Body Symptoms

Stress often shows up in the body. While the body’s symptoms may have a medical basis, there is often a psychological and emotional basis as well. The mind and the body are each integrated with the other, and the body is our earliest mechanism for processing experience. This is especially true when we recognize that the brain is a part of the body and therefore is an essential player in how the mind operates.

Sometimes, the body’s reactions may be our first alert that we are even feeling any stress. Many of us have heard the phrase “the language of the body,” and we can learn a lot about our emotions, our general psychological functioning, and ourselves in general if we can learn to listen to and understand that language.

Following are some of the possible and frequent body symptoms that we have recognized as also having psychological and emotional components.

Notice all that apply to you.

• PAINS
  • Headaches
  • Muscle Tensions
  • Back Pain
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Contracted And Painful Muscles In Any Part Of The Body
  • Painful Intercourse

• ABDOMINAL PROBLEMS
  • Ulcers
  • Stomach Problems
  • Gastritis
  • Colitis
  • “Heartburn” Or “Sour Stomach”
  • Nausea

• Elimination Problems
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhea Or Loose Bowels

• BREATHING PROBLEMS
  • Asthma
  • Shortness Of Breath
  • Shallow Breathing
  • Panicked Breathing (Difficulty Catching Your Breath)

• SLEEP DISTURBANCES
  • Difficulty Falling Asleep
  • Difficulty Staying Asleep (Waking During The Night)
  • Difficulty Getting Back To Sleep
  • Restless Sleep
  • Early Awakening
  • Nightmares (Disturbing Dreams)
  • Bladder And Bowel Control While Sleeping (Especially For Children)

• SKIN PROBLEMS
  • Rashes
  • Hives
  • Eczema
  • Acne

• EATING PATTERNS
  • Loss Of Appetite
  • Overeating
  • Disturbed Eating Patterns
  • Bingeing
    • Purging
    • Emotional Eating
      • Overeating
      • Loss Of Appetite

• BALANCE/CONSCIOUSNESS
  • Dizziness
  • Feeling Faint
  • Lightheadedness

• FATIGUE/TIREDNESS
  • Chronic
  • Patterned

• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

• PERCEPTUAL DISTURBANCES & DISTORTIONS
  • Visual
  • Eye Strain
  • Visual Hallucinations (Seeing Things)
  • Auditory/Hearing
    • Changes In Sound Levels
    • Auditory Hallucinations (Hearing Things)

• SEXUAL DISTURBANCES
  • Lack Of Sexual Arousal
  • Excessive Sexual Arousal
  • Painful Intercourse
  • Difficulty Reaching Orgasm
  • Men
    • Erection Difficulties
    • Obtaining Erection
    • Sustaining Erection
    • Premature Ejaculation
  • Women
    • Lubrication Problems

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