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Show th.-il they dominate much of the riuurs. Some people at-t'';i at-t'';i pt to pull away into a world of wit owr, which is free from dis-'!:!ii:. dis-'!:!ii:. factors. Many people de-i) de-i) physical dymptoms. Some-' Some-' uties tin.se f mptoms involve the in rreactiun of emotions and an ugan of t.ie bodv which results in .;tructurai damage to the organ, as is the case in oeptic ulcers. Such a disease is best handled by a two pronged treatment involving both general medical aid and an attempt at-tempt to lessen emotional pressure by the general physician or by psychiatric treatment. There are many people who convert con-vert or turn an emotion into a physical symptom in a way which involves no organic changes at all. When a person blushes, for instance, in-stance, he converts an emotion of, embarrassment or pleasure into a physical fluLhing of the skin. Yet,: no matter how many times a dayj he may blush no organic changes take place in his skin or circulatory circula-tory system. Probably no group of people is so bewildered over their symptoms ar the group that e pre:-sr-s emotional tensio- by developing devel-oping physica. maiv '"stations which do not resu'. in s'ructural damage to the organ. They experience ex-perience acute or persistent pain in some arer of the bodv. After a thorough examination, their physician phy-sician tehs thei.i that thev are in good phy 'ca'. health and that there is no organic reason for the symptoms. He may add that the illness is functional; that is, that the trouble is h the way the organ is working not in the organ itself. This may be perplexing to the patient. pa-tient. It is harr1 for him to believe that what is felt as physical pain may co .-e from emotional causes and he fee'- he it, being told that it is "all in hi: head" or that his pain is imaginary. Any time pain is felt it is ral and pain induced by emotional tension can be iust as severe as that brought about by organic illness. ill-ness. However, since the cause is different, the treatment is also different. dif-ferent. With persistence of symptoms symp-toms of this type then psychiatric treatment may be the medical treatment of choice. This is the process of reorganizing the emotional emo-tional life so that better ways can be found to meet the stresses and strains of living. Your Bator S'js The lollou-ittg is one of a icr o . article written by member of t-i : 1.' tah State Medical Association an-A fiubhshet. in cooperation with youi loal newspaper. 7 hese articles ait died.iled to appear eery other week throughout the year in an effort to better acquaint you with problems of heaih, and designed to improve the well-being of the people of Utah. "NERVOUS" AND EMOTIONAL ILLNESS Despite how muc. we may differ in other ways, all of us as human heins have one thinp: in common. Scarcely a day goes by that does not bring some situation which requires re-quires emotional control. Usually, when we are aduit we can handle most of these without undue difficulty. dif-ficulty. Occasionally, however an exceptionally troublesome problem arises, or several smaller ones hit , us at on,"t and we show symptoms of emotional distress. We handle these problems in the best way available to us in view of our personality per-sonality and previous experience. ! Nature has given us the response of fear for the good purpose of alerting us to danger so that we can be prepared to meet it and defend de-fend ourselves from it. In civilized society, however, many of the things we worry about are so intangible in-tangible thai it is difficult to put our finger on them, handle them and stop the fear response. We may worry about our jobs, our ability to make friends, our ability to be erood parents or marriage partners, our relationships with Deople who are important to us, or our abilitv to handle the strong emotions which are seething inside of us. Under emotional stress, some people experience mire fear accompanied accom-panied by a pounding heart, perspiring per-spiring hands and a feeling of impending im-pending catastrophe. Some people develop phobic or unrealistic, fears in an attempt to control their anxiety anx-iety or become a prey to recurrent recur-rent disturbing thoughts which extend ex-tend themselver 'o such a degree |