Pneumonia is a dangerous lung disease that is diagnosed every year in at least 17 million people on the planet. Men and boys are affected more often than women and girls. Children under 5 years of age and the elderly are at particular risk. At the same time, the disease is one of the most common causes of death among children and the elderly.

In this article, we will look at the psychological aspects of pneumonia.

general information

Pneumonia is an inflammatory process in the tissues of the lungs. Most often it is infectious in nature and is accompanied by damage to the alveoli. One concept includes several varieties of diseases with damage to the lung tissue. They can differ in the type of pathogen, in the mechanism and nature of the lesion.

It is impossible to establish such a diagnosis “by eye”. If the doctor suspects pneumonia due to characteristic pulmonary rales, he is obliged to send for an x-ray examination of the lungs and a laboratory examination of sputum, which will give grounds for establishing a diagnosis and prescribing appropriate treatment.

According to statistics, every 65 patients die of pneumonia. For the rest, it poses a risk of complications for other organs and systems.

Psychosomatic causes

The respiratory organs perform the most important function, without which human existence is impossible. Think about it - inhaling the air, we not only get a portion of oxygen to maintain life in our body, but also breathe in life itself. When we exhale, we release carbon dioxide into the environment. So there is a mutual exchange with the world - we take something and give something back. This is the only correct mechanism.

If a person's interaction with the world around him, people, events is disturbed, then breathing is disturbed. It becomes shallow, a person cautiously inhales life, the likelihood of developing lung ailments, including pneumonia, increases.

Someone, something, or even himself can interfere with breathing easily and freely with a full chest. WHO statistics indicate that men are more susceptible to the disease.

There can be several reasons for pneumonia.

• A person does not allow himself to breathe deeply, because he believes that he himself does not deserve such a “luxury” - to be free. The children's attitude, which has developed due to the fact that the boy is more likely than the girls to say the word “should”: “you need to go to the section to learn how to fight”, “you are a man, you need to get a good money profession”, “you need to serve in army." Under the weight of all these “musts”, to which are then added the need to be financially independent, not to cry and be restrained, the need to feed your own children and wife, there is no place for personal desires. Breathing deeply is not possible.

• The person experiences intense fear(before the future, before possible problems), but suppresses it, trying to seem strong, unflappable, persistent and resolute. Unspoken fears block free breathing with a full chest.
• Men are more likely than women to be disappointed in life and people, they quickly become bored with everyday life, everyday life, routine. The absence of a “breath of fresh air” in a life planned to the smallest detail is also a risk factor. In general, the same reasons explain pneumonia in women. A simple and simple analysis of this information explains why the disease is more common among boys and men.

In children and adults (but more often still in small ones), pneumonia develops when it is impossible to express one's protest, disagreement with the state of affairs, with someone from the environment. The inability to say words at the physiological level is manifested by coughing. Bronchitis develops, followed by pneumonia.

If a person, regardless of his age, perceives the world hostilely, with apprehension, as a threat to his own security, then the likelihood of pneumonia increases in proportion to the aggression that a person has inside in relation to others.

A simple example: pneumonia is often a complication of an acute viral infection (ARVI, influenza). At the same time, one child recovers from SARS within five days and without complications, while the other, with the same adequate treatment and care, ends up in the hospital with pneumonia. With a high degree of probability, psychologists say, the second child is in a psychologically unfavorable environment at home, and cannot express his protest, which is why pulmonary pathology develops.

Please note that domineering, authoritarian parents usually complain about the health of the lungs in children, who habitually impose their decisions, their opinion on the child. By and large, no one asks the little one which section he wants to attend, and whether he himself needs Spanish courses. He dutifully attends classes because his parents want him to. And resentment and irritation accumulate in the soul, which one day results in pneumonia. And parents who too “smother” their children with love and constant guardianship elevated to the pathological stage are also at risk of treating their children for pneumonia.

Often, according to the observations of psychotherapists, inflammation of the lungs is preceded by an emotional shock, an important event that is unpleasant for a person, which takes a lot of vitality. He gets tired, brings himself to psychological exhaustion, accumulates resentment and anger at the world, as a result, he falls ill with inflammation of the lung tissue.

Do not forget that the psychosomatics of pneumonia is based precisely on hidden aggression and anger. These destructive emotions cause inflammation in the lungs. Simply suppressed emotions without aggression usually lead to the development of pleurisy. And prolonged depression against the background of distrust of the world usually leads to the development of tuberculosis.

Treatment

Pneumonia without fail requires traditional treatment prescribed by a doctor. At the same time, one should not forget about the psychosomatic component - it is important to work on the mistakes, if necessary, turn to a person who will help correct the mistakes and do everything right - a psychotherapist or a clinical psychologist. It is especially important to do this if pneumonia has begun in a child.

People who are in harmony with the outside world, who freely accept everything new from the outside and easily part with the old (inhale and exhale easily at the physiological level), usually do not experience problems with the respiratory system. Situations and people can be different, it is important to be able to control your emotions, especially if it is resentment and anger.

The less a person enjoys life (which we usually observe in elderly patients), the higher the likelihood of pneumonia. Increasingly, there are both children and adolescents who do not know how to enjoy life at all - they are not accustomed to by their parents. They are the same risk group in terms of the likelihood of developing pulmonary pathologies.

As a preventive measure, only one thing can be advised: learn to enjoy every day, every little thing, pay attention to your children, because you can not just show the child how the New Year's ball is technically hung on the Christmas tree, you can tell him that this beautiful and bright ball is similar to his desires, that he will definitely help them come true, because it is not simple, but magical. The process of collecting a Christmas tree will turn into a joy for a child, and will bring joy to adult family members.

The lungs represent the ability to take and give. Lung problems arise because of our unwillingness or fear to live life to the fullest, to "breathe deeply." Something prevents you from taking everything you need from life. Some of your thoughts and emotions literally “put pressure on your chest” and do not allow you to breathe freely. Pneumonia, tuberculosis, cancer, pneumosclerosis are just different manifestations of a hidden subconscious unwillingness to live in this world.

Pneumonia

Inflammation of the lungs leads to despair, fatigue from life. Emotional wounds grow in your soul, and they are not allowed to heal.

A young woman came to see me with complications from pneumonia.

“Svetlana,” I asked her, “turn inside yourself now and ask your subconscious mind: “What recent events in my life have led me to the disease?”

The woman closes her eyes for a while. “I know the answer,” she says worriedly. – I already guessed about it before, but now everything has cleared up completely. You see, I believe that a husband should be able to earn money and provide for his family. That's why I was always looking for such a man. And a few months ago, such a man appeared in my life. We began to live together. He has a big house, farm, car. At first, even my head was spinning from such wealth. And now I can't breathe freely in this house. Our relationship is not formalized, and I do not feel like a hostess.

- What prevents you from feeling like a hostess? I asked her.

- I think he feels that in the first place in our relationship is money, not love. And I always try to prove him otherwise. To do this, I have to work hard myself and earn decent money in order to show him my financial independence. I'm tired of this, and my strength is running out.

Bronchitis

In fact, bronchitis is a reflection of unspoken anger and claims.

There is a very nervous atmosphere in the family, there is no peace and harmony. Arguments, swearing, shouting. A rare calm. In such cases, children are very sensitive indicators of the atmosphere in the family. They immediately react with diseases of the upper respiratory tract.

One man came to see me with his 5-year-old son. Every month the child has inflammation of the upper respiratory tract: bronchitis, cough.

- Who do you live with? I ask him.

- In addition to me, my wife and child, my mother still lives with us.

- And what is your relationship with your mother, what is the atmosphere in the family?

- Terrible! the man answers. She is always unhappy about something. I am dissatisfied with the fact that I am not working now, but my wife is working. He believes that we are raising our child incorrectly. We, especially me, have constant conflicts with her. Calm comes only when the child gets sick. That's when we all unite around a sick child.

- It turns out that the child's illness helps you to achieve a truce at least for a while? I ask him.

- It turns out so. But you are absolutely right,” the man replies. “I never thought about it that way.

- When you learn to find a common language with your mother, then the disease will not be needed.

"But shouldn't the mother herself change?" he wonders.

“I should,” I reply. “But you are in front of me now, not your mother. You change, she changes.

“Yes, it will be difficult to do,” the man sighs, “but I will try.

“Try it,” I say. “After all, the health of your child depends on your efforts.

Three months later I met the man's wife, she worked as a secretary with my friend.

“You know,” she said, “since my husband visited you, my son has never been sick, and now there is peace and tranquility in the family. We are very grateful to you.

Cough

This desire to bark at the whole world and declare itself: ‘Look at me! Listen to me!" In this case, learn to express your feelings, do not suppress your emotions. Feel free to say what you think.

In some cases, coughing acts as a kind of brake. If you condemn people's behavior, express dissatisfaction and criticism aloud, then coughing "helps" you maintain good relations with other people and learn to express only approval aloud.

Tatyana had a busy work week, and on the weekend she decided to relax and enjoy solitude. On Saturday morning, Tatyana began to collect things necessary for a trip to the country. Imagine her surprise when her husband told her that guests would come to their dacha for two days.

“Sergei, why didn’t you tell me before?”

“You didn’t ask,” the husband replied.

But you know I don't like these people!

And I need them for work.

This ended the conversation, but the wife remained unspoken claims to her husband. Further more. When the hosts and guests met at the dacha, Tatyana began to annoy literally everything: the appearance of the guests, the topics of conversation, and shish kebabs prepared according to a different recipe. The woman mentally condemned the guests all the time. Soon she developed a sore throat. She paid no attention to it. In addition, the position of the hostess obliged to be cordial and hospitable. Tatyana could no longer restrain her emotions, but she did not want to spoil her relationship with her husband either. As a result, she developed a severe cough, and as a patient, she withdrew from society and was finally able to “enjoy” loneliness.

Asphyxiation

Strong fear of life, distrust of life leads to spasm of the airways.

A man came to see me, who had had attacks of suffocation from time to time for several years.

“Doctor,” he says to me, “before, these attacks were rare, and after the New Year they became several times a day. They are accompanied by trembling, numbness of the left side of the body, fear.

The man, with my help, established contact with the subconscious and asked the question: “Were there any events in my life that caused the appearance of suffocation?”

Judging by his facial expression, he began to receive some information from his subconscious mind and after a while told me the following:

“Three years ago I went into business and invested a large amount of money in one enterprise. Right after that I started having seizures.

- What were your thoughts, experiences and emotions then caused it? I asked him.

- Fear and worry! he replied. “I was afraid of losing that money then. However, everything ended well for me. Then my family and I moved to the Crimea. For a while, I felt very good. Seizures have stopped completely. Probably climate change, and situations. Here I also went into business. And then last fall it all happened again. And the reason was again the situation with money. But this time I lost a large amount of money.

- What feelings and emotions did you experience this time? I asked him.

- Well, what else can a person experience in a similar situation? Resentment, anger, anger, irritation. And after that, the attacks began almost every day, and since January, even several times a day. My friends advised me to take a rest, but the money is running out, I need to feed my family. In Moscow, I was offered a job, but how can I go there in such a state?

- Yes, in this state it is contraindicated for you to do any work at all, and even more so related to money. You need to urgently change your attitude towards money.

- But how to do that?

- Look here. A person already has a home, a car, a VCR, a TV, a telephone, and other material goods, but he strives to acquire more and more, forgetting about other areas of life. It turns out life for the sake of money and for the sake of accumulating material wealth. But this cannot and should not be the goal of all life. After all, a person will not be able to take it all to the grave.

"You're right," the man agrees.

“Imagine a glutton,” I continue. - Food for him ceases to be just a means to replenish energy costs. He uses her for something else. And if there is no food, then he begins to get angry, annoyed, worried. The body is gaining reserves for future use in the form of body fat. But with every extra kilogram a person becomes harder and harder. And finally, what he made the goal in life brings him suffering and illness, and then death. That is, what he is hooked on kills him. Your situation is the same. You have made money your goal in life, and money should be treated as a means.

"But won't I become indifferent to money?" the patient asks. I'll stop trying to earn them.

But I have a family to feed.

– If a person treats money as a means, and not as an end, then God gives him as much money as is necessary to fulfill his intentions. What good feelings does money give you?

- Calmness, first of all, and stability.

- So, the calmer you are about money, the more money you will attract into your life.

In the meantime, the anxiety, fear and anger associated with money has not only led to the loss of money, but also began to take away your health. You need to understand that it was not money that caused your health problems, but your attitude towards money.

Doctor, I understand everything. But what should I do with an offer to work in Moscow?

- Of course, agree, because you have to feed your family. But before that, be sure to work on yourself. Review all the situations in your life that were associated with money, and go through them many times over again, with new feelings: calmness, gratitude and joy. Mentally thank God, the Universe, your subconscious for those situations in which you were infringed on money, deceived, offended, where you lost money. Thank those people who, through their immoral behavior, taught you the right attitude towards money. Now the amount of money in your life and your health depend on how much and how quickly you change your worldview. You still have time before leaving for Moscow.

Asthma

As a rule, asthmatics do not cry at all in life. Such people hold back tears, sobs. Asthma is suppressed sobbing and often comes from some childhood conflict with the mother; for example, the unfulfilled desire of the child to confess to his mother in some kind of misconduct.

I noticed that asthmatics are people who are very dependent on their mother. This connection was traced by me in almost every case of asthma.

Asthma is an attempt to express what cannot be expressed in any other way. You are suppressing certain emotions. You have no emotional self-control.

Let's see how an asthmatic behaves during an attack. He cannot breathe on his own. He needs some outside help. He is convinced that he has no right to breathe (and therefore live) on his own. There is a strong dependence on external factors (in childhood it is a strong dependence on parents, more often on the mother). Such people are not able to breathe for their own good, to enjoy life.

Asthma in children is a fear of life. Strong subconscious fear. Unwillingness to be here and now. Such children, as a rule, have a highly developed sense of conscience - they take the blame for everything.

As a homeopathic doctor, a woman came to see me with her son, who periodically had asthma attacks. The homeopathic treatment I prescribed gave very good results, but the disease did not completely go away.

Immediately at the first session, I noted to myself that the causes of my son's illness were hidden in his mother's behavior. She was one of those women who control her children in everything. With their such “care”, they literally do not allow them to “breathe freely”. Further research into the subconscious program of the mother's behavior showed that constant fears led to her son's illness - fears about life, himself, his son. She inherited these fears from her mother, who was afraid of literally everything.

During the conversation, the woman repeatedly used the following phrases: “I am suffocating from life”, “I am rushing somewhere and cannot stop and take a break.”

It is noticed that the condition of asthmatics improves in the mountains or at sea. Being in the mountains, they feel higher, near the sea - cleaner. Such natural conditions help them cope with their inner impurity, which is caused by "dirty" thoughts.

Tuberculosis

First of all, such emotions as depression and sadness, despondency and melancholy lead to tuberculosis. They appear due to the fact that in the subconscious for many years aggression has accumulated against the world and people, against life and destiny, and this aggression does not allow us to live and breathe fully.

Such people do not want or cannot perceive life. They don't live full, fulfilling lives. What advice do doctors give to tuberculosis patients in the first place? Breathe fresh and clean air and eat well, that is, fully.

“My father was recently diagnosed with cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis,” one of my patients tells me. - What do you think is the reason?

- How often did depression arise in your father's life, thoughts about the injustice of this world? I ask.

- Constantly. The fact is that my father is a very talented person. He has many inventions, rationalization proposals. And I often heard from him that he was tired of fighting the stupidity of officials. He often criticizes the government, our state system.

He accuses others of preventing him from being realized in life, creating obstacles.

“That is the reason for his illness. On the one hand, anger and hatred towards the system, and on the other hand, resentment towards life, fate and unwillingness to live in this unfair, as he thinks, world.

I noticed that people who have a strong sense of possessiveness are susceptible to tuberculosis. It is when something to which they are strongly attached is taken away from them, there is an unwillingness to live. This raises the question of the meaning of life.

“Advise me what to do with my parents,” a friend turns to me for help. “A year ago I got married and moved to another city. Some time after that, a blackout in the lungs was discovered in the father, and they do not know whether it is cancer or tuberculosis, and the mother began to quickly gain weight.

“The thing is,” I explain to her, “that when you left your father’s house, your parents had an emotional void, because you were their only joy and meaning in life. Your mother decided to fill this void with food and therefore began to get better, and your father accumulated a lot of resentment towards life and fate. And this situation became the impetus for lung disease.

“Yes, you are right,” the friend agrees. The parents did not have love for each other. And they repeatedly said that they live together only for the sake of the child.

1. PNEUMONIA- (Louise Hay)

Causes of the disease

Despair. Tired of life. Emotional wounds that are not allowed to heal.

I freely breathe in Divine ideas, filled with the breath and mind of life. This is a new beginning.

2. PNEUMONIA- (V. Zhikarentsev)

Causes of the disease

Leading to despair. Tired of life. Emotional wounds that cannot be healed.

Possible Healing Solution

I easily accept Divine ideas filled with the breath and mind of life. This is a new moment in my life.

3. PNEUMONIA- (Liz Burbo)

Pneumonia is an infectious or viral lung disease. Pneumonia begins acutely. Its main symptoms are fever, general malaise, extreme fatigue, muscle pain, headache, cough, and chest pain. See the article, with the addition that a person is having a hard time with some unexpected event that threatens the entire course of his life.

4. PNEUMONIA- (Valery Sinelnikov)

Cause Description

Inflammation of the lungs leads to despair, fatigue from life. Emotional wounds grow in your soul, and they are not allowed to heal.

A young woman came to see me with complications from pneumonia.

“Svetlana,” I asked her, “turn inside yourself now and ask your subconscious mind: “What recent events in my life have led me to the disease?”

The woman closes her eyes for a while.

"I know the answer," she says worriedly. - I already guessed about it before, but now everything has cleared up finally. You see, I believe that a husband should be able to earn money and provide for his family. That's why I was always looking for such a man. And a few months ago, such a man appeared in my life. We began to live together. He has a big house, farm, car. At first, even my head was spinning from such wealth. And now I can't breathe freely in this house. Our relationship is not formalized, and I do not feel like a hostess.

- What prevents you from feeling like a hostess? I asked her.

- It seems to me that he feels that in the first place in our relationship is money, not love. And I always try to prove him otherwise. To do this, I have to work hard myself and earn decent money in order to show him my financial independence. I'm tired of this, and my strength is running out.

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Natalia Lebedeva

Pulmonologist

If pneumonia is diagnosed on time, it can most often be completely cured in 7-14 days and avoid serious complications.

Often the appearance and development of the disease can be caused by psychological problems, because it is the psyche and somatics that are inextricably linked. We will talk about the impact of psychological problems on somatic health in this article.

What it is?

Psychosomatics shows the relationship between diseases and human thoughts, his emotions and ideas, beliefs and subconscious beliefs. She considers how all this affects the soul, mind and body. The task of psychosomatics is to show people how to find the real illnesses in themselves. For this, psychosomatic tables are used.

It used to be customary to divide all diseases into mental and physical. At the moment, a third class has also been singled out - psychosomatic. Initially, psychosomatic diseases included: diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, hypertension, bronchial asthma, stomach ulcers, colitis and hyperthyroidism. To date, psychosomatics is working on any somatic disorders due to mental causes.

The basic statements of psychosomatics are as follows:

1. Initially, you need to heal your soul, and this will be followed by a cure for the body and mind. To do this, you need to live joyfully and meaningfully, constantly develop and openly express your desires and needs. Be at peace with yourself. Simply put, do what the soul and body desires.
2. If you want to have a healthy body, change your mindset from negative to positive.
3. The disease goes away if a person manages to overcome his psychological problems on his own.
4. Each person initially has enough resources for self-healing.
5. A person is able to heal himself without the help of others.
6. Forgiveness brings health.
7. Love can heal.
8. How and about what a person thinks, so he is put.

According to psychosomatics, the goal of any disease that affects a person is to signal that it is time to go through conscious changes.

Who is subject to it?

According to psychosomatics, each disease, like a mirror, reflects the quality of the patient's thoughts. Thinking is determined by many factors. Everything around us is a reflection of our thoughts: words, deeds, decisions and social interaction. A sudden illness indicates that thoughts have entered into a struggle with unspoken needs.

Habits, formed patterns of behavior and lifestyle of a person lead to physical diseases.

What behavioral patterns (models) do people prone to somatic diseases have:

• deep immersion in personal problems,
• inability to survive stressful situations well (low stress resistance);
• tendency to anxiety disorder;
• negative perception of the world;
• the desire to control everything around (both in your life and in the lives of partners, relatives and friends);
• lack of love (not the ability to give it, as well as receive it);
• setting too difficult goals;
• severe experience of life problems;
• a large number of internal prohibitions;
• low adaptability;
• over-concern with other people's opinions;
• ignoring the needs of the body (food, rest, sleep, etc.);
• problems with boundaries in interpersonal communication;
• deep depression and resistance to life changes.

Psychosomatics distinguishes 4 types of diseases: psycho-spiritual diseases, psychological, mental and physical.

Psychological causes of pneumonia

Psychological factors can be the cause of development. According to a table of the psychosomatic significance of illnesses from one of Louise Hay's books, despair, a feeling of tiredness from life and emotional wounds are the likely cause. An unfavorable atmosphere in the family can also be the cause. According to qualified psychologists, children living in dysfunctional and socially inferior families are more likely to get colds.

Attention! Adults get pneumonia because of an unsatisfied state of mind.

Not only oxygen, but also energy passes through the lungs into the human body. In stressful periods, when a person experiences despair, inflammatory foci form in the lungs. Psychosomatics of pneumonia: constant negative emotions, the impossibility of making favorable life changes, deliberate rejection of benefits, constant reflection on the negative moments of the past, shock, physical overload and lack of proper rest.

In children, this is a problem of accumulation of resentment and misunderstanding, despondency, psychological fatigue, as well as the inability to determine their point of view. In order to prevent the development of psychosomatic pneumonia in a child, parents should make it a rule to take into account his opinion, sort things out only in private, stop criticizing the child, give him complete freedom of intellectual and physical development.

At home, an atmosphere of harmony, love and mutual respect should reign. Provoking factors include constant self-control (denial of everything to yourself), excessive purposefulness, low self-esteem and limiting decency.

In severe cases, it is impossible to figure it out on your own, then a psychologist or psychotherapist comes to the rescue. Sometimes hypnosis is necessary to reveal the true cause of the manifestation of psychosomatic pneumonia.

Other respiratory diseases

Respiratory tract diseases caused by psychosomatics:

• Bronchitis is usually caused by a nervous atmosphere in the family.
• Pneumonia comes from life fatigue, despair, and emotional wounds.
• Diseases of the upper respiratory tract begin from small offenses and feelings of confusion.
• Tuberculosis is associated with a painful sense of ownership and a desire for revenge.
• Hyperventilation of the lungs is directly related to fear and resistance to change (distrust of the process of change), the fear of "breathing life in full."
• Problems with the tonsils symbolize excessive restraint.
• Sore throats are associated with the so-called "swallowed anger", unwillingness to change, inability to stand up for oneself.
• Respiratory diseases are a reaction to the negative mood of the environment.
• Laryngitis - the inability to speak out because of any fear.

Important! Any inflammation begins due to difficult living conditions, where anger and frustration are constantly present. Common psychological causes of lung disease are depression, sadness, and fear of accepting life.

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Conclusion

Drawing conclusions on the article, we can briefly formulate the main provisions. It is necessary to accept the situation, consider it in detail from different angles, draw up an initial plan for solving the problem, plan positive prospects and start looking for a way out.

The final stage is the maximum control of thoughts. Think only in a positive way. Remember that pneumonia is a disease of insecure people. If you are unable to find the problem yourself, you can always contact a qualified specialist.

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