Mind and Body Connection By Dr. Rahul Joshi This is part of the HELP Talk series at HELP, Health Education Library for People, the worlds largest free patient education library www.healthlibrary.com.

1. PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS
MIND AND BODY CONNECTION:

2. Thinks, Logics , feels, analyses, decides…
Conscious Mind
10-12%
Subconscious
Mind 88-90%
9 times larger
& 6000 times
more PowerfulPrimitive Mind
Modern Memory

3. Crisis
Two Response
Fight Flight

4. Autonomic
Nervous System
Sympathetic
Fight/Flight
Parasympathetic
Homeostasis

6. PLAY DEAD

7. Summary…
Rules/Syste
ms
Curb
Instincts
Suppression
of Emotions
Internalizati
on of
Emotions
Breakdow
n

8. Breakdown
Behavioural
Physical

9. Body Syndromes
Used for “Psychosomatic Illness”
psycho = mind
soma = body
which means they are caused by
the mind-body connection

10. Crying
syndrome:

11. Crying syndrome
 Physiological manifestation of:
“Inability to make a decision that a client is not
happy with”
 Shows up as:
Migraine, asthma, sore throat, problem of hearing
or eyes, or sinus

12. Responsibility syndrome

13. Responsibility syndrome
Physiological manifestation of
 More responsibility or pressure than the client can
handle.
 Lack of support to handle responsibility.
 Overburdened feeling.

14. Sexual frustration / guilt syndrome

15. Sexual frustration / guilt syndrome
 Physiological Manifestation of
 Poor self image, self blame.
 Sexual frustration.
 Guilt
 Shows up as
Stomach cramps, digestive problems,
constipation, vaginal or bladder infections, etc

16. Fight syndrome/ reaching
syndrome

17. Fight syndrome/ reaching
syndrome
 Physiological manifestation of:
 Representing feeling of fighting
 Reaching out: Especially unreachable
targets.
 Feeling restrictive- need to express

18. Flight syndrome

19. Flight syndrome
Physiological manifestation
 Repressing feeling of wanting to escape or
need to run away.
 Running away from a situation
 Relationship
 Goals....

20. Combinations
A person maybe affected by one or
more of the syndromes at any given
time.
E.g. Headache and tight back
muscles may indicate an inability to
make decisions about responsibilty

21. Steps to prevent breakdown
 Start with rules & check whether those
rules are really that important
 Express your instincts in a more
appropriate way
 Find different and more effective ways
of communicating your emotions

22. Ways to Vent Emotions
 Meditation / Self Hypnosis
 Write
 Talk it out
 Physical Exercises
 Punch a pillow
 Create Art

23. THANK YOU!!