407–408","areas\u002Fhead",[710,711,712,713,714,715],"Control","Mental pressure","Head and heart","Individuality","Tension","Trust",[717,718,719,720,721,722],"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.","rE1vLbQBAM444E78dabrNGwVnQVzX3Aafz0XbXWd02c",[725,860,1065,1277],{"id":726,"title":727,"affirmation":728,"aka":729,"area":732,"body":733,"dateModified":812,"datePublished":812,"description":813,"extension":449,"group":752,"guides":814,"medicalSources":816,"meta":823,"navigation":460,"path":824,"reflectionQuestions":825,"related":832,"sameAs":834,"seo":837,"seoTitle":838,"sources":839,"stem":844,"summary":845,"supportIntro":846,"themes":847,"whenToSeeADoctor":852,"__hash__":859},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel.md","Carpal tunnel syndrome","I accept the change that has arrived. I can take a risk, discover another path, and include the whole of who I am.",[730,731],"Median nerve compression","Wrist nerve entrapment","arms-and-hands",{"type":311,"value":734,"toc":807},[735,739,742,754,758,761,764,766,769],[314,736,738],{"id":737},"what-carpal-tunnel-syndrome-is","What carpal tunnel syndrome is",[319,740,741],{},"Carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the median nerve as it passes through a narrow tunnel at the front of the wrist. You feel numbness, tingling and sometimes pain in the thumb, index and middle fingers, and sometimes weakness of the grip. It is often worse at night or on waking. It is more common in women, in pregnancy, around the menopause, in diabetes, and in people whose work or tools load the wrist. It also happens in men, and without any hormonal change. Splints, changes at work, and sometimes an injection or a small operation relieve the pressure. The nerve is a physical structure. A story about control does not decompress it.",[319,743,744,745,749,750,753],{},"The emotional reading below belongs to seasons when the hand is numb and the life feels narrowed. ",[325,746,748],{"href":747},"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Ftennis-elbow","Tennis elbow"," is the neighbouring complaint of the arm. The ",[325,751,752],{"href":130},"hands"," page is the wider picture.",[314,755,757],{"id":756},"the-emotional-meaning-of-carpal-tunnel-syndrome","The emotional meaning of carpal tunnel syndrome",[319,759,760],{},"It shows up, in this reading, at times of great hormonal change, when you have not yet included a feminine side of yourself in its fullness. That is a question about a season of change in a body, not a rule about women, and not a claim that men are exempt. It usually appears when you feel relegated to the second rank, or when you no longer feel in your place. Before, you had the impression of being the pillar that brought balance to your life and to the people close to you, in the family, at work, or in a social activity. Now the attention is on someone else, and you put pressure on yourself to find new ways of being noticed.",[319,762,763],{},"You do not know how to use your authority. You need to let go, and you refuse to let go of control, to \"loosen the rein\". You tend to want to give orders. You feel far from your partner, and you are no longer in contact with a sexuality that feels absent. You see few solutions and few paths. The tunnel is very narrow. You feel pressed by life, and compressed by your responsibilities, which makes a decision harder. The structures you oblige yourself to satisfy leave you feeling limited.",[314,765,400],{"id":399},[319,767,768],{},"The direction is to accept the newness and the changes that are arriving. A situation or a challenge is read as a chance to acquire a new strength, so that a potential can be realised. This passage is one you make in relation to who you are, and to your physical and inner changes. You accept taking risks, and discovering avenues that bring a real personal satisfaction, because you will have come through your fears. You choose to include what you are, as a whole. You free yourself from what was chaining you, and you come back to yourself.",[402,770,771,777,783,789,795,801],{},[405,772,773,776],{},[408,774,775],{},"Have the nerve tested if the hand is going weak."," Damage is easier to prevent than to reverse.",[405,778,779,782],{},[408,780,781],{},"Ask where you were the pillar, and no longer are."," Being pushed into the background is the season this reading names.",[405,784,785,788],{},[408,786,787],{},"Notice the rein you will not loosen."," Control and the wish to give orders sit together.",[405,790,791,794],{},[408,792,793],{},"Look at the narrow tunnel of choices."," Few paths, and a life that feels compressed, are the image of the wrist.",[405,796,797,800],{},[408,798,799],{},"Include the change in the body."," Pregnancy, menopause, or any real shift is part of the picture. It is not a failure to be feminine or masculine enough.",[405,802,803,806],{},[408,804,805],{},"Use the splint or the treatment you were offered."," Meaning does not open the tunnel.",{"title":437,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":808},[809,810,811],{"id":737,"depth":18,"text":738},{"id":756,"depth":18,"text":757},{"id":399,"depth":18,"text":400},"2026-10-04","The emotional and spiritual meaning of carpal tunnel syndrome: how it may relate to feeling pushed aside, a narrow tunnel of choices, and a grip you will not loosen.",[815],"\u002Fguides\u002Fspiritual-meaning-of-pain-in-body-parts",[817,820],{"name":818,"url":819},"NHS: Carpal tunnel syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fcarpal-tunnel-syndrome\u002F",{"name":821,"url":822},"MedlinePlus: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fcarpaltunnelsyndrome.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel",[826,827,828,829,830,831],"Where do I feel relegated to the background, or no longer in my place?","What changed, so that I am no longer the pillar I used to be?","Where do I need to let go of control, and refuse to loosen the rein?","Do I feel far from my partner, or out of contact with my own sexuality?","Which responsibilities are compressing me until a decision feels impossible?","What new strength is this passage actually asking me to develop?",[747,833],"\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fwrist-pain",[835,836],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCarpal_tunnel_syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ332293",{"title":727,"description":813},"Carpal tunnel syndrome: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[840],{"author":478,"work":479,"entries":841,"pages":843},[842],"Poignet — Syndrome du canal carpien","350","conditions\u002Farms-and-hands\u002Fcarpal-tunnel","Carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of a nerve in the wrist, with numbness in the fingers, often at night. It is read as a season of change in which you feel relegated, squeezed by responsibilities, and unable to loosen your grip.","If this reading resonates with you, asking where you are squeezing a life that has already changed can be a good next step, while the wrist is given a proper assessment.",[848,849,710,850,851],"Feeling sidelined","Hormonal change","A narrow path","Responsibility",[853,854,855,856,857,858],"Numbness, tingling or pain in the thumb, index and middle fingers, especially at night. A clinician can test the nerve.","Weakness, or things dropping from the hand. Lasting compression can damage the nerve.","Symptoms in pregnancy. They are common and often settle, and they still deserve advice if they are severe.","Numbness with neck pain, or in the little finger only. That may be a different nerve.","A wrist that is swollen, hot or injured.","Splints, therapy, injections and surgery are medical options. A reading does not choose among them.","Gw1gr-k4BB7L6hfIp16gosyYzk-ZQT4hnkmdRv1MiAg",{"id":861,"title":328,"affirmation":862,"aka":863,"area":867,"body":868,"dateModified":1017,"datePublished":1017,"description":1018,"extension":449,"group":1019,"guides":1020,"medicalSources":1021,"meta":1028,"navigation":460,"path":1029,"reflectionQuestions":1030,"related":1036,"sameAs":1040,"seo":1041,"seoTitle":1042,"sources":1043,"stem":1048,"summary":1049,"supportIntro":1050,"themes":1051,"whenToSeeADoctor":1057,"__hash__":1064},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes.md","I open myself to sweetness and to the love that is already offered. I can let the resistance go and trust my own strength.",[864,865,866],"Diabetes mellitus","High blood sugar","Sugar diabetes","blood-sugar",{"type":311,"value":869,"toc":1008},[870,874,885,892,896,903,910,914,924,928,939,946,950,961,964,971,973,976],[314,871,873],{"id":872},"what-diabetes-is","What diabetes is",[319,875,876,877,880,881,884],{},"Diabetes mellitus is a long illness in which ",[325,878,879],{"href":104},"the pancreas"," does not make enough insulin, or the body no longer uses insulin well, so sugar stays too high in the blood. The excess can spill into the urine. Thirst, passing large amounts of urine, tiredness and weight loss are common signs. Over years, high sugar harms the eyes, ",[325,882,883],{"href":78},"kidneys",", nerves and heart. Treatment is real: food, movement, monitoring, tablets, and for many people insulin. Gestational diabetes appears in the second half of pregnancy and often settles after the birth, though it needs care while it lasts.",[319,886,887,888,891],{},"Spiritually, this listens to sweetness, ",[325,889,890],{"href":273},"sadness"," and resistance.",[314,893,895],{"id":894},"the-emotional-meaning-of-diabetes","The emotional meaning of diabetes",[319,897,898,899,902],{},"The source says sugar is linked to love, tenderness and affection. Diabetes reflects an inner sadness. It calls it a ",[325,900,901],{"href":279},"sorrow"," of love, a lack of love, because earlier wounds lead you to control the environment and the people around you. You live an affective fast. Repeated sadness, emotions pressed down, unconscious and without gentleness, are said to harden you. Sweetness disappears in favour of a continuous pain. You start to eat sugar in every form, pasta, bread, sweets, to compensate. The emotional life, the social life or the money can take a blow. You feel you must hold on, forced to fight life, people and events.",[319,904,905,906,909],{},"You become bitter, which is why life tastes bitter and you compensate with something sweeter. There is ",[325,907,908],{"href":264},"regret"," for what was, and for what might have been. You think you do not deserve happiness or pleasure.",[362,911,913],{"id":912},"love-you-cannot-take","Love you cannot take",[319,915,916,917,919,920,923],{},"You find it hard to receive love, so you feel smothered and overloaded, stuck in a situation that is excessive and out of your control. That situation feeds compensatory eating and extra weight, which favour diabetes. The need for love is great, especially from the father, and also from a boss or from whoever stands for authority in your life. You doubt that authority, or no longer trust it. You do not know how to act when love could actually be received. Because you refuse the small sweetnesses of life, the illness then forbids the sweet foods you used to eat. True love is hard to let out. Joy, love and passion may have to stay hidden. Expectations are often outsized: you want people to fulfil your desires. Frustration, ",[325,918,371],{"href":198}," at life, and ",[325,921,922],{"href":291},"withdrawal"," follow.",[362,925,927],{"id":926},"the-fight-the-sugar-is-stored-for","The fight the sugar is stored for",[319,929,930,931,934,935,938],{},"Resistance sits on top of this. An event you want to avoid and feel forced to undergo: a separation, a move, an exam. The emotions are often the loss of someone dear, or a deep loneliness, sometimes despair. Family is usually involved. Disgust and disdain join the resistance. The lack and the pain persist as time passes. You may have lost the one person you could confide in. You resist because you are afraid of someone or something, and you think of it constantly. In French the source plays on ",[622,932,933],{},"diabète"," and ",[622,936,937],{},"bête",", \"beast\", and asks whether that beast is outside you or inside, and which will prove stronger.",[319,940,941,942,945],{},"High ",[325,943,944],{"href":85},"blood sugar"," is then read as the reserve you keep so you will be ready when the fight comes. Blood sugar is what gives the muscles their energy. There is also powerlessness: you feel unable to act, to get through the tasks, short of energy to go forward, pushed into things you want to resist. Becoming \"powerful\" through that sugar is the picture the source offers. It is not a medical mechanism.",[362,947,949],{"id":948},"a-child-a-pregnancy-insulin","A child, a pregnancy, insulin",[319,951,952,953,956,957,960],{},"A child with diabetes, in this reading, ",[325,954,955],{"href":234},"fears"," that one or both parents do not trust them and will be disappointed. They fear blossoming into themselves. They need sweetness and affection and do not know how to go and get them. Security is missing and cannot be said, so they harden. They ",[325,958,959],{"href":294},"worry",", go round in circles, feel that life is imposed, and resist growing up.",[319,962,963],{},"Gestational diabetes asks the same questions. A deep sadness, a repugnance or a resistance may come into view, sometimes an old childhood feeling that the pregnancy wakes. After the birth, sugar often returns to normal, which the source reads as those feelings easing. It also asks whether you feel as small and dependent as the baby, whether you cannot take your place, whether the baby will be one more person in your space, and whether the changing body is hard to accept. Seeing yourself as lazy, and persecuting yourself for it, is set against giving yourself compassion.",[319,965,966,967,970],{},"If you need insulin injections, the source asks what that ",[325,968,969],{"href":225},"dependence"," resembles in the heart: still depending on a parent, giving others as much love as you need to receive, or feeling too empty and alone to give any. It asks who or what you are clinging to, and whether you can see the love people already have for you. None of this is a reason to stop insulin.",[314,972,400],{"id":399},[319,974,975],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for diabetes. The pancreas, weight, pregnancy and family history are real. The emotional perspective invites you to let sweetness back in, without abandoning treatment.",[402,977,978,984,990,996,1002],{},[405,979,980,983],{},[408,981,982],{},"Notice the sadness you keep repeating."," Hardening against it is the first picture the source gives.",[405,985,986,989],{},[408,987,988],{},"Let one sweetness be received."," Affection you cannot take is part of the fast.",[405,991,992,995],{},[408,993,994],{},"Name the event you are resisting."," Separation, move, loss, exam.",[405,997,998,1001],{},[408,999,1000],{},"If you are pregnant or a parent of a child with diabetes, keep the medical plan."," The questions can wait beside it.",[405,1003,1004,1007],{},[408,1005,1006],{},"Do not stop insulin or tablets."," Dependence, in this reading, is an emotional question. The injection is still medicine.",{"title":437,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1009},[1010,1011,1016],{"id":872,"depth":18,"text":873},{"id":894,"depth":18,"text":895,"children":1012},[1013,1014,1015],{"id":912,"depth":25,"text":913},{"id":926,"depth":25,"text":927},{"id":948,"depth":25,"text":949},{"id":399,"depth":18,"text":400},"2026-10-02","The emotional and spiritual meaning of diabetes: how high blood sugar may relate to a lack of sweetness, repeated sadness, and resistance to a loss you feel forced to live.","high",[],[1022,1025],{"name":1023,"url":1024},"NHS: Diabetes","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fdiabetes\u002F",{"name":1026,"url":1027},"MedlinePlus: Diabetes","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fdiabetes.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes",[1031,1032,1033,1034,1035],"What sadness have I repeated until I hardened?","Do I refuse the small sweetnesses, and then crave sugar in their place?","Is there love I need, especially from a parent or from someone in authority, that I do not know how to receive?","What event am I resisting while feeling I have no choice?","If I use insulin, where else in my life am I depending on someone I cannot quite leave?",[1037,1038,1039],"\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fhypoglycaemia","\u002Fpancreas\u002Fpancreatitis","\u002Fhead\u002Fneuropathy",[],{"title":328,"description":1018},"Diabetes: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1044],{"author":478,"work":479,"entries":1045,"pages":1047},[1046],"Sang — Diabète sucré","378–381","conditions\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes","Diabetes is often read as a sorrow of love. Sugar stands for tenderness, and high blood sugar for sadness, a refusal of sweetness, and reserves kept ready for a fight you do not want.","If this reading resonates, look at the sweetness you find hard to receive. Keep the treatment you have been given.",[1052,1053,1054,1055,1056],"Lack of sweetness","Repeated sadness","Hard to receive love","Resistance","A stored fight",[1058,1059,1060,1061,1062,1063],"Confusion, vomiting, deep tiredness, breath that smells sweet, or collapse. Call emergency services. This can be a diabetic emergency.","Unusual thirst, passing large amounts of urine, blurred vision or unexplained weight loss.","A high blood test or sugar in the urine. Diabetes needs a diagnosis and a plan.","Diabetes in pregnancy. It needs obstetric care.","A child who is suddenly very thirsty, very tired or losing weight. Seek care the same day.","If you already use insulin or tablets, do not stop them because of an emotional reading.","JzI9CM28ejlAQrbx6TJrfG4Utj_IRdp9oSCB9ID-JgA",{"id":1066,"title":1067,"affirmation":1068,"aka":1069,"area":309,"body":1074,"dateModified":447,"datePublished":447,"description":1230,"extension":449,"group":450,"guides":1231,"medicalSources":1232,"meta":1239,"navigation":460,"path":1240,"reflectionQuestions":1241,"related":1248,"sameAs":1250,"seo":1253,"seoTitle":1254,"sources":1255,"stem":1259,"summary":1260,"supportIntro":1261,"themes":1262,"whenToSeeADoctor":1269,"__hash__":1276},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Fmultiple-sclerosis.md","Multiple sclerosis","I trust my inner guide and allow myself more gentleness. My feelings are part of me, and I no longer need others' approval to walk my own way.",[1070,1071,1072,1073],"MS","Disseminated sclerosis","Relapsing-remitting MS","Sclérose en plaques",{"type":311,"value":1075,"toc":1217},[1076,1080,1083,1086,1089,1092,1096,1099,1103,1114,1118,1121,1125,1140,1144,1147,1151,1154,1158,1164,1168,1171,1173],[314,1077,1079],{"id":1078},"what-multiple-sclerosis-is","What multiple sclerosis is",[319,1081,1082],{},"Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a lifelong condition of the brain and spinal cord. The immune system attacks myelin, the protective sheath around nerve fibres, causing inflammation and scarring (\"plaques\" or \"lesions\"). This disrupts the messages travelling along the nerves.",[319,1084,1085],{},"Symptoms vary greatly from person to person. They can include problems with vision (often blurring or pain in one eye from optic neuritis), numbness or tingling, fatigue, muscle stiffness or spasms, weakness, problems with balance and walking, bladder and bowel problems, and difficulties with thinking or memory. MS is usually diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50 and is two to three times more common in women. Most people start with relapsing-remitting MS, with attacks followed by recovery; over time some develop a progressive form, and a minority have a progressive course from the start.",[319,1087,1088],{},"The cause is not fully understood. Genes, low vitamin D, smoking and past infection with the Epstein-Barr virus all appear to play a part. MS is not caused by your character, your thoughts, a fright or a fall. It is diagnosed by a neurologist, usually with an MRI scan and sometimes a lumbar puncture. There is no cure yet, but disease-modifying treatments reduce relapses and slow the build-up of disability, steroids can shorten a relapse, and many symptoms can be treated. MS nurses, physiotherapy and occupational therapy are an important part of care. Depression is also common with MS and is treatable.",[319,1090,1091],{},"Nothing on this page is a reason to stop, delay or change your MS treatment. The spiritual interpretation that follows sits alongside medical care, never in place of it. It offers another angle, for those who want to look at how they live with what is happening in their body.",[314,1093,1095],{"id":1094},"the-emotional-meaning-of-multiple-sclerosis","The emotional meaning of multiple sclerosis",[319,1097,1098],{},"Spiritually, MS is linked to the image of a body caught in a cage, more and more limited in its movements. It often comes with great suffering and a sense of discouragement about life. The question it raises is where you feel trapped, paralysed or held in place.",[362,1100,1102],{"id":1101},"a-life-that-has-lost-its-sweetness","A life that has lost its sweetness",[319,1104,1105,1106,1109,1110,1113],{},"In French, the word for the loss of myelin, ",[622,1107,1108],{},"démyélinisation",", contains the sound of ",[622,1111,1112],{},"miel",", honey. Heard that way, it asks whether life has lost its sweetness. There may be a deep revolt inside you, and a sense of no longer having any spring in your step.",[362,1115,1117],{"id":1116},"doing-everything-yourself","Doing everything yourself",[319,1119,1120],{},"MS is associated with a strong, even iron, will. You may feel obliged to do everything yourself, refuse to make mistakes and find it hard to accept help or constraints, particularly from family. Holding that line can mean being very hard on your own thoughts and keeping your emotions at a distance. The thought of failing can feel terrifying.",[362,1122,1124],{"id":1123},"the-fear-of-being-let-down","The fear of being let down",[319,1126,1127,1128,1131,1132,1135,1136,1139],{},"The French name, ",[622,1129,1130],{},"sclérose en plaques",", carries a second echo: ",[622,1133,1134],{},"plaqué",", dumped or left standing. Spiritually, MS is linked to a fear of being left behind, of being let down or dropped. It can also touch the ",[325,1137,1138],{"href":234},"fear"," of falling, literally or figuratively: a fall from height, a fall in status, a loss of rank or position at work, even \"falling\" in love or, in the French expression, \"falling\" pregnant. These fears can leave you shaken and feeling there is no future ahead.",[362,1141,1143],{"id":1142},"judged-diminished-crushed","Judged, diminished, crushed",[319,1145,1146],{},"Harsh judgement, aimed at yourself or at others, sits close to this reading. If you have been belittled or put down, you may have come to believe you are worth little. Feeling diminished, it can seem as if life is crushing you, and it becomes hard to stand tall. The legs, which carry you forward, take on that image of an advance that has become too heavy.",[362,1148,1150],{"id":1149},"living-for-someone-else","Living for someone else",[319,1152,1153],{},"At any age, you may have felt you were not allowed your own plans, your own growth, your own opinion. Some people take on the task of fulfilling a parent's wishes, becoming, as it were, \"their arms and legs\", and then feel they are never good enough for them. Control becomes a defence: wanting everything to go your way. Self-criticism closes the cage further, and a belief may settle that suffering is your lot and rest is something you have not earned.",[362,1155,1157],{"id":1156},"learning-to-lean","Learning to lean",[319,1159,1160,1161,1163],{},"When illness brings more need of others, it can stir old feelings about ",[325,1162,969],{"href":225}," and about being cared for, sometimes a longing for the tenderness of a mother you can no longer turn to. Spiritually, the tired body can be heard as an invitation to stop fighting alone, to accept that you can need other people, and to learn to trust. You might gently ask yourself whether adult responsibilities have become too heavy, and which of them are truly yours.",[362,1165,1167],{"id":1166},"anger-and-silence","Anger and silence",[319,1169,1170],{},"Inflammation is read as a burning, deeply emotional rage. Keeping quiet about your real feelings can lead you down roads chosen to please others rather than the direction you want. Ask yourself, without blame, whether there is love you feel you did not receive, and what you have not yet allowed yourself to say.",[314,1172,400],{"id":399},[402,1174,1175,1181,1187,1193,1199,1205,1211],{},[405,1176,1177,1180],{},[408,1178,1179],{},"Keep your care in place."," Your neurologist, MS nurse and treatments are part of looking after yourself. Bring your questions and feelings to them too.",[405,1182,1183,1186],{},[408,1184,1185],{},"Trust your inner guide."," Listen for what you truly want, and recognise that others are also doing the best they know how. That brings more flexibility and understanding.",[405,1188,1189,1192],{},[408,1190,1191],{},"Own your feelings."," Welcome what you feel as part of you. Your life can have its own meaning without anyone else's approval.",[405,1194,1195,1198],{},[408,1196,1197],{},"Let others help."," Accept one offer of help this week, and notice what it is like to lean a little.",[405,1200,1201,1204],{},[408,1202,1203],{},"Leave the old comments behind."," Put down the negative things that were said about you, by family or by others.",[405,1206,1207,1210],{},[408,1208,1209],{},"Add sweetness."," Give yourself more gentleness, and follow the flow of small pleasures in your days.",[405,1212,1213,1216],{},[408,1214,1215],{},"Take off the costume."," If you have been playing the cheerful clown, allow your real light to show.",{"title":437,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1218},[1219,1220,1229],{"id":1078,"depth":18,"text":1079},{"id":1094,"depth":18,"text":1095,"children":1221},[1222,1223,1224,1225,1226,1227,1228],{"id":1101,"depth":25,"text":1102},{"id":1116,"depth":25,"text":1117},{"id":1123,"depth":25,"text":1124},{"id":1142,"depth":25,"text":1143},{"id":1149,"depth":25,"text":1150},{"id":1156,"depth":25,"text":1157},{"id":1166,"depth":25,"text":1167},{"id":399,"depth":18,"text":400},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of multiple sclerosis: how MS may relate to perfectionism, fear of being let down and a life lacking sweetness.",[],[1233,1236],{"name":1234,"url":1235},"NHS: Multiple sclerosis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fmultiple-sclerosis\u002F",{"name":1237,"url":1238},"MedlinePlus: Multiple Sclerosis","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fmultiplesclerosis.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Fmultiple-sclerosis",[1242,1243,1244,1245,1246,1247],"Where in my life do I feel trapped, as if something or someone holds me still?","Do I insist on doing everything myself, and how easily do I accept help?","Whom do I find it hard to forgive, myself included?","Am I afraid of being dropped, let down or left behind?","Have I taken on the task of fulfilling my mother's or father's wishes, as if I were their arms and legs?","Do I believe that suffering is my lot and that I do not deserve rest?",[1039,470,522,1249],"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue",[1251,1252],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMultiple_sclerosis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ8277",{"title":1067,"description":1230},"Multiple Sclerosis Spiritual Meaning and Emotions",[1256],{"author":478,"work":479,"entries":1257,"pages":1258},[1073],"388–390","conditions\u002Fhead\u002Fmultiple-sclerosis","Spiritually, multiple sclerosis is often linked to a feeling of being caged and crushed, to perfectionism and doing everything alone, to the fear of falling or being let down, and to a life that has lost its sweetness.","If this reading resonates with you, giving yourself a few minutes of real gentleness each day, and letting one person help you with something, can be a good next step.",[1263,1264,1265,1266,1267,1268],"Feeling caged","Perfectionism and control","Fear of falling or being let down","Harsh self-judgement","Carrying others' wishes","A life without sweetness",[1270,1271,1272,1273,1274,1275],"Sudden weakness or numbness on one side, a drooping face, slurred speech or confusion. Call emergency services, as this can be a stroke.","New problems with vision, such as blurring or pain on moving the eye, numbness or tingling, weakness or loss of balance that last more than a day. See a doctor promptly.","If you have MS, new or worsening symptoms lasting more than 24 hours may be a relapse. Contact your MS team or GP.","Fever, a urine infection or difficulty passing urine with MS. These need prompt attention.","Low mood, hopelessness or thoughts of harming yourself. Speak to your GP or MS team, or call emergency services if you are in danger.","MS is a serious lifelong condition. Never stop, delay or change disease-modifying treatment, or any other MS medicine, because of anything you read here.","BcMzrdMpExYL_oZ0DvpkAf4fW4x9oYezcC43H4MMe08",{"id":1278,"title":1279,"affirmation":1280,"aka":1281,"area":309,"body":1288,"dateModified":447,"datePublished":447,"description":1453,"extension":449,"group":450,"guides":1454,"medicalSources":1455,"meta":1462,"navigation":460,"path":1463,"reflectionQuestions":1464,"related":1471,"sameAs":1472,"seo":1475,"seoTitle":1476,"sources":1477,"stem":1482,"summary":1483,"supportIntro":1484,"themes":1485,"whenToSeeADoctor":1491,"__hash__":1498},"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.",[1282,1283,1284,1285,1286,1287],"Nerve pain","Trigeminal neuralgia","Facial neuralgia","Occipital neuralgia","Post-herpetic neuralgia","Névralgie",{"type":311,"value":1289,"toc":1443},[1290,1294,1297,1315,1318,1321,1325,1328,1332,1342,1346,1356,1360,1366,1370,1373,1409,1411],[314,1291,1293],{"id":1292},"what-neuralgia-is","What neuralgia is",[319,1295,1296],{},"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.",[319,1298,1299,1300,1302,1303,1305,1306,1310,1311,1314],{},"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 ",[325,1301,346],{"href":345},". Post-herpetic neuralgia is pain that persists where ",[325,1304,333],{"href":332}," 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 ",[325,1307,1309],{"href":1308},"\u002Fback\u002Fsciatica","sciatica",", from ",[325,1312,1313],{"href":1039},"neuropathy",", or after an injury or operation.",[319,1316,1317],{},"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.",[319,1319,1320],{},"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.",[314,1322,1324],{"id":1323},"the-emotional-meaning-of-neuralgia","The emotional meaning of neuralgia",[319,1326,1327],{},"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.",[362,1329,1331],{"id":1330},"a-coldness-between-you-and-someone","A coldness between you and someone",[319,1333,1334,1335,934,1338,1341],{},"When the line is cut, something is separating you from another person. A chill has settled in. Animosity, sometimes ",[325,1336,1337],{"href":192},"aggressiveness",[325,1339,1340],{"href":270},"resentment",", 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.",[362,1343,1345],{"id":1344},"guilt-and-the-pressure-to-fit-in","Guilt and the pressure to fit in",[319,1347,1348,1349,1352,1353,1355],{},"Neuralgia is also linked to ",[325,1350,1351],{"href":240},"guilt"," 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 ",[325,1354,1138],{"href":234}," of authority. Living under that pressure keeps the whole system tense.",[362,1357,1359],{"id":1358},"feeling-stuck","Feeling stuck",[319,1361,1362,1363,1365],{},"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. ",[325,1364,203],{"href":204}," and insecurity often sit in the same place as the pain.",[314,1367,1369],{"id":1368},"what-the-location-may-suggest","What the location may suggest",[319,1371,1372],{},"Where the pain sits shows which kind of feeling may be involved. Take these as questions, not conclusions:",[402,1374,1375,1385,1394,1400],{},[405,1376,1377,1380,1381,1384],{},[408,1378,1379],{},"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 ",[325,1382,1383],{"href":130},"the arms and hands",".",[405,1386,1387,1390,1391,1384],{},[408,1388,1389],{},"In a leg, calf or foot:"," an emotion may be holding back the next step in a new direction. See also ",[325,1392,1393],{"href":144},"the legs and feet",[405,1395,1396,1399],{},[408,1397,1398],{},"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.",[405,1401,1402,1405,1406,1384],{},[408,1403,1404],{},"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 ",[325,1407,1408],{"href":91},"the mouth and teeth",[314,1410,400],{"id":399},[402,1412,1413,1419,1425,1431,1437],{},[405,1414,1415,1418],{},[408,1416,1417],{},"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.",[405,1420,1421,1424],{},[408,1422,1423],{},"Ask where you feel stuck."," Name the situation, and the habit or behaviour you would like to leave behind.",[405,1426,1427,1430],{},[408,1428,1429],{},"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.",[405,1432,1433,1436],{},[408,1434,1435],{},"Let feelings flow."," Allow each emotion to be felt and named, so it can be accepted and gradually turned towards something useful.",[405,1438,1439,1442],{},[408,1440,1441],{},"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":437,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1444},[1445,1446,1451,1452],{"id":1292,"depth":18,"text":1293},{"id":1323,"depth":18,"text":1324,"children":1447},[1448,1449,1450],{"id":1330,"depth":25,"text":1331},{"id":1344,"depth":25,"text":1345},{"id":1358,"depth":25,"text":1359},{"id":1368,"depth":18,"text":1369},{"id":399,"depth":18,"text":400},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of neuralgia: how nerve pain may relate to cut-off contact, hidden resentment, guilt and the fear of authority.",[815],[1456,1459],{"name":1457,"url":1458},"NHS: Trigeminal neuralgia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Ftrigeminal-neuralgia\u002F",{"name":1460,"url":1461},"MedlinePlus: Trigeminal Neuralgia","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Ftrigeminalneuralgia.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Fneuralgia",[1465,1466,1467,1468,1469,1470],"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?",[332,1308,1039,345],[1473,1474],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNeuralgia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1136940",{"title":1279,"description":1453},"Neuralgia Spiritual Meaning: Nerve Pain by Location",[1478],{"author":478,"work":479,"entries":1479,"pages":1481},[1480],"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.",[1486,1487,1488,1489,1490,1359],"A break in contact","Coldness and resentment","Guilt and fitting the norm","Fear of authority","Hidden emotions",[1492,1493,1494,1495,1496,1497],"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",[],[],1791298665888]