A disorder developed in the mind, and demonstrated in the body; this is Shy Bladder Syndrome. The classification of a psychogenic condition (such as SBS) is that a physical outcome is rooted in a psychological cause. As I’m sure you know, the mind is an extremely formidable device of which we only possess partial control over. Leading the ‘conscious mind’ is most definitely within our reach, but the ‘subconscious mind’ proves to be a far trickier phenomena to even grasp; let alone control.
It is no wonder General practitioner success rates in treating Shy Bladder Syndrome are generally small; they’re conditioned to care for the physical not the psychological. Going to your GP is really important to ensure your inability to go to the bathroom isn’t attributable to medical causes, nonetheless it would be rather irrational to expect a GP to be able to take care of an issue outside the realm of their skills. A baker will bake, a carpenter will carve. If you want assistance with a physical condition you visit a GP, if you would like help with a subconscious condition you see someone trained in that area. This is precisely why hypnotherapy boasts such high success rates in treating Shy Bladder Syndrome; it re-trains the ‘unconscious mind’.
I’m going to take the illustration of one of my former clients to explain the way the ‘unconscious mind’ runs the rule over the bladder. For the sake of privacy, we’ll name him John. You may well find that you can relate to his experience.
Shy Bladder Syndrome had been a heavy burden in John’s life for as long as he could remember. He’s thirty four now. He recalls an situation which occurred during his early teens at school as the cause of his disorder. His efforts to urinate at a public urinal were affected by a number of older lads entering his personal space and teasing him. John literally froze up. From then on he was just not able to ‘go’, no matter how much he advised himself to relax and stay calm.
I’m very proud that I had been able to aid John overcome his issue, but let’s look at the course of action that developed in John’s mind and body in further depth:
To start with, it’s critical to recognize the 2 forces that direct human behaviour. These are pleasure and pain. When the traumatic occurrence of getting harassed took place, John’s ‘unconscious mind’ registered all the sensory information of the environment and associated pain to what he observed, heard, smelt, and so on. From that day, any time that environment was recreated, his ‘unconscious mind’ said that this scenario was going to be painful. As a consequence, the situation was perceived by his mind as hazardous and should be steered clear of no matter what. There was no way the mind was going to allow the body place itself in a vulnerable and open situation. Consequently, his ‘unconscious mind’ overrode any messages of encouragement to loosen up and keep calm he transmitted to his ‘conscious mind’.
Shy Bladder Syndrome is effectively a defense procedure employed by the ‘unconscious mind’ to be certain you steer clear of painful predicaments. On one hand we can be glad that it is looking out for our well being, even when we aren’t conscious of it. However, the ease in which routines are picked up is extremely troubling for Paruretics, because without the proper resources, they’re tough to break.