TakingCharge999

I am getting some skin conditions, raging allergies, stomachaches, when I was feeling fine just a few weeks ago...

So I got my "Illness as a path" book from Thorwald Dethlefsen and was reading it yesterday...

It has a chapter for each major illness/affected organ... by the end it has some questions about the illness and its nature, I thought I would share.

I am into yoga so the ones who believe in the ties between body, mind and soul may find the book useful.

TakingCharge999

1 Why don't I assume my agressiveness with consciousness instead of making it appear in my body?

2 What aspects of life make me so afraid that I evade them at all costs?

3 To which theme do my allergens point to? sexuality, instinct, procreation, "dirtiness"

4 To which extent am I served by my allergy to manipulate my environment?

5 Where is my capacity to love, and to be receptive?

TakingCharge999

1 Do I isolate myself excessively?

2 How do I carry my capacity of contact?

3 With my distant attitude, do I repress de desire for mutual understanding?

4 What is trying to get out into the light? (sexuality, instinct, passion, enthusiasm..)

5 What is itching, in reality?

6 Has isolation withdrawn me?

TakingCharge999

The book talks about alcoholism but it doesn't have any questions like the other chapters.

What it says is that the alcoholic wants a world without conflicts and is looking for human warmth; and alcohol creates a caricature of humanity destroying barriers and inhibitions, erasing social differences and creating fast "friendships" that, of course, lack depth. And that alcoholics do not go beyond that kind of "warmth", they are stuck in their search.

TakingCharge999

1 Is there balance between my heart and my head?

2 Do I leave my feelings enough space and do I exteriorize them?

3 Do I live and love with all my heart? or only half of it?

4 Is my life running in animated pace or do I try to force a rigid direction?

TakingCharge999

1 What is it that I don't want to see?

2 Is subjectivity getting on the way to know myself?

3 Do I evade recognizing myself in what I do?

4 Am I afraid to look at things neatly?

5 To which aspect of my personality do I close my eyes to?

MeredithD1

Does this book have another title in English? I could only find it in Spanish. English titles by Thorwald Dethlefsen include The Healing Power of Illness: Understanding What Your Symptoms Are Telling You and Healing Power of Illness: The Meaning of Symptoms and How to Interpret. Thanks!!!

skippernlilg

I looked up some reviews on that book, but I couldn't form my own impression. Have you found it helpful?

gerryP

TC I haven't read the book and I don't mean to be disrespectful but as a for instance, I have allergies in the Fall because of mold (wet leaves) and i wear reading glasses because I am over 45. That said I know that some people get hives when stressed or breakouts.