What are shingles? Consider what this medical website says:
Shingles are a painful viral infection and blisters along the nerves. Shingles occurs when the virus that causes chickenpox starts up again in your body. After you get better from chickenpox, the virus "sleeps" (is dormant) in your nerve roots. In some people, it stays dormant forever. In others, the virus "wakes up" when disease, stress, or aging weakens the immune system. Some medicines may trigger the virus to wake up and cause a shingles rash. It is not clear why this happens. But after the virus becomes active again, it can only cause shingles, not chickenpox. (www.webmd.com)
Can Stress and Emotional Patterns Affect Your Health?
But why could this happen? Let me suggest that a “waiting for the other shoe to drop” thought pattern may be linked to developing shingles. Sounds impossible? Not really. Here’s what another health-related website says:
Thought generates complex combinations of biochemicals which, in turn, stimulate a variety of receptors that create a change in your body structure. An understanding of how to have a healthy diet of thoughts and beliefs can have a great impact on your health. We are all educated to eat well, yet little consideration is given to how your thought diet might be affecting your health. (Wellbeing.com)
To explore this idea, ask someone who has shingles this question: “Is there anything in your life you’ve been dreading?” If you’re “waiting for the other shoe to drop,” doing so may cause the unhealthy diet of thoughts and beliefs that compromises one’s immune system. Some practitioners believe it “wakes up” the chickenpox virus—shingles—complete with its symptoms of blisters and nerve inflammation.
The Emotional Perspective on Shingles
As I’ve written about before (please see my article Endless Hope) the underlying emotional component of a virus is feeling hopeless and helpless. But what is the emotional component of blisters? They indicate someone is resisting the flow of life, dreading a situation because it feels like no emotional protection is available. Those thoughts show up as emotional eruptions on the body. Blisters.
What is the emotional component of nerve inflammation? It is referred to as an “agitated irritation. That happens when people feel like they’re continually subjected to tension-inducing stimulation. The stress frustrates them; they feel powerless and undermined because of it.
According to this approach, this all ties to the thought pattern behind contracting shingles—namely, a generalized dread about a situation needing to be faced. Those affected may experience so much anxiety that events go badly for them. They labor under the veil of fear. They dwell on the thought that the next shoe will drop.
Chances are they have a deep need for nurturance, protection, and affection. In the meantime, they probably experience anger or frustration as well as blisters and nerve inflammation. In many cases, they have been pounded helplessly by lifestyle factors enduring in their families growing up.
What If You Already Have Shingles?
If you have shingles, is your only choice to let it run its course? No.
Using a special technique I've developed, you can get in touch with your deep feelings about situation you may be dreading. Then you can release it out of cellular memory, thus reducing the time needed to recover from this disease.
Moving from Fear to Healing
Knowing the emotional component of shingles can also help prevent it. For example, if I’m dreading something coming up, I know it’s better to face my feelings about it now than “wait for the other shoe to drop.” Specifically, I release the emotional components from my cellular memory and deal with the situation. That way, I don’t compromise my immune system.
Dealing with situations right away also helps maintain your personal power—another way to keep your immune system strong and healthy. And when you do, you’ll feel so much better!
Because like attracts like, the energy you are aligns with the energy you attract. So what would you attract if you knew at your core you could solve the emotional problem that’s causing your anxiety? You wouldn’t expect that shoe to drop at all! Instead, you’d live with hope and know there’s help available now.
If you’re suffering from shingles or any symptom, condition or disease and want release using the Modus Operandi (MO) Technique, contact Maureen at 209-845-8141.
The psychological meaning of the symptoms, conditions and disease presented in this article are from Messages From The Body: Their Psychological Meaning by Michael J. Lincoln Ph.D. used with his permission. Dr. Lincoln’s website is www.talkinghearts.net.
Disclaimer: Although this article depicts the “emotional component” or “thought pattern” of Shingles, I believe in a balanced approach to healing all ailments. Because the emotional component isn’t as readily available as traditional remedies, traditional remedies and treatments are not addressed in this article.
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