Emotions are seen on the skin

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The skin is close to our inner state and sometimes becomes a kind of symbol, which leads the mark of our suffering, signs of somatopsychic or psychosomatic disorders: disorders that affect the mind and influencing the body or that affect the body and influencing the mind, in a connection that is always very close.

The skin is our protective shell and is our contact with the outside world. Structure of boundary between self and non self, separates and unites, and more than any other part of the body is implicated in the events psycho-emotional of the individual .

Even in everyday life we can see the profound links between psyche and skin: the changes of physiological skin actually accompany the emotional states like anger, fear, shame, anxiety. Even minor changes, such the heat or sweating of the hands, may be an important sign of emotional experience, and be part of the non-verbal communication.

We must not be surprised if many dermatological diseases, in whole or in part, may be related to the presence of psychological conflicts that just through the skin can express themselves and can be externalized. These are discomforts that we feel like physical, instead represent a signal that comes from psyche: the body is just a way to make them known.

The experts believe that certain skin diseases such as psoriasis, are related to deep psychological disturbances, including major mental illnesses. But do not serve to go so far to understand that an eczema or a itching may reveal an intolerance. For example, the itching seems to be a resistance to something, or to the fact that we are not used to express our aggressiveness.

The dermatologists have always considered the psychic factor as a cofactor of many skin diseases, is common in fact finding an emotional component in most skin diseases. In some of these that component is more evident, such as in the following cases:

• Contact dermatitis and urticaria: they can be triggered by a unpleasant relation against external factors with which we are forced to stay in touch. Could be an environment of life or work, or family members or people with whom we are forced to interact but that irritate us. They may express the constriction to live some emotional situations contrasting with our character, our aspirations, our affections. Or may express a difficulty of contact with someone or with the environment, or with something that we must tap: a part of our lives, a relation.

• Atopic Dermatitis: the atopic dermatitis begins in most cases in infants during the first months of life. This disease may continue in the adult with manifestations on the folds of the arms , on posterior regions of knee and back of hands. All these symptoms may recur or worsen during stress and some psychological conflicts. It seems to be important the relationship with mother and significant others in general. Atopic dermatitis may be an expression of aggressiveness directed toward us, rather than against external targets.

• Acne: Are known the somatopsychic components to the acne, which can seriously affect the development of the personality of the young. But acne can also be a manifestation of the skin used to relieve anxiety: the acne may becomes an excuse for reducing opportunities, for someone very anxiety-producing, to meeting with others. The disappearance of acne lesions, obtained with the various therapies, may create significant difficulties in adjusting to new situations.

• Psoriasis: may express a desire to avoid the problems of life and the difficulties of relationships.

So it is important listening to the skin, because it speaks so much of our emotions. In fact under the influence of hypnosis or relaxation states, many skin diseases heal and many diseases heal with placebo instead of drugs.

If you have a skin problems, wardship, follow the advice of your doctor, but start thinking about this problem in another way: as a friend, a signal of something that, maybe, you have to be able to understand it better.