Psychosomatic diseases, also known as psychophysiological diseases, refer to physical diseases in which psychosocial factors play an important role in the occurrence, development and outcome, have a clear pathological basis, and involve morphological changes or tissue changes in organs.
Diabetes is a common psychosomatic disease. In life, the blood sugar of some diabetic patients may fluctuate due to some psychological factors. For example, patients with type 1 diabetes, most of whom are teenagers, often have difficulty adapting to the changes brought about by diabetes. The strict requirements for diet and drug treatment are a heavy burden for them as they grow. Diabetes affects their interactions with peers and prevents them from completing the psychological development process at this age.
Although patients with type 2 diabetes mostly develop in adulthood, they may also develop psychological problems, but this depends on many factors, such as the severity of the disease, previous health conditions, life experiences, social support, understanding of the disease, and Assessment of prognosis as well as coping skills and personality. When some people with diabetes fail to stabilize their condition with measures to cope with diabetes and control blood sugar, they may feel irritable, disappointed, at a loss, sad, worried or depressed. In severe cases, they may lose confidence in life and the future and struggle to cope with external challenges and adapt to life. Decrease in ability. These negative emotions will have a negative impact on the metabolic control and disease outcome of diabetes.
These conditions can affect blood sugar
1. Stressful life events
Some stressful life events, such as discord between husband and wife, illness of family members, etc., can reduce insulin secretion, increase blood sugar, and induce or aggravate diabetes. A large amount of clinical research data shows that life events are closely related to the blood sugar control of diabetic patients. Some patients, when their diet and treatment drugs remain unchanged, due to the sudden attack of life events, their condition rapidly worsens overnight, and even serious symptoms occur. complication.
2. Negative emotions
Negative emotions refer to negative changes in our mood when we encounter certain psychological pressures, usually manifested in unstable moods, easily irritated, decreased ability to control emotions, prone to getting angry or crying, depression, and nervousness , anxiety, or hypochondriasis, loneliness, emptiness, helplessness, hopelessness, etc. Some negative emotions such as depression may increase the difficulty of blood sugar control and the progression of diabetes complications. On the basis of good depression control, diabetes often becomes relatively easy to control.
3. Mental disorders
People with schizophrenia have a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes than the general population, which may be related to antipsychotic-induced obesity, unhealthy eating habits, and poorer health care. The widespread use of atypical antipsychotics has increased this tendency, so monitoring blood sugar, weight, and blood lipids has become necessary during the treatment of patients with schizophrenia.
How to prevent psychosomatic diseases?
1. Exercise coping skills
It is necessary to improve one's ability to adapt to the environment, including the ability to handle emergencies and the ability to withstand lasting shocks. Learn techniques to relieve psychological stress, such as self-control, self-comfort, and self-relief abilities. In social life, frustration situations are inevitable, and if you do not have enough endurance, they may also affect your physical and mental health. In terms of behavior, you can have more interests and hobbies, which can buffer the anxiety and depression caused by stress. Learn to combine work with rest and use relaxation techniques intermittently to help your physical and mental health.
2. Seek support
Finding socially supportive relationships with family or close friends is a part of social life. Deterioration of interpersonal relationships can be a factor in the development of psychosomatic disorders, whereas good interpersonal relationships can help alleviate psychosomatic disorders. From the perspective of psychosomatic medicine, finding family members or close friends is a "spiritual haven" where you can place your spirit, share a common language, and understand each other. Here you can escape the "storm" of social and psychological stress, relax your tense spirit, and adjust. Emotions, in order to fight again. Social friends, close friends and family members constitute a personal "social support force".
