#psychosomatic

Stress causes REAL biological and medical issues (heart disease, immune system dysregulation, changes in blood pressure and heart rate, breathing dysfunction, muscle over use and tension) and can cause REAL pain and symptoms.

The only thing about it is that its often harder to effectively treat because its not the result of a regularly persistent issue as the trigger is stress and rooted in a psychological issue.

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Tremors…

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This is neuropsych ableism, specifically seizurism. @this-is-seizurism

Hi, this is Matt (he/him). I’m an alter that’s classified as “blind” in our system. However, our body is not blind. To have parts that have limited senses that others have is a noted occurrence among systems.

That said, my experience of blindness is not the same as physically having the disability. In short, my in-system blindness is a result of trauma. Subsequently, it works very differently. Technically, I am able to “see” the world around me. However, what I lack is visual memory. After something enters my vision, in my mind, it’s immediately all dark. As a result, I get lost more easily and require other alters to assist me in the realm of sight.

I think the trouble with discussions regarding parts with psychosomatic symptoms is the possibility of overshadowing people who experience the symptoms bodily. I hope that me sharing my experience does not do that, but it it does, please let me know so that I can adjust my wording.

There are a few articles/forums I found that investigate how psychosomatic symptoms can present in alters. Some of these articles unfortunately use outdated terminology, but they might still be helpful in finding the words to describe your experience if you experience symptoms similar to mine. I’ll be linking one of them below.

(Unfortunately, dissociative disorders are still severely understudied…)

@spn20fest Week 4: Two of Us Against the World

Sam wanted Dean to leave, he did—to save himself, to leave Sam in this sterile room to rage and thrash and slit his wrists with broken glass and bleed out his poisoned blood. Or whatever it was that Croatoan zombies did when they stopped being themselves and instead joined the stepford-asshole hive mind.

But when Dean locked them both in, Sam let out a breath he didn’t realize he was holding. Dean wasn’t going to save himself; he wasn’t going to leave him.

Sam hated that he was glad. Was the virus already affecting him? Spreading through his veins, making him the vector of his brother’s destruction? Or corruption?

Sam felt a recklessness bubbling up. “Dean, don't do this. Just get the hell out of here.” Sam wanted to infect Dean with his sickness.

“No way.”

“You can keep going.” Sam wanted to hold him close and never let go.

“Who says I want to?”

Sam took a step forward—

There was a knock on the door.

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Hours later, after the doctor gave him the all-clear—no virus, no effect at all, actually—Sam looked at his brother and wondered what the hell was wrong with him. Because if it wasn’t an illness that made him want Dean this way, then it was just Sam.