Psychosomatics of thyroid diseases in children and adults

Diseases of the thyroid gland are becoming more common. WHO stated that the annual increase in patients of different ages with such diagnoses is about 5%. Today, over 670 million people on Earth suffer from thyroid disorders. In Russia, according to various sources, from 20 to 40% of the population have certain thyroid disorders.

In the article we will tell you what causes of problems with thyroid are considered psychosomatic medicine.

The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland that all vertebrates have. It is a repository of a substance such as iodine, and produces iodine-containing hormones (iodothyronines). These hormones, about which ordinary people, far from medicine and science, know little, are involved in metabolic processes, and also ensure the growth of cells and the whole organism. Growth hormones thyroxin and triiodothyronine simply would not exist if there was no small but useful thyroid gland in the body.

Besides the fact that thanks to her, we grow, iron is involved in many nervous processes, its hormones are important for the functioning of the cerebral cortex.

The thyroid gland is located under the larynx in front of the trachea. It is shaped like a butterfly, spread its wings, or shield - hence, in fact, the name of the body "thyroid."

The main diseases are hypothyroidism (reduced gland function), hyperthyroidism, thyrotoxicosis (its increased function). In severe cases, goiter develops, the development of cretinism is also possible.

Psychosomatics is a medical direction that studies the complex of causes of psychological and psychological origin and their effect on the physiological health of a person. From the point of view of psychosomatic medicine, the thyroid gland is the very shield that it resembles in its forms. This is security, protection, peace of mind.

Diseases of the thyroid gland are always a loud signal that anxiety, fear of being defenseless is tormenting a person. He lost confidence, confidence in the future. Excessive function (hyperthyroidism) means that the gland activates all its resources to protect the body. Hormones in the end produce more than necessary, which immediately affects the state.

Quite often, hyperthyroidism develops in people who feel extremely insecure, insecure, close people who do not give them a sense of a reliable rear. Such people are tormented by doubts, do not trust loved ones.

In some cases, anxiety reaches such a high point that panic attacks start. In this case, the subconscious picks up a signal that security is at risk and activates the “shield” - the thyroid gland.

In everyday life, such people are characterized by increased anxiety. They are so afraid of being left unprotected that they start preparing themselves for the “coming apocalypse” —they make up a table of actions in their head, take on more and more responsibility, shoulder a lot of responsibilities on their shoulders,starting to sincerely believe in the statement "If you want to do well, do it yourself." They are not accustomed to relying on someone, entrusting part of their responsibilities to someone, and even if they do, they have a strong need to control every stage of execution.

Look around, get acquainted with the medical statistics, and it will become quite obvious that the majority of patients with hyperthyroidism are women. If you talk with each, it will quickly become clear that they do not trust their husbands, adult children, partners, or parents.

Hyperfunction of the thyroid gland also threatens women, who in their own family are accustomed to compete - to do something better than the husband, to earn more money, to quickly find a solution to a household problem, and so on. The danger lies in the fact that a woman puts herself on the same level as a man and stops feeling her feminine. What a start here if she has to work like a slave on galleys in order to earn at least as much as a spouse!

If the competition between partners or spouses reaches a marasmic boiling point, then a woman's autoimmune thyroiditis may well develop. He is a cry for help, a cry, a call to understand that she is in urgent need of care and care.

In this way, hyperthyroidism is an affliction that creates not only the patient himself, but also those who are in his immediate circle. The patient himself loses confidence, and those to whom he lost it “warm up” the situation with their ignoring and unwillingness to change something - agree, it is very convenient when most of the responsibility and duties are taken not by you, but by someone else!

Whether the disease will progress depends on whether one of the parties decides to honestly clarify the relationship. The patient must tell them that he needs help very much, and the other party must understand and accept this and change his own approach to the division of duties.

In order to cure hyperthyroidism, it is necessary to clearly understand why it happened, and also without doubt, to relieve yourself from overwhelmingly taken voluntarily powers and duties, to temper the desire to care and take care of those who may well take care of themselves.

In practice, the hardest thing is to get rid of the anxiety, and without it you can not even think about the normalization of the work of the thyroid.

The patient will step on the throat of his own “song about responsibility and strength of character” and honestly tell his family that he “had enough of it”, taking on responsibilities that he could not afford, that he was tired. It is necessary not to ask for help, but in fact put people close to the fact - they will have to help.

Lack of confidence in a partner is the most controversial issue, especially for female patients. Unsure they are, as a rule, husbands who cannot find a job, do not provide for a family, do not decide anything at all.

True, there is a third way out - to pity him, the unfortunate, unclaimed, “help” him, work again for himself and for three, expecting that he will finally come to his senses, but in this case there will be no recovery. Even with medications and under the supervision of a renowned endocrinologist. There will be - and the point.

Women who can not get rid of such a relationship, often suffer from the development of nodes in the thyroid gland. Nodes are no longer a warning, but a specific indication that the problem was long overdue.

If your thyroid function is abundant, do not rush to extremes in treatment. Quite often, from a lack of trust in relatives, such patients go in search of “truth” to religion, enter into sects. They are guaranteed there that the higher forces will take care of their future, the cyst and tumor will disappear, life will improve - which partially reduces the level of anxiety.

For a while, the truth can be better. But very quickly the understanding will come that you have been deceived, and the disease will declare itself with a new force. In addition, sects are different, and in some you may be left without an apartment, car or livelihood.

The second common painful condition is hypothyroidism, in which iron does not produce as much hormones as they are required for the normal functioning of the body. This happens very often in people who suffer from increased function. Sometimes the body itself has included protection against hormonal oversupply and suppresses the function of the thyroid gland. At some point a person, having exhausted his strength, simply became a “nihilist”. And it's not just fatigue.

Excessive work of the “defender” gland, if, in general, does not change anything, can lead to cancer of the latter, and malignant tumors in the plans of your body are not exactly included. Subconsciously start the mechanisms that should prevent this outcome.

If before hyperfunction was not, and immediately the doctor was stunned by the news about functional insufficiency, then you should look for a root in excessive credulity. There are people who want to trust with pathological power, such people are always “led”, they tend to merge with the crowd and “disguise” so that neither their own thoughts and judgments nor their voices can be heard and noticeable. For them, everyone must decide and make the surrounding. Very often such people are quite infantile, they cannot stand up for themselves. Among those suffering from insufficient functionality of the thyroid gland, there are almost equally divided men and women.

In groups and states with a high degree of infantilism of the population, excessive credulity, the incidence of hypothyroidism is always statistically higher. It is necessary to carry out iodine prophylaxis at the state level. Remember, it was in the USSR. When people stopped leaving apartments unlocked, and the keys under the mat in the stairwell, to invest in investment funds and MMM, the number of cases of hypothyroidism began to decline, and iodine prophylaxis nationwide was canceled.

A person with reduced secretion of thyroid should take a pause, take a breath, rest. If before this state secretion was increased, excessive, rest is doubly needed. As the rest of the unnecessary duties rest, balance will come, and the state will surely get better.

To find a delicate balance in which the “thyroid gland” will be healthy, you can turn to a psychotherapist, he will help with behavior correction and world perception.