Overweight psychosomatics in children and adults

Excess weight is considered a problem of the 21st century. Both men and women suffer from an excess of extra pounds. Increasingly, obesity is diagnosed in children, which even 30 years ago was a relative rarity. Causes are most often sought in nutrition and low mobility, but there are much more prerequisites for fat deposition.

In this article we will tell you what psychosomatic causes can lead to excess weight, and even obesity.

The fact that the number of overweight people and children with obesity is growing rapidly is not said only by the lazy. The Ministry of Health, Rospotrebnadzor, nutritionists and food manufacturers are looking for reasons for the rapid growth of fat adults and children, as well as ways to cope with this situation.

Psychotherapists, who say that very often people create extra pounds themselves, do not stand aside.

Extra pounds never pass without a trace, a person can not help but feel some discomfort associated with them. Excess volumes appear on the body, chin, abdomen and priest, and these folds do not inspire confidence in themselves; a person cannot draw the stomach with an effort of will. During physical exertion on the body, heated and heated, there appear “cold” areas, to which intensive blood flow does not reach - these are areas on the stomach, on the sides and buttocks, sometimes on the thighs.

It is believed that overweight is basically a culprit of unhealthy and unbalanced nutrition. Among the possible risk factors also called genetic predisposition (mom, dad had extra pounds), sometimes the starting mechanism is lipid metabolism, provoked by hormonal disorders.

If overweight is considered a pathological condition, then obesity counted among the diseasesand a separate number is assigned to it in the International Classification of Diseases. With him, the deposition of fat occurs not only under the skin, but also in human tissues and organs. Obesity can be life-threatening.

An obese patient tends to snore at night, he often suffers from high blood pressure. Such people often have painful and cracking sensations in the back and knees (due to high loads). Weight tends to increase, a person suffers from shortness of breath, heart palpitations, has problems with physical activity. Weight in this case affects both sexuality and self-esteem. Often hunger haunts a person almost constantly.

If a person eats only fast food, then the reasons for his excess weight are approximately clear. But often everything happens differently: a child is fed healthy food, an adult does not eat harmful hamburgers, tries to replace pasta with vegetable stew, and kilograms are growing rapidly.Then he sits on a rigid diet, limits himself literally in everything, performs daily sports feats in the gym, but the weight remains in place. If there is a decrease, then after it comes the increase again. In this case, the cause must be sought not so much in the diet or mobility as in the human psyche.

Psychosomatics - the science at the junction of medicine and psychology - studies obesity, in terms of the dependence of a set of kilograms on the mental state of a person.

There are people who neglect all the rules of healthy eating, eat a cake for the night, do not disdain food from fast food restaurants, do not move so much, but at the same time keep the figure. You can say that the matter is in a special metabolism of such people, but in reality the reason lies in the way of thinking, the emotional model that they use.

Often, obese people need the support of psychotherapists, it was these experts who analyzed the personality traits, the situations, the characters of those who gained too many extra pounds, and concluded that the following categories of people are always more likely to be obese than others

• in constant weight race, but not by the fact that is measured in grams and kilograms, but by social weight - they crave for power, recognition, fame, approval from others;
• overly sensitivevery insecure, afraid of uncertainty, future, suffering from low self-esteem;
• touchy;
• suffering desire to accumulate all and more, such Plyushkin, which is very difficult to part with money, material values ​​(the faster their condition grows, the faster their own weight comes);
• feeling helpless.

Psychologists have come to the conclusion that body weight comes as accentuation in one of these areas. But even if a person says that he has recovered due to food excesses, it is worth thinking about why he has actively seized up?

Food in psychosomatics is considered a symbol of life - a person eats to get energy for the body. But for some, food becomes the equivalent of joy - they try to pamper themselves, please with delicacies, sweets, and meat delicacy. If there is little joy in life, a person begins to fill its deficit in other ways, and food is the most affordable.

Overweight, therefore, always signals that problems have arisen in the sensitive, sensual sphere of human life. He either lives with spiritual emptiness, or has no passion and desire to move forward towards the goal, or lives with insults, or is trying to be in the center of attention, but he cannot achieve this otherwise. Often, uncertain people who are worried about the future, who feel they are defenseless, “build up” those extra pounds to further protect the body. in conditions that are subconsciously regarded as alarming.

According to the observations of psychologists, this often occurs in combination with increased responsibilities - the lady in fact takes on more responsibility than necessary, begins to solve questions for a man, does not count on his help. She wants to feel strong, and the power of a person is often associated with large sizes. Here and in a strong woman, the subcutaneous fatty tissue is growing.

Children begin to recover in order to attract the attention of adults, if it is not enough. Babies have the same needs for love, recognition, attention.If all this is in short supply in the family, if the mother prefers to compensate the child for the love and joy of communication by buying chocolate or candy, then besides, the baby quickly learns to “replace” joy and love. In addition to extra pounds, he faces diabetes, problems with the pancreas.

Often, children who are humiliated, “crushed” by authority adults, whose opinions are not considered, are rapidly getting fat. They want to become more, grow, to also be considered full participants in life, their body instantly responds to such desires and begins to build up what is capable of increasing the fastest, namely: adipose tissue.

Children who eat poorly are not uncommon. But it is they who are at risk of becoming obese toddlers., since moms sometimes go to blackmail (you eat, we draw, you don't eat, you don't get something). For a child, all this is associated with manifestations of love, and he actually accepts information like this: if I do not eat, they will not love me. He begins to eat, and at the same time the setting of a clear relationship between food and love is formed.

Louise Hay wrote that overweight and obesity - the need for protection, depression of feelings. She believed that overweight on certain parts of the body also has important diagnostic value:

• arms - disappointment or anger because of failed or rejected love;
• fat folds in the abdomen - lack of emotional care, important feelings for a person;
• upper thigh - resentment and anger at parents;
• lower thigh - resentment at the father.

Canadian researcher Liz Burbo writes in her books that obesity is based on a long-standing childhood experience of humiliation.. Protecting themselves from a possible repetition of a humiliating traumatic situation, a person, in fact, is building up an additional protective layer for himself. And also Liz points to the possibility of obesity in people who absolutely do not respect their own needs, trying to please others in everything. These are kind people (perhaps, from this proverb that “there must be many good people”).

Psychotherapist and homeopath Valery Sinelnikov claims that the cause of obesity is fear. A person does not like at all, hates, scolds himself, sometimes even tries to deny himself, he is afraid to look at himself, the real, the body is forced to defend himself from destructive emotions - it creates a fat "shell".

Weight loss in psychosomatics requires an integrated approach. Of course, It is important to eliminate overeating, follow the diet, follow certain requirements formulated by nutritionists, but it is equally important to tidy up not only your stomach, but also your psyche. Weight loss without psychological correction will be impossible or unstable - a person very quickly will return the lost kilograms, and the weight gain will exceed the values ​​that led to the decision to build.

First of all, you need to understand that no pill, miracle tea, means of appetite exist in nature. None of the above will help to lose those extra pounds if you just swallow the pills, without changing anything in your worldview.

A person does not need diet pills, does not need expensive ointments and creams to get rid of excess fat, all that is needed to lose weight, he has - it is inside of him.

If the reason is in hoarding - learn to easily share, give to others.. It's not just about money, but about emotions - start sharing your feelings and feelings, your love, your joy with others.

The reason is defenselessness - reconsider your attitude to the world.he is not at all hostile. All danger is in your head.

Dissatisfied with yourself need to love yourself. Do not indulge yourself, buying a regular cake or ice cream, but take yourself in any, with cellulite and saggy tummy. Then, in response to love, the body will begin to take on normal forms.

Techniques that child psychologists can offer are role-playing, gaming techniques to help treat obesity in children., during which the child must get the right idea of ​​the feelings. He should not feel a lack of love and attention - parents should pay more attention to the problems of the baby.