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about anger, criticism, bitterness, and the faith you have in your own possibilities.","\u002Fareas\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder","i-lucide-filter","\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder",{"title":99,"description":100,"path":101,"icon":102,"order":103,"comingSoon":10,"to":104,"conditionCount":18},"Pancreas","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the pancreas: what it may say about digesting feelings, freedom, and the sugar of joy.","\u002Fareas\u002Fpancreas","i-lucide-sun",14,"\u002Fpancreas",{"title":106,"description":107,"path":108,"icon":109,"order":110,"comingSoon":10,"to":111,"conditionCount":18},"Spleen","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the spleen: what it may say about unfinished things, nostalgia, regret, and the fear of having missed your life.","\u002Fareas\u002Fspleen","i-lucide-shield",15,"\u002Fspleen",{"title":113,"description":114,"path":115,"icon":116,"order":27,"comingSoon":10,"to":117,"conditionCount":33},"Muscles and tendons","The emotional and spiritual meaning of 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receiving.","\u002Fareas\u002Farms-and-hands","i-lucide-hand","\u002Farms-and-hands",{"title":132,"description":133,"path":134,"icon":135,"order":136,"comingSoon":10,"to":137,"conditionCount":9},"Hips","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the hips: what they may say about balance, moving forward, and living from yourself rather than for others.","\u002Fareas\u002Fhips","i-lucide-move",17.5,"\u002Fhips",{"title":139,"description":140,"path":141,"icon":142,"order":143,"comingSoon":10,"to":144,"conditionCount":35},"Legs and feet","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the legs and the feet: what they may say about moving forward, standing your ground, and the contact you keep with the earth.","\u002Fareas\u002Flegs-and-feet","i-lucide-footprints",18,"\u002Flegs-and-feet",{"title":146,"description":147,"path":148,"icon":149,"order":150,"comingSoon":10,"to":151,"conditionCount":25},"Hair and nails","The emotional and spiritual meaning of hair and nails: what they may say about vitality, 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It only becomes a concern when it causes symptoms or points to another problem.",[318,322,323,324,329,330,334,335,339,340,344,345,349],{},"Symptoms can include light-headedness or ",[325,326,328],"a",{"href":327},"\u002Fhead\u002Fvertigo","vertigo",", feeling faint, blurred vision, weakness, ",[325,331,333],{"href":332},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue","fatigue",", confusion and fainting. Orthostatic (postural) hypotension is a drop in pressure when you stand up quickly, which can make you feel dizzy for a few seconds. Causes include dehydration, standing for a long time, heat, pregnancy, some medicines (including those for ",[325,336,338],{"href":337},"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-blood-pressure","high blood pressure",", heart conditions and depression), ",[325,341,343],{"href":342},"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fanaemia","anaemia",", heart problems, hormonal conditions such as ",[325,346,348],{"href":347},"\u002Fglands\u002Faddisons-disease","Addison's disease",", blood loss, severe infection and severe allergic reactions. A doctor can measure your blood pressure lying and standing, look for a cause and adjust any medicines. Simple steps such as drinking enough fluids and getting up slowly often help.",[313,351,353],{"id":352},"the-emotional-meaning-of-low-blood-pressure","The emotional meaning of low blood pressure",[318,355,356,357,359],{},"Spiritually, low blood pressure is linked to a lack of drive to live fully. It is the opposite movement to ",[325,358,338],{"href":337},": instead of pushing too hard, the energy drains away.",[361,362,364],"h3",{"id":363},"discouragement-and-losing-heart","Discouragement and losing heart",[318,366,367,368,371],{},"You may feel that nothing is going right and that it is pointless to try, because it will not work anyway. You feel emptied of energy and unable to carry the weight of events. Discouragement and defeatism set in. Your heart is no longer in it, and life may look like a dead end. If this goes on, the page on ",[325,369,370],{"href":228},"depression"," may help you put words to it.",[361,373,375],{"id":374},"powerless-before-the-norms","Powerless before the norms",[318,377,378,379,382],{},"You may feel powerless about what you are asked to do to fit the standards society sets, standards that do not always match your own values. Behind this can sit the ",[325,380,381],{"href":234},"fear"," of having to give up some of your dreams. The spiritual interpretation invites you to ask whether you have started to see yourself as a victim of circumstances, and what you would do if you did not.",[361,384,386],{"id":385},"wanting-to-escape","Wanting to escape",[318,388,389],{},"Low blood pressure can lead to fainting, a literal way of leaving the scene. Symbolically, the question is whether you want to escape certain responsibilities, situations or people, because facing them would mean taking a position and doing things you do not feel like doing.",[361,391,393],{"id":392},"responsible-for-everyone","Responsible for everyone",[318,395,396],{},"At the same time, you may feel responsible for everyone around you, which is very heavy to carry. This may have started very early in life. You feel weak, powerless, exhausted, and no longer want to invest yourself in life. The message from the body is to trust yourself and go for it, guided by your own inner strength.",[361,398,400],{"id":399},"when-low-is-simply-calm","When low is simply calm",[318,402,403,404,407],{},"A blood pressure below the norm is not always a problem: some people feel perfectly well with it. In the same spirit, low pressure can also be the sign of a life lived with very little ",[325,405,406],{"href":282},"stress",", in tune with its own rhythm. What matters is how you feel and how you live.",[313,409,411],{"id":410},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[318,413,414],{},"The closing movement is about taking time for yourself and rediscovering the joy of living.",[416,417,418,426,432,438,444],"ul",{},[419,420,421,425],"li",{},[422,423,424],"strong",{},"Take time for yourself."," Set aside time each day that is not for anyone else.",[419,427,428,431],{},[422,429,430],{},"Find what you love."," Reconnect with an activity or a passion that once gave you energy.",[419,433,434,437],{},[422,435,436],{},"Hand back what is not yours."," Choose one responsibility that belongs to someone else and return it, kindly.",[419,439,440,443],{},[422,441,442],{},"Live simply."," Let each day hold a small, simple pleasure, the way a child enjoys things.",[419,445,446,449],{},[422,447,448],{},"Trust your inner strength."," Take one step towards a dream you were afraid to give up.",{"title":451,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":452},"",[453,454,461],{"id":315,"depth":18,"text":316},{"id":352,"depth":18,"text":353,"children":455},[456,457,458,459,460],{"id":363,"depth":25,"text":364},{"id":374,"depth":25,"text":375},{"id":385,"depth":25,"text":386},{"id":392,"depth":25,"text":393},{"id":399,"depth":25,"text":400},{"id":410,"depth":18,"text":411},"2026-10-06","The emotional and spiritual meaning of low blood pressure: discouragement, a heart that is no longer in it, and carrying everyone else's load.","md","blood-pressure",[],[468,471],{"name":469,"url":470},"NHS: Low blood pressure (hypotension)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Flow-blood-pressure-hypotension\u002F",{"name":472,"url":473},"MedlinePlus: Low Blood Pressure","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Flowbloodpressure.html",{},true,"\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Flow-blood-pressure",[478,479,480,481,482,483],"What have I stopped putting effort into because I am sure it will not work?","Where is my heart no longer in what I do?","Which norms am I trying to meet that do not match my own values?","Which dream am I afraid of having to give up?","Which situation or person would I rather escape than face, and what would facing it ask of me?","Whose responsibilities am I carrying that are not mine, and since when?",[337,332,327,342,485],"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fpalpitations",[487,488],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHypotension","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ275419",{"title":298,"description":463},"Low Blood Pressure Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[492],{"author":493,"work":494,"entries":495,"pages":497},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[496],"Tension artérielle — Hypotension (trop basse)","406–407","conditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Flow-blood-pressure","Spiritually, low blood pressure is often linked to discouragement and a loss of the wish to throw yourself into life, a heart that is no longer in it, and the weight of feeling responsible for everyone around you.","If this reading resonates with you, setting aside a little time each day for something that brings you joy can be a good next step.",[502,503,504,505,506,507],"Discouragement","Losing heart","Feeling powerless","Over-responsibility","Avoiding what must be faced","Rediscovering joy",[509,510,511,512,513,514,515],"Fainting with chest pain, a racing or irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath, or a severe headache. Call emergency services.","Signs of shock, such as cold, clammy, pale or blue skin, fast shallow breathing, a weak rapid pulse or confusion, especially after bleeding, a severe allergic reaction or with an infection. Call emergency services.","Fainting or falls, even once, or dizziness that keeps coming back when you stand up.","Dizziness after starting or changing a medicine, including blood pressure tablets. Speak to your doctor or pharmacist. Do not stop or change the dose of a prescribed treatment because of anything you read here.","Black or bloody stools, or vomiting blood, which can mean internal bleeding.","Low blood pressure with extreme tiredness, weight loss, darkening skin or salt craving, which a doctor may want to check.","Feeling hopeless, or that life is not worth living. Speak to a doctor the same day, or call emergency services if you are in danger.","YxKUcBMN3jWmGLqAIeUE_0YBvyMfbE_NzZpPjSnEtsM",{"id":518,"title":29,"body":519,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":697,"datePublished":697,"description":30,"extension":464,"groups":698,"guides":718,"icon":32,"medicalSources":720,"meta":721,"navigation":475,"order":33,"path":31,"reflectionQuestions":722,"seo":729,"seoTitle":730,"sources":731,"stem":738,"themes":739,"whenToSeeADoctor":745,"__hash__":752},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation.md",{"type":310,"value":520,"toc":685},[521,524,527,537,541,544,547,550,554,558,561,565,568,572,575,579,593,597,600,604,607,633,637,644,647],[318,522,523],{},"Your heart beats around 100,000 times a day. It pumps blood through a network of arteries, veins and tiny capillaries that, laid end to end, would circle the Earth more than twice. Through this circulation, every cell in your body receives the oxygen and nutrients it needs, and releases what it no longer needs.",[318,525,526],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, the heart is associated with love: our capacity to love, to be loved and to love ourselves. Blood represents joy of living, and circulation represents the way love, energy and life flow through us. When the heart or circulation is affected, it can be an invitation to look at how freely love moves in our life.",[528,529,530],"note",{},[318,531,532,533,536],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have chest pain, breathlessness, ",[325,534,535],{"href":485},"palpitations"," or any circulation problem, see a doctor. In an emergency, call emergency services.",[313,538,540],{"id":539},"what-your-heart-and-circulation-represent","What your heart and circulation represent",[318,542,543],{},"In this reading, the heart symbolises home. It represents love, joy, vitality and security. Its energy radiates throughout the body, and it works like an energetic pump that makes life circulate. Symbolically, the right side of the heart is linked to the father and the left side to the mother. A calm, gentle heart rhythm is often seen as the sign of a person who is at peace inside.",[318,545,546],{},"Blood is compared to the fuel of a vehicle: to work well, it must be clean and flow freely. It represents joy of living and the energy that circulates in us. It also carries our genetic heritage, which links it to our family, our \"bloodline\" and our clan.",[318,548,549],{},"Circulation is the network that distributes love, joy and life to every part of our being, without discrimination. It is often read as the reflection of our desire to evolve.",[313,551,553],{"id":552},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[361,555,557],{"id":556},"loving-yourself-and-receiving-love","Loving yourself and receiving love",[318,559,560],{},"Heart problems are often associated with a basic question about love: either we do not love ourselves enough, or we do not feel we receive enough love from others or from life. Guilt can quietly play a part, making us feel unworthy of love.",[361,562,564],{"id":563},"heartbreak-and-taking-life-too-seriously","Heartbreak and taking life too seriously",[318,566,567],{},"The heart may react when we feel as if our heart has been \"torn out\", when we feel not nourished enough by the love of others, or when we take life too seriously.",[361,569,571],{"id":570},"love-that-no-longer-flows","Love that no longer flows",[318,573,574],{},"Poor circulation is often read as love that is blocked. We may find it hard to express our feelings, or feel in conflict with love. When a situation affects us emotionally, we may withdraw from it because we do not have enough energy to move forward. We may also protect ourselves from emotions that feel too intense to bear.",[361,576,578],{"id":577},"joy-of-living","Joy of living",[318,580,581,582,584,585,588,589,592],{},"When joy of living fades, circulation may slow down too. ",[325,583,272],{"href":273},", severe self-criticism, ",[325,586,587],{"href":294},"worries",", tiredness or ",[325,590,591],{"href":198},"anger"," can make everything \"freeze\". So can over-excitement or obsession. In this reading, life needs projects, ideas and sensations to circulate.",[361,594,596],{"id":595},"family-and-belonging","Family and belonging",[318,598,599],{},"Because blood carries our heritage, blood problems can invite us to look at our relationships with our family. Is there a conflict with a relative? Do we sometimes feel like a stranger in our own clan?",[313,601,603],{"id":602},"reading-the-signs-where-circulation-is-affected","Reading the signs: where circulation is affected",[318,605,606],{},"In this approach, where circulation problems appear can add nuance. Take these as questions to explore:",[416,608,609,615,621,627],{},[419,610,611,614],{},[422,612,613],{},"The legs"," relate to our emotional direction, and to the emotions we can rely on and care about.",[419,616,617,620],{},[422,618,619],{},"The hands"," relate to expressing our emotions, and sometimes to a wish to stop what we are doing.",[419,622,623,626],{},[422,624,625],{},"Cold hands or feet"," may point to withdrawing from full emotional participation in life, as if we were keeping our distance.",[419,628,629,632],{},[422,630,631],{},"A blood clot"," may relate to a well-kept secret, or to a feeling of having been betrayed, where emotions hardened instead of flowing.",[313,634,636],{"id":635},"caring-for-your-heart-from-the-inside","Caring for your heart from the inside",[318,638,639,640],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Genetics, age, diet, tobacco, activity levels and many medical factors play a real role in heart and circulation problems. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[641,642,643],"em",{},"how freely does love flow in my life?",[318,645,646],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[416,648,649,655,661,667,673,679],{},[419,650,651,654],{},[422,652,653],{},"Open yourself to love."," Let others show you affection, and notice when you push it away.",[419,656,657,660],{},[422,658,659],{},"Stop criticising yourself."," Harsh self-judgment weighs on the heart.",[419,662,663,666],{},[422,664,665],{},"Forgive yourself."," The more we forgive ourselves, the more easily we can accept love from others.",[419,668,669,672],{},[422,670,671],{},"Focus on compassion."," Attention to love, compassion and forgiveness is said to help the heart work in joy and peace.",[419,674,675,678],{},[422,676,677],{},"Let life circulate."," Keep projects, ideas and new experiences moving in your life.",[419,680,681,684],{},[422,682,683],{},"Look after your heart physically."," Regular movement, good food, sleep and not smoking are some of the best gifts you can give it.",{"title":451,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":686},[687,688,695,696],{"id":539,"depth":18,"text":540},{"id":552,"depth":18,"text":553,"children":689},[690,691,692,693,694],{"id":556,"depth":25,"text":557},{"id":563,"depth":25,"text":564},{"id":570,"depth":25,"text":571},{"id":577,"depth":25,"text":578},{"id":595,"depth":25,"text":596},{"id":602,"depth":18,"text":603},{"id":635,"depth":18,"text":636},"2026-09-30",[699,702,706,710,714],{"id":465,"title":700,"description":701},"Blood pressure","Blood pressure problems, often linked to accumulated emotions, control and the pressure we put on ourselves.",{"id":703,"title":704,"description":705},"veins-and-circulation","Veins and circulation","Circulation and vein problems, often linked to joy of living, direction in life and the flow of love.",{"id":707,"title":708,"description":709},"blood","Blood","The blood as joy of living, and what a lack of joy, or a joy that cannot circulate, may be asking.",{"id":711,"title":712,"description":713},"heart-rhythm","Heart rhythm","Palpitations and a heart that beats too fast, too slow or out of step, read as a call about love, choice and the pace of a life.",{"id":715,"title":716,"description":717},"heart","The heart","Chest pain and a heart under strain, read as love taken too much to heart, and a joy that has stopped moving.",[719],"\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-body-map",[],{},[723,724,725,726,727,728],"Do I love myself enough, and do I feel loved by others?","Am I taking life too seriously at the moment?","Is there guilt that makes me feel unworthy of love?","Is love flowing freely in my life, or have I closed myself off to avoid being hurt?","Where has my joy of living gone, and what could bring it back?","Is there a conflict with a member of my family that still weighs on me?",{"title":29,"description":30},"Heart Problems: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[732],{"author":493,"work":494,"entries":733,"pages":737},[734,735,736],"Cœur (en général)","Sang (en général)","Sang — Circulation sanguine","114, 373, 376–377","areas\u002Fheart-and-circulation",[740,578,741,742,743,744],"Love","Self-love","Pressure","Giving and receiving","Forgiveness",[746,747,748,749,750,751],"Chest pain, pressure or tightness, especially spreading to the arm, jaw or back. Call emergency services.","Sudden breathlessness, fainting or a very fast or irregular heartbeat. Call emergency services.","Weakness on one side of the body, facial drooping or difficulty speaking. Call emergency services.","A painful, swollen, warm leg, especially in the calf.","Swollen ankles, breathlessness when lying down or unusual tiredness.","Regular blood pressure checks, even if you feel well.","SYkp3mrp523EKoirfYz4gjHUoPC31OVer_pZHZ9EXoM",[754,894,1042,1252,1427],{"id":755,"title":756,"affirmation":757,"aka":758,"area":762,"body":763,"dateModified":849,"datePublished":849,"description":850,"extension":464,"group":851,"guides":852,"medicalSources":853,"meta":857,"navigation":475,"path":858,"reflectionQuestions":859,"related":866,"sameAs":867,"seo":870,"seoTitle":871,"sources":872,"stem":877,"summary":878,"supportIntro":879,"themes":880,"whenToSeeADoctor":886,"__hash__":893},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Fvertigo.md","Vertigo","I let myself find joy in living, I offer myself small softnesses, and I trust what is ahead.",[759,760,761],"Dizziness","Spinning sensation","BPPV","head",{"type":310,"value":764,"toc":844},[765,769,777,781,784,794,801,812,818,820],[313,766,768],{"id":767},"what-vertigo-is","What vertigo is",[318,770,771,772,776],{},"Vertigo is the sensation that you are moving, or that the room is moving, when neither is. It is often a spin or a sway, with nausea, sweating, and trouble walking. The usual causes sit in the inner ear. A few crystals loose in a canal give brief spins when you turn in bed. An inflamed balance nerve can leave you spinning for days. Ménière's disease adds ringing and a change in hearing. Migraine can do it too. Less often, a stroke or another brain event is the cause, which is why a sudden attack with other nerve signs is an emergency. Brief spins with a change of position are often helped by a repositioning manoeuvre a clinician can show you. A blood test for ",[325,773,775],{"href":774},"\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fhypoglycaemia","low blood sugar"," is sometimes part of the check. It is not the usual explanation of a spinning room.",[313,778,780],{"id":779},"the-emotional-meaning-of-vertigo","The emotional meaning of vertigo",[318,782,783],{},"Vertigo and dizziness are read as a way of stepping away from an event or a person you refuse to see or to hear. You may be unsatisfied, and you stay in the pattern anyway. You refuse to obey, whether the authority is outside you or is your own inner voice.",[318,785,786,787,789,790,793],{},"A situation may be evolving too fast. You ",[325,788,381],{"href":234}," the changes it will bring. Can you always be up to it? A new task, or a position you feel is far more demanding, can bring a psychological vertigo that shows up as a physical one. You are afraid you will not be able to follow. Everything is in motion. \"This is going too fast.\" You are losing your living space. You feel compressed. It is as if you had no landmark to steer by, and so \"my father\", or whoever stands for authority, seems absent, or should be helping more with the direction to take. Fear of the future follows. You do not know which way to go, and in relation to yourself you find yourself in a void. That, in French, ",[641,791,792],{},"donne le vertige",". It makes the head spin. The phrase and the symptom share a word.",[318,795,796,797,800],{},"Positioning yourself is hard. You would rather close off. You flee. You would like to control everything, inside and outside, and because that is impossible you become unstable and ",[325,798,799],{"href":204},"anxious",". There are forces you have no control over, and that disturbs you. You search constantly for the truth. You are affected by a lie that concerns your family line. Something feels off, and you do not know what. You are not in contact with the ground. You do not \"touch earth\". You go round in circles and see no way out. There are also things you cannot bear to hear. You live in your thoughts, in reverie.",[318,802,803,804,807,808,811],{},"A deep unease, or a deep question, concerns the position you occupy in your family or in society. What is my place, and am I at ease in it? The spins are read as throwing light on an inner imbalance, often between a feminine part and a masculine part. They may have appeared after an emotional shock. The departure of someone you love is the example. You minimised the impact, preferring to turn a deaf ear. ",[641,805,806],{},"Faire la sourde oreille"," is to refuse to hear. The ",[325,809,810],{"href":19},"ear"," is in the phrase. You have the impression you can control your life this way, and what you keep is only an outer balance, illusory and very fragile.",[318,813,814,815,817],{},"The spiritual interpretation also points toward ",[325,816,775],{"href":774}," as a place to look when the spins and the light head come together. A clinician is the one who sorts that from the inner ear.",[313,819,411],{"id":410},[416,821,822,827,832,838],{},[419,823,824],{},[422,825,826],{},"Let yourself discover a joy in living.",[419,828,829],{},[422,830,831],{},"Offer yourself small softnesses.",[419,833,834,837],{},[422,835,836],{},"Trust what is ahead."," The spiritual interpretation pictures an inner balance returning as you do.",[419,839,840,843],{},[422,841,842],{},"Keep the medical plan."," A sudden attack with other nerve signs is an emergency. A repositioning exercise, and any medicine you were given, stay with your clinician.",{"title":451,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":845},[846,847,848],{"id":767,"depth":18,"text":768},{"id":779,"depth":18,"text":780},{"id":410,"depth":18,"text":411},"2026-10-04","The emotional and spiritual meaning of vertigo and dizziness: a life moving too fast, fear of change, and a balance you are looking for outside yourself.","nervous-system",[],[854],{"name":855,"url":856},"NHS: Vertigo","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fvertigo\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fhead\u002Fvertigo",[860,861,862,863,864,865],"What am I refusing to see or hear, while I stay in a pattern that does not satisfy me?","Is a situation moving too fast, and am I afraid I will not keep up?","Where has my living space been compressed, and who do I wish would help me find a direction?","What lie about my family line feels as if something is off, even if I cannot name it?","Where do my feminine and masculine sides feel out of balance?","Which departure did I minimise, preferring to turn a deaf ear?",[774],[868,869],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVertigo","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ10686316",{"title":756,"description":850},"Vertigo & Dizziness: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[873],{"author":493,"work":494,"entries":874,"pages":876},[875],"Vertige et étourdissements","423–424","conditions\u002Fhead\u002Fvertigo","Vertigo is the sense that you or the room are spinning. It is read as a life moving too fast to stand in, and as an inner balance that has been replaced by an outer one.","If this reading resonates with you, asking where life is moving too fast for you to take a direction, and where you have turned a deaf ear, can be a good next step.",[881,882,883,203,884,885],"Fear of change","Direction","Control","Family place","Balance",[887,888,889,890,891,892],"Sudden vertigo with weakness, a drooping face, trouble speaking, double vision, or a new severe headache. Call emergency services.","Vertigo with fainting, chest pain, or a very fast or very slow heartbeat. Call emergency services.","Hearing loss, ringing, or vomiting that will not settle.","A first attack, or spinning that lasts hours rather than a brief turn of the head.","Vertigo after a head injury.","Spells that keep returning. A clinician can tell inner-ear vertigo from other causes, including blood sugar.","CZyoZMzcSDjRZozklpq5yBa6LODVwHvE-GA_3cMgR4o",{"id":895,"title":896,"affirmation":897,"aka":898,"area":308,"body":903,"dateModified":849,"datePublished":849,"description":999,"extension":464,"group":707,"guides":1000,"medicalSources":1001,"meta":1008,"navigation":475,"path":1009,"reflectionQuestions":1010,"related":1017,"sameAs":1018,"seo":1021,"seoTitle":1022,"sources":1023,"stem":1028,"summary":1029,"supportIntro":1030,"themes":1031,"whenToSeeADoctor":1034,"__hash__":1041},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fanaemia.md","Anaemia","I say yes to the energy that can serve this life. I live my own life, and I recognise what I deeply want.",[899,900,901,902],"Anemia","Low haemoglobin","Iron deficiency","Low hemoglobin",{"type":310,"value":904,"toc":994},[905,909,912,916,919,922,925,944,947,961,963],[313,906,908],{"id":907},"what-anaemia-is","What anaemia is",[318,910,911],{},"Anaemia is a drop in haemoglobin, the pigment in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Iron sits at the centre of that pigment, which is where oxygen and carbon dioxide bind. Iron deficiency is the most common kind. Blood loss, including heavy periods or bleeding in the gut, a diet low in iron, pregnancy, and trouble absorbing iron can all bring it on. Other anaemias come from a lack of vitamin B12 or folate, from long illness, or from the bone marrow itself. You may look pale, feel exhausted, get breathless on stairs, or notice a heart that races. The cause is found with a blood test. Iron tablets, B12 injections, food, and treatment of whatever is losing the blood are ordinary care. They belong with a clinician, because taking iron without knowing the type can do harm.",[313,913,915],{"id":914},"the-emotional-meaning-of-anaemia","The emotional meaning of anaemia",[318,917,918],{},"Blood is read as the joy of living, as love, and as the emotions. This state sits with a lack of joy, of strength, and of depth in the love you have for yourself and for others. It sits with doubts about your ability to love with any real force or determination. It sits with discouragement, with a refusal of life, with the impression of having no worth, and with a resistance to love that ends in devaluing yourself.",[318,920,921],{},"You devalue the very things that carry you. Hopes. Aspirations. You live in \"yes, but\", with little interest, feeling restricted by everything, and so you conclude that your deepest wishes cannot be realised. You have the impression you are going to collapse, or that your life or your family is crumbling into crumbs. What used to transport you no longer seems worth much. You need other people to prop you up, because you do not feel strong enough for your own deep desires. Despair and resignation can be there. You feel undermined, weak, and you go pale from the sense of being drained. It is as if someone were drawing the blood out of you, and you are left in pieces.",[318,923,924],{},"You may feel you are suffocating in your surroundings, often in a family you feel apart from. The question is why you have to go all the way to exhaustion before the people you love recognise you. Life's events can be met with a great rigidity. All of this is read against a great weakness in the blood.",[318,926,927,928,931,932,935,936,939,940,943],{},"Two puns carry the iron. In English, iron sits beside \"I run\". In French, ",[641,929,930],{},"fer"," sounds like ",[641,933,934],{},"faire",", to do. The anaemic person, in this hearing, no longer feels enough joy or motivation to do everything there is to do. There is a lack of doing, and no strength left to run after what you want. You have the impression you cannot do what the situation needs, or that what you do is not right. The questions follow. Why refuse the energy that is available to you? What are you afraid of? ",[641,937,938],{},"Se ronger les sangs"," is the French for eating yourself up with ",[325,941,942],{"href":294},"worry",". What is doing that to you?",[318,945,946],{},"A deep feeling of not having been loved by your family may be there, and a conflict about the love of your clan. You have no motivation, because you do not know what, at the bottom, actually pleases you. You are not in touch with your inner life. The future looks blurred, uncertain, dangerous. Negative thoughts toward yourself drain the energy. It is as if physical reality itself cannot be taken in.",[318,948,949,951,952,955,956,960],{},[325,950,233],{"href":234}," belongs in the questions. So does the ",[325,953,954],{"href":34},"heart's"," blood, already read on the page for ",[325,957,959],{"href":958},"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-cholesterol","high cholesterol"," as a joy that has trouble circulating.",[313,962,411],{"id":410},[416,964,965,971,977,983,989],{},[419,966,967,970],{},[422,968,969],{},"Say yes to the energy"," that is ready to serve this life with love.",[419,972,973,976],{},[422,974,975],{},"Choose food with care",", the food that feeds the body and the blood and rebuilds strength, alongside whatever the blood test asks for.",[419,978,979,982],{},[422,980,981],{},"Look for the joy that is already around you",", in family, work and friends.",[419,984,985,988],{},[422,986,987],{},"Live your life rather than someone else's",", and recognise your deep desires.",[419,990,991,993],{},[422,992,842],{}," The blood test, the iron or the B12, and the search for a bleed stay with your clinician.",{"title":451,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":995},[996,997,998],{"id":907,"depth":18,"text":908},{"id":914,"depth":18,"text":915},{"id":410,"depth":18,"text":411},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of anaemia (anemia): joy, love and strength that have thinned, and a life lived in \"yes, but\".",[],[1002,1005],{"name":1003,"url":1004},"NHS: Iron deficiency anaemia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Firon-deficiency-anaemia\u002F",{"name":1006,"url":1007},"MedlinePlus: Anemia","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fanemia.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fanaemia",[1011,1012,1013,1014,1015,1016],"Where has the joy, the strength, or the depth of my love gone thin?","Do I doubt that I can love with any real force?","What aspiration have I decided is no longer worth much?","Who do I feel is draining me, and why do I go to exhaustion to be recognised?","What am I afraid of, and what has me eating myself up with worry?","Am I living someone else's life, because I have lost touch with what actually pleases me?",[958,332],[1019,1020],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnemia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ5445",{"title":896,"description":999},"Anemia (Anaemia): Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1024],{"author":493,"work":494,"entries":1025,"pages":1027},[1026],"Sang — Anémie","375–376","conditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fanaemia","Anaemia is a lack of haemoglobin, so the blood carries less oxygen and the body feels drained. It is read as a joy, a love and a strength that have thinned, and as a life lived in \"yes, but\".","If this reading resonates with you, looking for where your joy and your own desires went thin, and feeding the body the clinician recommends, can be a good next step.",[578,740,502,1032,233,1033],"Family","Worth",[1035,1036,1037,1038,1039,1040],"Chest pain, fainting, or breathlessness at rest. Call emergency services.","Black stools, vomiting blood, or very heavy periods. Seek urgent medical care.","Unusual paleness, exhaustion, a racing heart, or dizziness that is new.","A blood test before you start iron tablets. Extra iron is harmful in some conditions.","Anaemia in pregnancy, or in a child.","Do not stop iron, B12 or any other prescribed treatment because of anything you read here.","7YS5gXRL2i32oh4NbWG9nAVzEeUdeX4-A8sThfa2_DA",{"id":1043,"title":1044,"affirmation":1045,"aka":1046,"area":308,"body":1049,"dateModified":697,"datePublished":697,"description":1204,"extension":464,"group":465,"guides":1205,"medicalSources":1208,"meta":1215,"navigation":475,"path":1216,"reflectionQuestions":1217,"related":1224,"sameAs":1228,"seo":1231,"seoTitle":1232,"sources":1233,"stem":1238,"summary":1239,"supportIntro":1240,"themes":1241,"whenToSeeADoctor":1245,"__hash__":1251},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-blood-pressure.md","High blood pressure","I let the steam out gently. I accept myself as I am, and I no longer need pressure to feel alive.",[1047,1048],"Hypertension","High BP",{"type":310,"value":1050,"toc":1191},[1051,1055,1058,1069,1072,1076,1079,1083,1089,1093,1099,1103,1106,1110,1113,1117,1120,1124,1130,1134,1148,1150,1153],[313,1052,1054],{"id":1053},"what-high-blood-pressure-is","What high blood pressure is",[318,1056,1057],{},"Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps. High blood pressure, or hypertension, means this force stays too high over time. It is generally diagnosed when readings are repeatedly at or above 140\u002F90 mmHg in a clinic, although some guidelines use lower thresholds.",[318,1059,1060,1061,1065,1066,1068],{},"High blood pressure is extremely common, affecting more than a billion people worldwide, and becomes more frequent with age. It is often called a \"silent killer\" because it rarely causes symptoms, yet over the years it raises the risk of heart attack, stroke, ",[325,1062,1064],{"href":1063},"\u002Fkidneys\u002Fkidney-problems","kidney disease"," and vision problems. Risk factors include genetics, age, excess salt, being overweight, lack of physical activity, alcohol, smoking and chronic ",[325,1067,406],{"href":282},". Treatment usually combines lifestyle changes and, when needed, medication that must be taken as prescribed.",[318,1070,1071],{},"The emotional reading below does not replace this, and it is never a reason to stop or delay treatment. It offers another angle, for those who feel that their blood pressure also reflects the pressure they live with.",[313,1073,1075],{"id":1074},"the-emotional-meaning-of-high-blood-pressure","The emotional meaning of high blood pressure",[318,1077,1078],{},"In the emotional approach, high blood pressure is often pictured as a pressure cooker: a sealed pot where the steam keeps building up.",[361,1080,1082],{"id":1081},"emotions-held-back-for-a-long-time","Emotions held back for a long time",[318,1084,1085,1086,1088],{},"The central theme is accumulation. Over long periods, we keep thoughts and emotions to ourselves instead of expressing them. ",[325,1087,197],{"href":198}," and frustrations for which we have not yet found a solution are swallowed, and they \"boil\" inside us. We may be very sensitive and find it hard to manage our reactions.",[361,1090,1092],{"id":1091},"putting-things-off","Putting things off",[318,1094,1095,1096,1098],{},"High blood pressure is also associated with procrastination: postponing what we have to say or do, out of ",[325,1097,381],{"href":234}," or lack of self-confidence. Everything then looks like a mountain, and we wonder whether we will manage to achieve all our plans. Blowing problems out of proportion, and the guilt that follows, add to the pressure.",[361,1100,1102],{"id":1101},"control-and-performance","Control and performance",[318,1104,1105],{},"The wish to control everything and to solve every situation in our life can make the pressure unbearable. We may feel we must be the best, perform at the top of our abilities, physically and intellectually. When we fall short, tension rises sharply. We may also feel responsible for harmony everywhere, even when other people are involved. That is quite a mandate to give ourselves.",[361,1107,1109],{"id":1108},"feeling-powerless-and-on-guard","Feeling powerless and on guard",[318,1111,1112],{},"The source also links high blood pressure to feeling powerless, especially at work, for instance when we can no longer accept orders. A deep fear of rejection can keep us on guard, as if we were in danger, or leave us feeling crushed and defenceless.",[361,1114,1116],{"id":1115},"closed-to-love","Closed to love",[318,1118,1119],{},"Another theme is difficulty feeling and receiving love. After being hurt, we may close our heart so as not to suffer again, and then no longer want to give or receive love.",[361,1121,1123],{"id":1122},"staying-busy","Staying busy",[318,1125,1126,1127,1129],{},"Finally, high blood pressure can go hand in hand with hyperactivity, which helps us forget our ",[325,1128,587],{"href":294},". We may want to make the most of life and reach the many goals we have set ourselves, without giving ourselves time to feel what is going on inside.",[313,1131,1133],{"id":1132},"questions-the-source-invites-you-to-ask","Questions the source invites you to ask",[416,1135,1136,1139,1142,1145],{},[419,1137,1138],{},"Am I putting pressure on myself, or do I feel it comes from others?",[419,1140,1141],{},"Am I denying parts of my personality that are trying hard to come out?",[419,1143,1144],{},"Do I feel compressed, squeezed in by my life?",[419,1146,1147],{},"Do I feel it is dangerous to express my real feelings?",[313,1149,411],{"id":410},[318,1151,1152],{},"The aim is not to feel guilty about your blood pressure. It has real physical causes and needs proper medical follow-up. The emotional perspective simply invites you to look at the pressure you carry.",[416,1154,1155,1161,1167,1173,1179,1185],{},[419,1156,1157,1160],{},[422,1158,1159],{},"Let the steam out gently."," Express your emotions a little at a time, rather than letting them build up until they explode.",[419,1162,1163,1166],{},[422,1164,1165],{},"Set priorities."," Choose what really matters, and let some things wait or go.",[419,1168,1169,1172],{},[422,1170,1171],{},"Make time for yourself."," Give yourself moments to notice what is happening inside, without distraction.",[419,1174,1175,1178],{},[422,1176,1177],{},"Hand back some responsibility."," You are not in charge of everyone's harmony.",[419,1180,1181,1184],{},[422,1182,1183],{},"Trust yourself."," You do not need to be perfect to be worthy.",[419,1186,1187,1190],{},[422,1188,1189],{},"Accept yourself as you are."," You are unique, and you do not need pressure to feel alive.",{"title":451,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1192},[1193,1194,1202,1203],{"id":1053,"depth":18,"text":1054},{"id":1074,"depth":18,"text":1075,"children":1195},[1196,1197,1198,1199,1200,1201],{"id":1081,"depth":25,"text":1082},{"id":1091,"depth":25,"text":1092},{"id":1101,"depth":25,"text":1102},{"id":1108,"depth":25,"text":1109},{"id":1115,"depth":25,"text":1116},{"id":1122,"depth":25,"text":1123},{"id":1132,"depth":18,"text":1133},{"id":410,"depth":18,"text":411},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of high blood pressure: how it may relate to held-back emotions, control, pressure to perform and self-imposed demands.",[1206,1207],"\u002Fguides\u002Fjacques-martel-dictionary","\u002Fguides\u002Flouise-hay-list",[1209,1212],{"name":1210,"url":1211},"NHS: High blood pressure","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fhigh-blood-pressure\u002F",{"name":1213,"url":1214},"MedlinePlus: High Blood Pressure","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fhighbloodpressure.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-blood-pressure",[1218,1219,1220,1221,1222,1223],"Which emotions or frustrations have I been swallowing instead of expressing?","Is the pressure I feel coming from others, or am I putting it on myself?","What have I been putting off saying or doing, out of fear or lack of confidence?","Do I feel responsible for keeping the peace everywhere, even when others are involved?","Have I closed myself off to love so as not to be hurt again?","Do I keep busy so that I do not have to feel what is going on inside?",[1225,1226,1227],"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fvaricose-veins","\u002Fhead\u002Fheadaches","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Flow-blood-pressure",[1229,1230],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHypertension","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ41861",{"title":1044,"description":1204},"High Blood Pressure: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1234],{"author":493,"work":494,"entries":1235,"pages":1237},[1236],"Tension artérielle — Hypertension (trop élevée)","405","conditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-blood-pressure","High blood pressure is often read through the image of a pressure cooker. Emotions and thoughts held back for a long time, a need to control and to perform, and heavy self-imposed demands may keep the pressure rising.","If this reading resonates with you, setting aside regular time to slow down and feel what is going on inside can be a good next step.",[1242,883,1243,505,1244],"Held-back emotions","Pressure to perform","Closing off to love",[1246,748,1247,1248,1249,1250],"A very high reading, around 180\u002F120 or above, with chest pain, breathlessness, severe headache, confusion or vision problems. Call emergency services.","Regular blood pressure checks, even if you feel perfectly well. High blood pressure usually has no symptoms.","Readings that stay high at home or at the pharmacy.","Side effects from blood pressure medication. Never stop or change your treatment without talking to your doctor.","High blood pressure during pregnancy, especially with headaches, swelling or vision changes.","G1oPbrLa29hHkosXozV7oInV1KYGQ_NOoeL3oGlguGE",{"id":1253,"title":1254,"affirmation":1255,"aka":1256,"area":308,"body":1261,"dateModified":849,"datePublished":849,"description":1381,"extension":464,"group":711,"guides":1382,"medicalSources":1385,"meta":1389,"navigation":475,"path":1390,"reflectionQuestions":1391,"related":1398,"sameAs":1401,"seo":1404,"seoTitle":1405,"sources":1406,"stem":1411,"summary":1412,"supportIntro":1413,"themes":1414,"whenToSeeADoctor":1419,"__hash__":1426},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fpalpitations.md","Palpitations","I let go of what is no longer good for me. I choose my road, and I let harmony return in love and in the life around me.",[1257,1258,1259,1260],"Heart palpitations","Arrhythmia","Tachycardia","Bradycardia",{"type":310,"value":1262,"toc":1375},[1263,1267,1274,1278,1284,1295,1302,1306,1309,1319,1325,1331,1337,1340,1343,1345],[313,1264,1266],{"id":1265},"what-palpitations-are","What palpitations are",[318,1268,1269,1270,1273],{},"Palpitations are the sensation of the heart beating in a way you notice. It may race, pound, flutter or skip. A rhythm disturbance, an arrhythmia, is a change in the heart's timing. Many palpitations are brief and benign. Caffeine, effort, fever, ",[325,1271,1272],{"href":204},"anxiety",", an overactive thyroid, anaemia and pregnancy can all bring them on. Some rhythms need care. A heart that stays fast at rest is a tachycardia. A heart that is very slow, and makes you faint or fall, is a bradycardia, and a pacemaker is sometimes the right medical answer. An irregular rhythm such as atrial fibrillation raises the chance of a stroke and is a reason to be assessed. Ventricular fibrillation is different from a flutter you notice and carry on with. The ventricles quiver and no longer pump. It is a cardiac arrest. Without defibrillation within minutes, it kills. It is an emergency. It is not a decision about love.",[313,1275,1277],{"id":1276},"the-emotional-meaning-of-palpitations","The emotional meaning of palpitations",[318,1279,1280,1281,1283],{},"The heart is read as love. Palpitations are an alarm, a call for help, about that love. A deep ",[325,1282,381],{"href":234}," of losing the love you need, or of never having it, is what the racing is heard as. Your heart beats as fast as you live your life. You have the impression of having no control. You do not feel safe. You need more calm. You look in every direction and find no answer to your questions.",[318,1285,1286,1287,1290,1291,1294],{},"The heart beats for several things at once. People, in love. And also what you love to do with passion, work or a hobby. You have the impression you must choose. You know you have to let someone or something go, and it is very hard. You feel unable. The ",[325,1288,1289],{"href":225},"dependence"," is great. You live a split. Myself, or the others. Whom do I put first? Whom should I look after first? The choices are difficult. You feel divided, perhaps about the meaning of life itself. You may fall for people because you need so much to be loved. Like the heart, you are unstable in your emotional reactions. There are things you are asked to do, and you do them ",[641,1292,1293],{},"à contrecœur",", with a reluctant heart. The French word has the heart in it. Instead of living at your own pace, you take the frantic pace of society.",[318,1296,1297,1298,1301],{},"A pulse that is off is read through another French phrase. ",[641,1299,1300],{},"Entre les deux, mon cœur balance",": my heart swings between the two. It is the idiom for being unable to decide. Spiritually, this is how hard it is to take a decision with everything it implies.",[313,1303,1305],{"id":1304},"when-the-rhythm-has-a-name","When the rhythm has a name",[318,1307,1308],{},"The spiritual interpretation distinguishes a few rhythms. The medicine of each one stays with a clinician.",[318,1310,1311,1314,1315,1318],{},[422,1312,1313],{},"A fast heart."," Tachycardia is a rhythmic racing. Effort, a strong emotion, an anguishing situation, or fear can throw the heart off for a time. The heart sends an SOS. In ",[325,1316,1317],{"href":201},"anguish",", adrenaline makes the beats very strong, and an abnormal rhythm feels dreadful. You may have believed you always had to do more, and faster, in order to be loved, or even in order to have the right to live. You may feel you have to make up for lost time.",[318,1320,1321,1324],{},[422,1322,1323],{},"A slow heart."," Bradycardia is a slowing. Endurance sport can slow a healthy heart. A sudden abnormal slowing can cause a collapse, and a pacemaker is sometimes what a doctor recommends. Deep sorrows, particularly about a father, are what the spiritual interpretation sets beside this slowing, as if the heart could no longer bear to suffer and wanted to stop. You step back to protect yourself, because you no longer have the taste for the fight. You would rather savour each moment of happiness and love, because they seem rare. A pacemaker, if it is offered, is a doctor's decision. Sorrow does not replace it, and it does not forbid it.",[318,1326,1327,1330],{},[422,1328,1329],{},"An early beat."," An extrasystole, a beat that comes too soon, is read as a lack of love from your parents, particularly from your father. Love presents itself in an interrupted way, often through frequent separations and reunions that tear the heart.",[318,1332,1333,1336],{},[422,1334,1335],{},"A quiver that does not pump."," Ventricular fibrillation is described in the book as a chaotic, useless contraction of the ventricles, and as coming from a damaged heart muscle, an electric shock, or, in a newborn, a moment of panic. If it is not put right within minutes, it is sudden death. Call for help. A decision about love does not explain a heart that has stopped pumping.",[318,1338,1339],{},"Atrial fibrillation is read differently. It sits with the sense that it is not legitimate for you to love whom you want, in the way you want. You feel constraints on showing love.",[318,1341,1342],{},"In any of these, the spiritual interpretation says love is what is at stake. Breathe calmly and deeply. Listen to the heart.",[313,1344,411],{"id":410},[416,1346,1347,1353,1358,1364,1370],{},[419,1348,1349,1352],{},[422,1350,1351],{},"Give yourself the love you need",", so that worry can loosen into a greater inner safety, and so that you can trust life.",[419,1354,1355],{},[422,1356,1357],{},"Let go of what is no longer good for you.",[419,1359,1360,1363],{},[422,1361,1362],{},"Choose the road you want",", and stay with the choice.",[419,1365,1366,1369],{},[422,1367,1368],{},"Let harmony return",", in love and in the life you share with others.",[419,1371,1372,1374],{},[422,1373,842],{}," An irregular or fainting rhythm needs a clinician. Heart medicines stay as prescribed. Cardiac arrest is an emergency.",{"title":451,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1376},[1377,1378,1379,1380],{"id":1265,"depth":18,"text":1266},{"id":1276,"depth":18,"text":1277},{"id":1304,"depth":18,"text":1305},{"id":410,"depth":18,"text":411},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of heart palpitations: an alarm about love, a choice you cannot make, and a life lived at someone else's pace.",[1383,1384],"\u002Fguides\u002Fcan-emotions-cause-physical-pain","\u002Fguides\u002Fpsychosomatic-illness",[1386],{"name":1387,"url":1388},"NHS: Heart palpitations","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fheart-palpitations\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fpalpitations",[1392,1393,1394,1395,1396,1397],"What love am I afraid of losing, or afraid I will never have?","Who or what do I know I should let go of, and feel unable to?","Whom do I put first, myself or the others, and which choice am I avoiding?","Where am I living at the frantic pace of everyone else, instead of my own?","What sorrow, especially about my father, has my heart been carrying for a long time?","Where does love arrive in fits, through separations and reunions that tear me?",[337,1399,1400],"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fchest-pain","\u002Fhead\u002Fnervousness",[1402,1403],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPalpitations","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1123260",{"title":1254,"description":1381},"Heart Palpitations: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1407],{"author":493,"work":494,"entries":1408,"pages":1410},[1409],"Cœur — Arythmie cardiaque","115–116","conditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fpalpitations","Palpitations are a heart you can feel, racing, skipping or pounding. They are read as an alarm about love, about a choice you cannot make, and about a life lived at someone else's pace.","If this reading resonates with you, asking which choice about love you have been unable to make, and which pace is not yours, can be a good next step.",[740,1415,1416,224,1417,1418],"Fear of loss","Choice","Pace","Safety",[1420,1421,1422,1423,1424,1425],"Chest pain, fainting, severe breathlessness, or a heart that will not slow. Call emergency services.","Someone who is unresponsive and not breathing normally. Call emergency services and start CPR if you know how. This is cardiac arrest, not a mood.","A new irregular heartbeat, especially with dizziness, or if you already have heart disease.","A very slow pulse with falls, blackouts or exhaustion.","Palpitations with a fever, a thyroid problem, anaemia, or in pregnancy.","Do not stop a beta-blocker, a blood thinner, or any heart medicine because of anything you read here.","CtlusFb1TiN_bake72UyD8TAEolUOL6Sk4AQ-WFfKus",{"id":1428,"title":1429,"affirmation":1430,"aka":1431,"area":1438,"body":1439,"dateModified":462,"datePublished":462,"description":1574,"extension":464,"group":1575,"guides":1576,"medicalSources":1577,"meta":1584,"navigation":475,"path":1585,"reflectionQuestions":1586,"related":1593,"sameAs":1596,"seo":1599,"seoTitle":1600,"sources":1601,"stem":1605,"summary":1606,"supportIntro":1607,"themes":1608,"whenToSeeADoctor":1614,"__hash__":1622},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue.md","Fatigue","I allow myself to stop, to take stock and to rest. I live this moment, and I let what I love bring my energy back.",[1432,1433,1434,1435,1436,1437],"Tiredness","Exhaustion","Always tired","Low energy","Feeling drained","Fatigue (en général)","whole-body",{"type":310,"value":1440,"toc":1564},[1441,1445,1467,1475,1479,1482,1486,1493,1497,1507,1511,1516,1520,1523,1530,1532],[313,1442,1444],{"id":1443},"what-fatigue-is","What fatigue is",[318,1446,1447,1448,1450,1451,1453,1454,1458,1459,1463,1464,1466],{},"Fatigue is a lasting feeling of tiredness, weakness or lack of energy that makes ordinary tasks feel harder. It is very common and usually has an ordinary cause: too little or poor-quality sleep, long working hours, caring for others, ",[325,1449,406],{"href":282},", a recent infection, alcohol, or being less active. It can also be a sign of an illness, such as ",[325,1452,343],{"href":342},", an ",[325,1455,1457],{"href":1456},"\u002Fthyroid\u002Fhypothyroidism","underactive thyroid",", ",[325,1460,1462],{"href":1461},"\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes","diabetes",", sleep apnoea, ",[325,1465,370],{"href":228},", coeliac disease or a long-lasting infection, or a side effect of a medicine.",[318,1468,1469,1470,1474],{},"A GP can talk through your sleep, work and mood, and may suggest blood tests to look for a treatable cause. When fatigue lasts many months, gets much worse after small efforts and does not lift with rest, it can be ",[325,1471,1473],{"href":1472},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome","chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\u002FCFS)",", which has its own page.",[313,1476,1478],{"id":1477},"the-emotional-meaning-of-fatigue","The emotional meaning of fatigue",[318,1480,1481],{},"Spiritually, fatigue is the feeling of being flat, emptied out inside. The question it raises is about love: how much you love the life you are leading at the moment, and where your motivation has gone.",[361,1483,1485],{"id":1484},"energy-spent-on-fighting","Energy spent on fighting",[318,1487,1488,1489,1492],{},"Worries, ",[325,1490,1491],{"href":234},"fears",", sorrows and old inner hurts can push you to struggle, to resist and to refuse certain situations. Each fight takes energy. Instead of looking for what your difficulties have in common, you may spread your strength across too many directions at once, until you despair of finding any solution at all.",[361,1494,1496],{"id":1495},"weariness-with-life","Weariness with life",[318,1498,1499,1500,1503,1504,1506],{},"Fatigue is linked to a kind of ",[325,1501,1502],{"href":288},"weariness"," with life itself, an inner tiredness that comes from having to fight just to keep moving forward. You may feel beaten down, incompetent, lacking, without interest in anything. You may no longer know which way to turn, because the joy of living has gone thin. When this weighs for a long time, ",[325,1505,370],{"href":228}," is possible, and it deserves real care.",[361,1508,1510],{"id":1509},"boredom-and-unanswered-questions","Boredom and unanswered questions",[318,1512,1513,1515],{},[325,1514,212],{"href":213}," can feel like living in the dark. You may be full of questions about the things in life that make no sense, with no one to help you find answers. Carrying them alone is tiring in itself.",[361,1517,1519],{"id":1518},"old-effort-from-childhood","Old effort from childhood",[318,1521,1522],{},"Sometimes the tiredness goes back a long way. As a child, you may have spent a lot of energy trying to work out who you were supposed to be like, for example when your parents did not match the roles you expected of them. That effort to find your own shape can leave a deep, quiet fatigue.",[318,1524,1525,1526,1529],{},"Whatever its source, this tiredness is both moral and physical. When it comes with a life that has become all duty and no rest, it can also be a sign of ",[325,1527,1528],{"href":216},"burnout",".",[313,1531,411],{"id":410},[416,1533,1534,1540,1546,1552,1558],{},[419,1535,1536,1539],{},[422,1537,1538],{},"Accept the pause."," Your body may be asking for a stop: time to rest, take stock and fill up again.",[419,1541,1542,1545],{},[422,1543,1544],{},"Gather your energy."," Notice where you are fighting on many fronts, and choose one thing to face at a time.",[419,1547,1548,1551],{},[422,1549,1550],{},"Let go of the past."," Each time your mind goes back to old struggles, return to the present moment. Each moment brings the energy it needs.",[419,1553,1554,1557],{},[422,1555,1556],{},"Do what you love."," Make room, even for ten minutes, for something you enjoy for its own sake. Pleasure is a source of energy.",[419,1559,1560,1563],{},[422,1561,1562],{},"Ask your questions out loud."," Share what puzzles or worries you with someone you trust, so you are not carrying it alone.",{"title":451,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1565},[1566,1567,1573],{"id":1443,"depth":18,"text":1444},{"id":1477,"depth":18,"text":1478,"children":1568},[1569,1570,1571,1572],{"id":1484,"depth":25,"text":1485},{"id":1495,"depth":25,"text":1496},{"id":1509,"depth":25,"text":1510},{"id":1518,"depth":25,"text":1519},{"id":410,"depth":18,"text":411},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of fatigue: feeling drained, energy scattered in too many directions, lost motivation and a joy for life gone thin.","energy-and-weight",[1206,1207],[1578,1581],{"name":1579,"url":1580},"NHS: Tiredness and fatigue","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Ftiredness-and-fatigue\u002F",{"name":1582,"url":1583},"MedlinePlus: Fatigue","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Ffatigue.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue",[1587,1588,1589,1590,1591,1592],"Do I love the life I am living right now, or am I only getting through it?","Where has my motivation gone?","Which worries, fears or old hurts am I fighting against every day?","Am I spreading my energy across too many fronts, instead of looking for what my difficulties have in common?","Which questions am I carrying alone, with no one to help me answer them?","What do I still love doing, and when did I last do it?",[1472,342,1456,1594,1595],"\u002Fhead\u002Finsomnia","\u002Fmuscles-and-tendons\u002Ffibromyalgia",[1597,1598],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFatigue","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ9690",{"title":1429,"description":1574},"Spiritual Meaning of Fatigue: Why You Feel So Drained",[1602],{"author":493,"work":494,"entries":1603,"pages":1604},[1437],"181","conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue","Spiritually, fatigue is often linked to feeling emptied inside, to a lack of love for the life you are living, and to energy scattered across too many struggles at once, until motivation and joy run low.","If this reading resonates with you, giving yourself a real pause, one that is about rest and not about catching up, can be a good next step.",[1609,1610,1611,1612,1613],"Feeling emptied","Lost motivation","Scattered energy","Struggling to keep going","Joy for life gone thin",[1615,1616,1617,1618,1619,1620,1621],"Tiredness that lasts more than a few weeks, or that rest and sleep do not improve.","Tiredness with unexplained weight loss, night sweats, a fever that comes and goes, or swollen glands.","Tiredness with breathlessness, chest pain, a racing or irregular heartbeat, or fainting. Seek urgent care for chest pain or fainting.","Tiredness with pale skin, heavy periods or blood in your stool, which can point to anaemia.","Tiredness with great thirst, passing a lot of urine, feeling cold, weight gain, or loud snoring and stopping breathing at night.","Tiredness that started after a new medicine. Do not stop the medicine on your own; ask the prescriber.","Tiredness with a low mood, loss of interest in everything, or thoughts of harming yourself or that life is not worth living. Speak to a doctor the same day, or call emergency services if you are in danger.","uZ-T4PkjrysZZDVph8A1pFnaT4egpXACctQIiEhb7oE",[],[],1791298671257]