Psychosomatics
Physical symptoms in which mental state plays a significant part — real, not imagined.
How it shows up
Tension headaches, digestive trouble, lower back pain, tightness in the chest. »Psychosomatic« doesn’t mean »in your head«; it means the route from distress to symptom is bodily and measurable.
What we do with it in therapy
First a medical examination to rule out a physical cause — always in that order. Then we look at when the symptom appears and what is happening in your relationships at the time.
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See also
Neurodivergence
A term for brains that work differently — not a defect, but another way of processing the world.
The sandwich generation
The position of people caring at once for their children and for their parents.
Code of ethics
The set of rules binding on a therapist — from confidentiality to the prohibition on exploiting the relationship.
