What is the function of being overweight? Psychosomatics of obesity and psychotherapy of excess weight: causes, treatment, psychological counseling of people

Before proceeding to the consideration of this topic, it should be emphasized that overweight and obesity are not the same thing. The difference for them is the body mass index (BMI): an indicator from 25 to 30 is overweight or obese, more than 30 is obese.

Thus, excess weight is the presence of some excess body weight.

Signs of being overweight are:

the appearance of new folds on the body, a “second” chin, cellulite,
inability to draw in the stomach,
the appearance of areas that are not warmed up after intense physical activity on the abdomen, buttocks, sides, thighs), etc.

There are such reasons for excess weight:

genetic predisposition,
malnutrition,
diseases of the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenal glands and ovaries.

Obesity- this is a disease, a pathological accumulation of excessive fat deposits in organs, tissues and subcutaneous tissue. Obesity is a threat to human health and life.

The signs of obesity are:

snoring and sleeplessness at night,
frequent high blood pressure
feeling of discomfort in the back and knees,
permanent increase in waist size and weight,
difficulties in leading a mobile life and playing sports,
the appearance of cellulite on the body,
constant feeling of hunger.

Physiological causes contributing to obesity are:

genetic disorder,
imbalance between calorie intake and energy expended,
disorders in the liver, pancreas, intestines,
bulimia (exacerbated feeling of hunger).

It should be noted that obesity in women is detected 2 times more often than in men.

There are several types of obesity.

Alimentary-constitutional type associated with predisposition and often occurs in members of the same family.

hypothalamic type arises as a result of deviations of the central nervous system of a person, and in particular, pathologies of the hypothalamus - the part of the brain that regulates the endocrine system.

endocrine type obesity appears as a result of pathologies of the endocrine system itself and is rare.

When disclosing the psychosomatic causes of the appearance of excess weight, one should dwell on some points.

To begin with, let's remember that the human body is a receptacle for his Soul (the Soul is the content, and the body is the form). Hence, all violations of mental health over time have a negative impact on the state of the body.

Second, the word "weight" in a figurative sense is understood as "status, position" ("to have weight in society"). And sometimes people start to gain weight, striving to take their place in life.

Often negative experiences of self-perception, self-esteem in relationships with others affect the weight of a person.

Psychologists have found that overweight is gaining very sensitive, insecure people. As a rule, fear lives in their inner world (before people, the future). Such people are characterized resentment, imposing one's will on others. Often they have hoarding(which clearly shows the accumulated excess weight).

According to psychology research, excess weight indicates violations in the sphere of human feelings: food, the absorption of food becomes for him the only joy in life.

A person with this approach to food feels inside himself void to be filled. Instead of filling his inner world with joyful emotions, he fills his stomach. But this gives only a short-term effect, since the spiritual emptiness is not filled with food. And the gluttony continues.

If a person leans on sweets, this indicates that he there is not enough "sweetness of life" (joy in life).

Sweet cravings in children usually indicate lack of love. Overweight in a child often appears as an expression desire to be noticed close people (since the child thinks that he is not noticed in the family).

Psychological causes of obesity

Alimentary type of obesity is associated with psycho-emotional hunger: a person lacks love, and physical nutrition weakens mental pain, a sense of loss.

Such psycho-emotional hunger with a constant desire to eat can lead to bulimia. This is a disease that occurs in connection with a neuropsychiatric disorder, which manifests itself in uncontrolled eating.

The endocrine form of obesity is localized around an organ, as it is associated with a disease of the endocrine glands. The location of the organ and its metaphysical meaning can suggest what negative emotions caused this type of obesity.

It should be noted that gymnastics and diet do not help with this type of obesity, which directly indicates its psychosomatic basis. It was found that the endocrine type of obesity usually suffers from spiritually weak, unprotected, touchy person. This is due to the fact that such a person has weak protective mental functions, there is no understanding of the essence of ongoing events. Hence the resentment.

Another factor in this obesity may be life under the yoke of a loved one ( For example, strong dependence on mother). In this case, the person inside, as it were, suffocates from impotence to resist and outwardly “swells up”.

Often, body fat in a person speaks of complexes associated with their appearance.

If we are talking about the presence of excess weight in a woman, then one of the reasons is that she in life you have to be strong like a man(and, since "strong" is subconsciously associated with the concept of "big", the woman begins to increase in size).

From birth in the mind of a child satiety is inseparably linked with such fundamental feelings as security, love. Hence, a child gaining excess weight compensates for their deficiency.

Obesity of a child can also be caused by the parents themselves: if they constantly offer food as a universal response to any expression of any of his needs, or the mother shows love for the child depending on how he eats(If you eat, I will love).

Review of psychosomatic causes of overweight and obesity proposed by some authors

According to Louise Hay, the following reasons underlie the appearance of excess weight: fear, need for protection, unwillingness to feel, defenselessness, self-denial, suppressed desire to achieve what you want.

Among the causes of obesity, she highlights hypersensitivity, fear and need for protection, hidden anger, unwillingness to forgive.

In her table, Louise Hay lists the psychosomatic causes of obesity in different parts of the body.

Yes, obesity indicates anger due to rejected love, belly - on anger in response to being denied spiritual food and emotional care. Obesity of the upper thigh signals the presence lumps of stubbornness and anger at parents, lower thigh — about availability reserves of children's anger, anger at the father.

She sees the psychological cause of bulimia fear and hopelessness, feverish overflow and getting rid of feelings of self-loathing(It is known that people suffering from bulimia eat uncontrollably a lot at first, and then, due to anxiety about the figure, induce vomiting or drink laxatives to get rid of what they have eaten).

Psychologist Liz Bourbo has revealed that in most cases these ailments are based on humiliation in childhood and adolescence. People with this psychological trauma later experience fear of repeating a shameful situation, and the body finds protection in the form of fat.

According to Burbo, sometimes being overweight acts as protection from people using a person(when a person helps everyone, he is afraid to refuse help). Another option: how "sandwiched" between two people, wants to make them happy, forgetting about himself.

It happens that a person does not want to be attractive to the opposite sex for fear of rejection. Then the body simply fulfills his desire.

Dr. V. Sinelnikov also points to fear is the main reason accumulation of fat, which should symbolize protection. He writes that a man is so strong dissatisfied and hate themselves that the body protects itself from such destructive emotions.

Practice helped the doctor to reveal that often the causes of obesity are hidden anger and unwillingness to forgive.

V. Sinelnikov also claims that the lack of love is often replaced by food. As an option: food is perceived by a person as a means of obtaining quick pleasure.

The doctor debunks the myth that women gain weight after childbirth. In his opinion, in this case, the reason is that the woman pays less attention and love.

Often anxiety about the child's health makes the expectant mother eat well, as in the subconscious mind of many there is an association "healthy food - health."

Healing Paths

Today, there are a lot of different ways and methods of healing from excess weight and obesity.

But speaking of healing psychosomatic illness, it is worth remembering one thing: the ways of healing, like the causes, are in the person himself, More precisely, in his inner world.

To find your own path of healing (and each person will have their own path of healing, different from others), it is necessary to trace, analyze his thoughts and emotions with which he lived lately. What are they filled with?: Love or hate, Trust in life or fear, Good or evil, Cheerfulness or depression, positive or negative, optimism or pessimism?..

Having done this inner work, you will come to the conclusion that you can have physical health if you live inside yourself in love for yourself and for the world around you.

What does it mean to "Love yourself"? It doesn't mean indulging yourself.

This means accepting oneself (with good and bad sides), but striving to be spiritually and morally better. It means not “breaking yourself” for the sake of something or someone. If a person loves himself, then he will strive to develop himself mentally and spiritually, will take care of his body, since it is the only one and no other is given.

And if a person loves himself, then he will treat other people in the same way: with acceptance and respect for others, but the same unique personalities.

It seems that in the presence of these two basic conditions (the right attitude towards oneself and towards others), health and harmony are provided.

Are you obese or overweight? Consider the metaphysical (subtle, mental, emotional, psychosomatic, subconscious, deep) causes of obesity and overweight.

Dr. N. Volkova writes: “It has been proven that about 85% of all diseases have psychological causes. It can be assumed that the remaining 15% of diseases are associated with the psyche, but this connection remains to be established in the future ... Among the causes of diseases, feelings and emotions occupy one of the main places, and physical factors - hypothermia, infections - act secondarily, as a trigger mechanism ... »

Dr. A. Meneghetti in his book “Psychosomatics” he writes: “Illness is the language, the speech of the subject ... To understand the disease, it is necessary to reveal the project that the subject creates in his unconscious ... Then the second step is necessary, which the patient himself must take: he must change. If a person changes psychologically, then the disease, being an abnormal course of life, will disappear ... "

Consider the metaphysical (subtle, mental, emotional, psychosomatic, subconscious, deep) causes of excess weight.
Here is what world-famous experts in this field and authors of books on this topic write about this.

Liz Burbo in his book Your Body Says “Love Yourself!” writes about the possible metaphysical causes of excess weight:
Obesity is an excessive deposition of fat in body tissues. Obesity is considered a problem when it poses an immediate threat to health.
Emotional blocking:
Obesity can have various causes, but in any case, an obese person has experienced a lot of humiliation in childhood or adolescence and still has a fear of being in a shameful situation for him or to put another person in such a situation. Excess weight is for such a person a kind of protection from those who demand too much from him, taking advantage of the fact that he does not know how to say “no” and is inclined to shoulder everything. It is also possible that this person often and for a very long time feels sandwiched between two other people. He tries his best to make these people happy. The stronger his desire to make others happy, the more difficult it is for him to realize his own needs. Very often it turns out that a person gains weight because he does not want to seem attractive to the opposite sex, because he is afraid that he will then be rejected or that he himself will not be able to say no. Obesity also affects people who strive to take their place in life, but consider this desire unhealthy and indecent. They don't realize that they're already pretty good at it (I don't mean they take up a lot of space physically).
mental blocking:
My observations show that it is difficult for an obese person to objectively evaluate himself due to his excessive sensitivity. Are you able to see well all parts of your body in the mirror? The ability to consider one's physical body is directly related to the ability to consider oneself at other levels, that is, with the ability to analyze one's internal state. If you do not have this ability, you will not be able to discover the true cause of your obesity. That is why this article may cause internal resistance in you. If this happens, try to read it at your own pace a few times and understand its meaning. Having experienced some severe humiliation in childhood or adolescence, you decided to always be on your guard and never give anyone a reason to mock you. You decided to become a very good person at any cost, and therefore you shoulder so many worries. It's time for you to learn to accept without thinking that you are taking something from someone or borrowing it and sooner or later you will have to return or pay for it. I advise you at the end of each day to carefully analyze everything that happened that day, and note everything that can be associated with shame and humiliation. After that, you should ask yourself if what you have noted is actually shame related. Check it out with other people. Ask yourself as often as possible: “What do I really want?” before answering "yes" to other people's requests or offering your services. This will not make you less loved and respected. On the contrary, people will understand that you respect yourself, and they will respect you even more. Also, give yourself the right to be an important person in the lives of those you love. Believe in your importance.

Bodo Baginski and Sharamon Shalila in their book ""Reiki" - the universal energy of life" they write about the possible metaphysical causes of excess weight:
If you are constantly hungry, then this is an indicator of hunger for life, for love and for emotional nourishment. There is a certain void that you are trying to fill on the physical level because it fails in the relevant areas. Often, the symptom hides insecurity or fear of loss. Respect and love yourself the way you are, then it will be easier for you to open the boundaries of your own Self and let spiritual nourishment inside. However, understand also that there is a source of love and wholeness within you from which you can always draw. Take a look at him.
If you constantly want sweets, then you are missing the sweetness of life in the first place. There is an unsatisfied hunger for love. In children, this is very often a sign that they feel they are not loved enough. Give yourself the love and recognition that you desire, accept yourself as you are, then you can give others true love, and the exchange will be possible. If your child constantly asks for sweets, give him more love, recognition and attention.

Dr. Valery V. Sinelnikov in his book “Love your disease” writes about the possible metaphysical causes of excess weight:
I already wrote above that the state of our body at a given time is a reflection of our thoughts, feelings and emotions. If you are overweight, then do not rush to look for a miracle pill. Turn inside yourself - the reasons are there. No need to force yourself and your body. Exhaust him with hunger and various diets. Of course, in this way you can achieve a certain result for a while. But if you do not radically change your attitude towards yourself, then fullness will return again.
Here are some thoughts and feelings that fullness can reflect.
Fear and the need for protection. Often overweight people feel insecure. And fat performs a protective, buffering function. I have found that obese people are very sensitive, but since they cannot cope with their feelings, fat symbolically helps them to dull unwanted emotions and experiences.
Fullness is one of the manifestations of discontent and self-hatred. You are so dissatisfied with yourself and criticize and scold yourself so often that your body is forced to defend itself.
A woman of incredible size came to a friend of mine at the hairdresser's. She hated and despised fat people.
- These ugly fat people, terrible fat folds, look disgusting. Yes, I just hate them, - she said, as soon as she saw her own kind.
All overweight people are united by one quality - dislike for themselves.
When such patients come to me, I first teach them to love themselves, to accept their bodies.
Many women begin to gain weight after giving birth. They attribute this to hormonal changes in the body, and doctors say the same thing. But is this the reason? After all, there are women who give birth to two or three children, and even more, but at the same time remain slim. Of course, hormonal changes in the body of a woman giving birth occur: the calcium content in the bones changes, the pelvis expands, the nose lengthens by a fraction of a millimeter, the chin becomes a little heavier, etc. But this is not the reason for fullness. The reason is that with the birth of a child, a woman pays less attention to herself. All attention is on the child. And this is a gross mistake.
I believe that after the birth of a child, a woman should pay twice as much attention to herself than before his birth. She should start doing this already during pregnancy. Moreover, attention should be paid not so much to your appearance (although this is mandatory), but to your thoughts, feelings, and your behavior. After all, the health of the child depends entirely on the state of thoughts and emotions of his parents. Therefore, the more love and peace there is in the mother, the healthier the child will be. This means fewer sleepless nights.
A woman came to see me who had given birth a few months ago. Immediately after giving birth, she began to recover. Turning to the subconscious, we found out that the reason for her fullness is in a negative attitude towards herself.
“Yes,” the woman agreed, “it is. I have always been dissatisfied with myself. Even before the birth of the child. Even before marriage. I was always looking for and finding some flaws in myself.
“I think,” I said, “that fullness will make you treat your friend differently.
- You're right.
- Are there any other reasons for being overweight? I asked her to ask a question to the subconscious.
- Yes, doctor, there is, - the patient answered, coming out of a trance state. She wanted to say something, but tears began to flow from her eyes. After she calmed down, she continued: “After the birth of the child, our relationship with my husband changed,” she said, wiping her eyes with a handkerchief. - He became something else. There is no longer love and satisfaction in our relationship. Therefore, I try to get satisfaction at least from food.
- But you do not love yourself, but you want your husband to love you. Your husband only reflects your attitude towards yourself. Everything is very simple! Start loving yourself and you will see how your husband will change his attitude towards you.
Next, we created new behaviors in the subconscious program. Then I talked about proper nutrition and picked up homeopathic medicines to normalize metabolism.
A month later, a completely different woman came to see me: beautiful, slender, fit.
- Doctor, you know, I don't recognize my husband. It feels like we're on our honeymoon. Tomorrow I will bring my friend to you. She also wants to lose weight.
Loving and accepting yourself is very important. If you are dissatisfied with yourself, then there must be an outward manifestation of this discontent. The outside reflects the inside. It has long been noticed that when a person loves himself, his body takes on an ideal weight and shape. Very often a person tries to replace the lack of love and satisfaction in life with food, since the soul does not tolerate emptiness.
One of my patients of impressive build tells me:
- Doctor, you know, as soon as I get carried away by any man, that is, when I have a love affair in my life, I immediately lose weight and find my ideal weight. But after the rupture of relations, I become fat again.
“I know of one such case,” I tell her. - One of my acquaintances, a very plump woman, while relaxing in Yalta in the summer, met a famous singer. I only spent one night with him.
But this had a very strong effect on her appearance.
Just one night! And she lost weight, returning home, twenty kilograms. Being still under the impression of this meeting, she took care of herself: she changed her hairstyle, began to monitor nutrition, began to go for shaping and massage.
“And I have the same story,” the patient confirmed. - Only the artists have not yet come across.
Why do you need my help in this case? I ask. - Meet a man and fall in love - and the problem is solved.
- Well, it's hard, so soon, - she replies. - First you need to meet such a man.
“So I can hardly become the hero of your love story,” I tell her. - Of course, you are an attractive woman, but I like another. A love affair has already begun in my life, and I am not going to interrupt it.
The woman laughs
- Doctor, you know what I meant.
- Certainly. We will choose another way. We will cause you a state of chronic love, and the extra pounds will disappear. You will always be slim and beautiful, regardless of whether you have a man or not.
Hidden anger and unwillingness to forgive can also be the cause of fullness. It is noticed that overweight people are very touchy. Resentment contributes to the accumulation of body fat. If you remember from the first book, resentment is the desire to change the attitude towards oneself, that is, the desire to love, respect and appreciate oneself. And again, it all comes down to love, to a change in attitude towards yourself.
One of my patients, a young girl, lost four kilograms after the first session, but then the process stopped. From communication with the subconscious, we found out that her grievances against her father and his new wife were preventing her from losing weight further. The fact is that when my patient was fourteen years old, her father divorced her mother and went to live with another woman. It was then that the girl began to recover.
Realizing the reasons and changing her attitude towards her father and his personal life, the girl was able to gain the ideal weight.

A mother's concern about her children's health can lead to obesity. This is because the concepts of health and good, plentiful nutrition are often associated.
I had one interesting case. A very overweight woman came to my appointment. She began to recover during pregnancy, and after giving birth she gained even more weight.
- Doctor, - she asked me, - save me from gluttony. I already hate myself. I hide from my friends so as not to scare them with my appearance.
The patient proved to be an excellent hypnotic subject. From communication with the subconscious, we found out that the part of the subconscious that caused excessive appetite took care of the health of her son, who recently turned nine years old. It turns out that as soon as a woman became pregnant, her mother constantly inspired her: "If you want your child to be healthy, eat properly." All nine months of pregnancy she lived in her mother's house, and every day she made appropriate suggestions to her. By the way, the mother of this woman herself was very fat. What is interesting about this whole story is that the patient could actually boast of her son's health. But at what cost! Her subconscious simply did not know other ways of behavior to take care of the health of the child.

Very often gluttony is a neurotic way to carry out positive subconscious intentions. Gluttons endow food with some special properties, in addition to what is associated with the satisfaction of physiological hunger. For example, with the help of food, a person seeks to fill an emotional void. A connection is established in the subconscious: filling the stomach - filling the emotional emptiness, achieving the fullness of the emotional state. It can mean to be connected with people, to be loved and appreciated. The lack of love and satisfaction in life leads to the fact that a person uses food as a means of quick and momentary pleasure. But since this is self-deception, the body constantly requires new and new portions.
I would like to say one more thing. Rely only on your internal resources, and not on magical medicines. If you rely on the help of chemicals, then you deny your inner strength. The process of gaining the ideal weight is, first of all, work on oneself: internal and external. Internal is bringing your thoughts and intentions into a state of harmony and balance. External - this is the cleansing of the body from toxins, a change in metabolism, proper nutrition, regular physical activity to maintain muscle tone.

According to Sergei S. Konovalov(“Energy-informational medicine according to Konovalov. Healing emotions”), possible metaphysical causes of excess weight are:
Causes. Suppression of desires and feelings, hypersensitivity, increased need for protection.
The way to heal. Trust in yourself, in the very process of life, refraining from negative thoughts - these are the ways to lose weight.

Louise Hay in his book Heal Yourself, he points out the main negative attitudes (leading to illness) and harmonizing thoughts (leading to healing) associated with the appearance and healing of excess weight:

Excess weight: Fear. The need for protection. Unwillingness to feel. Defenselessness, self-denial. Suppressed desire to achieve what you want.
Harmonizing Thoughts: I have no conflict of feelings. Where I am, be safe. I create my own security. I love and approve of myself.

Obesity: Hypersensitivity. Often symbolizes fear and the need for protection. Fear can serve as a cover for hidden anger and unwillingness to forgive.
Harmonizing thoughts: Sacred love protects me. I'm always safe. I want to grow up and take charge of my life. I forgive everyone and create the life I like. I'm completely safe.

Obesity - thighs (upper part): Lumps of stubbornness and anger at parents.
Harmonizing Thoughts: I send forgiveness to the past. It is not dangerous for me to overcome the limitations of my parents.

Obesity - belly: Anger in response to the denial of spiritual food and emotional care.
Harmonizing thoughts: I develop spiritually. I have enough spiritual food. I feel content and enjoy freedom.

Obesity - hips (lower part): Stockpiles of children's anger. Often angry at the father.
Harmonizing thoughts: I see my father as a child who grew up without love and affection, and I easily forgive him. We are both free.

Obesity - hands: Anger due to rejected love.
Harmonizing Thoughts: I can get as much love as I want.

Louise Hay In How to Heal Your Life, he writes:
Being overweight is nothing more than a need for protection. We seek protection from pain, criticism, sexuality, abuse, and so on. Extensive selection, right? I have never been fat, but from my own experience I was convinced that when I feel insecure and generally unimportant, I automatically put on a few kilos. When the threat disappears, the excess weight disappears too. Fighting the world is a waste of energy and time. As soon as you stop resisting, your weight will immediately return to normal. Trust in yourself, in the very process of life, refraining from negative thoughts - these are the ways to lose weight.

Alexander Astrogor In his book The Book of Feelings he writes:
There are three forms of excess weight: alimentary, endocrine and cerebral. French researchers half-jokingly call them like this: the first - when others envy, the second - when they laugh and the third - when they sympathize with the patient ...
The most common form of excess weight is called alimentary. It is based on the principle of nutrition, due to a conditioned reflex. Just as smokers or drunkards cannot get rid of drug addiction, so a person who loves to eat, who has created a cult of food, falls into the same trap of the pathology of feelings. The conditioned reflex and passion for food are one of the main causes of excess weight. It affects the whole organism as a whole and is uniform in its form. The alimentary form can be called as "elementary gluttony." It is known that high-calorie nutrition is detrimental to health, but how difficult it is to refuse it. Technological progress has given rise to a sedentary lifestyle, laziness. Hence there is a discrepancy between energy intake and energy consumption.
Karmic medicine associates excess weight with the pathology of feelings. She says that the basis of human nutrition should be spiritual qualities, intuition and passion. If people were enthusiastic natures, knew how to love and enjoy life, work, nature, then they would eat three to four times less, without feeling hungry. Thus, enthusiastic people live in their own diet, which they intuitively build for themselves, and because of this, their body and body are comfortable and easy on the soul ...
When food becomes the only joy in a person's life, the gene that controls satiety becomes unnecessary, it weakens, "loses", and, as a result, gluttony appears. After death, such a person becomes a "hungry ghost". This is where programmed obesity lies in the next birth ...
And now let's look at another form of overweight and obesity, which doctors call ENDOCRINE. It does not affect the entire body, but is localized around any organ. It should be noted here that if a person has a complex on his appearance, then he has fatty deposits, obesity occurs, which acts as a defense against the rough onslaught of people around him. Obesity of the internal organs shows us a person who is spiritually weak, unprotected and touchy. Maybe that's why overweight people try and are known as kind, sympathetic, soft, with a complaisant character. It was they themselves who came up with the saying “there should be many good people”. It is known that “they bring good water”, so it settles in all cells of the body. They do not understand that it is impossible to be kind to everyone, that they are simply used for their own selfish purposes, and from this their disease acquires an endocrine form of obesity. . On the one hand, obesity protects the problem area, organ, and on the other hand, it "strangles" it. A person seems to be suffocating from impotence to resist something. His soul toils and cannot say to himself: “Everything is enough, this cannot be tolerated anymore!” And if he overcomes himself, he will be able to remove, push back the eternal problem of torment and suffering. Thus, he is strengthened in the spirit, and the disease goes away by itself. It is no coincidence that with the endocrine form of obesity (a disease of the endocrine glands), no gymnastics or diet can help. For the protective mental functions of the body are weak, the understanding of the events and situations occurring in life is weak. We can say that these people live under the yoke and terror of a loved one, a relative ...

Dr. Luule Viilma in his books "Psychological Causes of Disease", "Pain in your heart" writes:
Obesity:
Imposing one's will on others. Dissatisfaction stress. Self-defense. Thirst for hoarding, fear of the future. The desire to be stronger, the internal struggle with their stresses. "I want good things."

The fat one wants to be honest himself, the thin one wants others to be honest. A fat man takes liars for honest ones, while a thin one sees a deceiver in an honest one. Thin is very demanding in relation to others, because he believes that others have nothing to reproach him with - because he is in great shape. If a fat person sets a goal to lose weight and really loses weight, then his demands on himself turn into over-demanding on others. The principle begins to operate: why others can not, if I can. Such an attitude can turn into sheer cruelty. It has become fashionable to watch your weight, and also to be cruel ...
A person maintains harmony and remains a person if he allows himself what is necessary.
A person remains slender, but turns into an animal if he allows himself everything he wants.
A person becomes fat if he forbids himself everything he wants.
A person becomes especially fat if he forbids himself everything necessary.
A person becomes thin if he denies himself what he wants.
A person becomes especially thin if he denies himself the necessary ...
A person who is interested in everything in life eats a lot rather than a little. He cannot forbid himself to eat, because on an empty stomach the head does not think well and the body loses mobility. Fasting is successful for those who have only one goal in life - an ideal appearance, with the help of which they hope to achieve everything that is planned. The idea that happiness lies in beauty suppresses hunger ...
A fat man is satisfied with life, but dissatisfied with himself.
A thin person is pleased with himself, but dissatisfied with life.
If, instead of your former complacency, you sincerely protested against the bad in order to lose weight, you would be considered a bad person. This is not what you want. There is only one thing left - to have a conversation with your desires and unwillingnesses, to reveal them for yourself and slowly release them. Not in order to gain harmony and attractiveness, but in order to release both good and bad from yourself. Then you will find inner beauty and prudence.
I wish you well - it means to get fat. I don’t want bad things - it means to lose weight ...

Sergei N. Lazarev in his books "Diagnostics of Karma" (books 1-12) and "Man of the Future" he writes that the main cause of absolutely all diseases is the deficiency, lack or even absence of love in the human soul. When a person puts something above the love of God (and God, as the Bible says, is Love), then instead of gaining divine love, he aspires to something else. To what (erroneously) considers more important in life: money, fame, wealth, power, pleasure, sex, relationships, abilities, order, morality, knowledge, and many, many other material and spiritual values ... But this is not the goal, but only means to gain divine (true) love, love for God, love like God. And where there is no (true) love in the soul, as a feedback from the Universe, illnesses, problems and other troubles come. This is necessary in order for a person to think, realize that he is going the wrong way, think, say and do something wrong and begin to correct himself, take the right Path! There are many nuances of how the disease manifests itself in our body. You can learn more about this practical concept from books, seminars and video seminars by Sergey Nikolaevich Lazarev.

The search and research of metaphysical (subtle, mental, emotional, psychosomatic, subconscious, deep) causes of excess weight continues. This material is constantly updated. We ask readers to write their comments and send additions to this article. To be continued!

Although the presence of excess weight in itself cannot be called a serious disease, as a rule, it shortens life, reduces its quality, creates a predisposition to diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, and lowers libido. Ultimately, being overweight makes a person less happy.

To a large extent, excess weight is caused by the socio-economic problems of the “affluent society”. A wealthy life, sedentary work and lack of physical activity are the main contributors to being overweight. From an Ayurvedic point of view, any form of obesity comes from eating too much, sitting too much, and moving too little.

In general, being overweight is a disorder. kapha type. Obese people have a strong digestive fire, but the cellular fire in the tissues is relatively weak. As a result, any excess food or calories they take in is not burned, but converted into adipose tissue - into subcutaneous fat, which leads to weight gain and obesity.

Other reasons for being overweight include certain hereditary factors, such as excessive production of growth hormone, pregnancy, after which many women are unable to lose weight, the habit of snacking between meals, stress, which can cause repeated "attacks" of emotional eating, which can cause significant weight gain. (“emotional eating” is essentially a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder, the so-called “compulsive eating”, when a person eats unconsciously). Certain medications, including steroids, birth control pills, and insulin, alter metabolism and can cause ill health and weight gain. Obesity is often associated with drug addiction, including alcohol and smoking. However, the main factors, as a rule, are still overeating, lack of physical activity - the "products" of today's civilization - and unconscious nutrition. Very rarely do we eat consciously and in order to carry out the real process of nutrition - to provide the cells of our body with nutrients. It seems that the wider our possibilities, the less we think about the great gift of life contained in every piece of food. As a result, no matter how many calories we consume, our body and spirit remain hungry...

Watch your diet:

The first step in the matter of weight loss at all times is to control yourself while eating. Follow a Kapha-pacifying diet. Avoid cold drinks (they extinguish the digestive fire) and fried foods. Minimize your intake of dairy products such as cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. Be sure to include salads with a small amount of vegetable oil and legumes in your diet. Instead of chilled drinks, drink hot water (even if you don't like it), either plain or in herbal teas such as ginger, mint, or cinnamon.

If you like meat food, you can eat some chicken or fish once a month, but no beef, lamb or pork.

Exercise regularly:

You should walk at least 30 minutes daily. Do some aerobic exercise like light jogging as well. Usually overweight people hate jogging, but they should at least walk fast, preferably with weights (a little weight on their arms and legs). Swimming is also a very good activity in this situation. In general, stick to the simplest arithmetic - when you consume more calories than you burn, your weight increases. Therefore, in order to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you take in. In practice, this means two things: reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure. Follow a Kapha-reducing diet and exercise daily.

*Important note: after class, also do not drink cold drinks that slow down the metabolism and thus reduce the benefits of your workout to nothing. Replace them with hot herbal teas that quench your thirst and speed up your metabolism at the same time.

Diet:

If you are overweight, it is better to skip breakfast (or replace it with a cup of herbal tea), and eat a hearty meal at noon - this meal should be the most plentiful during the day. Dinner should be light. And avoid snacking between main meals.

If you can not refuse a hearty breakfast, then eat a light lunch and a very light dinner, and even better, give up dinner. Listen to soft music while eating and chew your food thoroughly. Calm and moderate food should become your habit.

Listen to music:

Listen to soft music while eating and chew your food thoroughly. Calm and moderate food should become your habit.

Drink hot water with honey:

Whenever you feel hungry, drink a cup of hot water with a teaspoon of honey and 10 drops of lemon juice.

Between meals:

If you still want to snack in between meals, eat some raisins - this will satisfy your hunger and act as a mild laxative. Along with raisins, you can have a snack, such as a carrot or a cup of celery

The relationship between mental health and physical condition studies - a science formed at the intersection of medicine and psychology. The doctrine is based on the concept of the influence of mental factors on the health of the body. Representatives of science believe that negative emotions, stresses and experiences, negative thoughts affect the development of diseases of organs and systems. Psychosomatics of excess weight is a bodily sign of psychological problems.

Obesity, medically speaking, is a chronic disease with a metabolic disorder, manifested by excessive deposition of fat cells in the body and weight gain. Obesity is reversible – you can lose weight and get fit.

Being overweight has the following consequences:

Psychosomatics of excess weight in women

Causes and predisposing factors

Common causes of being overweight:

Secondary benefit of being overweight

In psychology, a secondary benefit is a set of benefits that a person receives from the formed symptoms of the disease.

The most common forms of secondary benefit are:

Overweight as a form of protection

Psychosomatic obesity can be perceived as a mask, or an escape from reality. People seem to be trying to hide behind a layer of body fat.

This form of protection is more often characteristic of women who are trying to hide their personal core, hide their "I" in the depths, and leave a folded image on the facade.

A look at the problem from Louise Hay

Louise Hay believes that the cause of obesity is fear, the need for protection, self-denial and unwillingness to feel others. She also attributes the desire to show herself and hypersensitivity to the reasons. In order to get rid of this problem, Hay advises daily repeating the phrases “this place is safe”, “now I’m not scared”, “I create security for myself and my loved ones on my own”. These affirmations, according to Louise Hay, can solve the problem of excess weight.

The psychologist also links body parts with obesity and psychological problems. For example, psychosomatic obesity in the abdomen indicates internal anger for food deprivation, the pelvis indicates aggression towards parents, and the shoulders indicate a lack of love.

Opinion Liz Burbo

Liz Bourbo () associates obesity with three phenomena:

Overweight according to Sinelnikov

Valery Sinelnikov states that being overweight is an expression of fear and a need for protection. Often overweight people feel vulnerable and vulnerable. The fat layer plays the role of a shell that hides a person's feelings from others.

The healer also says that people with a large mass are sensitive and unable to cope with internal experiences. Fat dulls unacceptable emotions and thoughts. Sinelnikov also says that the tendency to overeat is a sign of dissatisfaction with oneself, up to hatred.

How to deal with being overweight

Not a single diet on the Internet will help until the overweight person himself turns to a nutritionist. However, there is a set of general rules that are aimed at losing weight:

you can not starve;
count the number of daily calories;
create and adhere to a diet;
properly distribute carbohydrates, fats and proteins;
maintain water balance;
eat sitting and at rest;
chew food thoroughly.

Psychotherapy

In the psychotherapy of obesity, cognitive-behavioral therapy and a hypno-suggestive approach have the best effect. In the first option, the therapist, using verbal attitudes, destroys the mental patterns of the client and teaches him to control his state with the help of the train of thought. With hypnosuggestive techniques, the doctor gives an orientation to the correct eating behavior.

Very often, having excess weight, we start a fight with it, in fact, without understanding the cause of its occurrence. That is, it is important to understand that being overweight is a consequence and a cause ... Yes, yes, you will now say a sedentary lifestyle, overeating, stress, etc. many physical causes. I would like to "dig" deeper and talk about a more subtle metaphysical reason for being overweight. I am interested in psychology, esoteric psychology, after reading the books of Louise Hay, Liz Burbo, Sviyash, V. Sinelnikova, she singled out one general idea about the cause of obesity. And I would like to quote V. Sinelnikov (the book "Textbook of the master of life"):

"The state of our body at this point in time is a reflection of our thoughts, feelings and emotions. If you are overweight, turn inside yourself - the reasons are there. Here are some thoughts and feelings that fullness can be a reflection of. Fear and the need for protection. Often overweight people feel insecure, while fat performs a protective, buffering function.

Fullness is one of the manifestations of discontent and self-hatred. You are so dissatisfied with yourself and criticize and scold yourself so often that your body is forced to defend itself. All overweight people are united by one quality - dislike for themselves. Many women begin to gain weight after giving birth. The reason is that with the birth of a child, a woman pays less attention to herself. All attention is on the child. And this is a gross mistake.

After the birth of a child, a woman should pay twice as much attention to herself than before his birth. She should start doing this already during pregnancy.
Moreover, attention should be paid not so much to your appearance (although this is mandatory), but to your thoughts, feelings, and your behavior. After all, the health of the child depends entirely on the state of thoughts and emotions of his parents. Therefore, the more love and peace there is in the mother, the healthier the child will be.

Loving and accepting yourself is very important. If you are dissatisfied with yourself, then there must be an outward manifestation of this discontent. The outside reflects the inside. It has long been noticed that when a person loves himself, his body takes on an ideal weight and shape. Very often a person tries to replace the lack of love and satisfaction in life with food, since the soul does not tolerate emptiness.
Hidden anger and unwillingness to forgive can also be the cause of fullness. It is noticed that overweight people are very touchy. Resentment contributes to the accumulation of body fat.
If you remember from the first book, resentment is the desire to change the attitude towards oneself, that is, the desire to love, respect and appreciate oneself. And again, it all comes down to love, to a change in attitude towards yourself.

A mother's concern about her children's health can lead to obesity. This is because the concepts of health and good, plentiful nutrition are often associated.

I would like to say one more thing. Rely only on your internal resources, and not on magical medicines. If you rely on the help of chemicals, then you deny your inner strength. The process of gaining the ideal weight is, first of all, work on yourself: internal and external. Internal is bringing your thoughts and intentions into a state of harmony and balance. External is cleansing the body of toxins, changing metabolism, proper nutrition, regular physical activity to maintain muscle tone.