5 Emotions That Make You Sick

According to Chinese medicine, every emotion is related to an organ and a function of the human body.

​The most common causes of disease are pessimistic attitudes and negative emotions such as guilt, resentment, the need for attention and fear.  Any emotional imbalance can turn into symptoms or diseases affecting our internal organs.

The disease arises to avoid unpleasant situations or to try to escape from them. Eastern medicine says that every illness, after all, indicates that we must love each other. By loving each other, we allow our heart, and not our ego, to direct our lives.

Life is not stability, it is knowing how to balance.
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Emotions that can trigger a disease according to Chinese medicine
Following the perspective of Chinese medicine, here are some emotions that can indicate some disease or ailment:

• Sadness or emotional pain. It originates from disappointment or, in more serious cases, separation or loss. It mainly affects the lungs. Sadness affects the whole body and produces heaviness, shortness of breath, tiredness and depression. We need time to accept and express our sadness.

• Precaution. It arises from insecurity and tends to weaken the spleen. The precaution is related to diseases of the chest and shoulders.

• Fear.  Fear is associated with kidneys: it affects the the stomach and relates to kidney failure. These changes come from tendency to suffer from irrational fears. Unacceptable fear causes liver and heart problems.

• Terror. It is similar to fear, but more extreme; it is associated with physical and emotional problems. Terror can lead to memory loss, disorientation, palpitation, dizziness, tremors, sweating and loss of consciousness.

• Wrath and rage. It can manifest itself in various forms: irritability, frustration, envy and anger. Anger turns into headache, neck ache, dizziness and, above all, liver disease. 

"Those who live in harmony with themselves live in harmony with the universe."
-Marco Aurelio-

The emotional meaning of disease
It is important to know the meaning of diseases, because it is a form of expression of our body. All our emotions and thoughts are recorded in cells and diseases are a cry that indicates that something is not right.
The following list is a summary of the meaning of some of the most common diseases. They are all based on holistic medicine, both Traditional Chinese Medicine and in other complementary Oriental medicines.

• Allergies. Their meaning indicates deep fears. Fear of not being able to overcome difficulties when it is necessary to be self-sufficient; therefore, we seek to obtain compassion, support and attention from others.

• Depression. The meaning lies in the conflict between ideal and reality, between who we are and who we want to be, between what we possess and what we want to possess.

• Arthritis . Feeling unable to adapt and to be mentally flexible. It is interpreted as the lack of trust and an uncompromising attitude towards life.

• Obesity. Its meaning is found in the inner void, food is used to compensate it. Fear of exposing yourself to others, of being vulnerable and of suffering.

• Nervousness. Absence of contact with one's inner self. Egocentrism, subjectivity in every situation. You are unsure, you are afraid of being attacked and you are unable to get rid of your selfish attitudes.​

Emotions can trigger or accentuate a disease, but at the same time they can reverse the situation by making us heal.
For this to happen, you just need to know how to recognize the emotions that cause imbalances in our body and transform them. The oriental medicine gives special attention to self-awareness of emotions, something that is starting to be taken into account the Western medicine. This is due to the fact that a complete treatment, which identifies the problem from different perspectives, has a greater chance of being effective.

“Tension is who you think you should be. Calmness is who you are. "
-Chinese proverb-