Food Eaten In Dreams

Food Eaten In Dreams Dear Dr, I have been afflicted of food ate in the dream years back—I always experience some movement in the stomach and a kind of discomfort at the left side. Doctor, please tell me what to do Bello Biyi, Babalosa, Mushin Lagos Dear Bello, Medically you have discomfort in the left side of your abdomen; movement in the stomach both of which you associate with a ream in which you ate food a number of years before now. You are uncomfortable and unwell enough to seek medical help. We must first assume that all your problems are physical and so we need to see you for interview, physical examination and appropriate tests. Let us assume you have gone through all this and found nothing the matter physically. We would be thinking of Peptic Ulcer, Gall Bladder disease, Worm infestation, Chronic Pancreatitis and would like to have made sure each one of these have been totally ruled out of your case and that you are free of them. Moving objects in the body are almost always psychological—never physical or organic; meaning that after extensive investigations, we generally find nothing the matter with any of your organs, nothing moving in your system; just a feeling that things are moving. This feeling is generally due to a conflict or challenge you are facing in your life; some stress or the other that your mind is unable to resolve – even though it may be and usually is all subconscious and you may not be fully aware of it. It is this unresolved conflict that manifests as feelings of moving things in your body – some say its worms, some say its peppery, some say its ants, some feel vibrations etc, etc. What really is happening according to medical science is that your mind, trying to get your attention, now presents this challenge conflict or stress in the language that you can understand – that of bodily symptoms—so as to get your attention to fully resolve the conflicts.The turning of the problem into physical feeling we refer to as Somatisation; so another name for your affliction is Somatisation Syndrome. The correct – and often very helpful treatment for this kind of problem is psychological counseling and some medicines that work on the mind and a careful doctor should be able to help you with such remedies and get you well again. Eating in the dream in our Nigerian culture is not a good portent; it is seen as a spiritual attack. For things spiritual, use a combination of prayers, fasting, scriptures, deliverance, counseling, and so on. Physicians who are comfortable with spiritual matters, but who have a solid base of medical training with a good appreciation of the psychological – those are the professionals you need. In this connection, there is a book we authored years ago called Destroying the Strongholds of Witchcraft and Human Agents of Satan. It is a useful resource for you and can be obtained through us. Cheers Dr. Caleb Bibbi Oluranti