• A variety of symptoms ranging from simple headache or body ache to Chest pain and weakness in a limb can originate due to some issues in the mind .

• the problems in the mind are hardly possible to measure clinically nor are they understood or perceived with equal empathy.

• the questions , conflicts or the pains(shocks) of the mind when not handled timely , or when they are over accumulated , this disturbance tends to flow and fixate in one or few of the body parts , disrupting the physiology of those organs (disharmony).

• a particular relationship does approximately exist between the type of emotional hurt and the dysfunction of a particular organ system .

• hence the variety of symptoms arise in various parts of body when a particular type of emotional experience is repeated frequently e.g. feeling of headache after listening repeated complaints from clients at work ,or for a manager who had to bear lots of firing at office due to non achievement of targets complaining of burning sensation in stomach.

• Psychosomatic symptoms can equally affect the children and adolescent ,where they experience various aches and pains ,when want to avoid schools or some punishing situations.

• the symptoms that arise in the body ,due to the activities happening in the mind are called Psycho-somatic or Psycho- biological symptoms.

• HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM ?

they can be identified with some simple criteria.

1)the are usually start and stay associated with some emotional event .

2) they may repeat with same or similar (trigger )types of events or situations . e.g examination fear , interview fear or any such situation.

3)their intensity may keep on varying periodically .

4) there may be a relief mechanism to overcome or reduce the feeling e.g. ,talking to someone ,move away from situation or some addiction at times.

5)the symptoms may persist from months to years and may be partially corrected by medical treatment ,just to reappear in same form or as some other symptom.

6)the laboratory and other investigations ,may be near normal and not correlate with the intensity of symptoms.

7) doctors often try different methods of treatments ,but the symptoms tends to persist ,and finally its labelled as a psychological cause .

8) at times the symptoms arise due to such learnings(firm beliefs) or childhood fears e.g if you speak lie God will punish you or you will get ill etc.

9) too much of any kind of stress/concern, also may lead to burden on some of the body system ,leading to a true physiological dysfunction.

TREATMENT METHODS OF PSYCHO SOMATIC CONDITIONS :

• the treatment of symptoms by any methods(any pathy..)is not likely to give permanent cure, they may recur often some time or they may return with some additional symptoms, unless the underlying emotional or psychological cause is not addressed properly.

• only psychological counselling may be only partially helpful.

• combining the medical treatment with counseling and self- hypnosis have a great results.

• the use and practice of Hypnotherapy can not only reduce or eliminate the requirement of medicines ,but can also reduce possibilities of future recurrence of same or similar symptoms.

• any situation or signal (stimulus ) by itself is not stressful or disturbing ,but its interpretation in the mind decides the intensity and meaning ,which is different in every individual ,leading to different responses.

• The reason of any (somatic) body symptom is rooted in the mind as a belief ,or psycho - biologic response pattern ,that keeps repeating again and again ,making person belief ,he has a problem that is out of his control and he cant do anything about it.

• his visits to various kinds of doctors and investigations as well as expenses keep increasing with small or no relief in the symptoms.

• such situations where most of the laboratory tests are turning normal ,and the medications giving no or little relief qualify best for the Hypnotherapy.

the steps of treatment in common practice are :

establishing and explaining the psychosomatic association.

re interpretation of the situation

looking to the flip side.

checking the inappropriate emotional pattern or responses

identifying the personality traits and correcting them

identifying the faulty beliefs (neurological loops) and personality restructuring using Self Hypnosis (refer the page on Hypnosis for further information)

common psycho somatic conditions treated by Hypnosis either alone or combined with medical treatment.

• ALLERGIC AND PSYCHOGENIC BRONCHIAL ASTHAMA.

• ALLERGIC RHINITIS

• PSYCHOGENIC COUGHING.

• PSYCHOGENIC HICCOUGH.MIGRAINE AND TENSION HEADACHE

• HYPERACIDITY AND PEPTIC ULCERS

• ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

• PSYCHOGENIC DIARRHOEAS AND VOMITING.

• PSYCHOGENIC AND ANXIETY INDUCED TACHYCARDIA,PALPITATIONS.

• ANXIETY INDUCED SOMATIC ACHES AND PAINS.

PEDIATRIC CONDITIONS TREATABLE THROUGH HYPNOSIS.

• SCHOOL PHOBIAS.

• CHILDHOOD FEARS

• SLEEP DISTURBANCES

• NIGHT TERRORS

• ENURESIS

• THUMB SUCKING

• NAIL BITING

• POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

• SEXUAL ABUSE REHABILITATION.

• ADHD

• AUTISM

• SPEECH DISORDERS

• DYSLEXIA

• SUPPRESSION AMBLYOPIA.

• LEARNING DISABILITIES.

OBSTRETICS AND GYNECHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS :

• ANTENATAL MATERNAL ANXIETIEY.

• ANXIETY DUE TO REPEATED ABORTIONS

• SMOOTH PAINLESS NORMAL LABOUR

• MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES

• PRE MENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS)

• SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION AND FRIGIDITY

• INFERTILITY DUE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL REASONS.

• MENOPAUSAL AND PERIMENOPAUSAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS.

• MUSCULO SKELETAL AND JOINT PAINS.