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    This document presents metaphors that relate parts of the body and conditions to underlying thoughts, beliefs, and emotional states. It maps physical aches, pains, and conditions to their potential psychological and emotional meanings. For example, it suggests that headaches can indicate suppressed feelings of being invalidated or wronged, while chest pain could mean it is time to pay attention to and reconnect with important relationships. The document encourages readers to use this metaphorical mapping to gain insight into how their physical experiences may relate to their mental and emotional experiences, and how addressing underlying beliefs and thought patterns could help address physical conditions.

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    This document presents metaphors that relate parts of the body and conditions to underlying thoughts, beliefs, and emotional states. It maps physical aches, pains, and conditions to their potential psychological and emotional meanings. For example, it suggests that headaches can indicate suppressed feelings of being invalidated or wronged, while chest pain could mean it is time to pay attention to and reconnect with important relationships. The document encourages readers to use this metaphorical mapping to gain insight into how their physical experiences may relate to their mental and emotional experiences, and how addressing underlying beliefs and thought patterns could help address physical conditions.

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    This document presents metaphors that relate parts of the body and conditions to underlying thoughts, beliefs, and emotional states. It maps physical aches, pains, and conditions to their potential psychological and emotional meanings. For example, it suggests that headaches can indicate suppressed feelings of being invalidated or wronged, while chest pain could mean it is time to pay attention to and reconnect with important relationships. The document encourages readers to use this metaphorical mapping to gain insight into how their physical experiences may relate to their mental and emotional experiences, and how addressing underlying beliefs and thought patterns could help address physical conditions.

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    Some Metaphors of the Body System

    Body Metaphors – Thought Patterns Conditions Metaphors


    Head – Direction; Primary Aches - Suppressed; Invalidated; Wronged
    Forehead – Goals; Mission; Acute pain - Pay attention NOW!
    Ideals, Aspirations Aneurisms - Distrust; Betrayal; Opening
    Eyebrow – Expression Bleeding - Losing; Loss; Grief
    Eye – Personal Vision; How I Breaks/Fractures - Stop thinking this way!
    see the world Time for a change! Sudden and
    Ear – Presence - how I show up irreversible change is occurring now
    Nose – Intuition; Knowing Bruises - Guilt; Withholding joy; Crushed,
    Mouth – Intake; Considering Destroyed; Fighting
    Face – Appearance; Expression Cancers - Losing control; Feeling the
    Chin – Attitude; Influence, victim; Rejection; Out of control
    Strength/Weakness Chronic pain - Entertaining old, hurtful,
    Neck – Flexibility; Alternatives beliefs
    Shoulder – Shoulds; Cuts - Guilt; Opening (opportunity)
    Commitments; Dull pain - Time to pay attention; Time for
    Responsibilities a change
    Chest – Connection; Affection; Fat - Stored excess emotional content
    Nurturing; Relationships Fever – Heating up; Pay attention
    Upper Arm – Power; Strength Indigestion – Time to reconsider; Wrong or
    Lower Arm – Work; Doing wronged; Afraid
    Wrist – Choices; Flexibility Infection - Anger; Defensiveness; Invaded;
    Hand – Learned skills; Violated
    Grasping/holding Inflammation - Anger; Hostility;
    Abdomen – Processing; Resources; Secondary Turbulence
    Upper Back – Truth (core beliefs); Experience held as truth Injuries/Wounds - Separation; Hurt
    Mid-Back – Uprightness; Character Itch - Trying; Struggling; Confused
    Lower Back – Support; Flexibility Nausea – Rejection; Terror
    Hips/Buttocks – Last; Intersection of beliefs; Joining Out of joint - Angry; Frustrated
    Thigh – Movement; Beliefs in action Pulled muscles - Overwhelm; Not good
    Knee – Needs; Respect enough; Straining
    Shin – Ascending; Climbing; Upward mobility Rash – Rejection; Sorry; Irritated
    Calf – Strength; Sacredness Sharp pain – Pay attention NOW!
    Ankle – Supporting Beliefs Sprains - Twisted, distorted thinking;
    Foot – Understanding (soul); Foundational beliefs Overwhelm
    Leg – Mobility; Tertiary Stiffness - Fear of taking responsibility;
    Skin – Outer layer; Surface; Shallow; Boundaries Stuck in a belief pattern
    Left Side – Feminine; Yin Tightness/Tenseness - Fear; Anxiety; Worry
    Right Side – Masculine; Yang Warts - Bothersome annoyances; Losing
    control a little at a time; Offenses

    To use this chart –


    1. Determine the condition(s) you are experiencing from the Conditions Metaphors list.
    2. Look to see what the condition metaphor might mean for the condition you are experiencing.
    3. Find in the Body Metaphors list the body part that has the condition to make a short “story”.
    4. Then look into your life and see if that “story” is occurring in your life. If so, you may find that as you do
    something to make a change in your belief system, the condition will change, too.
    Examples:
    Headache (ache in the head) ~ Invalidating my direction. Maybe I’m headed in the wrong direction…
    Angina (sharp chest pain) ~ Pay attention to my relationships NOW! Time to re-connect…

    Note – This chart is for consideration only and not intended to replace competent medical assistance.

     2001 Joseph Bennette | www.jbennette.com | 503-375-0146

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