Why is it that whenever someone gets really bad news,?

mindwarp

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it is the body's reaction to stress to have your belly hurt or feel like the wind was knocked from you i know when i was younger i lost a close relative to an illness and was there when he passed i felt like a part of me actually died when he did it is a reaction to the stress that the mind gives the body thank god we have these feelings imagine if nothing happened to us when something bad happened what a world it would be then humans are one of the only animals that have such feelings of loss or sickness when something bad is happening all other animals ether fight or run under stress
 
it is the body's reaction to stress to have your belly hurt or feel like the wind was knocked from you i know when i was younger i lost a close relative to an illness and was there when he passed i felt like a part of me actually died when he did it is a reaction to the stress that the mind gives the body thank god we have these feelings imagine if nothing happened to us when something bad happened what a world it would be then humans are one of the only animals that have such feelings of loss or sickness when something bad is happening all other animals ether fight or run under stress
 
they always refer to "i felt like i was kicked in the stomach" or "i got physically sick" or some other complaint that refers to their stomach? I had heard at one time (from my former psychiatrist) that the "sympathetic nervous system" is located in or close to your stomach?
 
well that's simply bec it causes anxiety and one of the symptoms is stomach aches
its just normal when you get bad news your mind starts thinking
"what to do next?!!!!!!!!!" a sort of panic
 
Well.... Actually, if you really think about it, you "feel" most of your emotions in some part of the body. Fear, sadness, anger, etc. all are "felt" in the body.

Hence we end up with phrases like "heartache", "lump in my throat", "kicked in the stomach", etc.

I prescribe to the idea that emotion is our body having a physiological response to psychological processes. Physiological processes that prepare the body for some action. The word "emotion" is derived from the old language phrases "to move" or "to excite".

For example, primal feelings like fear and anger are based in the "Fight/Flight/Freeze" response and triggers physiological processes to prepare us for action. They trigger adrenaline, alter our cardio-respiratory system, tense muscles.... All so we are ready for an "attack" or to go on the attack. However, civilized ppl do not typically rely so much upon those primative behaviors (at least not in such a physically violent manner). We do not typically encounter the physical dangers this response is for, we simply experience the body getting ready and experience the "feelings". Now, to modern man we feel the emotions.

Just my opinion though. Be well.
 
hi meggus. i have heard some better descriptions of feelings when receiving bad news they are,my balls have been cut off,my fanny has been stitched,sounds like you should visit your psychiatrist again.
 
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