Thinking of the body: a case study
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In the present work it is argued that the lived body is the inconscious psyche presenting itself to perception in the form of the body. The person is a global entity; hence pathology can manifest itself on the plane of the corporeal or the mental, and illness acquires a double meaning: on the
one hand, reestablishment and homeostasis, and on the other hand, denunciation of the imbalance. In addition a reciprocal influence exists between mental and physiological phenomena. In this light we present the case of M., a post-adolescent whose psychosomatic illness was a manifestation of psychological conflicts. In the course of an analysis, her physical symptoms have disappeared and she seems to be showing more control over her body.
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