Psychological causes of conjunctivitis in adults
Typical symptoms are hyperemia and itching of the eyelid, the appearance of pus, and red streaks on the white part of the eyeball. In the morning, dried discharge accumulates on the eyelashes, making it difficult to open the eyes. There is a runny nose and swelling of the nasal mucosa. Without proper treatment, the process becomes chronic.
In official medicine, the reasons for the development of conjunctivitis are identified:
- damage by viruses;
- bacterial infection;
- eye injury;
- allergic reaction;
- influence of ultraviolet radiation;
- side effect of the drug;
- lack of vitamins;
- non-compliance with the rules of wearing contact lenses;
- chronic inflammatory processes in the maxillary sinuses, lacrimal ducts.
But long-term unsuccessful treatment or constant relapses of the disease, subject to the doctor’s recommendations and hygiene rules, may indicate a psychogenic form of the disease.
Causes of persistent conjunctivitis in children
Children under seven years of age who have never had conjunctivitis are a rare occurrence, ophthalmologists say. After all, it arises for many reasons. A child's immune system is still very weak to resist viruses and infections to the same extent as in adults. Often the disease develops against the background of current inflammatory pathologies of the nasopharynx, as well as “childhood” diseases: chickenpox, measles, mumps and others. In addition, poor personal hygiene by a young child is an additional risk factor. A child often develops conjunctivitis if he is not vaccinated - some parents oppose vaccinations, thereby increasing the risk of various diseases.
Most types of conjunctivitis are not dangerous if you take timely measures: take your baby to the doctor and then follow the prescribed therapy. Parents need to be attentive to the health of their children. If after sleep the eyes are red and watery, some discharge is visible on them, and the child actively rubs them with his hands, it is worth visiting an ophthalmologist for a diagnosis. 90% of success in the treatment of conjunctivitis depends on prompt consultation with a specialist.
Many parents ask the question - why does conjunctivitis constantly occur in a child? In this case, you need to consult a doctor. Perhaps the reason for this is that the immune system is too weak, and then the ophthalmologist will prescribe strengthening agents. The disease tends to recur in allergy sufferers, as well as in children who often suffer from acute respiratory viral infections or acute respiratory infections. A child should be taught personal hygiene from an early age: wash his hands after walking, use his own separate objects - a towel, dishes. It is very important to completely cure existing conjunctivitis, otherwise the bacteria may become active again after some time.
The occurrence of conjunctivitis according to famous psychologists
Vision is a unique system. The left eye responds and looks into the future, the right one analyzes the past. Events of long past days influence the perception of the present and leave an imprint on future life.
Many famous psychologists and psychotherapists have expressed opinions about the nature of inflammatory processes in the visual analyzer system. Among them are Louise Hay, Liz Burbo. Their recommendations are similar, but differ in details and approaches to working with patients.
According to Sinelnikov
Dr. V. Sinelnikov in the book “Love Your Illness” notes that inflammatory processes in the eye system occur when there is an unwillingness to see any object or subject. The thought of this provokes an attack of anger, hatred, and, in some cases, resentment.
The stronger the negative emotions associated with the object, the more active the inflammatory process. This is due to a reverse loop, a rollback of the negative reaction. The target organ can be any organ, but if the immune defense is reduced in the visual analyzer system, then conjunctivitis develops.
Possible psychological causes of conjunctivitis according to Sinelnikov:
- gloat;
- malice;
- the desire to harm, but with the wrong hands.
Rituals of inducing damage and the evil eye have a similar side effect. If you carried out similar actions in relation to another person, then the result may be illness in the person sending the damage. But more often - at the customer of the process.
By Liz Burbo
Conjunctivitis according to Liz Burbo affects only the outer membranes of the eye. This condition occurs due to rejection of problems in life.
The patient has had some unpleasant events in the past. They cause severe attacks of anger. There is a fear that a similar incident will happen again. The lesion in the left eye develops against the background of the patient’s mother’s negative attitude towards past events. If the inflammation affected only the right one, then the patient’s father played a significant role in assessing the situation.
Such people divide the world into 2 colors - only white and black. Frequent inflammatory processes in the visual analyzer system are an attempt by the body to consider life in all its colors and manifestations. But the patient extinguishes these aspirations with an effort of will.
This is a form of self-defense. A person sets himself the idea that one should expect only troubles from life. And a joyful event is an accident.
Rejection of the world, anger gives rise to psychosomatic symptoms of conjunctivitis:
- difficulty opening your eyes after waking up;
- excessive lacrimation and pus discharge;
- swelling of the eyelids;
- pain in bright light;
- redness of the mucous membrane of the eyes.
Treatment of a psychosomatic illness lies in an adequate perception of life with its joys and sorrows, the desire to see only positive moments and create them.
By Louise Hay
The treatment, according to the author, is to rethink the past, accept events and analyze the situation. Perhaps the patient had no choice, and this was the only opportunity to get out of trouble with minimal losses.
After rethinking the events of the past, it is recommended to change your attitude towards the present. Try to love the world in all its manifestations, begin to look at life with loving eyes.
Condition correction methods
Many psychologists are developing methods to combat psychosomatics. The main treatment for conjunctivitis remains medication and is carried out by an ophthalmologist. But if the inflammation is difficult to treat, it is recommended to visit a psychosomatic specialist.
Luule Viilma
The famous gynecologist Luule Viilma, who discovered the gift of a psychologist, believes that conjunctivitis occurs when a person is overwhelmed with anger. It can arise in relation to oneself, other people, the world around us.
To get rid of this, you need to learn to enjoy other people's successes and your own achievements. A person needs to be able to see the positive in the world around him.
Liz Burbo
This is a famous psychologist, author of two dozen books. The cause of conjunctivitis, according to Liz Burbo, is a person’s angry state. Anger arises when remembering past grievances and disappointments.
To get rid of unpleasant memories of past events, the psychologist recommends thinking more often about pleasant moments that happened to a person previously. It is recommended to remove from the environment objects reminiscent of the painful past.
Sinelnikov
According to Dr. Sinelnikov, psychosomatic conjunctivitis is more often observed in children than in adults. The specialist associates the disease with dissatisfaction with oneself. This is more typical during adolescence.
The teenager requires mandatory help from a psychologist. He needs to learn to accept himself for who he is. A teenager should feel a sense of love for himself and the world around him.
Louise Hay
Conjunctivitis occurs if a person does not want to look into the future, says psychologist Louise Hay. The psychosomatics of the disease is associated with a fear of change and a reluctance to change the usual way of life.
According to the specialist, the patient needs to get rid of fear of the future. To do this, it is recommended to constantly learn something new and be open to communication.
The psychosomatics of eye diseases depends on how much anger or fear there is in a person. Reluctance to see the surrounding reality leads to damage to the organ of vision. Such situations require joint work of an ophthalmologist and a psychologist.
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Psychological methods of getting rid of illness
According to psychologists, a person perceives the world in a complex way. In this case, the body is involved, which is the first to perceive information and transmit it to the emotional sphere. Further, under the influence of feelings, a rational perception of the event is formed.
Based on 3 components, a spiritual attitude to the event is formed. In this sequence, you should get rid of anger, fears, and negative life experiences.
The following will help cure conjunctivitis caused by nervousness:
Movement and sound - dancing, sports, long walks in pleasant places increase the production of endorphins. Under their influence, the perception of life changes, and active actions leave no room for sad thoughts, digging into the past and experiencing the negative again. Sound activity – laughter, singing, accompanying sports activities with music. They have a positive effect on the formation of emotional perception of life.
Creativity - it is believed that a healthy person can express his feelings through activities not related to survival in environmental conditions. But the emotional sphere is limited by moral requirements and rules of behavior in society. In creativity, a person can express exciting thoughts and problems, and his attitude to the surrounding reality. This is a big step for a harmonious holistic perception of yourself.
The psychosomatic causes of inflammatory processes in the visual analyzer are easy to identify independently. In the vast majority of cases, solving them does not require the participation of specialists. If you couldn’t cope on your own, and the doctor was unable to identify the objective reasons for the development of the inflammatory process, the best solution would be to contact a psychotherapist.
Conjunctivitis is an unpleasant disease, but not dangerous for humans. Constant inflammation brings discomfort. It is difficult to identify the nervous nature of the disease, since there are signs of an allergic reaction, viral and bacterial infection. If traditional treatment methods do not bring relief, perhaps you need to take control of your own nerves and try to look at life from a different angle!
Causes of diseases and ways to overcome them
General psychosomatic principles usually do not make it easier to understand the causes of individual ailments, and it is for help in identifying them that people turn to specialists in the field of psychosomatic medicine. So let's take a closer look at some of the common ophthalmic pathologies.
Nervous eye tic
This is more of a neurological problem, but since it relates to the eyes, it should still be talked about. The eye usually twitches when there is significant internal tension that arises in a person if something is unpleasant to him and he does not want to see it.
Usually, several weeks of observation are enough to identify the “culprit.” Then you just need to try to change your attitude towards an event or person, try to relax every time an irritant comes your way.
The irritation and discomfort that occurs with such a pathology clearly indicate that the reason lies in the excessive irritation that a person experiences for one reason or another. Often people react this way to colleagues or to their spouse if the relationship has reached a dead end, and people are forced to stay close and look at each other every day.
If there is a strong burning sensation due to dryness, then you should think about to whom and how often you sting.
Myopia
This misfortune is typical of those who are afraid of the future and cannot look into the distance in the literal sense of the word. Such people tend to “bury their head in the sand” as soon as the need arises to look beyond their nose. They are sometimes so focused on their own experiences, so subjective, that they simply cannot look at the situation as a whole or evaluate different points of view.
In children, myopia often develops as a defense mechanism against parental conflicts and quarrels with peers. To reduce anxiety and worries, vision deterioration occurs subconsciously.
Farsightedness
In contrast to myopia, farsightedness develops in people who try not to notice their shortcomings, but enthusiastically consider and study events on a planetary scale. They are uncomfortable with what is close today, but what is far away and big seems tempting.
You need to find the reason for denying yourself or something in your close circle and eliminate it.
Astigmatism
The development of such a disease indicates that there is a severe internal conflict that prevents one from comparing the internal and external worlds, as a result, the view turns out to be fuzzy and blurry. Often astigmatists are confident that they are completely correct, but the world around them is far from perfect. Denying themselves as part of the world, they stop seeing its real picture.
Strabismus
It develops in children if the baby lives in an atmosphere of contradictions. Parents cannot come to a common opinion; they have different requirements for the child and for issues of upbringing. Conflicting demands in this case influence the formation of two different views on one problem.
In adults, strabismus develops due to the equally strong influence of two worlds: the existing and illusory, fictitious, invented by the patient himself.
Elimination of inconsistency usually significantly facilitates the task of ophthalmological correction of such pathology.
Glaucoma
These are the grievances of a person pressing on the eye from within. He looks at the world through the prism of grievances, he remembers them in detail, down to the smallest detail, adding new grievances to the old ones, due to which intraocular pressure increases.
Glaucoma is treated by identifying the offenders and the situations in which the patient was offended. Next, all you need to do is forgive them all, let go of all situations, and ease internal tension. It's not fast, and quite difficult, but it's worth it.
Barley
This unpleasant and painful state occurs in the case of strong, acute anger that a person has managed to restrain inside. He finds a way out - abscesses appear that fester and hurt. Frequent styes in a child or adult are a sign of a general depressed emotional background.
Conjunctivitis
Develops due to accumulated irritation from what he sees. Inflammation, redness, swelling are a sign of strong anger that a person has been experiencing for a long time and tries not to show to others. The eyes itch and water because this irritation, on the verge of aggression, needs to be released.
Re-evaluating your attitude towards loved ones and yourself will help, and just as in the case of barley, you need to learn how to transform negative energy into something positive.
Cataract
Cloudiness of the lens indicates that a person has accumulated many “cloudy” attitudes, most often associated with his difficult memories of the past. The patient would be glad to get rid of them, but cannot, because they are dear to him in their own way. Gradually, the body begins to block the channel, but not the past, but the present, which urgently demands to get rid of old experiences. As a result, today begins to be perceived as blurry.
The therapy is obvious - reviewing and discarding all difficult memories by devaluing them.
Injuries and swelling
Even eye injuries (bruises, wounds) do not occur by accident. Psychosomatic preconditions are warning in nature - a person urgently needs to reconsider his vision of the world, he is on the wrong path, which will lead to more negative problems with the visual organs. If you don’t do this now, then you shouldn’t be surprised later that vision deteriorates and purulent inflammatory processes develop.
Swelling and bags under the eyes are a sign of internal weakness, lack of will to change, stagnation of old, destructive memories, grievances and attitudes.
Psychosomatics: conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis is an infectious inflammation of the conjunctiva (the mucous membrane of the eyeball and the inner surface of the eyelids). This general name refers to eye diseases that are characterized by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eyes.
- exogenous (self-occurring disease)
- endogenous (secondary, concomitant disease against the background of measles, rubella, etc.).
Depending on the causes, there are many types of conjunctivitis. From here we list the causes of the disease: bacteria, viruses, chlamydia, fungi, allergies, farsightedness or myopia, chemical irritants, dust, ultraviolet radiation, metabolic disorders, vitamin deficiency, etc.
Common symptoms of conjunctivitis are:
- irritation, itching, burning, pain in the eyes,
- redness,
- lacrimation,
- feeling of sand in the eye,
- photophobia,
- swelling of the eyelids,
- sticking of eyelids in the morning, etc.
Psychosomatics of conjunctivitis
Since conjunctivitis affects the eyes, let us first consider the psychosomatics of the eyes. The eyes are an organ of vision that allows us to receive information from the outside world.
Hence, almost all eye ailments reflect a person’s reluctance to see something or someone: events, relationships, himself, the people around him. As a rule, this is associated with the negative content of a person’s thoughts and emotions. For example, some information coming through the eyes is not pleasant to a person or causes him pain.
When considering the psychosomatics of the eye, it should also be clarified that problems with the right eye are associated with a negative vision of the world, and also symbolize the male side (in particular, the dad and his influence). The left eye is usually associated with the influence of the mother and with seeing oneself. This approach is followed by many famous authors (Louise Hay, Lise Burbo, V. Sinelnikov, etc.).
Ways to Heal
The path to recovery from psychosomatic conjunctivitis is relatively simple. “Relatively” - because everything depends on the person himself: whether he wants to let go of his negative thoughts and emotions or whether he will continue to cherish them. For some, letting go is easy, for others it is difficult, and for others, the third does not want to part with their irritation (resentment, anger, etc.).
And it turns out that there is no one and nothing to blame except your negative view of the world around you. The world is objective for everyone, and a person himself paints it in his own positive or negative colors. And the body simply obeys a person’s internal attitude: to be happy or angry, to see or not to see (remember how sometimes people say: “if only my eyes could not see”).
Another important point for healing is the realization that each of us sees only what resonates with his inner state: the aggressive one sees violence, the evil one sees evil, and the wise one sees the wisdom of Life.
It seems that a wise person, instead of condemning or hating something, looks into himself and thinks: “Is there something so negative (thoughts, feelings) in me that allowed it to physically manifest itself in my life?”
This kind of constant self-analysis allows you to keep your inner world clean and positive, which will automatically manifest itself both in the state of your physical body and in your life.
I wish you a joyful and wise vision of life!
Psychosomatic causes of conjunctivitis in children and adults
Inflamed eyes can often be seen in adults, but children suffer from conjunctivitis more often. However, some complain of inflammation of the eye membrane in almost every case of a viral or other disease.
This disease is quite dangerous, and if not properly treated, it can lead to serious consequences for the health of the visual organs. But a person, regardless of age, needs to be treated not only with prescribed ointments and eye drops, but also psychologically, since eye inflammation has clear psychosomatic causes. They will be discussed in this article.
Bacterial conjunctivitis in children
In childhood, there are three common forms of the disease: viral, bacterial and allergic conjunctivitis. Most often it occurs bacterial, which often affects newborn babies. In them, infection occurs, as a rule, from the mother when passing through the birth canal.
There can be several causes of bacterial conjunctivitis in children. Most often, the causative agents are pneumococci, streptococci, staphylococci, etc., which enter the mucous membrane of the organs of vision from dirty hands. Children of preschool and primary school age still have poor personal hygiene and often rub their eyes with unwashed hands, which is why infection occurs. In infants, the causative agents of infection are chlamydia and gonococci, which are transmitted from the mother. Bacterial conjunctivitis can also develop for other reasons: with acute inflammation of the nasopharynx (sinusitis, rhinitis, tonsillitis and others).
Microorganisms from the nose and throat easily enter the eyes, especially if hygiene is not observed during illness. The infection can easily be caught in public places: when swimming in ponds, visiting swimming pools, baths.
general information
Conjunctivitis is an inflammatory process located in the conjunctiva (the membrane of the organs of vision). Up to 85% of all cases of eye inflammation are caused by adenoviruses, and only up to 15% of cases in both adults and children are caused by pathogenic bacteria. There is also a non-infectious type of disease when the eyes become inflamed due to a severe allergic reaction.
Conjunctivitis can be either acute or chronic, in which the eyes are exposed to an irritating factor for a long time. Circumstances such as vitamin deficiency, metabolic disorders, and chronic nasal diseases are considered predisposing to the onset of the disease.
Symptoms include swelling of the eyelids, watery eyes, inflammation of the eyes, and discharge of pus from them (in the bacterial form).
Conjunctivitis, in addition to allergic conjunctivitis, is contagious and easily passes from one eye in which it appears to the other.
More often than others, people with blue eyes suffer from the pathology, since they have a higher level of photosensitivity.
How does bacterial conjunctivitis occur in a child?
Often, damage to the visual organs during the disease is bilateral: first it appears in one eye, and after 1-3 days it develops in the other. The main symptoms of this form of conjunctivitis are mucus and pus secreted from the organs of vision, due to which the eyelids stick together, and then the discharge dries out in the form of crusts on the eyelashes. The color of pus can be grayish, yellowish, or green. This infection in children can be aggravated by blepharitis, keratoconjunctivitis, and ulcers form on the corneal area. Purulent conjunctivitis of newborns, also called gonococcal blenorrhea, usually develops 2-3 days after the baby is born. He has pronounced hyperemia of the eyelids and copious purulent discharge.
The danger of gonococcal conjunctivitis lies in the high likelihood of developing purulent infiltrates and corneal ulcers, which can lead to the formation of through wounds, the formation of a cataract, decreased vision or blindness. When infection penetrates into the eye, there is also a threat of endophthalmitis or panophthalmitis.
Psychosomatic reasons
At first glance, according to the description of the disease, there is absolutely nothing psychosomatic in it - viruses, bacteria, allergens. With them everything is more or less simple and clear. But this is an erroneous opinion, since medicine cannot clearly explain the predisposition to inflammation of the conjunctiva. In other words, there are people who have suffered from eye inflammation at most once in their lives, and there are those who are forced to treat conjunctivitis with enviable regularity.
Psychosomatics, which studies the connection between bodily changes and the psychofactor and emotional state, considers the problem in a complex manner, and psychoanalysts have been able to establish a fairly clear connection between certain psychotypes and behavioral habits and frequent diseases of the visual organs.
- The eyes, from the point of view of psychosomatics, are an organ that allows you to see a picture of the world, visually perceive events and information coming from the outside. Therefore, conjunctivitis and almost all other eye diseases develop not only due to the ingress of bacteria or viruses, but also due to the fact that the person himself makes this infection possible. He just doesn't want to see anything or anyone. He can “close his eyes” and try not to notice certain events, people who are unpleasant to him, and his own shortcomings.
If a person has conjunctivitis, this means that something from the outside, what he sees, gives him internal discomfort, mental pain. In response to it, a defense mechanism is subconsciously activated: if pain comes through a vision, then this vision needs to be reduced. This is how, in general terms, conjunctival disease develops.
- Predominant damage to the right eye usually indicates a negative vision of the world, as well as a hostile and painful vision of everything masculine (often associated with childhood psychological trauma, with a father, brother and their influence). If the problems are mainly with the left eye, psychosomatic symptoms indicate that the person sees himself negatively or has childhood traumas due to difficult memories of his mother.
Many researchers emphasize that this is a reasonable approach, because it is the mother who shapes the child’s attitude towards himself, and the father who opens that big world to the child, and how the child communicates with his mother and father affects how he perceives himself , peace and yourself in the world.
- A person who suffers from conjunctivitis with enviable regularity, according to psychoanalysts, is usually quite cowardly. He is afraid to face the truth, to open his eyes to reality, he tries to run away from the problem instead of working on solving it. He really doesn’t like what he sees, and he would be glad not to contemplate it, but instead of reconciling with the unpleasant, he begins to get irritated, offended, and angry at this negative thing, which leads to an inflammatory disease.
Viral conjunctivitis in children
The disease develops due to the entry of various viruses into the body. The most common of them is adenovirus, which can cause serious complications if not treated promptly. The child’s immune system is still too weak to fully resist viruses, so immediate measures must be taken in case of any childhood illnesses. The adenovirus is very tenacious and can remain active on dirty or dusty surfaces for up to several weeks. A child just needs to touch this object with his hands and then rub his eyes with them (which children do quite often) - the virus is almost guaranteed to provoke the development of conjunctivitis. In this case, there is an increase in temperature to 38 C or higher, inflammation in the throat, runny nose, swelling of the nasal mucosa. When adenoviruses 3, 4 and 7 enter the body, acute pharyngoconjunctivitis begins to develop. Viruses 8 and 10 cause epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, also spreading to the upper respiratory tract. In most cases, it occurs in both eyes.
The causes of this form of the disease can be other viruses caused by general infections of the body, for example, influenza, ARVI, enterovirus, mumps, measles, Coxsackie virus, herpes simplex and others. Inflammation of the eyes occurs against their background, so medications are prescribed in combination: for the underlying disease and conjunctivitis. However, such cases are less common than the adenoviral form. Approximately two-thirds of infections with viral conjunctivitis caused by general infections occur through hygiene items and contact with a patient.
How to treat?
You need to be treated comprehensively. On the one hand, it is imperative to consult an ophthalmologist and prescribe appropriate treatment - medications, and after the acute period has passed - physiotherapeutic treatment. And if in the case of acute conjunctivitis this is quite enough, then a chronic disease and frequent relapses are a reason to visit a psychotherapist or clinical psychologist. The child can be shown to a child psychologist.
Psychotherapy will include techniques that will allow a person to change his attitude towards the world and people around him and his own reactions to problematic situations.
Relaxation and motivational therapy is recommended for those who are afraid of the future.
An adult must remember that he sees what he is capable of perceiving. That is, the external always reflects the internal: if a person is aggressive, he sees aggression, if he is greedy, then he sees greed, if he is cowardly, he sees betrayal and cowardice.
What you see can clearly and unambiguously suggest what negative quality or feeling you need to work with in yourself. It is important to explain this to children in an accessible form, then problems with the visual organs will become significantly less.
Psychological reasons
Medications eliminate the symptoms of the disease, but without resolving internal conflicts, inflammatory processes will recur. The higher the relapse rate, the higher the likelihood of psychological preconditions for the disease.
Eye diseases are perceived symbolically - a person is dissatisfied with the world around him and the state of affairs. The reluctance to see real life leads to the development of inflammatory processes and blurred vision. If purulent discharge and discomfort are worse in the morning, this indicates stress due to having to deal with unpleasant events and people during the day. However, the main reason for the development of conjunctivitis in adults is considered to be unspoken aggression, which negatively affects the eyes. Describing the psychological portrait of a person prone to frequent inflammation of the mucous membranes of the visual organs, psychologists identify the following features:
- tendency to be offended by others;
- increased internal aggression and anger;
- constant containment and accumulation of negative emotions;
- isolation due to distrust of people;
- fear of the future caused by psychological trauma of the past.
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The emergence according to famous psychologists
Now let’s get acquainted with the opinions of famous psychologists and find out how they speak about the occurrence of conjunctivitis.
Luule Viilma
The famous gynecologist Luule Viilma, who discovered the gift of a psychologist, believes that conjunctivitis occurs when a person is overwhelmed with anger . It can arise in relation to oneself, other people, the world around us. A person needs to be able to see the positive in the world around him.
The presence of conjunctivitis indicates a strong fear of looking into the future, rejection of oneself or the current life situation. As a treatment, the psychologist offers a series of affirmations or positive attitudes that must be repeated regularly to create the desired mood.
- I am not in danger;
- life is beautiful and full of joy and I see it;
- there is peace and harmony in my soul.
Liz Burbo
The main cause of conjunctivitis, a psychologist and author of numerous books, identifies unexpressed anger and suppressed negative emotions. As a main recommendation, Liz Burbo advises reconsidering the life situation in which a person finds himself .
Frequent inflammatory processes in the visual analyzer system are an attempt by the body to consider life in all its colors and manifestations. But a person extinguishes these aspirations with an effort of will. If the body protests against the situation in which a person is now, then it is necessary to change it and then everything will work out.
Sinelnikov
Dr. Sinelnikov emphasizes that conjunctivitis is more a problem for children and adolescents than for adults, since children are more susceptible to negative events and their psyche is more often susceptible to various types of trauma.
For adults there is only one way out - to clear their thoughts and then the world will become a better place. It is necessary to create a comfortable environment for yourself, to cleanse your soul of anger, fear and resentment. Sinelnikov recommends avoiding phrases such as:
- so that my eyes do not see you;
- I can't look at it;
- I can't see you.
With phrases like these, a person can program himself for eye diseases. The human subconscious takes all words literally, this has been proven. Try to monitor your speech and thoughts, they tend to materialize. Positive attitudes work wonders.
Louise Hay
Louise Hay believes that the main cause of conjunctivitis is fear of the future and reluctance to look forward. There can be many reasons - from childhood trauma to betrayal in adulthood.
The treatment, according to the author, is to rethink the past, accept its events and analyze the current life situation. Perhaps the patient had no choice and this was the only opportunity to get out of trouble with minimal losses. You need to accept what happened as the only correct option at that time.
After rethinking the events of the past, it is recommended to change your attitude towards the present. You need to try to love the world in all its manifestations, start looking at life with “lovers’ eyes” and it will reciprocate.
Symptoms of conjunctivitis
Ophthalmologists note the following negative manifestations, the intensity of which varies depending on the degree of development of the disease:
- discharge of translucent masses or pus;
- swelling and swelling of the eyelid tissues;
- imbalanced fluid balance in the eyeball;
- blurred vision;
- severe itching and burning;
- increased pain when blinking;
- increased lacrimation;
- the appearance of a red blood network on the proteins;
- headache;
- migraines and dizziness;
- sensation of a foreign body in the eyeball.
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Physiology of strabismus
Strabismus is a position of the eyeballs in which their visual axes do not coincide with the direction of the position of the object in question. With strabismus, each eye functions separately from each other and their work is not coordinated with each other. In addition, the peculiarity of this disease is that both hemispheres of the brain also cannot act simultaneously. Such people can simultaneously either think, analyze, or feel. Therefore, it is very difficult for them to adequately perceive the world and express themselves accordingly. Typically, the disease develops in childhood or adolescence.
Psychosomatics of strabismus
Psychosomatic strabismus is associated with excessive disapproval or suspicion of something or someone. Surely you are familiar with the expressions “casts a sidelong glance” and “looks askance.” They fully explain the psychosomatics of strabismus. In what cases do they say this? When someone strongly dislikes, for example, someone’s action, he literally looks askance and at the same time can still make a wry grimace.
The right eye is responsible for intellectual abilities, study, and so on. Left – for the emotional sphere. Depending on the direction of strabismus, some features in psychosomatics are distinguished:
- left eye: up – excessive emotionality in the area of manifestation of feelings;
- outward - unconscious instinctive actions, while a person, without having any bad intentions, can violate obligations under the influence of his hypersensitivity;
- inside - fear, manifested in an inferiority complex, this manifests itself in fixation on one’s hypersensitivity, while a person can completely forget or reject other traits of his character;
- outward upward - lack of coordination in time, lack of a sense of time, daydreaming, irrational thinking and irrational actions;
- up – excessive emotionality in the area of manifestation of intelligence, easily confused;
Treatment methods
If frequent relapses of conjunctivitis occur due to unresolved problems of their past or serious phobias, then it is necessary to consult a psychologist. However, it is recommended to follow these tips:
Negative emotions are the cause of disease outbreaks, so you should get rid of them.
- All factors causing outbursts of aggression should be identified. It is recommended to write them down according to the degree of intensity of emotions.
- You can't accumulate negative emotions. If possible, you should express your grievances and anger to the person causing discomfort. Alternatively, you can release your anger through vigorous physical activity. Martial arts are good.
- Positive attitudes for the future are shown. Pessimism has a negative impact on the body.
- You cannot constantly replay traumatic events of the past and mistakes made in your head. It is necessary to accept that it is impossible to change what happened and look for positive aspects in situations.
- It is dangerous to withdraw into yourself and stop responding to the world around you. Psychologists recommend gradually and at a comfortable pace expanding your circle of acquaintances.
During an outburst of anger, it is recommended to use Prithvi Mudra, which consists of specially folding the palms to calm down. For 3-4 minutes. the thumbs and ring fingers of both hands are connected, the remaining phalanges are relaxed. You should breathe deeply and evenly.
Oriental practices such as meditation, deep breathing and the use of incense also help normalize the psycho-emotional state. It is recommended to train in the morning and evening for 15-45 minutes. If you have increased nervousness, you should drink decoctions of chamomile, lemon balm, calendula, and valerian root. A prescription sedative, Gidazepam, may be prescribed. However, it is prohibited to take strong medications on your own.
Psychosomatics as a cause of conjunctivitis
It's no secret that many diseases arise due to nervous tension, constant stress, and a certain way of thinking and behavior. Eye diseases, including conjunctivitis, also belong to this group. However, in order to understand the psychosomatic cause of your problem, you will have to dig deep into your subconscious and understand what is going wrong. Sometimes it is difficult to find the answer to a question.
What is psychosomatics?
The direction in medicine that studies the influence of psychological factors on the development of physical diseases is called psychosomatics. Adherents of this theory believe that disruptions in the nervous system lead to physical damage to organs. Psychosomatics is based on the body’s response to stress, as if it is trying to attract attention to itself.
Conjunctivitis can also occur due to stress. Experts in psychosomatics believe that in this way a person is protected from negative effects on the nervous system. He does not want to see difficulties in front of him - the body takes this literally and develops eye disease.
Of course, the development of conjunctivitis is not always associated with psychosomatics. In most cases, these are the real reasons - infections or injuries. But if the visible cause is eliminated, and conjunctivitis does not disappear and becomes chronic, it is worth thinking about psychosomatics.
There are several psychological prerequisites for the development of conjunctivitis.
- A person has suffered psychological trauma, now he does not want to look into the past. Painful memories cause an exacerbation of the inflammatory process.
- The patient has negative attitudes towards the future. If he faces some life changes that frighten him, the appearance of conjunctivitis is possible.
- A person constantly experiences anger or hatred towards the world around him. Not wanting to see the real situation, the body protects itself from it by inflammation of the organ of vision.
Psychosomatics are most pronounced in people with an unstable nervous system. Frequent changes in emotions cause the body to be in constant tension.
Watch an interesting video about the psychosomatics of conjunctival inflammation:
What is conjunctivitis?
Conjunctivitis is a disease that is characterized by inflammation of the eye membrane, excessive lacrimation, eye pain and redness. In this case, the person experiences symptoms of general malaise, apathy, eats poorly and cannot sleep.
If you turn to traditional medicine, the disease is treated by an ophthalmologist, and all he can prescribe is just wiping the eyes from purulent discharge with tea leaves, instilling special drops, applying ointments, and taking antibiotics.
When an illness happens once and passes without consequences, a person is unlikely to think about it closely. But if this happens constantly, with an enviable pattern, you can think about problems on a subconscious level. You need to look for the cause within yourself even when there are no external causes for the disease, that is, you follow all the rules of prevention, strengthen your immune system, eat right, play sports, maintain hygiene, wash your hands and do not use other people’s personal belongings and cosmetics. Then the matter is somewhat different.
Features of the disease
During conjunctivitis, the mucous membrane of the eyes becomes inflamed. In just a few days, redness, acute pain, high sensitivity to light and lacrimation appear. In addition, the patient may complain of lethargy, general signs of malaise, lack of appetite and poor sleep.
The outstanding psychologist and author of 17 books, Liz Burbo, has already addressed this issue in one of her publications. The psychologist pointed out that despite the large number of symptoms, the pathology is superficial and rarely affects visual acuity.
The author of the book believes that the patient who experienced conjunctivitis had some serious event in his life that caused a lot of anger or fear.
A person is afraid to experience these unpleasant emotions again and therefore cannot get rid of inflammation for a long time. In such a situation, Liz Burbo believes that a person needs to look at everything with different eyes and not try to divide absolutely everything into good and bad.
An ophthalmologist treats conjunctivitis in children and adults. After a diagnostic examination, the specialist prescribes local medications that suppress the symptoms of inflammation.
Patients rarely think about psychosomatics during a one-time occurrence of the disease. This is thought about when the disorder appears regularly and is extremely difficult to treat. In addition, you should look for the cause within yourself in situations where external factors do not predispose to the development of the disease.
What are psychosomatic diseases?
Psychosomatic diseases are diseases whose cause lies in the human psyche. It is a mistake to believe that these diseases are not real, far-fetched, or made up. Only the causes of such diseases are not entirely ordinary, they are not associated with the entry of a dangerous virus or pathogenic bacteria into the body, they are not caused by mechanical injury or a problem with hormones, the problem lies much deeper, and therefore only the person himself can correct the situation.
The human body adapts to the thoughts that the person himself produces. If they are negative, then it is not difficult to guess that the body will also work poorly. There is a definite advantage to this. With its ailments, the body shows what exactly is going wrong and what you need to pay attention to and try to correct. There is no need to be angry with a body that constantly hurts, but you just need to thank it for giving such a signal and try to correct the situation.
Attention! Psychosomatics of conjunctivitis in children also occurs, since children are no strangers to psychological difficulties and experiences. A child may be angry, jealous, afraid, feel inferior, and try to hide from this world.
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Psychosomatic causes of childhood conjunctivitis
Children develop conjunctivitis more often than adults. And it needs to be treated not only with eye drops, but also with psychological methods, since there are causes of childhood psychosomatics. Long-term observation of children reveals a clear connection between behavioral reactions, the child’s psychotype and eye diseases.
The psychological aspect of childhood conjunctivitis is expressed in the following:
- Constant quarrels between parents and an unhealthy family environment. The presence of not a relative, but a stepmother or stepfather. Reaction to grandmothers who direct close attention to the child, showing overprotection.
- In adolescence, these are internal conflicts, unwillingness to come to terms with the situation and the inability to change it. The manifestation of strong emotions - anger or disappointment - can affect vision.
- When experiencing feelings such as anger or gloating, and when peers fail, eye diseases are possible (according to Sinelnikov).
Psychosomatic causes of conjunctivitis
Among the psychosomatic causes of conjunctivitis are:
- All eye diseases indicate that a person does not like what he sees around him, what surrounds him. As a rule, he also experiences a number of negative emotions, such as anger, malice, envy, disappointment and many others. These same emotions only worsen his already not very good situation.
- When conjunctivitis occurs, tears flow profusely from the eyes, mixed with purulent discharge and mucus. For a person who has at least once suffered from conjunctivitis, it is not new to feel that in the morning it is simply impossible to open your eyes, your eyelashes are so stuck together from all this discharge. This suggests that a person does not want to see what is happening around him so much that his eyes close on their own. The patient refuses to accept this world with its problems and difficulties, and the world itself ceases to exist for him, the person withdraws into himself, and since he does not want to see how beautiful the world around him is, then he also has no need for vision.
- Conjunctivitis often occurs in people who have already experienced some kind of disappointment, betrayal, unfulfilled expectations or other negative experience. It is not surprising that the patient develops a real fear of the future and a strong desire to distance himself from it, to remain on the sidelines, and not to look into it.
- People’s eyes also hurt because they deliberately wish harm to another person, spread rumors about him, discredit him, and do mean things behind his back. In this case, you need to remember the boomerang law, because all the evil that is sent or done to someone will return. Most often it will hit the most sensitive and unprotected organ - the eyes.
Attention! Probably everyone is familiar with the concept of the evil eye. It has nothing to do with psychosomatic health problems, however, the disease affects a person in much the same way.
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Etiology
Conjunctivitis is divided into two types:
- exogenous (self-occurring disease);
- endogenous (the process accompanies another infectious disease: rubella, measles, etc.).
In most cases, this disease is infectious in nature, more often caused by viruses than bacteria. Manifestations of conjunctivitis may occur due to an allergic reaction or due to prolonged exposure to an external irritant. The disease usually affects both eyes, but can begin in one and gradually spread to the other.
Viral conjunctivitis is most often caused by pathogens from the adenovirus group. This is a contagious disease that is easily transmitted through household objects or contact. The peak incidence occurs during the cold season.
With the bacterial type, the causative agents of the disease can be on the skin or in the upper respiratory tract of a person, and can also be transmitted from another person suffering from conjunctivitis.
Other causes of the disease include the following factors:
- eye injury;
- exposure to ultraviolet radiation;
- side effect when taking certain medications;
- violation of hygiene rules or wearing contact lenses;
- chronic inflammation of the maxillary sinuses or tear ducts;
- chemical irritants;
- dust;
- concomitant pathologies of the visual organs.
But with frequent causeless relapses and lack of treatment effectiveness, one can assume the psychogenic nature of the disease.
Psychological reasons
To determine the psychosomatics of conjunctivitis, it is necessary, first of all, to understand the psychosomatics of the eye as a whole.
The eye is the organ of vision with which we perceive information from the outside world. Accordingly, all psychological causes of eye diseases arise from a reluctance to see someone or something in everyday life, dissatisfaction with the environment and the current state of affairs. Negative emotions, such as anger, irritation, envy, anger, can only aggravate a person’s condition.
In adults
There are psychological factors that can provoke the development of conjunctivitis in an adult:
- Usually this disease occurs during a period of difficulties in life, when a person is faced with troubles or problems. He does not want to see them and strives to get rid of irritating factors as soon as possible, but if the result is negative and new problems arise, the person experiences constant irritation and resentment towards fate.
- Often, inflammatory eye diseases accompany those who do not have good relationships with the team or a tense situation in the family. Constantly hushing up problems, trying to avoid conflict and turn a blind eye to unpleasant situations negatively affects both the visual organs and the general condition of the body.
- Another cause of the disease may be fear for one’s future. If a person faces any difficult trials, or the future is foggy and lacks clarity, fear and reluctance to see what is happening and become a participant in difficult trials naturally arise. A person strives to slow down the course of events, remaining in the present, and conjunctivitis “helps” him with this. If you suffer from this disease, you may have had a negative experience in your past when joyful expectations were not met, and you are afraid of a repeat of the situation.
- The eyes may hurt due to the accumulation of negative energy. If you constantly wish harm to another person, feel envy, commit meanness, remember the boomerang law, when all negative messages are returned to their author. Eyes are one of the most sensitive and receptive organs.
- According to many psychologists, a person’s left eye is associated with vision of oneself, perception of the future, and the influence of mother’s upbringing. The right eye symbolizes the perception of negativity, analyzes the past, and expresses the masculine side of upbringing.
In children
Many parents do not associate the occurrence of various diseases in children with psychological reasons, believing that their child’s life is cloudless and devoid of problems. Meanwhile, the internal experiences of children are much more acute than those of adults, and can affect the state of the body of children.
There are several main factors that provoke the development of conjunctivitis of a psychosomatic nature in childhood:
- The attitude of parents towards the child. Constant screaming and dissatisfaction leads to the fact that the child withdraws into himself, is afraid of communication with mom and dad and a new wave of their anger.
- Relationships between parents. If the relationship between the spouses is far from ideal, and they do not control their emotions, do not hesitate to swear in front of the child, this negatively affects the state of his psyche. Helplessness and unwillingness to see the situation can find a way out in inflammatory eye disease.
- Relationships with peers. Irritation, anger, envy and conflicts in a children's team can also cause a reaction in the form of illnesses.
- Fear. The child’s memory often contains vivid memories of unpleasant situations from the past. Fear of experiencing this situation again can become a psychological cause of conjunctivitis.
How to treat conjunctivitis?
Firstly, it must be said right away that no one claims that problems should be looked for only in the head and not going to the doctor. This is wrong. The first thing you need to do is visit the ophthalmologist's office and ask him to prescribe a standard set of ointments, drops, antibiotics and vitamins to treat the disease. Medicines will only help relieve symptoms, but not eliminate the problem, and the problem lies on a subconscious level, and no doctors will help get rid of it until the patient himself makes such a decision. What will you need to pay attention to?
- You need to understand what exactly causes negative emotions, anger, aggression, envy, fear, and so on. Most likely, the patient will not be able to answer this question right away. You will have to concentrate as clearly as possible on your feelings and emotions for several days, only then can you answer this difficult question and take a big step towards getting rid of the problem. For example, if gossipers at work or school annoy you, you get angry, but try not to pay attention to them. As a result, eye diseases, including conjunctivitis, may occur.
- After you have figured out what exactly takes a person out of mental balance, you need to take steps towards bringing this very balance back to normal. Learn to see the good in people, in life, in the phenomena around you, focus your attention on it. Of course, bad things will not go away from this, but we must remember that if a person is not able to influence the situation, then he is quite capable of looking at it from the other side. And by the way, if in the past a person was treated ugly, offended, betrayed or abandoned, then it is not at all a fact that this will happen again in the present. Perhaps life is strenuously trying to fix all this, but the person is not giving it a chance. You need to make changes within yourself, and don’t be afraid to plan something global. Just before this you need to set yourself up for a positive wave, otherwise there is a risk of repeating the negative experience of the past years.
- Many people sin by looking at life too categorically. You should not divide events only into black and white, and people into good and bad. Develop analytical thinking and train its flexibility. Judge people based on their actions, but don't forget that everyone makes mistakes.
- Changes in a positive direction are wonderful, however, everything in this life is good in moderation. You shouldn’t focus only on your beloved self, be open to this world, look forward, rejoice in other people’s successes and good fortune, empathize with loved ones and friends, but don’t close yourself off, otherwise you will return to what you tried so hard to get away from all this time.
Thus, you should not deny your past, but you need to be grateful to it for the fact that you have formed as a person, because the past is not only something negative, but also an invaluable experience. In order to live happily and healthy in the present, you will have to work through your past, remember those attitudes, emotions and complexes that have been developed over the years and which prevent you from being happy in the present. At some point, a person will understand that all this cargo will have to be carefully sorted and get rid of much of what spoils life here and now. This is a huge amount of work, which will obviously take more than one day, but the result is worth it, since mental health is directly related to mental health.
Recommendations for solving the problem
To solve problems with nervous tics, it is important to give other people the opportunity to accept you for who you really are, and not expose them to a heavily controlled “safe” version of yourself. It is necessary to understand that every person has the right to express their emotions and feelings, and that this is one of the elements of mental health. So that people around you can adequately perceive you and, if necessary, help and support you, you should show them the true version of yourself. There is nothing wrong with showing your worry, fear, anxiety or other feelings. Perhaps, once in some circumstances, strong self-control was vital for you, but now your body shows that it has crossed all boundaries and it’s time to relax and let your soul express itself, let go of tension. It is also important to understand that this is a natural process of life: tension - relaxation, inhalation - release, and so on. When these cyclic processes are disrupted, diseases develop.
Settings that can help:
- I allow my body and soul to relax when needed.
- I freely and environmentally express any of my feelings and emotions.
- I let go of total control over myself and trust my soul and the universe.
Suggest your version of a positive attitude in the comments.
If a person is able to adequately answer questions, the Cheat Sheet for working with psychosomatics will also help solve the problem with this illness on a spiritual level. She takes you step by step to the main cause of the disease and opens up the possibility of how to improve your health and interaction with the world around you.
In addition to this, neuro-graphics can help. It allows you to relieve tension in an environmentally friendly way, level out blocking moments and create the desired state. It is built on the connection between the brain, central nervous system and hand motor skills.
For nervous tics and similar diseases, neurographic techniques make it possible to relieve any internal tension very effectively and at the same time in an environmentally friendly way.