According to some psychologists, any illness is not an accident, there is a connection between the spiritual and the physical, between our thoughts and the state of our physical body. Having decided to do away with any disease, one should first of all identify the mental (mental) cause of its occurrence. The symptoms of the disease are just a reflection of internal deep processes. You will have to delve into yourself in order to discover and destroy the spiritual cause of the disease.

The list of mental stereotypes given by us was compiled by the American psychologist Louise Hay as a result of many years of research, based on her experience working with patients. Also, we give an interpretation of the Russian psychologist Vladimir Zhikarentsev.

Behind the sign MINUS the psychological cause of the disease is written; behind the sign PLUS there is a new stereotype of thinking that leads to recovery; sign SIMILARIES reveals what the organ is responsible for in a psychological sense.

LOUISE HAY'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USING AFFIRMATIONS (stereotypes of thinking):

1. Find a mental reason. See if it suits you. If not, think about what thoughts could trigger the disease?
2. Repeat the stereotype several times.
3. Embrace the thought that you are on the path to recovery.
4. This meditation should be repeated daily, because. it creates a healthy mind and, as a result, a healthy body.

Name of disease or organ

OBESITY - found: 1

1. OBESITY- (Louise Hay)

Hypersensitivity. Often symbolizes fear and the need for protection. Fear can serve as a cover for hidden anger and unwillingness to forgive.

Sacred love protects me. I am always safe. I want to grow up and take responsibility for my life. I forgive everyone and create the life I like. I'm completely safe.

The problem of excess weight is familiar to many people. No wonder now all sorts of diets, weight loss products, etc. have become so popular. But without understanding the true, psychological cause of this problem, no medicines and diets will help. To do this, you need to change the way of life, or rather even the way of thinking.

There are many psychological reasons for obesity. But basically they come down to a protective function due to various kinds of human fears.

Let's see what our favorite authors have to say about this:

1. Luule Viilma.

Imposing one's will on others. The stress of dissatisfaction - the book Stay or Go pp.183-190

Self-defense. Thirst for hoarding, fear of the future - the book The Light Source of Love p.115

The desire to be stronger, the internal struggle with your stresses - the book Pain in your heart p.243

“I want good things” - the book Forgiveness is genuine and imaginary pp. 65-66

2. Liz Burbo

Obesity occurs for a variety of reasons, but most often sometime in childhood, such people had a memorable episode of humiliation, or such situations were regular. And the fear of being in a humiliating situation again haunts him all his life. In this situation, extra pounds for him perform the function of protection from all requirements, from situations where someone can use it. Because it is difficult for such a person to say “no”.

3. Louise Hay.

Hypersensitivity. Often symbolizes fear and the need for protection. Fear can serve as a cover for hidden anger and unwillingness to forgive.

Installation that helps to get rid of: - Sacred love protects me. I am always safe. I want to grow up and take responsibility for my life. I forgive everyone and create the life I like. I am completely safe.

Usually excess weight is explained by the fact that a person eats too much. Why is this happening? Does anyone really need a lot more food to saturate their body than most other people? No, it's just that for some people, the process of eating food is associated not only with satisfying hunger, but also with the pleasure of the process of eating food itself. A person does not know how to enjoy life, is prone to fears, often experiences anxiety - so he begins to automatically make amends for all this with something tasty. A peculiar way to seize these problems, to gain confidence through food, to find some kind of psychological support for yourself.

If it was all about food, then people who eat little would never have excess weight. Sometimes, after all, a person limits himself very much in food, uses some kind of physical activity, but still has excess weight.

By itself, fat is a kind of energy reserve that the body puts aside for a "rainy day". The situation is very well known when a person gains a few extra pounds in the winter, and then by the spring they easily leave. They leave naturally, if there are no psychological barriers for this.

How does weight gain happen?

Due to constant anxiety, the fat storage command is activated. As a result of the command of the nervous system, an additional dose of insulin is produced. If anxiety is permanent, then insulin is constantly produced in excess. The amount of glucose in the blood at the same time decreases, because. It's all about building fat.

In addition to the formation of excess fat, a decrease in blood glucose leads to a constant feeling of hunger. This is where the excess food intake comes from. If, with the help of willpower, you do not allow overeating, but do not change the internal state, then your digestive system will be reconfigured, slowing down the process of processing food. In this condition, even a small portion of food can be deposited in body fat.

Therefore, constant diets and food restrictions do not always help to lose extra pounds.. Usually after that you return to your previous form even faster. And then, diets have a second side effect - by reducing energy intake, your body also reduces its expenditure. Therefore, it is not surprising that a person develops weakness and a decrease in mental activity.

Therefore, it is important to understand precisely the psychological causes of obesity and work them out, and not torturing your body with different diets. Here I have given the main reasons that you should pay attention to.

1. Perhaps the strangest reason for being overweight for many is the unwillingness to please the opposite sex. This happens in cases where a person is afraid of being rejected or betrayed in the future. Or he's afraid he won't be able to say no. So they gain weight, thereby significantly reducing the likelihood of interest from the opposite sex.

2. Sometimes extra weight appears in people who really want to make everyone they love happy.. Especially when a person is torn between two people whom he is trying with all his might to make happy. In such conditions it becomes very difficult to realize one's own needs.

3.Often overweight people are not able to objectively see themselves from the outside. How well can you see yourself in the mirror? How easy is it for you to do this? In essence, the ability to examine one's physical body in a mirror in detail is closely related to the ability to examine oneself at other, more subtle levels. If a person fails to do this, then it will be quite difficult for him to understand the psychological reasons for his excess weight because of internal resistance. I can advise such people to read this article slowly, perhaps several times.

4. Sometimes some incident from childhood, when severe humiliation was experienced, leads to the decision to always be on the alert so that no one can ever mock you again, even if there is no reason for this. Because of this, a person decides that he must certainly be very good and takes on an exorbitant burden of responsibilities. Such people should learn to accept something from life without feeling guilty, without feeling that you need to pay dearly for it. Look after yourself for a few days, analyze at the end of each day whether any of its events are connected with a feeling of humiliation or shame. And then think about whether it really deserves shame or is it just your imagination.

5. People who are prone to obesity often consider themselves unworthy of getting something.. That everything needs to be earned and earned. He may complain that everyone is using him, but at the same time he will continue to believe that you need to be useful to everyone and everyone in order to earn the right to some kind of joy.

6. Overweight people often believe that they are worse than others, they despise themselves. The voluminous body just helps them to establish themselves in this. After all, now there is definitely a reason to despise yourself and consider yourself unworthy.

7. The desire that everyone around be honest, but at the same time the fear that if I myself am honest, I will become bad for others. Holding back your thoughts and desires leads to their accumulation in the body - in this case, accumulation in the form of excess fat.

8. Extra pounds can also appear if a person forbids himself to have what he really wants. Any forcible deprivation of oneself of something desired leads to just such a result. Why a person who wants to eat a cake and eats it remains slim. And the one who wants, but does not allow himself this, is gaining extra pounds? Precisely because his prohibition to himself is postponed by extra pounds. Especially if it is accompanied by condemnation of oneself for such a desire.

When you want to fix a situation, start by Ask yourself often, “Do I really want this?” before saying “yes” to someone. You will not lose the respect of other people from this, but you will gain respect for yourself. And understand that you deserve to take an important place in the lives of the people you love. Learn to respect and appreciate yourself.

As for ordinary human attitudes that instill in us wrong habits from childhood, this is a very common habit of parents and grandparents to force a child to eat by force. How many times have you heard “until you finish everything, you won’t leave the table” or “you won’t get sweet until you eat everything”. So the body gets used to eating any amount of food not from a feeling of hunger, but simply because it is necessary, and you stop hearing the signal of the body that hunger has already been satisfied. If it’s difficult for you to adjust already, and this habit has settled deep inside you, then just take a smaller plate.
And remember, you need to work through your stresses, and not drown them out with sweets or something else sweet. Not only do you risk gaining extra pounds in this way, you also risk earning money, one of the reasons for which is precisely the habit of eating your stresses with something sweet.

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Liz Burbo is a famous writer, trainer and author of 22 bestsellers who have already helped thousands of people improve the quality of their lives through self-awareness and knowledge of themselves, thanks to a simple, accessible and applicable philosophy of life in every person's daily life.

Many people believe that dieting is the surest way to always stay beautiful and graceful. However, this only makes the situation worse. The only way out is acceptance.

And this topic never loses its relevance. A huge number of people go on diets, believing that this is the only way to lose weight. They deprive themselves of the foods they love, and they also experience guilt when they cannot control themselves and allow themselves to eat the forbidden fruit. Obviously, when dieting, most people lose control and make a promise to themselves that they will never do it again.

If people get fat just from food, why then do so many people stay thin all their lives? Some of them never deny themselves anything, and even when they eat more than the body needs, they do not gain excess weight.

First, what is "to be skinny"? This is a relative concept. I recently met a woman who, at the age of 73, wears a fourth size (34 European), but considers herself too fat. And most people consider her very thin, and even too.

Change your attitude towards food

I can say that the way you eat never leads to weight gain. But why does the body gain weight? The real problem is not food, but human attitude to food. In my book Listen and Eat: Away with Control, I list the reasons a person eats, other than meet the needs of the physical body.

Often, even when our physical body needs food, we eat foods we don't need. Why? Because we can't listen to your emotional and mental needs. How we feed our physical body is always just a reflection of how we feed our other two bodies. And that's why the body puts aside "in reserve" everything that we eat: it does not assimilate what it does not need at the moment.

Also, the feeling of guilt affects the increase in body weight. Guilt is associated with such thoughts: I eat too much, I am a glutton, I have no willpower, I should have left the table earlier, now I will have more control over myself, I will go on a different diet, etc. What does our body hear? I need to save in reserve, as deprivation awaits me.

The slightest feeling of guilt prevents the digestive system from digesting, assimilating and removing waste from the body that it does not need. Unfortunately, most people are not aware of the moments in which they experience guilt, believing that they accept themselves for who they are. Therefore, it is very important to be attentive to those voices inside you (ego) that tell you that this is not the way to eat.
And here's another way to understand your own degree of guilt: observe whether you accept your loved ones when they eat everything in sight at any time? Do you moralize them? Perhaps you condemn them mentally? Whether you say it out loud or not, every time you judge someone, you also judge yourself when you do the same.

When you realize that you are feeling guilty, accept it and remember that it is not your heart that speaks to you in terms of guilt, but your ego. The ego loves to scare and judge us. But it is convinced that it helps you and knows no other way to help. He always has a good intention, just like you do when you judge another person.

Acceptance is the only way to solve the weight problem

True Acceptance- the only way to get rid of the problems associated with nutrition and weight. By accepting yourself, you will be in your heart and your digestive system will work perfectly, I guarantee you that.

You can tell your ego: I know you're afraid that I'll get better if I continue to eat like this without listening to the true needs of my body, but now it helps me solve my psychological problem. Thank you for warning me, and I guarantee you that I will be able to deal with the consequences that have arisen in connection with this.

You can also thank your body because it helped you digest and remove from the body those foods that your body does not need. You can tell him what other need you are fulfilling with food, such as whether food makes you feel important, or you reward yourself, or numb loneliness, etc. You can add that you are just learning to be aware and gradually you will be better. know your true needs. When and how it will happen, you don't know yet.
Your whole being wants only happiness for you. This is possible only by being in the heart, that is, only by allowing yourself to be an ordinary person, with your fears and weaknesses.

LIZ BURBO

Source: "Listen to your body"

Experts in the field of psychology confidently assert that excess weight does not appear by chance; the mental perception of reality serves as a reliable reason for its occurrence. To identify the causes of obesity, one should delve into psychosomatics and one's state of mind and figure out which factor played a key role in the development of physical condition. Consequently, getting rid of excess weight will become fruitful if unnecessary installations in the head and soul are destroyed.

Where did the extra weight come from?

According to psychosomatic theories, excess body weight is the result of a disregard for our appearance, which makes us come to terms with the situation, indulging in everything habit.

The main psychological causes of excess weight include:

• Jamming, when a person tries to cope with experienced unpleasant situations with the help of food;
• A substitution that allows everyday pleasure and joy from communicating with loved ones or love relationships to be replaced with another serving of food.

At its core, the craving for gluttony is the embodiment of a tendency to protect, including from the inner emptiness, which awakens the appetite with incredible force.

Excessive eating of food creates a feeling of some kind of acquisition. And the fear of daily circumstances and lack of trust in yourself and others make you fill the void in your soul with the help of all kinds of external means. But the lack of spiritual feelings cannot be made up for with an additional portion of dessert.

Obese men are characterized by a decrease in volitional qualities due to the inability to deal with stress. They eat a lot because of fatigue, sadness and boredom, excitement and fear. There can be hundreds of reasons, and all of them must be carefully suppressed in yourself. Fat people are often unable to control their emotions and, at the slightest change in mood, they immediately seek to console themselves with food.

According to theories of psychological factors that provoke obesity, overweight people are neurotic. They mindlessly consume huge amounts of food in order to reduce the degree of anxiety and depression. Unpleasant sediment and food in these people are combined into a single whole, therefore, with a possible failure, the mood automatically rises after eating.

Reasons for being overweight

The psychosomatics of obesity and gluttony is distinguished by a peculiar list of psychological motives that a person is able to intuitively succumb to:

1. Lack of security in early childhood leading to dependence on others.
2. Maternal overprotection, which provokes the need for possession in the life of relatives and friends of dominant positions.
3. The perception of oneself as an insignificant person, with whom no one wants to be reckoned with, competes with the desire to take control of others under tight control. This factor leads to an unconscious need to take up as much space as possible.
4. Oral pleasure from food, compensating for life's failures and not requiring strong-willed efforts.

"I eat to survive"

In men

Cases of overweight in certain parts of the body are common. Often among the representatives of the strong half of humanity, gynoid obesity is noted. It is the deposition of fat exclusively in the legs, thighs and buttocks. This happens when there is an authoritarian mother and wife in the family, who takes the initiative in solving all family problems. Thus, the manifestation of leadership qualities inherent in nature is not required from a man, and his character gradually acquires the features inherent in the fair sex. Following the character, the physique acquires feminine outlines.

Among women

The characteristic of female obesity zones is characterized by the accumulation of excess mass in the abdomen, which is associated with a subconscious rejection of one's femininity and sexuality. Tightness and lack of energy forces, the satisfaction of one's innermost needs and the restriction of personal freedom are due to a lack of male love. It is this aspect that should be taken into account by women who have lost interest in relationships and life in general.

In children

Psychosomatic excess body weight in children is associated with a number of reasons, which to some extent depend on the problems of education. Overweight problems due to insufficient attention to the child or overprotection lead to both a deterioration in physical health and difficulties in social adaptation. For example, abdominal obesity can serve as a consequence of aggressive behavior. According to psychosomatics, if a child is not capable of expressing anger towards loved ones or feels it towards his parents, then he projects it onto himself, and food in this case acts as self-punishment.

How to deal with being overweight

Obesity treatment is based on self-love. It is necessary to change the attitude towards your person in your own eyes, to pamper yourself more often, but not with a delicious cake from a bakery around the corner, but with communication with people dear to your heart, shopping and visiting interesting places.

You can use an approximate, but no less effective, algorithm for getting rid of hated kilograms:

• Work on yourself and your thoughts. Control every meal call and ask yourself, "Am I really hungry?"
• In stressful situations, relax through sports, dancing, sex, and so on. It is necessary to choose the right opportunities for you to recharge with positive.
• Set priorities that are firmly planted in the subconscious, that is, finally eradicate excess weight and get rid of a couple of tens of centimeters at the waist.
• Connect proper nutrition and reasonable physical activity for a comfortable reincarnation.

The problem of obesity is a consequence of a violation of relationships, with oneself or others, not only in women, but also in the male half of humanity.

It is important to listen to your interests and ask yourself: “What do I really need?” before responding with unquestioning consent to the requests of others. After all, this will not stop people from respecting you or loving you less. On the contrary, they will understand that you know your worth and respect yourself. It is imperative to give yourself the opportunity to become an important person in the lives of loved ones and finally believe in your importance.

The study of the psychosomatic causes of obesity in the context of attitudes towards oneself and one's body, as well as people who are emotionally significant, can radically change not only metabolism, but also the attitude of a person as a whole.

Extracts from the book: Brautigam V., Christian P., Rad M. Psychosomatic medicine.

Obesity is the accumulation of adipose tissue with an increase in body weight. This pathology is a consequence of a violation of the assimilation of food and energy expenditure. Can we talk about obesity as a disease? It depends on the definition of the disease in general and on the social assessment. Even the assessment of a fat person as ugly or beautiful depends on social, cultural values ​​and the spirit of the times. Undoubtedly, obesity is a risk factor for the development of many diseases, primarily diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, bronchial asthma, cholelithiasis, atherosclerosis, joint diseases. It not only reduces life expectancy, but also affects its quality.* The initial stage of obesity is usually determined with an increase in body weight of 15-20% of the normal value, and with an increase of 30% it becomes quite obvious. Classical indicators (Brock's recommended body weight in kilograms is equal to height in centimeters minus 100) are today considered too high, the ideal body weight for men is 10% less than these indicators, for women - 5%. Indicators for high and low growth are given in the Geiga tables. Fat deposition can be determined by the thickness of the skin folds. It should also be aware of the influence of age and gender differences.

* A child or teenager who sits in front of TV for 4 to 8 hours a day and extinguishes his impulses and tension by eating large amounts of high-calorie foods will soon become overweight, and, as experience shows, it is usually difficult for him to change his lifestyle and regain previous weight.

* Psychosomatics pays more attention not to those patients who have a chronic increase in body weight, but to those young people who have a change in phases of voracity and starvation with a sudden increase in body weight. They eat impulsively, in situations of tension and conflict. Psychosomatic or neurotic categories among the obese, i.e. those not on a rudimentary diet account for one-third of all obese people.

* Most obese patients can say about themselves: "Actually, I eat a little, less than others!". They don't lie when they say this. Their mood is often associated with an elementary desire to eat something and often leads to automatic, involuntary absorption of food. Commensurating the amount of food with the internal subjective need, and not with the physical need for calories, they always believe that they have taken it a little more. In this regard, a pathogenetic concept arose, according to which, in obesity, there is no feeling of satiety when eating. There are two characteristic syndromes: 1) night eating syndrome with morning lack of appetite and excessive eating in the evenings, followed by insomnia, which H. Deter found in 10% of obese women; 2) gluttony syndrome with conflicts and simple difficulties with the desire to absorb huge amounts of food, followed by fears, depression and guilt. In both syndromes, an increase in neurotic signs and a tendency to conflicts are noted.

* Energy-wise, obesity is not a mystery. The only question that remains unclear is why an obese person does not feel full and eats more than necessary in accordance with his energy needs, and also moves less than is possible with so many energy substances consumed.

* In England and the USA, obesity is noted more often in women from lower social strata, and severe obesity is found in them 2 times more often. Men also have a relationship between social status and obesity. The situation is quite different in India, where obesity has a different meaning: rich men and women are fatter than their less wealthy compatriots and obesity is a symbol of wealth and is less contrary to the modern ideal of beauty adopted in the Western world.

* The link between socioeconomic status and obesity rates has led many researchers to believe that social options are the most important determinant of obesity.

* It should be assumed that the factors that lead to obesity in one person do not necessarily act on another person. Psychologically, different constellations are also found, which is manifested in the difference in causes.

The most commonly cited reasons are: 1. Frustration at the loss of the object of love. For example, the death of a spouse, separation from a sexual partner, or even leaving the parental home can lead to obesity, more often in women. It is generally recognized that the loss of a loved one can be accompanied by depression and at the same time an increase in appetite. Children often react with increased appetite when the youngest child in the family is born.

2. General depression, anger, fear of being alone, and feelings of emptiness can lead to impulsive eating.

3. Situations that combine danger and activities that require wakefulness and increased stress (for example, preparing for exams, a war situation) arouse in many people increased oral desires, which lead to increased eating or smoking.

* In all these revealing situations, food has the value of substitutive satisfaction. It serves to strengthen bonds, security, relieves pain, feelings of loss, disappointment, like a child who remembers from childhood that when he was in pain, illness or loss, he was given sweets for comfort. Many obese people had similar experiences in childhood that led them to unconscious forms of psychosomatic reactions.

* For most obese patients, it matters that they have always been fat, already in infancy and early childhood were inclined to be overweight. At the same time, it is curious that in frustrating and tough life situations, feeding and excess food can become a stress-regulating factor for both parents and their growing children. Obesity and food as a substitute for satisfaction are thus not a problem of one person, but of the whole family.

* These situational conditions must be associated with the characteristics of the patient's personality and with its processing.

* Food is a substitute for missing maternal care, a defense against depression. For a child, food is more than just nutrition, it is self-affirmation, stress relief, maternal support. Many obese patients have a strong dependence on the mother and fear of separation from her. Since 80% of parents are also overweight, one can think of a predisposition factor, as well as especially intense family ties and adherence to traditions, a style of relationship when direct manifestations of love are rejected, and oral habits and connections take their place.

* Parents with normal body weight have obese children in only 7% of cases; if one of the parents suffers from obesity, then obesity in children is noted in 40% of cases, and if both parents suffer - in 80%. Adopted children are less likely to be obese when parents are obese than half-children.

* Hilde Bruch (N. Bruch) described certain forms of early childhood development and family environment in children with a tendency to obesity. Mothers of such children show hyperprotection and over-attachment. They over-indulge, coddle, coddle and control their children instead of introducing them to a world in which they could find themselves. Parents who allow everything and forbid nothing cannot say “no” and compensate for their remorse and feeling that they do not give enough to their children. Such fathers are weak and helpless. With a free sample of observations, such conflicting family relationships can be detected in at least 25% of cases.

* Oral pampering by parents has often been described by other authors. It is motivated primarily by getting rid of guilt for emotional alienation from them, for indifference and internal rejection on the part of parents. Feeding children is the only possible means of expressing affection for them, which parents are not able to show by talking, touching, playing with them. Oral refusal is the result of different behaviors of both the overprotective and indifferent mothers.

* It is impossible to describe a single personality structure in obesity, including its psychosomatic variants. Among overweight people, there are often people with a decrease in drives. Some authors found among them a large number of survivors of brain injury. But in some cases they are very lively and active people with superficial contacts and infantile pretensions. They are prone to closeness and symbiotic behavior with other people, easily become accustomed to them and allow them to quickly approach themselves. Loss, separation are unbearable for them, as is often the case with people with excessive, poorly differentiated orality.

* The MMPI test often reveals signs of depression, body preoccupation, fears, impulsivity, social introversion, and defensive tendencies. Patients with obesity prefer professions related to nutrition, in contrast to the surveyed control group, who prefer more intellectual professions. Obese children are usually described as immature, receptive, dependent on the mother. Like patients with anorexia, they do not experience a sense of disfigurement of their body.

* Obese patients usually do not take their problems seriously, although they often try to explain them. They believe that a simple intention and willful decision will allow them to regulate their eating and drinking, they just need to gather their strength. In the clinic, they are not considered seriously ill. Their assurances that they eat almost nothing all day are not seen as a contradiction between their needs and the achieved feeling of satiety, but as a deliberate lie. Countertransferences only lead to a decrease in self-esteem and the social value of the treatment situation. They complicate the working relationship and the treatment situation, which, due to the need to restrict food, is difficult for the patient and leads him to depression. Patients often react with resignation and internal self-reproach, which leads to new sudden onset bouts of overeating.

* In general, for obesity, symptom-oriented active psychotherapeutic methods are indicated for rapid weight loss: directive and behavioral therapy, self-help groups focused on the personality, revealing psychodynamic methods. As with alcoholism, it is not necessary to analyze all conflicts if this analysis cannot change the behavior of the patient. It is usually not difficult to quickly achieve weight loss through intensive clinical treatment with a strict diet. But this physical change is also the starting point for a change in self-esteem and a further change in behavior. If a relapse does not occur in a short time, which happens in at least half of the cases, and according to some observations, in almost all patients, it is necessary to develop an established relationship between the doctor and the patient in further outpatient treatment. Only intensive transference to the therapist (through an appropriate setting, self-help group) can give the patient the motivated strength to limit himself to food in the future, when he finds himself in the usual working and family conditions. Psychosomatic and neurotic patients with obesity generally respond to therapy worse than individuals without such disorders. How often obesity is associated with family structure, shows the experience of treating obesity in children and young people. Resistance comes not so much from the child himself, but from his parents, who develop a sense of guilt, irrational fears arise that the child will die of starvation if he observes the restrictions.

* There are a large number of sophisticated diets based on limiting calorie-poor food (sufficient in volume and rich in proteins) or changing the caloric balance with increased physical activity while reducing the feeling of hunger. But the first step should be to involve the patient in joint work with the doctor. Unilateral use of the prescribed diet, gymnastics, etc. they help little and often lead to depression, and the pleasures, ideals, and fantasies associated with the process of eating remain unprocessed. It is crucial that obese patients who want to enjoy what food is for them need to be given something else: obese psychosomatic patients need contacts, closeness, social satisfaction, help in overcoming frustrations, reinforcement of their "I" .