Homeostatic balance
The mind and the body seek to maintain a homeostatic balance as the ideal for optimal health. Too much can be overkill while too little can be wholly inadequate. And the mind and the body seek to work in harmony according to the holographic principle. The immune system, as an example, needs to generate inflammation in order to help cure disease but too much inflammation can, in itself, cause trouble. And it is a similar situation with the mind.
Examples of the too-much-too little principle
Too much exercise can mean that you become an adrenaline-junkie BUT too little exercise can mean that you become a couch-potato
Too much food consumption can result in overload for your digestive system and then your general health could decline accordingly BUT too little food can mean that you will be undernourished and your general health will suffer correspondingly
Too much anxiety can be detrimental to your psychological wellbeing BUT too little anxiety can result in your taking life-threatening risks
Too many tears can be the result of depression, prolonged grief or overwhelming sadness BUT too few tears can spell a numbness and a lack of sympathetic caring ability of yourself and others
Too much anger and rage can result in your making impulsive actions which could land you in serious trouble BUT too little anger can mean that others have carte blanche to walk all over you
Too much excitement can result in your being unable to sleep and rest BUT too little excitement can lead to interminable boredom
Too much burning of the midnight oil can lead to your being overtired and strained BUT too little activity and stimulation can result in a tendency to procrastination
Client case-study example
A client came into therapy in order to cure her eating disorder. This client tended to get up in the middle of the night and then to eat most of the contents of the fridge. She also, of course, suffered from insomnia and an inability to lose weight.
The client was asked to consider the factors which were underlying her tendencies and, accordingly, causing her additional concerns. With analytical hypnotherapy the client was able to uncover the fact that she had been sexually abused at a young age by her stepfather and that her mother had turned a blind eye to this fact and had ignored the client’s appeal for help. Once this client had worked through the trauma of her experiences as a child, coupled with her unsatisfactory relationship with her mother who had let her down profoundly, she discovered that her over-eating and insomnia gradually diminished and these symptoms finally became a thing of the past. The client now was free at last to maintain a healthy balance in her eating habits, with her sleeping routine and in her weight management. She now did neither too much nor too little.
The answer?
The answer is obviously to strike a happy medium between too much and too little in your life.
Have you found the optimal balance yet?
Do you suffer from overdoing it and over-reacting or not doing enough and a lack of response to life?
And so what is the answer?
The solution?
If your life is notably out of balance then please visit the “Find A Practitioner” page on the JMHT website.
Jacquelyne Morison
Jacquelyne Morison Hypnotherapy Training