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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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A fever heats the whole body. Tiredness weighs on every limb. Weight changes the shape of the body as a whole, and sweat comes out through all of the skin. These are often the first signs that something is going on, and they are among the most common reasons people see a doctor.",[302,306,307],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, these whole-body signs are read less as a message from one part of you and more as a message about your life as a whole: how much energy you have, how much you are holding in, and how safe you feel among other people.",[309,310,311],"note",{},[302,312,313],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. Fever in a young baby, a rash that does not fade, chest pain with sweating, or lasting tiredness with weight loss need a doctor, and some of them need emergency care.",[315,316,318],"h2",{"id":317},"what-the-whole-body-represents","What the whole body represents",[302,320,321],{},"Symbolically, the whole body is the container of your life. When a symptom spreads everywhere rather than staying in one place, it is read as something that concerns all of you: your vital energy, your emotions as a whole, and the boundary between you and the world.",[302,323,324],{},"Fever and sweating work through heat and water, and the liquids and warmth of the body are linked to emotions. Tiredness and weight relate to energy: how much you have, where it goes, and what you keep in reserve or build around yourself.",[315,326,328],{"id":327},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[330,331,333],"h3",{"id":332},"emotions-that-heat-up-or-overflow","Emotions that heat up or overflow",[302,335,336,341,342,345,346,350,351,354],{},[337,338,340],"a",{"href":339},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffever","Fever"," is read as emotions that burn, often irritation that has turned into ",[337,343,344],{"href":198},"anger"," and spread through the whole body. ",[337,347,349],{"href":348},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fsweating-and-body-odour","Sweating and body odour"," are read as feelings held back that overflow through the skin: frustration, resentment, ",[337,352,353],{"href":276},"shame",", or the nervousness of fearing criticism. In both, the question is what you have been keeping inside instead of saying.",[330,356,358],{"id":357},"energy-and-motivation","Energy and motivation",[302,360,361,365,366,369,370,373],{},[337,362,364],{"href":363},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue","Fatigue"," is the feeling of being emptied out. Spiritually, it is linked to a lack of love for the life you are living, energy scattered across too many struggles, and the ",[337,367,368],{"href":288},"weariness"," of having to fight to keep going. When the demands never stop, it can lead towards ",[337,371,372],{"href":216},"burnout",".",[302,375,376,380],{},[337,377,379],{"href":378},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome","Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\u002FCFS)"," is a recognised medical illness, not a mood or a lack of will. Spiritually, it raises questions about high demands on yourself, a true self set aside to meet the expectations of others, and a harsh inner voice.",[330,382,384],{"id":383},"protection-and-taking-your-place","Protection and taking your place",[302,386,387,391,392,395],{},[337,388,390],{"href":389},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fexcess-weight","Excess weight"," is read as a layer of protection between you and the world, an inner emptiness after a loss or an ",[337,393,394],{"href":189},"abandonment",", and the wish to take your place and be seen. Its medical causes are many, from genes and medicines to sleep and hormones, and it is never a reason for shame.",[330,397,399],{"id":398},"a-body-that-asks-for-a-pause","A body that asks for a pause",[302,401,402],{},"A thread runs through all of these signs: the body that stops you when you have not stopped yourself. A fever puts you to bed. Exhaustion slows you down. Spiritually, both can be read as an invitation to rest, to look after your inner well-being, and to stop caring for everything except yourself.",[315,404,406],{"id":405},"reading-the-signs-type-and-timing","Reading the signs: type and timing",[302,408,409],{},"These are not rules, but questions worth exploring:",[411,412,413,421,427,433,439,445],"ul",{},[414,415,416,420],"li",{},[417,418,419],"strong",{},"A sudden fever"," may point to a burning emotion that has just risen, or a situation that has become \"too hot\" to handle.",[414,422,423,426],{},[417,424,425],{},"Tiredness that builds slowly"," may point to a life that has become all duty and too little joy.",[414,428,429,432],{},[417,430,431],{},"Exhaustion after the smallest effort"," is a medical sign first, and may also ask how hard you are on yourself.",[414,434,435,438],{},[417,436,437],{},"Heavy sweating in front of others"," may relate to the fear of being judged when you show yourself.",[414,440,441,444],{},[417,442,443],{},"Cold sweats"," are linked to being frozen with fear.",[414,446,447,450],{},[417,448,449],{},"Weight gained after a loss"," may point to an empty space that is hard to bear.",[315,452,454],{"id":453},"caring-for-your-whole-body-from-the-inside","Caring for your whole body from the inside",[302,456,457,458],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Infections, hormones, genes, medicines, sleep and many illnesses play a real role in all of these symptoms, and they deserve proper medical care. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[459,460,461],"em",{},"what is my whole life asking of me right now?",[302,463,464],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[411,466,467,473,479,485,491,497],{},[414,468,469,472],{},[417,470,471],{},"Say what you feel."," Feelings that are spoken have less need to heat up or overflow.",[414,474,475,478],{},[417,476,477],{},"Rest before you have to."," Build pauses into your days, without waiting for an illness to give you permission.",[414,480,481,484],{},[417,482,483],{},"Gather your energy."," Notice where you are fighting on too many fronts, and choose one thing at a time.",[414,486,487,490],{},[417,488,489],{},"Be kind to your body."," Treat it as a companion, not a project. Your worth does not depend on its size or its strength.",[414,492,493,496],{},[417,494,495],{},"Grieve what you have lost."," An empty space that is given time and words is easier to carry.",[414,498,499,502],{},[417,500,501],{},"Do something you love."," Pleasure and meaning are sources of energy too.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":505},"",[506,507,513,514],{"id":317,"depth":18,"text":318},{"id":327,"depth":18,"text":328,"children":508},[509,510,511,512],{"id":332,"depth":25,"text":333},{"id":357,"depth":25,"text":358},{"id":383,"depth":25,"text":384},{"id":398,"depth":25,"text":399},{"id":405,"depth":18,"text":406},{"id":453,"depth":18,"text":454},"2026-10-06","md",[518,522],{"id":519,"title":520,"description":521},"general","General symptoms","Fever, sweating and body odour, often linked to emotions that heat up or overflow when they are held inside.",{"id":523,"title":524,"description":525},"energy-and-weight","Energy and weight","Tiredness, long-term exhaustion and weight, often linked to motivation, protection, loss and how kindly you treat yourself.",[],[528,531],{"name":529,"url":530},"NHS: Tiredness and fatigue","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Ftiredness-and-fatigue\u002F",{"name":532,"url":533},"NHS: Fever in adults","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Ffever-in-adults\u002F",{},true,[537,538,539,540,541,542],"Which feelings have I been holding inside, instead of saying them?","Do I love the life I am living right now, or am I only getting through it?","Where am I asking more of myself than my body can give?","From what, or from whom, do I feel I need to protect myself?","Is there a loss or an empty space in my life that I have not grieved?","When did I last rest without feeling guilty about it?",{"title":181,"description":182},"Whole Body Spiritual Meaning: Fever, Fatigue, Weight",[546,552,556,560],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":549,"pages":551},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[550],"Fièvre (en général)","186",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":553,"pages":555},[554],"Fatigue (en général)","181",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":557,"pages":559},[558],"Poids (excès de ...)","347–349",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":561,"pages":563},[562],"Odeur corporelle et transpiration","299–300","areas\u002Fwhole-body",[566,567,568,569,570,571],"Energy","Emotions held inside","Protection","Rest and limits","Self-worth","Expression",[573,574,575,576,577,578,579],"A baby under 3 months with a temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) or higher. 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I can say no to what is not right for me, and yes to what is new.",[587,588,589,590,591,592,593,594,595,596],"Allergy","Allergic reaction","Food allergy","Pet allergy","Dust allergy","Peanut allergy","Milk allergy","Sun allergy","Bee sting allergy","Allergie","whole-body",{"type":299,"value":599,"toc":853},[600,604,607,630,633,637,640,644,651,655,662,666,669,673,676,680,683,698,702,747,751,754,758,761,814,818,821],[315,601,603],{"id":602},"what-allergies-are","What allergies are",[302,605,606],{},"An allergy is an overreaction of the immune system to a substance that is harmless for most people, called an allergen. Common allergens include pollen, house dust mites, animal dander, mould, foods (such as peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, fish, shellfish and wheat), insect stings, latex and some medicines. The body treats the allergen as a threat and releases chemicals such as histamine.",[302,608,609,610,614,615,619,620,624,625,629],{},"Reactions can be mild to severe: sneezing, a runny or blocked nose and itchy eyes, as in ",[337,611,613],{"href":612},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fhay-fever","hay fever","; an itchy rash or ",[337,616,618],{"href":617},"\u002Fskin\u002Fhives","hives","; ",[337,621,623],{"href":622},"\u002Fskin\u002Feczema","eczema"," flares; wheezing and ",[337,626,628],{"href":627},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fasthma","asthma","; or stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhoea after a food. Allergies often run in families. Diagnosis can involve skin-prick or blood tests at an allergy clinic. Treatment includes avoiding the trigger, antihistamines, nasal sprays, creams, and in some cases immunotherapy.",[302,631,632],{},"The most serious reaction is anaphylaxis, which can develop within minutes and is life-threatening. People at risk are usually prescribed an adrenaline auto-injector. If anaphylaxis is suspected, call emergency services straight away and use the auto-injector.",[315,634,636],{"id":635},"the-emotional-meaning-of-allergies","The emotional meaning of allergies",[302,638,639],{},"Spiritually, an allergy is a defence. The body reacts to something as if it were an enemy breaking through your protective barriers. Your great sensitivity is sending a signal that something or someone feels hostile towards you, that there is danger. You no longer feel safe.",[330,641,643],{"id":642},"an-inner-alarm","An inner alarm",[302,645,646,647,650],{},"The allergic reaction is linked to ",[337,648,649],{"href":192},"aggressiveness"," and hostility towards a person or a situation, as your mind interprets what you are living. Sniffing, watering eyes and the urge to cry are read as feelings that were held down and are now finding a way out. The reaction is not rational: it belongs to instinct and the unconscious. The spiritual interpretation asks simply: what am I really allergic to? What gets me so worked up?",[330,652,654],{"id":653},"impressed-by-the-power-of-others","Impressed by the power of others",[302,656,657,658,661],{},"The \"enemy\" seems to take your power to be and to act. You may be so impressed by other people's strength that you forget your own, and feel threatened by a ",[337,659,660],{"href":234},"fear"," you do not want to feel. Allergies can point to a deep intolerance, and perhaps a fear of taking part fully in life without the emotional crutches that hold you up.",[330,663,665],{"id":664},"keeping-your-distance","Keeping your distance",[302,667,668],{},"An allergy keeps you on alert, careful never to come into contact with the trigger. In the same way, you may keep apart and say little. It may be hard to choose, to tell what is good for you, and to take the place that is yours. At the same time you may long for closeness, through words and especially touch, with the people you love.",[330,670,672],{"id":671},"not-feeling-good-enough","Not feeling good enough",[302,674,675],{},"A common feeling behind allergies is the sense of not being \"good enough\". You may want attention, sympathy and support. Is the allergy, in part, a way of asking for love? It is a question worth holding gently, not a verdict. The spiritual interpretation sees the allergy as a way of saying no to a part of yourself, sometimes desires you do not let yourself have, while your senses long to enjoy life fully. Learning to say no to some situations is also what lets you say yes to new ones.",[330,677,679],{"id":678},"a-memory-in-the-senses","A memory in the senses",[302,681,682],{},"Allergies can involve all five senses, especially smell, the sense most tied to memory. The mind may have linked a substance to a memory, happy or painful, and the body now pushes it back. Seen this way, an allergy is the past irritating the present: the body reminds you of what you wanted to forget.",[302,684,685,686,689,690,693,694,697],{},"An allergy often appears after a separation from a person, an animal or a place, for example the abrupt end of a summer romance. When a death has not been grieved, you might react to something that recalls the person you lost. The page on ",[337,687,688],{"href":237},"grief"," goes further into this. The mind can also link things by sound. In French, ",[459,691,692],{},"boulot"," (job) sounds like ",[459,695,696],{},"bouleau"," (birch): someone who had to give up a job they loved might, symbolically, react to birch pollen.",[330,699,701],{"id":700},"where-the-allergy-shows","Where the allergy shows",[411,703,704,719,725,741],{},[414,705,706,709,710,713,714,718],{},[417,707,708],{},"Sinuses and sneezing:"," a situation that \"does not smell right\", that you want to keep away from, often with strong ",[337,711,712],{"href":201},"anguish",". If it turns into ",[337,715,717],{"href":716},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fsinusitis","sinusitis",", you may feel trapped in it.",[414,720,721,724],{},[417,722,723],{},"Cough and breathing:"," fear is uppermost.",[414,726,727,730,731,733,734,736,737,373],{},[417,728,729],{},"Skin:"," the separation itself was hard to live through, as in ",[337,732,623],{"href":622},", ",[337,735,618],{"href":617}," or ",[337,738,740],{"href":739},"\u002Fskin\u002Fdermatitis","dermatitis",[414,742,743,746],{},[417,744,745],{},"Food:"," a time when you had to say no to something you loved, and the frustration that followed. It can also point to a fear of new things and a lack of trust in life.",[330,748,750],{"id":749},"when-your-bearings-change","When your bearings change",[302,752,753],{},"Allergies can appear when the frame of your life changes, even for a happy reason: a new job, a move, a new partner. Your bearings shift, your confidence drops. If you do not recognise your own worth, you may put a partner, a child or a friend on a pedestal, and become, without realising it, irritated by them.",[315,755,757],{"id":756},"by-type-of-allergy","By type of allergy",[302,759,760],{},"Each of these allergies is a real medical condition, and food and sting allergies can be life-threatening. The meanings below are questions to explore alongside medical care.",[411,762,763,769,775,796,802,808],{},[414,764,765,768],{},[417,766,767],{},"Animals and pet hair:"," animals carry instinct and an innate sexuality, and each one stands for a facet of love. An allergy to an animal is linked to resistance to the instinctive or sensual side it represents for you. The invitation is to welcome your desires, conscious and unconscious, as part of who you are.",[414,770,771,774],{},[417,772,773],{},"Milk and dairy:"," milk is the first contact with the mother and a sign of the love you received from her. A milk allergy is linked to frustration with your mother, or with someone who \"plays the mother\" in your life, about the kind of attention or criticism they give you. You may feel dependent on them, at their mercy, or wonder whether you cling too much. The step is to bring warmth back into that bond.",[414,776,777,780,781,784,785,788,789,791,792,795],{},[417,778,779],{},"Peanuts:"," in French, ",[459,782,783],{},"arachide"," (peanut) echoes ",[459,786,787],{},"en arracher",", to struggle hard. In Quebec, \"working for peanuts\" means working for almost nothing. A peanut allergy is linked to a memory, often from childhood, of working very hard for too little reward, in money or in affection, and the ",[337,790,344],{"href":198}," and ",[337,793,794],{"href":264},"regret"," that remain. The invitation is to notice where life now supports you and feels easier.",[414,797,798,801],{},[417,799,800],{},"Dust:"," dust is linked to dirt and impurity, and an allergy to it to insecurity about parts of your life you may see as \"unclean\", often your sexuality. It also echoes \"dust to dust\" and \"everything turns to dust\": a feeling that what you do is useless, and a strong need to be loved and accepted. The step is to value yourself and what you do, and to accept every part of your body.",[414,803,804,807],{},[417,805,806],{},"Sun:"," the sun stands for the active principle and for the father. A sun allergy is linked to a painful contact with your father, real or symbolic, one that may have burned, smothered, broken off suddenly or become too invasive. It also asks whether you accept your own inner father. The invitation is to make peace with the past and let yourself be warmed.",[414,809,810,813],{},[417,811,812],{},"Wasp and bee stings:"," an allergy to stings is linked to feeling constantly \"stung\" by criticism from those around you, and to anger stored up from all the times you felt attacked. You may curl up to avoid the blows, or feel you live like a worker bee when you long to be the queen. The question is whether you have come to see yourself as a victim. The step is to take your place and care less about what others think.",[315,815,817],{"id":816},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[302,819,820],{},"The closing movement is about recognising your worth and accepting your life and your fears, so that you no longer have to be on guard against them.",[411,822,823,829,835,841,847],{},[414,824,825,828],{},[417,826,827],{},"Trace the beginning."," Ask what was happening in your life when the allergy first appeared: a separation, a move, a loss.",[414,830,831,834],{},[417,832,833],{},"Say no clearly."," Notice where you could say no in words, so that your body does not have to say it for you.",[414,836,837,840],{},[417,838,839],{},"Grieve what you lost."," If a person, a place or an animal is missing from your life, give that loss time and words.",[414,842,843,846],{},[417,844,845],{},"Take back your power."," Notice whose strength impresses you, and name one strength of your own.",[414,848,849,852],{},[417,850,851],{},"Look for the joy inside."," Recognise your qualities and let yourself enjoy what is good in your life, here and now.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":854},[855,856,865,866],{"id":602,"depth":18,"text":603},{"id":635,"depth":18,"text":636,"children":857},[858,859,860,861,862,863,864],{"id":642,"depth":25,"text":643},{"id":653,"depth":25,"text":654},{"id":664,"depth":25,"text":665},{"id":671,"depth":25,"text":672},{"id":678,"depth":25,"text":679},{"id":700,"depth":25,"text":701},{"id":749,"depth":25,"text":750},{"id":756,"depth":18,"text":757},{"id":816,"depth":18,"text":817},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of allergies: a body on alert, a part of yourself you push away, and old memories that irritate the present.",[],[870,873],{"name":871,"url":872},"NHS: Allergies","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fallergies\u002F",{"name":874,"url":875},"NHS: Anaphylaxis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fanaphylaxis\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fallergies",[879,880,881,882,883,884],"What, or whom, am I really \"allergic\" to in my life right now?","What do I keep away from me because I do not trust it?","Is there a separation, or a person I have lost, that I have not yet accepted?","Whose power impresses me so much that I forget my own?","What did I once have to say no to that I loved, and how did that feel?","Has my everyday life changed recently, with a move, a new job or a new relationship, in a way that left me feeling less safe?",[612,617,627,622,739,716,886],"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fsneezing",[888,889],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAllergy","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ42982",{"title":584,"description":867},"Allergies Spiritual Meaning: Food, Pets, Dust, Sun",[893,896,900,904,908,912,916],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":894,"pages":895},[584],"34–36",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":897,"pages":899},[898],"Allergie aux animaux (en général)","36–37",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":901,"pages":903},[902],"Allergie aux arachides (beurre ou huile)","37–38",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":905,"pages":907},[906],"Allergie au lait ou aux produits laitiers","39",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":909,"pages":911},[910],"Allergie aux piqûres de guêpes ou d'abeilles","39–40",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":913,"pages":915},[914],"Allergie à la poussière","40",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":917,"pages":919},[918],"Allergie au soleil","40–41","conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fallergies","Spiritually, allergies are often linked to a body on constant alert, a part of yourself you reject or push away, and an old memory, often a separation, that still irritates the present.","If this reading resonates with you, taking a calm moment to trace when your allergy first appeared, and what was happening in your life then, can be a good next step.",[924,925,926,927,928,929],"Feeling threatened","Rejecting a part of yourself","Separation and unfinished grief","Old memories in the present","Saying no, saying yes","Recognising your worth",[931,932,933,934,935,936],"Signs of anaphylaxis, such as swelling of the throat, tongue or lips, difficulty breathing or swallowing, wheezing, a hoarse voice, feeling faint, confusion, or collapse. Call emergency services straight away and use an adrenaline auto-injector if one has been prescribed. A second dose may be needed if symptoms do not improve after 5 minutes.","Any reaction to a food, a sting or a medicine that affected your breathing or made you feel faint, even if it settled. Ask for a referral to an allergy service.","If you have been prescribed an adrenaline auto-injector, carry it with you at all times and check its expiry date. Do not stop carrying it or start eating a food you react to because of anything you read here.","A suspected food allergy in a baby or child. See a doctor before removing or reintroducing foods.","Allergy symptoms that disturb your sleep, work or studies, or do not respond to over-the-counter treatment.","Wheezing, a tight chest or a cough that keeps coming back, which may be asthma.","zpJlz_Mwqlj9hN7pqcS2wqB9p019WA466jZbtj7TsuM",{"id":939,"title":379,"affirmation":940,"aka":941,"area":597,"body":948,"dateModified":515,"datePublished":515,"description":1072,"extension":516,"group":523,"guides":1073,"medicalSources":1075,"meta":1082,"navigation":535,"path":1083,"reflectionQuestions":1084,"related":1092,"sameAs":1095,"seo":1098,"seoTitle":1099,"sources":1100,"stem":1105,"summary":1106,"supportIntro":1107,"themes":1108,"whenToSeeADoctor":1113,"__hash__":1120},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome.md","I am an important person in my own life. I listen to my inner voice, I treat myself with kindness, and I move at the pace my body allows.",[942,943,944,945,946,947],"ME\u002FCFS","Myalgic encephalomyelitis","CFS","ME","Chronic fatigue","Encéphalomyélite myalgique",{"type":299,"value":949,"toc":1061},[950,954,957,965,968,972,975,979,986,990,996,1000,1003,1007,1014,1018,1021,1023],[315,951,953],{"id":952},"what-mecfs-is","What ME\u002FCFS is",[302,955,956],{},"Myalgic encephalomyelitis, also called chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\u002FCFS), is a long-term illness that affects many systems of the body. Its central sign is post-exertional malaise: after physical, mental or emotional effort, even a small one, symptoms get worse, often a day or two later, and can take days or weeks to settle. People also have extreme tiredness that rest does not relieve, sleep that does not refresh, problems with thinking and memory (\"brain fog\"), pain in the muscles and joints, headaches, and often dizziness on standing.",[302,958,959,960,964],{},"ME\u002FCFS is a recognised medical illness. It is not laziness, a lack of willpower or \"all in the mind\", and it is not caused by a person's character. It often starts after a viral infection, such as glandular fever (",[337,961,963],{"href":962},"\u002Fspleen\u002Fmononucleosis","mononucleosis","), and research points to changes in the immune system, the nervous system and the way the body makes energy. It can be mild or so severe that a person is housebound or bed-bound for years.",[302,966,967],{},"There is no single test. A doctor makes the diagnosis by listening to the symptoms and ruling out other causes with blood tests. There is no cure yet, but care can help: learning to manage energy and stay within your limits (pacing), help with sleep, pain and other symptoms, and support from a specialist team. Exercise programmes that push a person to do a little more each time regardless of symptoms are no longer recommended in the UK, because they can make ME\u002FCFS worse.",[315,969,971],{"id":970},"the-emotional-meaning-of-mecfs","The emotional meaning of ME\u002FCFS",[302,973,974],{},"None of what follows is a cause of ME\u002FCFS, and none of it means the illness is imagined. Spiritually, the illness raises questions about how you treat yourself, and about the pressure you may have lived under before it began. Take each one as a question you may or may not recognise.",[330,976,978],{"id":977},"the-moment-it-began","The moment it began",[302,980,981,982,985],{},"Spiritually, it helps to look at what you were living through around the time of the first infection. Had you just decided to leave home? Had you lost someone, gone through a break-up, or felt ",[337,983,984],{"href":267},"rejected","? An illness can arrive at a moment that was already heavy.",[330,987,989],{"id":988},"success-at-the-price-of-your-dreams","Success at the price of your dreams",[302,991,992,993,995],{},"ME\u002FCFS is linked to a strong wish to succeed at everything you undertake. You may have put your dreams and ambitions aside to meet the performance that society demanded of you, or that you demanded of yourself. You may be uncompromising, want to manage on your own and hesitate to ask for help. Under that, there can be a great ",[337,994,660],{"href":234}," of failure, of life and of responsibility, and a feeling that you cannot live up to what is expected of you.",[330,997,999],{"id":998},"a-self-built-for-others","A self built for others",[302,1001,1002],{},"You may want very much to be recognised and admired. To get there, you may have shaped another personality that answers what others want, while your real self was set aside. Keeping up that second self takes a great deal of energy.",[330,1004,1006],{"id":1005},"surviving-when-others-did-not","Surviving when others did not",[302,1008,1009,1010,1013],{},"Sometimes the illness follows an event such as an accident in which you survived and someone else did not. The ",[337,1011,1012],{"href":240},"guilt"," of having survived, the question \"why me and not them?\", can be heavy enough to wear down all your strength. If this is your story, it deserves to be heard, with a counsellor or a trauma specialist if you wish.",[330,1015,1017],{"id":1016},"living-from-the-head","Living from the head",[302,1019,1020],{},"Spiritually, ME\u002FCFS is linked to living your life \"with your head\" when it asks to be lived with your heart and your gut. You may insist and push, spending huge amounts of energy in fighting the current when it would be easier to go with it. You may also find it very easy to run yourself down, to belittle yourself and to compare yourself unfavourably with others. A harsh inner voice is draining in itself.",[315,1022,817],{"id":816},[411,1024,1025,1031,1037,1043,1049,1055],{},[414,1026,1027,1030],{},[417,1028,1029],{},"Learn to love yourself more."," You are the most important person in your own life. Treat yourself as you would treat a friend who is ill.",[414,1032,1033,1036],{},[417,1034,1035],{},"Go with the current."," Notice where you are forcing, and let go of the fight you do not need. In daily life, this can look like pacing: stopping before you reach your limit, not after.",[414,1038,1039,1042],{},[417,1040,1041],{},"Listen to your inner voice."," It can spare you detours that cost energy you do not have.",[414,1044,1045,1048],{},[417,1046,1047],{},"Spend saved energy on what you love."," When there is a little energy to spare, let some of it go to small things that remind you of your own qualities and your taste for life.",[414,1050,1051,1054],{},[417,1052,1053],{},"Turn obligations into choices."," Look at your \"musts\" and ask which ones you would choose freely, and which you could put down.",[414,1056,1057,1060],{},[417,1058,1059],{},"Let others help."," Asking for help is not failure. It is part of caring for yourself.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1062},[1063,1064,1071],{"id":952,"depth":18,"text":953},{"id":970,"depth":18,"text":971,"children":1065},[1066,1067,1068,1069,1070],{"id":977,"depth":25,"text":978},{"id":988,"depth":25,"text":989},{"id":998,"depth":25,"text":999},{"id":1005,"depth":25,"text":1006},{"id":1016,"depth":25,"text":1017},{"id":816,"depth":18,"text":817},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of ME\u002FCFS: high demands on yourself, a true self set aside, and learning to live with more kindness and less force.",[1074],"\u002Fguides\u002Fpsychosomatic-illness",[1076,1079],{"name":1077,"url":1078},"NHS: Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\u002FCFS)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs\u002F",{"name":1080,"url":1081},"MedlinePlus: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\u002FChronic Fatigue Syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fmyalgicencephalomyelitischronicfatiguesyndrome.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome",[1085,1087,1088,1089,1090,1091],{"What was I living through around the time I first became ill":1086},"a move, a loss, a break-up, a rejection?","Which dreams and ambitions did I put aside to meet what was expected of me, or what I expected of myself?","Do I find it hard to ask for help, even now?","Have I built a version of myself to please others, and where is my real self in that?","How often do I compare myself with others and come off worse?","Which of my obligations could become a choice, freely made?",[363,1093,962,1094],"\u002Fmuscles-and-tendons\u002Ffibromyalgia","\u002Fhead\u002Finsomnia",[1096,1097],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMyalgic_encephalomyelitis\u002Fchronic_fatigue_syndrome","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ209733",{"title":379,"description":1072},"Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Spiritual Meaning (ME\u002FCFS)",[1101],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":1102,"pages":1104},[1103],"Fatigue chronique (syndrome de ...) ou encéphalomyélite myalgique","182","conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fchronic-fatigue-syndrome","Spiritually, ME\u002FCFS is often linked to high demands on yourself, a true self set aside to meet the expectations of others, and a harsh inner voice, with an invitation to live more from the heart and with far more kindness towards yourself.","If this reading resonates with you, a few quiet minutes of lying-down rest with a kind inner voice, well within your energy limits, can be a good next step.",[1109,1110,1111,1112,1017],"High demands on yourself","The true self set aside","Hard to ask for help","Self-criticism",[1114,1115,1116,1117,1118,1119],"Extreme tiredness that has lasted several weeks and does not improve with rest, especially if symptoms get worse after even small efforts. A GP can look for other causes and discuss ME\u002FCFS.","Unexplained weight loss, night sweats, fever, swollen glands, or a new pain in one place. These point towards other illnesses and need checking.","Chest pain, fainting, or sudden breathlessness. Seek urgent care.","A low mood, hopelessness, or thoughts that life is not worth living. Living with a long illness is hard, and support is available. Speak to a doctor the same day, or call emergency services if you are in danger.","Being pushed into an exercise programme that makes you worse. Ask for a specialist ME\u002FCFS team and an energy management plan.","Do not stop a medicine you have been prescribed for sleep, pain or mood because of anything you read here.","Tdi9XZb7JecGTYCvPnftWW0XQcocGZx2adou7bvHhB8",{"id":1122,"title":390,"affirmation":1123,"aka":1124,"area":597,"body":1130,"dateModified":515,"datePublished":515,"description":1304,"extension":516,"group":523,"guides":1305,"medicalSources":1306,"meta":1313,"navigation":535,"path":1314,"reflectionQuestions":1315,"related":1323,"sameAs":1325,"seo":1328,"seoTitle":1329,"sources":1330,"stem":1341,"summary":1342,"supportIntro":1343,"themes":1344,"whenToSeeADoctor":1349,"__hash__":1358},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fexcess-weight.md","I recognise my worth as I am today. I let my feelings be expressed, and I take my place with my words and my presence.",[1125,1126,1127,1128,1129],"Weight gain","Obesity","Overweight","Belly fat","Excès de poids",{"type":299,"value":1131,"toc":1292},[1132,1136,1139,1156,1168,1172,1175,1179,1182,1196,1200,1211,1215,1221,1225,1236,1240,1243,1247,1253,1255],[315,1133,1135],{"id":1134},"what-excess-weight-is","What excess weight is",[302,1137,1138],{},"Excess weight means carrying more body fat than is considered healthy for a person's height and build. Doctors usually call it overweight or, at a higher level, obesity, and use several measures together rather than one number. Weight on its own says little about a person's habits, character or worth.",[302,1140,1141,1142,1146,1147,1151,1152,1155],{},"Body weight is shaped by many things at once. Genes play a large part. Some medicines, including certain antidepressants, antipsychotics, steroids, epilepsy medicines and insulin, can lead to weight gain. Hormone conditions such as an ",[337,1143,1145],{"href":1144},"\u002Fthyroid\u002Fhypothyroidism","underactive thyroid",", polycystic ovary syndrome, Cushing's syndrome and the ",[337,1148,1150],{"href":1149},"\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fmenopause","menopause"," can change weight and where it sits. Short or broken sleep, long-term ",[337,1153,1154],{"href":282},"stress",", pain or illness that limits movement, stopping smoking, pregnancy and the food, work and money around us all play a role too.",[302,1157,1158,1159,733,1163,1167],{},"Carrying a lot of extra weight can raise the risk of ",[337,1160,1162],{"href":1161},"\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes","type 2 diabetes",[337,1164,1166],{"href":1165},"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-blood-pressure","high blood pressure",", joint pain, sleep apnoea and heart disease. A GP is the best place to start. They can look for a medical cause, check blood pressure and blood tests, and talk through support that fits you, which may include specialist services, talking therapy, medicines or, for some people, surgery. Weight stigma and shame are bad for health in their own right, and nobody deserves them.",[315,1169,1171],{"id":1170},"the-emotional-meaning-of-excess-weight","The emotional meaning of excess weight",[302,1173,1174],{},"What follows is not a reason for weight, and it is not a way to change weight. It is a set of questions about how you feel inside, which you may or may not recognise.",[330,1176,1178],{"id":1177},"a-layer-of-protection","A layer of protection",[302,1180,1181],{},"Spiritually, the body's stored fat is read as a layer placed between your inner self and the outside world. It can be linked to a wish to protect yourself: from remarks, criticism, situations that make you uncomfortable, or feeling exposed and vulnerable. There may be a gap between you and others. You may long to love and come close to people, and be very afraid of doing so at the same time.",[302,1183,1184,1185,1188,1189,1192,1193,1195],{},"In French, the word for fat (",[459,1186,1187],{},"graisse",") sits inside the word for being attacked (",[459,1190,1191],{},"agressé","). The pun points to the feeling of being under attack, physically or emotionally, and sometimes to the ",[337,1194,649],{"href":192}," that can follow. If you have been hurt, abused or assaulted, the need to feel safe is real and deserves care. Talking to a doctor, a counsellor or a specialist support service is a good step, whatever your body looks like.",[330,1197,1199],{"id":1198},"filling-an-inner-void","Filling an inner void",[302,1201,1202,1203,1206,1207,1210],{},"Food is also emotional food. Eating more than you are hungry for can be a way of filling an emptiness, a feeling of having been left, or ",[337,1204,1205],{"href":252},"loneliness",". Spiritually, weight gain is often linked to a great emotional shock or an important loss: someone who left or died, or something you had to give up, such as a business, a project or a dream that mattered, like having a child. You may feel ",[337,1208,1209],{"href":189},"abandoned",", or even guilty about the loss. The empty space can feel very hard to bear.",[330,1212,1214],{"id":1213},"keeping-everything-just-in-case","Keeping everything, just in case",[302,1216,1217,1218,373],{},"Excess weight can also be linked to a deep sense of insecurity, emotional or material, and a need to store up in case of shortage. This feeling of lack can go back a long way, sometimes to early childhood. It can also show as holding on: to the past, to feelings you do not want to let go of, or to a need for others that keeps you in ",[337,1219,1220],{"href":225},"dependence",[330,1222,1224],{"id":1223},"taking-your-place","Taking your place",[302,1226,1227,1228,1231,1232,1235],{},"When it is hard to take your place with your words and actions, the body may take more space instead. In French, someone who \"does not carry the weight\" (",[459,1229,1230],{},"ne fait pas le poids",") is someone who does not measure up. A larger person is also called a \"strong\" person (",[459,1233,1234],{},"une personne forte","). Spiritually, this can raise questions: do you feel you must be strong to survive? Do you feel you go unnoticed unless you take up room? Do you need to look imposing to keep people who might hurt you at a distance?",[330,1237,1239],{"id":1238},"what-feels-risky-about-change","What feels risky about change",[302,1241,1242],{},"A useful question is what, if anything, you avoid or are protected from at the moment: certain activities, certain people, certain responsibilities. For some people, being more visible or more attractive feels unsafe, for example because they would have to say no more often, or fear being judged only on their looks. These questions are about safety and freedom, not about your size.",[330,1244,1246],{"id":1245},"the-way-you-look-at-yourself","The way you look at yourself",[302,1248,1249,1250,1252],{},"Excess weight is also linked to being very hard on your own appearance: a small \"imperfection\" takes on huge proportions, and you can no longer see your qualities or what is attractive about you. That harsh inner gaze can feel like rejecting yourself, and it is painful in its own right. ",[337,1251,275],{"href":276}," about the body helps no one.",[315,1254,817],{"id":816},[411,1256,1257,1263,1268,1274,1280,1286],{},[414,1258,1259,1262],{},[417,1260,1261],{},"Express what you feel."," Let sorrow, anger and fear be spoken, written or shared, instead of stored.",[414,1264,1265,1267],{},[417,1266,839],{}," If a loss or an abandonment sits behind the emptiness, give it time and, if you can, a person to hear it.",[414,1269,1270,1273],{},[417,1271,1272],{},"Recognise your worth."," Your value does not depend on your size. Name one quality you have, today.",[414,1275,1276,1279],{},[417,1277,1278],{},"Take your place."," Practise saying what you think and need, in small, safe steps.",[414,1281,1282,1285],{},[417,1283,1284],{},"Trust yourself and life."," Notice where you are waiting for something that does not come, and what you could give yourself now.",[414,1287,1288,1291],{},[417,1289,1290],{},"Live from yourself."," Worry less about what others will say or think. Your self-respect grows when your choices are your own.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1293},[1294,1295,1303],{"id":1134,"depth":18,"text":1135},{"id":1170,"depth":18,"text":1171,"children":1296},[1297,1298,1299,1300,1301,1302],{"id":1177,"depth":25,"text":1178},{"id":1198,"depth":25,"text":1199},{"id":1213,"depth":25,"text":1214},{"id":1223,"depth":25,"text":1224},{"id":1238,"depth":25,"text":1239},{"id":1245,"depth":25,"text":1246},{"id":816,"depth":18,"text":817},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of excess weight: protection, an inner void after loss, feeling exposed, and the right to take your place.",[],[1307,1310],{"name":1308,"url":1309},"NHS: Overweight and obesity","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Foverweight-and-obesity\u002F",{"name":1311,"url":1312},"MedlinePlus: Obesity","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fobesity.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fexcess-weight",[1316,1317,1318,1319,1320,1321,1322],"Where in my life do I feel the need to protect myself from remarks, criticism or uncomfortable situations?","Which loss, departure or project I had to give up still leaves an empty space in me?","When I eat without hunger, what am I really trying to fill?","Do I find it hard to take my place with my words and actions?","Where do I feel I \"do not carry enough weight\" in a situation?","Do I believe I have to be strong to get through life?","When I look in the mirror, do I see only what I dislike, and never my qualities?",[1161,1144,1165,1324],"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoarthritis",[1326,1327],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOverweight","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ332428",{"title":390,"description":1304},"Excess Weight Spiritual Meaning: Protection and Loss",[1331,1333,1337],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":1332,"pages":559},[558],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":1334,"pages":1336},[1335],"Graisse, embonpoint, obésité","213–214",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":1338,"pages":1340},[1339],"Obésité","299","conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fexcess-weight","Spiritually, excess weight is often linked to a need for protection, a distance between you and the world, and an inner emptiness after a loss or an abandonment, along with the wish to take your place and be seen.","If this reading resonates with you, a few minutes of kindness towards your body, without any goal to change it, can be a good next step.",[568,1345,1346,1347,1224,1348],"Feeling exposed","An inner void","Loss and abandonment","Strength",[1350,1351,1352,1353,1354,1355,1356,1357],"Weight gain that is fast or that you cannot explain, especially with swelling of the legs or ankles, or breathlessness, which can be fluid and needs checking.","Weight gain with tiredness, feeling cold, constipation or dry skin, which can point to an underactive thyroid.","Weight gain with a rounder face, thin purple stretch marks, easy bruising or muscle weakness, which can point to a hormone problem.","Weight gain after starting a new medicine. Do not stop it on your own; ask the prescriber about the options.","Loud snoring, pauses in breathing at night or great sleepiness during the day, which can be sleep apnoea.","Great thirst, passing a lot of urine, or a family history of diabetes or heart disease. A GP can check your blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol.","Signs of an eating disorder, whatever your size, such as eating large amounts while feeling out of control, making yourself sick, using laxatives, fasting or exercising hard to make up for eating, or thoughts about food and weight that take over your day. Speak to a GP. In the UK, the charity Beat (beateatingdisorders.org.uk) offers a helpline and online support.","Low mood, deep shame about your body, or thoughts of harming yourself. Speak to a doctor the same day, or call emergency services if you are in danger.","dnjQEP9RbzcA0GdVYiMDwghTxySsrmOKI6f8GUbHum0",{"id":1360,"title":364,"affirmation":1361,"aka":1362,"area":597,"body":1368,"dateModified":515,"datePublished":515,"description":1497,"extension":516,"group":523,"guides":1498,"medicalSources":1501,"meta":1506,"navigation":535,"path":1507,"reflectionQuestions":1508,"related":1514,"sameAs":1515,"seo":1518,"seoTitle":1519,"sources":1520,"stem":1523,"summary":1524,"supportIntro":1525,"themes":1526,"whenToSeeADoctor":1532,"__hash__":1540},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue.md","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.",[1363,1364,1365,1366,1367,554],"Tiredness","Exhaustion","Always tired","Low energy","Feeling drained",{"type":299,"value":1369,"toc":1487},[1370,1374,1395,1402,1406,1409,1413,1420,1424,1433,1437,1442,1446,1449,1454,1456],[315,1371,1373],{"id":1372},"what-fatigue-is","What fatigue is",[302,1375,1376,1377,1379,1380,1384,1385,733,1387,1390,1391,1394],{},"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, ",[337,1378,1154],{"href":282},", a recent infection, alcohol, or being less active. It can also be a sign of an illness, such as ",[337,1381,1383],{"href":1382},"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fanaemia","anaemia",", an ",[337,1386,1145],{"href":1144},[337,1388,1389],{"href":1161},"diabetes",", sleep apnoea, ",[337,1392,1393],{"href":228},"depression",", coeliac disease or a long-lasting infection, or a side effect of a medicine.",[302,1396,1397,1398,1401],{},"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 ",[337,1399,1400],{"href":378},"chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\u002FCFS)",", which has its own page.",[315,1403,1405],{"id":1404},"the-emotional-meaning-of-fatigue","The emotional meaning of fatigue",[302,1407,1408],{},"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.",[330,1410,1412],{"id":1411},"energy-spent-on-fighting","Energy spent on fighting",[302,1414,1415,1416,1419],{},"Worries, ",[337,1417,1418],{"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.",[330,1421,1423],{"id":1422},"weariness-with-life","Weariness with life",[302,1425,1426,1427,1429,1430,1432],{},"Fatigue is linked to a kind of ",[337,1428,368],{"href":288}," 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, ",[337,1431,1393],{"href":228}," is possible, and it deserves real care.",[330,1434,1436],{"id":1435},"boredom-and-unanswered-questions","Boredom and unanswered questions",[302,1438,1439,1441],{},[337,1440,212],{"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.",[330,1443,1445],{"id":1444},"old-effort-from-childhood","Old effort from childhood",[302,1447,1448],{},"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.",[302,1450,1451,1452,373],{},"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 ",[337,1453,372],{"href":216},[315,1455,817],{"id":816},[411,1457,1458,1464,1469,1475,1481],{},[414,1459,1460,1463],{},[417,1461,1462],{},"Accept the pause."," Your body may be asking for a stop: time to rest, take stock and fill up again.",[414,1465,1466,1468],{},[417,1467,483],{}," Notice where you are fighting on many fronts, and choose one thing to face at a time.",[414,1470,1471,1474],{},[417,1472,1473],{},"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.",[414,1476,1477,1480],{},[417,1478,1479],{},"Do what you love."," Make room, even for ten minutes, for something you enjoy for its own sake. Pleasure is a source of energy.",[414,1482,1483,1486],{},[417,1484,1485],{},"Ask your questions out loud."," Share what puzzles or worries you with someone you trust, so you are not carrying it alone.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1488},[1489,1490,1496],{"id":1372,"depth":18,"text":1373},{"id":1404,"depth":18,"text":1405,"children":1491},[1492,1493,1494,1495],{"id":1411,"depth":25,"text":1412},{"id":1422,"depth":25,"text":1423},{"id":1435,"depth":25,"text":1436},{"id":1444,"depth":25,"text":1445},{"id":816,"depth":18,"text":817},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of fatigue: feeling drained, energy scattered in too many directions, lost motivation and a joy for life gone thin.",[1499,1500],"\u002Fguides\u002Fjacques-martel-dictionary","\u002Fguides\u002Flouise-hay-list",[1502,1503],{"name":529,"url":530},{"name":1504,"url":1505},"MedlinePlus: Fatigue","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Ffatigue.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffatigue",[538,1509,1510,1511,1512,1513],"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?",[378,1382,1144,1094,1093],[1516,1517],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFatigue","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ9690",{"title":364,"description":1497},"Spiritual Meaning of Fatigue: Why You Feel So Drained",[1521],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":1522,"pages":555},[554],"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.",[1527,1528,1529,1530,1531],"Feeling emptied","Lost motivation","Scattered energy","Struggling to keep going","Joy for life gone thin",[1533,1534,1535,1536,1537,1538,1539],"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",{"id":1542,"title":340,"affirmation":1543,"aka":1544,"area":597,"body":1551,"dateModified":515,"datePublished":515,"description":1658,"extension":516,"group":519,"guides":1659,"medicalSources":1660,"meta":1665,"navigation":535,"path":1666,"reflectionQuestions":1667,"related":1674,"sameAs":1678,"seo":1681,"seoTitle":1682,"sources":1683,"stem":1686,"summary":1687,"supportIntro":1688,"themes":1689,"whenToSeeADoctor":1695,"__hash__":1703},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffever.md","I notice what is burning inside me, and I let it be said out loud instead of storing it.",[1545,1546,1547,1548,1549,1550],"High temperature","Pyrexia","Hyperthermia","Temperature","Feverish","Fièvre",{"type":299,"value":1552,"toc":1648},[1553,1557,1569,1572,1576,1579,1583,1593,1597,1600,1604,1607,1611,1614,1616],[315,1554,1556],{"id":1555},"what-fever-is","What fever is",[302,1558,1559,1560,733,1564,1568],{},"A fever is a body temperature above the normal range, usually taken as 38°C (100.4°F) or higher. It is not an illness in itself but a sign that the body is defending itself, most often against an infection such as a ",[337,1561,1563],{"href":1562},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fcommon-cold","cold",[337,1565,1567],{"href":1566},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fflu","flu",", a throat or chest infection, or a urinary infection. Vaccines, some medicines, heat exhaustion and inflammatory conditions can also raise the temperature.",[302,1570,1571],{},"A fever often comes with shivering, sweating, aches, a headache and feeling hot or cold to the touch. Most fevers settle within a few days with rest, fluids and, when needed, paracetamol or ibuprofen taken as the packet says. What matters most is who has the fever and what comes with it. Young babies, people with a weak immune system and anyone with the warning signs listed below need medical help quickly.",[315,1573,1575],{"id":1574},"the-emotional-meaning-of-fever","The emotional meaning of fever",[302,1577,1578],{},"Spiritually, fever is read as emotions that burn. Something heats up inside and, instead of staying in one place, it spreads through the whole body.",[330,1580,1582],{"id":1581},"irritation-that-turns-into-anger","Irritation that turns into anger",[302,1584,1585,1586,1588,1589,1592],{},"The heat is linked to irritation that has piled up and turned into ",[337,1587,344],{"href":198},": anger at yourself, at other people, or at an event. It may be sharp indignation, a disappointment, or a string of ",[337,1590,1591],{"href":294},"worries",". Often it grows when you keep chewing over old misfortunes, going back to them again and again until they flare up.",[330,1594,1596],{"id":1595},"when-life-gets-too-hot","When life gets \"too hot\"",[302,1598,1599],{},"Fever can come when life becomes too hot to handle: a burning emotion that suddenly rises, a challenge that feels bigger than you, or a reality that is changing faster than you can adjust. The spiritual interpretation asks why the body needs to go to such an extreme. One possible answer is that it creates a stop. In bed with a temperature, you finally rest, and you may receive the care and attention you were not asking for in any other way.",[330,1601,1603],{"id":1602},"caring-for-everything-except-yourself","Caring for everything except yourself",[302,1605,1606],{},"Fever is also linked to a habit of looking after everything around you, except the most important thing: your own inner well-being. You may want others to be proud of you. The question underneath is how you see yourself, when nobody is watching.",[315,1608,1610],{"id":1609},"fever-in-children","Fever in children",[302,1612,1613],{},"For a child, fever is first a medical matter, and the warning signs below always come first. Spiritually, a sudden fever in a child is sometimes linked to inner conflict, to rage, or to a hurt that has been pushed down. A young child does not yet have the words for what they feel, so the body may carry it. For a parent, this can be a gentle prompt to make room for the child's feelings once they are well, through play, drawing or simply listening.",[315,1615,817],{"id":816},[411,1617,1618,1624,1630,1636,1642],{},[414,1619,1620,1623],{},[417,1621,1622],{},"Name the heat."," When you feel better, write down what has been irritating you. Putting it into words takes some of the fire out of it.",[414,1625,1626,1629],{},[417,1627,1628],{},"Stop chewing over the past."," Notice when your mind goes back to old misfortunes, and gently bring it back to today.",[414,1631,1632,1635],{},[417,1633,1634],{},"Say what you need."," Instead of pushing yourself hard, notice what you need and learn to say it to the people concerned.",[414,1637,1638,1641],{},[417,1639,1640],{},"Choose dialogue over storing."," A conversation, even a difficult one, lets feelings move instead of building up.",[414,1643,1644,1647],{},[417,1645,1646],{},"Rest without guilt."," You do not need a temperature to give yourself permission to stop.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1649},[1650,1651,1656,1657],{"id":1555,"depth":18,"text":1556},{"id":1574,"depth":18,"text":1575,"children":1652},[1653,1654,1655],{"id":1581,"depth":25,"text":1582},{"id":1595,"depth":25,"text":1596},{"id":1602,"depth":25,"text":1603},{"id":1609,"depth":18,"text":1610},{"id":816,"depth":18,"text":817},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of fever: burning emotions, anger that builds up, and a body that forces a pause when life gets too hot.",[],[1661,1662],{"name":532,"url":533},{"name":1663,"url":1664},"NHS: Fever in children","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Ffever-in-children\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffever",[1668,1669,1670,1671,1672,1673],"What has been irritating me lately, even if I have kept quiet about it?","Which situation in my life feels \"too hot\" to handle right now?","Am I going over old hurts again and again in my head?","Did I need this stop to catch up with something that changed very fast?","I look after everything around me. When did I last look after how I feel inside?","I want others to be proud of me. How do I see myself?",[1566,1562,1675,1676,1677],"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Ftonsillitis","\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fpneumonia","\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finfections",[1679,1680],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFever","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ38933",{"title":340,"description":1658},"Fever Spiritual Meaning: Burning Emotions and Anger",[1684],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":1685,"pages":551},[550],"conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Ffever","Spiritually, fever is often linked to emotions that burn, irritation and anger that have built up until they fill the whole body, and a pause you have not allowed yourself any other way.","If this reading resonates with you, taking a quiet moment, once you are well, to name what has been irritating you can be a good next step.",[1690,1691,1692,1693,1694],"Burning emotions","Built-up irritation","A forced pause","Rapid change","Neglected inner well-being",[1696,1697,1698,1699,1700,1701,1702],"A baby under 3 months with a temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) or higher, or a baby aged 3 to 6 months with a temperature of 39°C (102.2°F) or higher. Get urgent medical help.","A rash that does not fade when you press a glass against it, a stiff neck, a dislike of bright light, or a very bad headache with fever. Call emergency services, as these can be signs of meningitis or sepsis.","Fever with difficulty breathing, blue, grey or blotchy skin, lips or tongue, confusion, a fit (seizure), or a child who is floppy or very hard to wake. Call emergency services.","Fever with a weak immune system, for example during chemotherapy, after an organ transplant or on medicines that lower immunity. Contact your care team or seek help straight away.","Fever after travel abroad, especially to an area with malaria.","A fever that lasts more than 3 days in an adult or 5 days in a child, keeps coming back, or comes with pain in one place.","A child with fever who is not drinking, has fewer wet nappies, or whom you are simply worried about. Trust your instinct and get advice.","NIIJ-ks22Mf3R6rYrw1aJarYKCyoObIdIr-ke49sFDg",{"id":1705,"title":1706,"affirmation":1707,"aka":1708,"area":597,"body":1717,"dateModified":515,"datePublished":515,"description":1890,"extension":516,"group":519,"guides":1891,"medicalSources":1892,"meta":1899,"navigation":535,"path":1900,"reflectionQuestions":1901,"related":1908,"sameAs":1909,"seo":1912,"seoTitle":1913,"sources":1914,"stem":1918,"summary":1919,"supportIntro":1920,"themes":1921,"whenToSeeADoctor":1928,"__hash__":1936},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finfections.md","Infections","I give myself permission to clear out what no longer helps me, and to choose what is right for me.",[1709,1710,1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716],"Recurring infections","Frequent infections","Getting sick often","Weak immune system","Viral infection","Bacterial infection","Fungal infection","Infections (en général)",{"type":299,"value":1718,"toc":1878},[1719,1723,1726,1763,1766,1770,1773,1777,1780,1784,1791,1795,1798,1802,1812,1816,1822,1826,1841,1843,1846],[315,1720,1722],{"id":1721},"what-infections-are","What infections are",[302,1724,1725],{},"An infection is the growth of a germ (a bacterium, virus, fungus or parasite) in the body, in one place or throughout it. The immune system normally keeps these germs in check. An infection takes hold when a germ gets past those defences, because it is especially strong, because it enters through a wound or a weak spot, or because the body's defences are lowered for a while.",[302,1727,1728,1729,733,1731,1384,1733,733,1737,733,1739,733,1742,733,1746,733,1750,736,1754,1758,1759,1762],{},"Infections range from the everyday, such as a ",[337,1730,1563],{"href":1562},[337,1732,1567],{"href":1566},[337,1734,1736],{"href":1735},"\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fear-infection","ear infection",[337,1738,717],{"href":716},[337,1740,1741],{"href":1675},"tonsillitis",[337,1743,1745],{"href":1744},"\u002Fkidneys\u002Fcystitis","cystitis",[337,1747,1749],{"href":1748},"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fcold-sores","cold sores",[337,1751,1753],{"href":1752},"\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fathletes-foot","athlete's foot",[337,1755,1757],{"href":1756},"\u002Freproductive-system\u002Fvaginal-thrush","vaginal thrush",", to serious illnesses such as ",[337,1760,1761],{"href":1676},"pneumonia",". Many viral infections clear by themselves with rest and fluids. Bacterial infections may need antibiotics, and some fungal and viral infections have their own treatments. Vaccines prevent several of them. Frequent infections can have causes a doctor can check, such as diabetes, some medicines, or a problem with the immune system.",[302,1764,1765],{},"Most infections settle. A few become dangerous quickly, and sepsis, in which the body's response to an infection starts to harm its own organs, is a medical emergency. The warning signs are listed below.",[315,1767,1769],{"id":1768},"the-emotional-meaning-of-infections","The emotional meaning of infections",[302,1771,1772],{},"Spiritually, an infection is linked to a germ that has found its place in your life as well as in your body: a situation or a person with whom you live a conflict, often an inner one, that you have not spoken about to anyone. Because it has not been resolved, it surfaces.",[330,1774,1776],{"id":1775},"short-and-sharp-or-long-and-slow","Short and sharp, or long and slow",[302,1778,1779],{},"An acute infection is associated with a violent emotion that came and went quickly. A chronic infection points to a feeling that has been there for a very long time. In both cases the question is the same: what is irritating or affecting you so deeply?",[330,1781,1783],{"id":1782},"compromise-until-i-cant-take-any-more","Compromise until \"I can't take any more\"",[302,1785,1786,1787,1790],{},"Infections are often read as the moment when you reach your limit. You may have made compromises for a long time to keep the peace. You may have held back your own freedom to suit other people. The indecision and the waiting now take all your energy, and you are drawing on your reserves. The spiritual interpretation sees a build-up of sad feelings and ",[337,1788,1789],{"href":294},"worry"," over a long period, and a conflict between two sides of your personality. Something in your life needs to change, or to move on, for you to find peace again.",[330,1792,1794],{"id":1793},"who-is-in-charge-of-your-life","Who is in charge of your life?",[302,1796,1797],{},"A viral infection invites a direct question: does someone else have the controls of your life? The forced rest gives you time to look again at how you live. Are you following others with your eyes closed, or living by your own beliefs and values?",[330,1799,1801],{"id":1800},"anger-that-eats-at-you","Anger that eats at you",[302,1803,1804,1805,1807,1808,1811],{},"A fungal infection is linked to ",[337,1806,344],{"href":198}," and a sense of powerlessness that seem to feed on you from the inside. You may be letting other people get to you while refusing to see your own potential. When an infection comes with pain or ",[337,1809,1810],{"href":339},"fever",", the anger behind it is read as stronger.",[330,1813,1815],{"id":1814},"fear-of-what-the-solution-will-change","Fear of what the solution will change",[302,1817,1818,1819,1821],{},"An infection can linger while a situation stays unresolved. You may be slow to settle it because you are afraid of the consequences and the changes it will bring. Seen this way, part of what keeps you stuck is the ",[337,1820,660],{"href":234}," of the change itself.",[315,1823,1825],{"id":1824},"where-in-the-body","Where in the body",[302,1827,1828,1829,733,1831,736,1833,1835,1836,1840],{},"The part of the body that is infected adds a nuance, so it helps to look at what that organ stands for. The page for an ",[337,1830,1736],{"href":1735},[337,1832,1745],{"href":1744},[337,1834,717],{"href":716},", for example, goes into its own meaning. An infection of the sexual organs is linked to a conflict that irritates you and stirs up anger about your sexuality, or about the way you see it. ",[337,1837,1839],{"href":1838},"\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finflammation","Inflammation",", which often goes with infection, has its own page too.",[315,1842,817],{"id":816},[302,1844,1845],{},"When the immune system is low, the spiritual interpretation sees self-love as the point at stake. The step it invites is a kind of inner clean-up: a way to \"disinfect\" your life of attitudes and habits that no longer do you good.",[411,1847,1848,1854,1860,1866,1872],{},[414,1849,1850,1853],{},[417,1851,1852],{},"Name the conflict."," Say out loud, to someone you trust or on paper, the situation you have not told anyone about.",[414,1855,1856,1859],{},[417,1857,1858],{},"Look at your compromises."," Notice which ones you made freely and which ones you made at the cost of your own freedom.",[414,1861,1862,1865],{},[417,1863,1864],{},"Make one choice."," Indecision is tiring. Pick one small decision you have been postponing and take it.",[414,1867,1868,1871],{},[417,1869,1870],{},"Give back what is not yours."," Ask where you are living by someone else's rules, and what your own values would say instead.",[414,1873,1874,1877],{},[417,1875,1876],{},"Treat yourself with care."," Rest, eat well and let yourself be looked after while your body does its work.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1879},[1880,1881,1888,1889],{"id":1721,"depth":18,"text":1722},{"id":1768,"depth":18,"text":1769,"children":1882},[1883,1884,1885,1886,1887],{"id":1775,"depth":25,"text":1776},{"id":1782,"depth":25,"text":1783},{"id":1793,"depth":25,"text":1794},{"id":1800,"depth":25,"text":1801},{"id":1814,"depth":25,"text":1815},{"id":1824,"depth":18,"text":1825},{"id":816,"depth":18,"text":817},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of infections: an unspoken inner conflict, irritation that wears you down, and a life that needs a clear-out.",[],[1893,1896],{"name":1894,"url":1895},"MedlinePlus: Infections","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Finfections.html",{"name":1897,"url":1898},"NHS: Sepsis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fsepsis\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finfections",[1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907],"What is irritating or affecting me so deeply right now?","Which tug-of-war, at work or in my family, is unsettling me to this point?","Who or what feels as though it is poisoning my life, and why can I no longer protect myself from it?","Which compromise have I been making for so long that it now drains all my energy?","Am I living by my own values, or following someone else with my eyes closed?","Which choice am I putting off because I fear what it will change?",[339,1838,1735,1744,716,1675,1566,1756],[1910,1911],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FInfection","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ166231",{"title":1706,"description":1890},"Infection Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1915],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":1916,"pages":1917},[1716],"235","conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finfections","Spiritually, infections are often linked to an inner conflict you have not voiced, irritation and worry that have piled up until \"I can't take any more\", and a part of life that needs cleaning out.","If this reading resonates with you, taking some quiet time while you recover to name the situation that has been wearing you down can be a good next step.",[1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927],"An unspoken inner conflict","Irritation that wears you down","Compromise and indecision","Living by other people's rules","Self-love and protection","Clearing out what no longer helps",[1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935],"Signs of sepsis, such as confusion or slurred speech, very fast breathing, blue, grey, pale or blotchy skin, lips or tongue, a rash that does not fade under a pressed glass, or not passing urine all day. Call emergency services.","A fever with confusion, a stiff neck, a very bad headache or a fit. Call emergency services.","Redness, heat or swelling around a wound or a patch of skin that is spreading, especially with fever or red streaks. Get medical help the same day.","Difficulty breathing, chest pain, or a cough with blood.","Any infection when you have a weak immune system, for example during chemotherapy, after a transplant, with diabetes or on medicines that lower immunity. Contact your care team straight away.","Infections that keep coming back, or that do not clear. A doctor can look for a cause and check your immune system.","If you have been given antibiotics or antivirals, take the full course as prescribed. Do not stop the prescribed treatment because of anything you read here.","elmn6-RvgU6mNsqdDhsm63RkMp9_0L9jupjxE1vTX7k",{"id":1938,"title":1839,"affirmation":1939,"aka":1940,"area":597,"body":1947,"dateModified":515,"datePublished":515,"description":2126,"extension":516,"group":519,"guides":2127,"medicalSources":2128,"meta":2135,"navigation":535,"path":2136,"reflectionQuestions":2137,"related":2144,"sameAs":2145,"seo":2148,"seoTitle":2149,"sources":2150,"stem":2154,"summary":2155,"supportIntro":2156,"themes":2157,"whenToSeeADoctor":2162,"__hash__":2169},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finflammation.md","I allow myself to be different. I say what I think and trust myself to live more spontaneously.",[1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946],"Chronic inflammation","Inflamed","Swelling and redness","Inflammatory disease","Inflammatory response","Inflamed joints",{"type":299,"value":1948,"toc":2114},[1949,1953,1956,2017,2021,2024,2028,2037,2041,2044,2048,2051,2055,2061,2065,2068,2070,2077,2079,2082],[315,1950,1952],{"id":1951},"what-inflammation-is","What inflammation is",[302,1954,1955],{},"Inflammation is the body's local response to injury or to a harmful agent such as a germ. Blood flow and immune cells increase in the affected area, which produces the four classic signs: redness, heat, pain and swelling. In the short term it is protective and part of healing, as after a cut, a sprain or a sore throat.",[302,1957,1958,1959,733,1963,733,1967,733,1969,733,1971,733,1975,733,1977,733,1981,733,1985,733,1989,733,1993,791,1997,1999,2000,733,2004,733,2008,736,2012,2016],{},"Many conditions are named after it, with the ending \"-itis\": ",[337,1960,1962],{"href":1961},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fgastritis","gastritis",[337,1964,1966],{"href":1965},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fbronchitis","bronchitis",[337,1968,1741],{"href":1675},[337,1970,717],{"href":716},[337,1972,1974],{"href":1973},"\u002Feyes-and-ears\u002Fconjunctivitis","conjunctivitis",[337,1976,740],{"href":739},[337,1978,1980],{"href":1979},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fbursitis","bursitis",[337,1982,1984],{"href":1983},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fappendicitis","appendicitis",[337,1986,1988],{"href":1987},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fdiverticulitis","diverticulitis",[337,1990,1992],{"href":1991},"\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder\u002Fhepatitis","hepatitis",[337,1994,1996],{"href":1995},"\u002Fpancreas\u002Fpancreatitis","pancreatitis",[337,1998,1745],{"href":1744},". When inflammation goes on for months, as in ",[337,2001,2003],{"href":2002},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Frheumatoid-arthritis","rheumatoid arthritis",[337,2005,2007],{"href":2006},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fulcerative-colitis","ulcerative colitis",[337,2009,2011],{"href":2010},"\u002Fskin\u002Fpsoriasis","psoriasis",[337,2013,2015],{"href":2014},"\u002Fskin\u002Flupus","lupus",", the immune system keeps attacking healthy tissue. Doctors can measure it with blood tests such as CRP, and treat the cause with rest, cold, anti-inflammatory medicines, steroids or other targeted treatments.",[315,2018,2020],{"id":2019},"the-emotional-meaning-of-inflammation","The emotional meaning of inflammation",[302,2022,2023],{},"Spiritually, inflammation in the body mirrors an inflammation inside. Something or someone has set you alight: you are fired up, enraged, and your body is showing it.",[330,2025,2027],{"id":2026},"seeing-red","Seeing red",[302,2029,2030,2031,2033,2034,2036],{},"The language of everyday speech fits well: being \"red with anger\", \"boiling\". The spiritual interpretation links this heat to ",[337,2032,344],{"href":198},", often tied symbolically to the liver and gallbladder, whose \"fire\" is said to run too high. The question is which part of your life makes you boil. Left unspoken, that anger can turn into ",[337,2035,1012],{"href":240},", and guilt itself may already be part of what keeps the fire going.",[330,2038,2040],{"id":2039},"holding-on-to-what-has-had-its-time","Holding on to what has had its time",[302,2042,2043],{},"Inflammation is read as a sign that you are living through a situation you do not want to let go of. You resist change and fight it angrily. Something you once needed to support you and help you move forward may no longer need to be there. That contradiction, between what was and what is, is what inflames you. It irritates and exasperates you.",[330,2045,2047],{"id":2046},"feeling-hemmed-in","Feeling hemmed in",[302,2049,2050],{},"You may feel cornered and limited, with a life that has become too rigid, too structured. There is little room left for what is spontaneous in you.",[330,2052,2054],{"id":2053},"old-hurts-and-losses","Old hurts and losses",[302,2056,2057,2058,2060],{},"It is worth checking whether an old difficulty, perhaps in your intimate or sexual life, was pushed down and never resolved. Or whether you have lived a loss you have not accepted, which still makes you very irritable. Seeing it clearly can give you a new and kinder understanding of it. The page on ",[337,2059,688],{"href":237}," may help here.",[330,2062,2064],{"id":2063},"you-against-the-others","You against the others",[302,2066,2067],{},"Finally, inflammation can point to a sharp inner conflict between who you are and the people around you. It invites you to look at your beliefs, and at how much room you give yourself to be different.",[315,2069,1825],{"id":1824},[302,2071,2072,2073,2076],{},"The part of the body that is inflamed adds information. The stomach, the airways, a joint or the skin each carry their own meaning, so the page for that specific \"-itis\" goes further. If an infection is behind the inflammation, see ",[337,2074,2075],{"href":1677},"infections"," as well.",[315,2078,817],{"id":816},[302,2080,2081],{},"The closing movement is about allowing yourself to be who you are, even when that sets you apart.",[411,2083,2084,2090,2096,2102,2108],{},[414,2085,2086,2089],{},[417,2087,2088],{},"Name what makes you boil."," Write down, in one line, the person or situation that has been heating you up.",[414,2091,2092,2095],{},[417,2093,2094],{},"Let go of an old support."," Ask what once helped you and is no longer needed, and what it would be like to set it down.",[414,2097,2098,2101],{},[417,2099,2100],{},"Make room for loss."," If a loss is still raw, give it time and words, alone or with someone you trust.",[414,2103,2104,2107],{},[417,2105,2106],{},"Say what you think."," Practise giving your opinion, calmly, even when it differs from those around you.",[414,2109,2110,2113],{},[417,2111,2112],{},"Trust yourself."," Choose one small, spontaneous thing this week, outside your usual structure.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2115},[2116,2117,2124,2125],{"id":1951,"depth":18,"text":1952},{"id":2019,"depth":18,"text":2020,"children":2118},[2119,2120,2121,2122,2123],{"id":2026,"depth":25,"text":2027},{"id":2039,"depth":25,"text":2040},{"id":2046,"depth":25,"text":2047},{"id":2053,"depth":25,"text":2054},{"id":2063,"depth":25,"text":2064},{"id":1824,"depth":18,"text":1825},{"id":816,"depth":18,"text":817},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of inflammation: inner fire, anger at what you cannot let go, resisting change and the need to be yourself.",[],[2129,2132],{"name":2130,"url":2131},"MedlinePlus: C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Test","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Flab-tests\u002Fc-reactive-protein-crp-test\u002F",{"name":2133,"url":2134},"MedlinePlus: Autoimmune Diseases","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fautoimmunediseases.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finflammation",[2138,2139,2140,2141,2142,2143],"What in my life makes me \"see red\" or keeps me at boiling point?","Which situation am I refusing to let go of, even though it has had its time?","Where do I feel cornered, limited or held in a life that is too rigid?","Is there a loss I have not accepted, and that still makes me irritable?","Has some old difficulty, perhaps in my intimate life, been pushed aside without being resolved?","Where do I hold back my opinion because it differs from the people around me?",[1677,1961,1965,1675,739,1979,2002,1991],[2146,2147],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FInflammation","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ101991",{"title":1839,"description":2126},"Inflammation Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[2151],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":2152,"pages":2153},[1839],"236","conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Finflammation","Spiritually, inflammation is often linked to an inner fire, anger at a person or situation you will not let go of, resistance to change, and a conflict between who you are and the people around you.","If this reading resonates with you, taking a moment to notice what makes you \"boil\", and writing it down before it builds, can be a good next step.",[2158,2159,2047,2040,2160,2161],"Inner fire and anger","Resisting change","Unaccepted loss","Being yourself",[2163,2164,2165,2166,2167,2168],"Redness, heat and swelling that spread quickly, especially with fever, red streaks or feeling very unwell. This can be a serious infection. Get medical help the same day.","A swollen, hot, painful joint, particularly with fever. Get medical help the same day.","A hot, swollen, painful calf. This can be a blood clot. Get urgent medical help.","Swelling of the face, lips, tongue or throat, or difficulty breathing. Call emergency services.","Joint pain and stiffness that last for weeks, morning stiffness, ongoing tiredness, rashes or weight loss. A doctor can check for an inflammatory or autoimmune condition with blood tests.","If you take anti-inflammatory medicines, steroids or other long-term treatment, do not stop or change the dose because of anything you read here.","DlmXTv4Py5sZ8UMuXh8FH_Dn5YsBN7uGUdTG5N7ChRo",{"id":2171,"title":349,"affirmation":2172,"aka":2173,"area":597,"body":2181,"dateModified":515,"datePublished":515,"description":2327,"extension":516,"group":519,"guides":2328,"medicalSources":2329,"meta":2336,"navigation":535,"path":2337,"reflectionQuestions":2338,"related":2345,"sameAs":2347,"seo":2352,"seoTitle":2353,"sources":2354,"stem":2357,"summary":2358,"supportIntro":2359,"themes":2360,"whenToSeeADoctor":2366,"__hash__":2374},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fsweating-and-body-odour.md","I let my feelings out, the pleasant and the difficult ones, in words. I make room for something new.",[2174,2175,2176,2177,2178,443,2179,2180],"Excessive sweating","Hyperhidrosis","Body odor","BO","Perspiration","Night sweats","Transpiration",{"type":299,"value":2182,"toc":2317},[2183,2187,2190,2204,2207,2211,2214,2218,2235,2239,2250,2253,2257,2260,2264,2284,2286],[315,2184,2186],{"id":2185},"what-sweating-and-body-odour-are","What sweating and body odour are",[302,2188,2189],{},"Sweating is how the body cools itself. Sweat is mostly water and salt, and on its own it has almost no smell. Body odour comes when bacteria on the skin break down sweat, especially from the glands in the armpits and groin, which become active at puberty. Heat, exercise, spicy food, alcohol, hormones and nerves all make people sweat more.",[302,2191,2192,2193,1384,2195,733,2199,2203],{},"Some people sweat far more than the body needs to cool down, often from the hands, feet, armpits or face. This is called hyperhidrosis. It often starts young and runs in families, with no other cause. Sweating can also be caused by something else: the ",[337,2194,1150],{"href":1149},[337,2196,2198],{"href":2197},"\u002Fthyroid\u002Fhyperthyroidism","overactive thyroid",[337,2200,2202],{"href":2201},"\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fhypoglycaemia","low blood sugar",", an infection, anxiety, or a medicine. Night sweats that soak the bed are worth a medical check.",[302,2205,2206],{},"Regular washing, breathable clothes and antiperspirants help most people. A pharmacist or GP can suggest stronger antiperspirants, and a doctor or dermatologist can offer other treatments for heavy sweating.",[315,2208,2210],{"id":2209},"the-emotional-meaning-of-sweating-and-body-odour","The emotional meaning of sweating and body odour",[302,2212,2213],{},"Spiritually, the liquids of the body are linked to emotions. Sweat is water that comes out through the skin, so it is read as feelings that overflow when they have been held inside too long.",[330,2215,2217],{"id":2216},"body-odour-and-feelings-held-back","Body odour and feelings held back",[302,2219,2220,2221,2224,2225,2228,2229,2231,2232,2234],{},"A strong, unpleasant body odour is read as harmful feelings that are spilling over and asking to be expressed: irritability, discontent, ",[337,2222,2223],{"href":270},"resentment",", frustration, ",[337,2226,2227],{"href":243},"hatred"," or disgust towards a person or a situation. You may be very sensitive to gossip and criticism aimed at you. Low self-confidence and a ",[337,2230,660],{"href":234}," of being criticised or ",[337,2233,984],{"href":267}," can sit behind it. Because a strong smell tends to keep people away, it raises a gentle question: is there a reason you might want to keep others at a distance?",[330,2236,2238],{"id":2237},"heavy-sweating-nervousness-and-insecurity","Heavy sweating, nervousness and insecurity",[302,2240,2241,2242,2244,2245,791,2247,2249],{},"Abundant sweating is linked to inner nervousness, insecurity or great ",[337,2243,712],{"href":201},". What you push down and keep inside comes out through the pores, often ",[337,2246,344],{"href":198},[337,2248,353],{"href":276},". You may feel unsure of which path to take in life, and stay on the defensive, afraid of being hurt or trapped if you show your feelings, especially in front of others.",[302,2251,2252],{},"Spiritually, the person you are most wary of may be yourself. You hold your emotions back so tightly that they push to come up, and that is exactly what you are trying to avoid.",[330,2254,2256],{"id":2255},"washing-a-situation-clean","Washing a situation clean",[302,2258,2259],{},"Sweat is also read as a way of trying to \"wash\" a situation in which you felt separated from others, or in which you felt dirtied or treated unjustly.",[315,2261,2263],{"id":2262},"where-and-when-you-sweat","Where and when you sweat",[411,2265,2266,2272,2278],{},[414,2267,2268,2271],{},[417,2269,2270],{},"Where it happens:"," sweating in one part of the body may point to an intense emotion, or a letting go, linked to what that part represents.",[414,2273,2274,2277],{},[417,2275,2276],{},"Cold sweats:"," these are linked to being frozen with fear, and to great difficulty in your relationships with the people around you.",[414,2279,2280,2283],{},[417,2281,2282],{},"In front of others:"," sweating that comes mainly when you have to speak or be seen points to the fear of being judged or caught out when you express yourself.",[315,2285,817],{"id":816},[411,2287,2288,2293,2299,2305,2311],{},[414,2289,2290,2292],{},[417,2291,471],{}," Let both pleasant and difficult feelings out in words, instead of keeping everything inside.",[414,2294,2295,2298],{},[417,2296,2297],{},"Assert yourself."," Practise stating what you need, in small steps, with people you feel safe with.",[414,2300,2301,2304],{},[417,2302,2303],{},"Look at your distance."," Notice whom you keep at arm's length, and whether you still want to.",[414,2306,2307,2310],{},[417,2308,2309],{},"Make peace with yourself."," The \"enemy\" you guard against may be your own feelings. Meeting them with kindness takes away some of their charge.",[414,2312,2313,2316],{},[417,2314,2315],{},"Make room for the new."," Once old feelings have been expressed, there is space for warmer thoughts to nourish you.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2318},[2319,2320,2325,2326],{"id":2185,"depth":18,"text":2186},{"id":2209,"depth":18,"text":2210,"children":2321},[2322,2323,2324],{"id":2216,"depth":25,"text":2217},{"id":2237,"depth":25,"text":2238},{"id":2255,"depth":25,"text":2256},{"id":2262,"depth":18,"text":2263},{"id":816,"depth":18,"text":817},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of sweating and body odour: emotions held back that overflow, nervousness, fear of criticism and cold sweats.",[],[2330,2333],{"name":2331,"url":2332},"NHS: Excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fexcessive-sweating-hyperhidrosis\u002F",{"name":2334,"url":2335},"NHS: Body odour (BO)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fbody-odour-bo\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fsweating-and-body-odour",[2339,2340,2341,2342,2343,2344],"Which feelings, such as irritation, frustration or resentment, am I keeping inside instead of saying?","How much do gossip and criticism about me affect me?","Do I sweat most in front of others, when I fear being judged or caught out?","Am I really wary of others, or am I wary of what I might feel and show?","Is there a situation where I felt separated from others, or treated unfairly, that I still want to \"wash away\"?","When do I break into a cold sweat, and what am I afraid of in that moment?",[1149,2197,2201,2346],"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fheart-attack",[2348,2349,2350,2351],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPerspiration","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ3503092","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBody_odor","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1328199",{"title":349,"description":2327},"Sweating Spiritual Meaning: Body Odour and Cold Sweats",[2355],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":2356,"pages":563},[562],"conditions\u002Fwhole-body\u002Fsweating-and-body-odour","Spiritually, sweating and body odour are often linked to emotions held back that overflow through the skin, such as irritation, anger and shame, and to nervousness and a fear of being criticised or rejected.","If this reading resonates with you, a few minutes of slow breathing before a moment that usually makes you sweat can be a good next step.",[2361,2362,2363,2364,2365],"Emotions that overflow","Nervousness and insecurity","Fear of criticism","Anger and shame","Keeping others at a distance",[2367,2368,2369,2370,2371,2372,2373],"Sweating with chest pain, pain spreading to the arm, jaw, neck or back, breathlessness or feeling sick. Call emergency services, as this can be a heart attack.","A cold sweat with confusion, shaking or feeling faint, especially if you have diabetes. This can be low blood sugar and needs treating at once.","Night sweats that soak your bedclothes or sheets, especially with unexplained weight loss, fever, a long-lasting cough or swollen glands. See a GP soon, as these need to be checked for infection or other illness.","Heavy sweating that starts suddenly, affects the whole body, or comes with a racing heart, weight loss or shaking, which can point to an overactive thyroid.","Sweating that started after a new medicine. Do not stop the medicine on your own; ask the prescriber.","A change in your body odour, or a new unusual smell, that does not go with washing.","Sweating that affects your daily life, work or confidence. Effective treatments exist.","lCsmS07eqFoKvcMAG0h6rjGV7l7cjdPmieatvHglY64",[2376],{"id":2377,"title":188,"affirmation":2378,"aka":2379,"areas":2385,"body":2388,"conditions":2516,"dateModified":515,"datePublished":515,"description":2520,"extension":516,"group":2521,"guides":2522,"medicalSources":2523,"meta":2524,"navigation":535,"order":58,"path":189,"reflectionQuestions":2525,"related":2532,"sameAs":2533,"seo":2536,"seoTitle":2537,"sources":2538,"stem":2553,"summary":2554,"themes":2555,"whenToSeeADoctor":2561,"__hash__":2567},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fabandonment.md","I welcome myself as I am. I can reconnect with others, and the emptiness I feel can be filled with care for myself.",[2380,2381,2382,2383,2384],"Fear of abandonment","Feeling abandoned","Abandonment issues","Feeling left behind","Abandon",[597,2386,2387],"heart-and-circulation","digestive-system",{"type":299,"value":2389,"toc":2507},[2390,2394,2397,2400,2403,2407,2410,2413,2417,2420,2437,2440,2444,2447,2451,2458,2470,2472,2475],[315,2391,2393],{"id":2392},"what-abandonment-is","What abandonment is",[302,2395,2396],{},"Abandonment is the experience of being left, forsaken or deprived of someone's care, and the feeling that goes with it. It can come from a real event, such as a parent leaving, a death, a breakup or neglect in childhood. It can also live on as a fear of being left, long after the event, shaping how close you let people come and how you react when they pull away.",[302,2398,2399],{},"A strong fear of abandonment is common after early loss or unstable care. It is not a diagnosis in itself, but it can be part of anxiety, depression or difficult relationship patterns, and talking therapies can help.",[302,2401,2402],{},"Spiritually, abandonment is looked at as an emptiness, and at what you do to fill it or to protect yourself from it.",[315,2404,2406],{"id":2405},"the-emotional-meaning-of-abandonment","The emotional meaning of abandonment",[302,2408,2409],{},"In the emotional approach, the central image is a void. Someone or something has gone, and what is left is a gap that feels very hard to bear. You may feel you have lost your footing, your \"contenance\". You may also feel guilty for the departure or the loss of someone dear, as if you should have kept them.",[302,2411,2412],{},"Abandonment is not only about people. It can be a business you had to give up, a project you had to renounce, a child you hoped for and did not have. Having to abdicate can break the heart as surely as a person leaving.",[330,2414,2416],{"id":2415},"filling-the-gap-or-keeping-the-distance","Filling the gap, or keeping the distance",[302,2418,2419],{},"Two opposite movements are described, and both protect against the same wound.",[411,2421,2422,2431],{},[414,2423,2424,2427,2428,2430],{},[417,2425,2426],{},"Filling."," ",[337,2429,390],{"href":389}," is read as a layer between your inner self and the world. Eating can become a way to fill an inner emptiness, the impression of having been left, or the loneliness you live with. Weight gain is linked to coming after a great emotional shock or a significant loss. Weight has many causes, including genes, hormones, medicines, sleep and circumstances, so this is a question to explore, not an explanation.",[414,2432,2433,2436],{},[417,2434,2435],{},"Keeping away."," Thinness is linked to a very sensitive person, once hurt, who keeps a distance to avoid being hurt again. It can come with the feeling that you had to flee or leave someone to survive, or that you are the one who was left.",[302,2438,2439],{},"Both are tied to a deep, unmet need for love and affection.",[330,2441,2443],{"id":2442},"cold-hands-a-frozen-feeling","Cold hands, a frozen feeling",[302,2445,2446],{},"Raynaud's phenomenon narrows the small arteries of the fingers and toes in the cold or under stress, so they turn white, then blue or purple, and hurt as the blood returns. Spiritually, the affected limbs are read as feeling abandoned and living a sense of loss. The questions are direct: do I feel abandoned by someone, or by life? Did a death take someone, and does it still freeze my blood because I refuse to mourn? Why do I need to keep away from people? Why is physical and emotional contact so hard? Making peace with your mother, or whoever played that role, is part of the way back.",[330,2448,2450],{"id":2449},"needing-someone-who-is-leaving","Needing someone who is leaving",[302,2452,2453,2457],{},[337,2454,2456],{"href":2455},"\u002Fdigestive-system\u002Fhaemorrhoids","Haemorrhoids"," are linked to a difficulty with one's mother: a mourning not done, or the wish not to see her go, and a great need for her that leaves you feeling abandoned when circumstances change. The tension between pushing out and holding in is the image.",[302,2459,2460,2461,2464,2465,2467,2468,373],{},"Abandonment sits next to ",[337,2462,2463],{"href":267},"rejection",", which is being pushed away, and ",[337,2466,1205],{"href":252},", which is the state that can follow. When the one who left has died, see ",[337,2469,688],{"href":237},[315,2471,817],{"id":816},[302,2473,2474],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for the gap someone left. The emotional perspective invites you to look at how you meet the emptiness now.",[411,2476,2477,2483,2489,2495,2501],{},[414,2478,2479,2482],{},[417,2480,2481],{},"Name what left."," A person, a place, a project, a dream. Each deserves to be named and, where it is final, mourned.",[414,2484,2485,2488],{},[417,2486,2487],{},"Notice how you fill the void."," Food, busyness, screens, a relationship. Noticing is the first step, not a reason for shame.",[414,2490,2491,2494],{},[417,2492,2493],{},"Check the distance you keep."," Ask whether it still protects you or now only isolates you.",[414,2496,2497,2500],{},[417,2498,2499],{},"Let go of the guilt for someone else's leaving."," A departure is rarely yours to have prevented.",[414,2502,2503,2506],{},[417,2504,2505],{},"Do not abandon yourself."," Welcoming yourself as you are is what lets you reconnect with others, consciously, and warms the heart.",{"title":504,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2508},[2509,2510,2515],{"id":2392,"depth":18,"text":2393},{"id":2405,"depth":18,"text":2406,"children":2511},[2512,2513,2514],{"id":2415,"depth":25,"text":2416},{"id":2442,"depth":25,"text":2443},{"id":2449,"depth":25,"text":2450},{"id":816,"depth":18,"text":817},[2517,2518,2519,389],"\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain","\u002Fhips\u002Fhip-pain","\u002Fskin\u002Fvitiligo","The emotional and spiritual meaning of abandonment: feeling left or forsaken, the emptiness that follows, and how it is read in weight and circulation.","ties",[1499],[],{},[2526,2527,2528,2529,2530,2531],"Who or what do I feel has left me, and have I let myself feel it?","Am I trying to fill an emptiness with food, work or something else?","Do I keep people at a distance so that no one can leave me again?","Do I feel guilty about a departure or a loss, as if I should have prevented it?","Is there a project or a dream I had to give up, and still have not mourned?","What would it take to welcome myself as I am, so that I am not abandoning myself too?",[267,252,225],[2534,2535],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAbandonment_(emotional)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ16001341",{"title":188,"description":2520},"Abandonment: Spiritual Meaning & Where It Shows in the Body",[2539,2541,2545,2549],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":2540,"pages":559},[558],{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":2542,"pages":2544},[2543],"Raynaud (maladie de ...)","363",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":2546,"pages":2548},[2547],"Maigreur","259",{"author":547,"work":548,"entries":2550,"pages":2552},[2551],"Hémorroïdes","221–222","emotions\u002Fabandonment","Spiritually, abandonment is often linked to an inner emptiness after someone or something has gone. The body is read as filling the gap or pulling away from it, in weight, in thinness, and in cold, pale fingers.",[2556,2557,2558,2559,2560],"Inner emptiness","Feeling left","Protection and distance","Guilt about a departure","Reconnecting",[2562,2563,2564,2565,2566],"Fingers or toes that turn white, then blue, then red in the cold, especially if they become sore, ulcerated or the pattern is new after the age of 30. Raynaud's can be linked to other conditions and needs a doctor.","Unintended weight gain or weight loss, or changes in appetite. A medical check is the first step.","Restricting food, bingeing, or a fear of eating. Eating disorders are serious and treatable.","A fear of being left that drives intense, unstable relationships or panic when someone leaves. A GP or a talking therapy can help.","Thoughts of harming yourself. Seek urgent help straight away.","ocq8hJvcck1x7ZdJoJQJiQhZEeBgsuAUDz5glCo5J5o",[],[],1791298646806]