Kidneys cleanse the body of slag, toxins, and excess salts. They have a similar meaning and function in psychology. According to psychosomatic theory, kidneys are responsible for the elimination of negative emotions (emotional slag and toxins). Increased stress levels can overwhelm the kidneys, leading to disease.
Psychosomatics of Kidney Diseases and Stone Formation
Kidney diseases, such as stone deposits, arise from prolonged stress, exhaustion, and overstrain. Stress causes the adrenal glands to work harder, producing adrenaline. Chronic stress leads to adrenal fatigue syndrome, disrupting kidney function.
Negative Factors in Kidney Disease Psychosomatics:
- Conflicts at work or home;
- Unfavorable psychological climate at work or home;
- Harsh working conditions;
- Complexes;
- External pressure;
- Emotional instability as a character trait;
- Suppressed aggression.
There are differences in the causes of diseases of the right and left kidney. Left-side disorders signal disharmony in the realm of personal feelings and experiences. Right kidney problems indicate weak will and suppressed desires.
People with certain psychotypes are often prone to this disease (risk group):
- Emotional restraint;
- Tendency to complicate things;
- Introversion and distrust;
- Underdeveloped communication skills;
- Pride and arrogance;
- Excessive trust and naivety;
- Overly uninhibited behavior, weak will;
- Despondency;
- Excessive optimism;
- Intolerance;
- Excessive compliance;
- Victim mentality.
Differences in psychological causes of different diseases:
- Pyelonephritis (kidney inflammation caused by infection) results from doing unloved work (job or imposed leisure);
- Non-infectious inflammation reflects old grudges, inability to forgive, vindictiveness;
- Vascular weakness or fragility indicates lack of character and rigidity, respectively;
- Cancer indicates unresolved (in the person’s perception) life problems;
- Cysts indicate internal turmoil that cannot be shared or released.
Thus, the general cause of kidney disease is pessimistic thinking and negative emotions, dissatisfaction with life. Kidney sand is interpreted as minor life slagging. Negativity is present, but not yet settled or solidified. It’s easier to eliminate at this stage.
Why Kidneys Hurt and Stones Form
The psychosomatic cause of kidney stones and renal colic is strong negative experiences from the past resurfacing in the present. This could be a childhood trauma or an unpleasant event from a year or a few months ago. The psychosomatic manifestation can be delayed, making it hard to determine the true cause of kidney pain.
Dr. Valery Sinelnikov’s View
According to Valery Sinelnikov, kidney pain results from accumulated negative emotions like envy, anger, jealousy, offense, fear, disappointment. The stronger people feed these emotions and justify such thinking, the more severe the pathology. This is a subconscious self-destruction setting.
Interesting! According to the author, not only personal emotions affect a person’s state. Envy, jealousy, offense, and other negative attitudes from others have the same destructive impact.
What Louise Hay Says
According to Louise Hay, the development of kidney stones is facilitated by:
- Frequent, but suppressed anger;
- Intolerance to criticism, including objective criticism;
- Anger;
- Relationship difficulties with loved ones;
- Frequent and intense disappointments;
- Shame caused by failures;
- Resentment towards parents, fear of growing up.
Healing requires acknowledging and eliminating the problem. Hay notes it’s better to do this with a specialist. For self-correction, she suggests the affirmation: ‘Everything that happens in my life is ordained by divine providence, leading only to good results. Growing up is safe.’
Liz Burbo
Like previous authors, Liz Burbo links kidney pain to the emotional sphere. The problem, in her view, is caused by traits like:
- Hypersensitivity and high susceptibility to others’ emotions, words, actions;
- Excessive worry about others combined with ignoring personal needs;
- Lack of judgment, inability to make decisions;
- Feeling of powerlessness, inadequacy in some area or life overall;
- Dependence on others’ opinions, people-pleasing;
- Prohibition on expressing and feeling sadness, anger, offense, and other negative emotions;
- Dissatisfaction in work or family life;
- Disappointment in others due to idealization and high expectations;
- Feeling of injustice, tendency to blame others for one’s misfortunes.
Healing requires listening to one’s desires and needs, changing life accordingly. It’s also important to develop communication skills. Learning to express emotions and opinions, understanding others’ perspectives is necessary. Burbo advises stopping comparisons with others and blaming the world for injustices, redirecting this energy to self-realization. Lowering expectations and accepting oneself and others as they are is crucial.
Treatment Methods
Healing requires releasing past ghosts, working through psychotraumas, eliminating post-traumatic syndrome, achievable only with a psychotherapist.
Kidney pain signals the inability to accept a traumatic event and adapt to new conditions. It’s necessary to accept past experiences, learn to live with them. This involves reevaluating values, setting life priorities. Also, working through old grudges, forgiving others and oneself is vital. Loving oneself and one’s life, sometimes a complete change in lifestyle and worldview, is necessary.
Qualities to cultivate to relieve kidney pain:
- Simplicity,
- Kindness,
- Trust,
- Openness,
- Tolerance,
- Sociability.
The goal of psychotherapy is to achieve complete acceptance and peace, satisfaction with life. Finding balance and harmony in different life areas is essential. Enjoying work and relationships is crucial. During correction, you might need to part ways with someone, change social circles or residence. This is necessary if it affects your health.
Important! Kidney diseases require not only psychological treatment but also medication therapy, and in some cases, surgery. It’s crucial to remember that treating psychosomatic diseases needs a comprehensive approach. Medicine without psychotherapy won’t be effective, and psychotherapy without medicine can lead to complications and fatal outcomes.
Prevention
The best prevention for kidney diseases is positive emotions. Choose a beloved activity. Definitely learn relaxation techniques. Add sports to your life. There are so many types and forms of activities that everyone will find something suitable. The key is to try and not stop at achieved results.
Learn to release negativity in socially acceptable ways: art therapy, anti-stress coloring, punching a boxing bag, jumping on a trampoline, heart-to-heart talks. There are many enjoyable ways to relieve stress. The method should match your interests.
People prone to kidney disease are those who keep everything inside and those whose motto is ‘we don’t look for easy ways.’ People with very soft and very rigid characters are equally prone. The former weakens kidney vessel tone, the latter thins and makes vessels brittle. Hyperactivity and hypodynamia have a similar effect. Harmony and a golden mean in everything are important for health.
Interesting! Some psychosomaticists link kidney diseases not with negative emotions but with fear of the future. However, they do not deny that stones are energy clots of suppressed emotions. Moreover, one can be related to the other: fear of the future caused by unsuccessful past experiences.”
