Emotional Pain Can Lead to Illness

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#1 Jan 31 - 11PM
Lisa E. Scott
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Emotional Pain Can Lead to Illness

My friend JACKIE PILOSSOPH HEPPNER wrote the article below (please click on link) in "Make it Better" magazine! I know I learned the hard way that my body responds physically to emotional pain. I had such a severe auto-immune illness after my divorce that I lost the ability to walk for a month. No joke. It was terrifying.

Research now tells us emotional pain can cause illness, which lends further proof to my assertion that you have to "Get it Out" ! You have to find an outlet for your feelings or they will stay within you and become toxic. We Gotta Get it Out!

http://www.makeitbetter.net/family/health-and-wellness/2419-can-relation...

Feb 1 - 7PM
Amazed
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Lisa, I have been there too,,, thanks for the link

Yes, I know about the autoimmune illnesses that can hit, you are healthy, doing this and that and something goes haywire...all the more reason to stay away and out of danger,,its for real..you are a true sweetheart : )
Feb 1 - 5PM
strongerthanever
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Depression, insomnia, weight

Depression, insomnia, weight gain, hair loss, irregular spotting while with him. Afterwards, depression, PTSD, weight loss (started to exercise), adult acne, insomnia. 2 yrs later: still problems with adult acne, sometimes have trouble staying asleep, down days but not full blown depression.
Feb 1 - 5PM
momoya
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I think I had border line

I think I had border line PTSD, disturbed sleep, obsessive thoughts, depression ...and then I got shingles. The doctor said it was from stress and repressed chiken pox but activated by severe stress. Yes, this can hurt you more ways that you can imagine!

momoya

Feb 1 - 10AM
onwithmylife
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So true

they say a bad or stressful relationship can KILL you and how true that is, Isuffer and still do from high blood pressure issues ans use to get panic and anxiety attacks because he put me through such hoops and I never knew when he was going to dump me, because he did it time and time again, I was a nervous wreck from the man and I am glad to have survived and then when I came down with this organism inside my body that was infecting my muscle tissue, all he could do was scoff at the notion that I had it. Luckily through a wonderful doctor I got cured but he was NO COMFORT OR HELP at all, use to make fun of me for walking like an old lady I was in such muscle pain. WHAT A RETARD!!!
Feb 1 - 10AM
mystwoman
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Oh yes. I totally agree.

Oh yes. I totally agree. I've had all kinds of health problems from the stress and emotional pain of living with xnh and his horrible P daughter. If the emotions are not let out, health problems increase. Among me health problem are: 1. Facial ticks 2. Greatly increased Rheumatoid Arthritis attacks. 3, Onset and continual flare-ups of another autoimmune problem called Lichen Sclerosis. This one was so severe that I could not go to work for an entire summer, and I had to work at home because the pain was so bad. I FULLY sympathize with your losing the ability to walk for a month. Autoimmune problems are known to be effected immensely by stress, and they can be really ugly to live with. 4. Very severe allergies that became so bad that I was, at one point, diagnosed and placed on a nebulizer three times a day and asthma medications. I was also on COPD medications as well. As it turns out, I have neither asthma or COPD. 5. A chronic cough that lasted for 10 years (I've never smoked), and it was finally diagnosed as GIRD, and drainage from the allergies. This cough was so constant and severe that I actually fractured ribs at several different times. Xnh being the un-empathetic turd that he is, told me that my cough annoyed him, and that I merely need to "train myself to cough more quietly." Of course, then I was afraid to cough because I knew he was going to yell at me. A$$hole. By the time xnh D&D'd, I was on such a downward health spiral that I was heading to a hospital (soon). Since I've gotten xnh and his hideous P daughter out of my life eight months ago, my health has improved in huge leaps and bounds. I no longer cough constantly, I have had ONE Lichen Sclerosis flare-up. The facial ticks are completely gone. My arthritis still flares occasionally, it is no longer constantly in an uproar. I've taken off all allergy, asthma, and COPD medications except for during the several months of normal allergy season. I only take it now as needed instead of every day all year around like I was doing when I was with xnh. My improved health is a BIG indicator of exactly how toxic xnh and his P daughter were for me. ______________________________________________________ God sometimes removes a person from your life for your protection. Don't run after them.

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God sometimes removes a person from your life for your protection. Don't run after them.

Feb 1 - 10AM
spinning
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Interestingly enough, I have not

been sick since he D & D'd almost three months ago, which is unusual. When the psycho was in my life I got some sort of sickness every three months or so, which is not like the "me" before him. I was constantly worn down, exhausted and got sick enough to miss work at least once every three months or so. When he would D & D in the past and then hoover, I always got sick. It was such constant high drama. His lack of hoovering and the horror of the D & D have actually been a blessing as far as my health goes. Dealing with the end stages of my father's life, working full time and spending every weekend there, I feel remarkably well in terms of my physical health. It has been surprising, but telling and most welcome. Maybe the steady dose of psycho poison was taking me down in ways I didn't see when I was in it. I prefer to be well. I wish the same for all who visit here. Sincerely (still trying to stop) spinning

spinning

Feb 1 - 10AM
victimnomore
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I couldn't

I couldn't understand what was happening to me physically but I had so many awful secrets about my relationship that it was literally killing me. Here are some of my ailments: panic attacks, difficulty swallowing, rapid heart beat, heart palpitations, nervous twitches, insomnia, night terrors, depression, anxiety, agoraphobia, leg pains, back pains, chest pains, headaches The list goes on and on This is very real and I decided to tell all of the secrets because I need some relief!

victimnomore

Jan 31 - 11PM
loveofmylife
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Totally agree

Mine causes: 1. MS symptoms. 2. Facial paralysis 3. Back pain. 4. In bed for one year; unable to sit for more than 5 minutes for 6 months due to pain. 5. Depression 6. Difficulty breathing And the list goes on and on. I was a pressure cooker with a lid on. It wasn't until I started talking to friends about it that I start to heal physically. The body is an amazing machine that runs by using chemicals and when your brain alters these body chemicals, all kinds of bad things happen!
Feb 1 - 9AM (Reply to #2)
gettinbetter
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Hence my name. I have

Hence my name. I have suffered all kinds of strange things like boils,nausea, severe tension in my jaws a sick feeling behind my eyes, panic attacks and a general feeling that I was slowly being poisioned.
Feb 1 - 3PM (Reply to #3)
Lisa E. Scott
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Thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing, everyone. It's unbelievable the pain they cause - both emotional and physical. Just came across this article that does a good job of explaining how unresolved emotional trauma floods our bodies with hormones that leave our immune systems exhausted and vulnerable to attack: http://www.blockclearance.com/physical_illness.htm
Feb 2 - 12PM (Reply to #4)
fierflie
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here and i thought

you really did just fall apart at 30! i had a sinus infection that i couldn;t kick for three months and three courses of antibiotics (the first time i had taken them in like 3 years), my stomach constantly ached, i cought every cold/flu i was ever exposed to, my back ached, my heart hurt... but the worst part was my eyes... they started to look weird and empty. it was a very real phenominon. i have pictures ofit. after a few months after we stopped 'trying to make it work', a strange light emerged again. after the divorce, it was almost all back. i'm still waiting for it to come back all the way, although i don't think it ever will :( people who hadn't seen me in years kept saying 'you look different, i didn't recognize you' but never included with a you look great. my friends kepy saying i looked weird... it was like an alien took over my soul...