1. PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS MIND AND BODY CONNECTION:
2. Thinks, Logics , feels, analyses, decides Conscious Mind
10-12% Subconscious Mind 88-90% 9 times larger & 6000 times
more PowerfulPrimitive Mind Modern Memory
3. Crisis Two Response Fight Flight
4. Autonomic Nervous System Sympathetic Fight/Flight
Parasympathetic Homeostasis
5. PLAY DEAD
6. Summary Rules/Syste ms Curb Instincts Suppression of
Emotions Internalizati on of Emotions Breakdow n
7. Breakdown Behavioural Physical
8. Body Syndromes Used for Psychosomatic Illness psycho = mind
soma = body which means they are caused by the mind-body
connection
9. Crying syndrome:
10. Crying syndrome Physiological manifestation of: Inability
to make a decision that a client is not happy with Shows up as:
Migraine, asthma, sore throat, problem of hearing or eyes, or
sinus
11. Responsibility syndrome
12. Responsibility syndrome Physiological manifestation of More
responsibility or pressure than the client can handle. Lack of
support to handle responsibility. Overburdened feeling.
13. Sexual frustration / guilt syndrome
14. Sexual frustration / guilt syndrome Physiological
Manifestation of Poor self image, self blame. Sexual frustration.
Guilt Shows up as Stomach cramps, digestive problems, constipation,
vaginal or bladder infections, etc
15. Fight syndrome/ reaching syndrome
16. Fight syndrome/ reaching syndrome Physiological
manifestation of: Representing feeling of fighting Reaching out:
Especially unreachable targets. Feeling restrictive- need to
express
17. Flight syndrome
18. Flight syndrome Physiological manifestation Repressing
feeling of wanting to escape or need to run away. Running away from
a situation Relationship Goals....
19. Combinations A person maybe affected by one or more of the
syndromes at any given time. E.g. Headache and tight back muscles
may indicate an inability to make decisions about
responsibilty
20. Steps to prevent breakdown Start with rules & check
whether those rules are really that important Express your
instincts in a more appropriate way Find different and more
effective ways of communicating your emotions
21. Ways to Vent Emotions Meditation / Self Hypnosis Write Talk
it out Physical Exercises Punch a pillow Create Art