Itching of the skin is an irresistible desire, on the verge of insanity, to scratch the skin until scratches and bleeding wounds occur. Itching itches like an annoying fly. Psychosomatics of skin itching will tell you about the psychological causes of irritation. And I will tell you about the origin of itching from the point of view of Chinese Medicine. Those who have at least once been infected with scabies mites understand best how skin itching works from the inside - by the evening the itching becomes unbearable. At the end of the article I will tell you about how I dealt with scabies methods of Gestalt therapy. Causes of itching of the skin from the point of view of Chinese Medicine Chinese doctors have long had knowledge of psychosomatics, since they have always associated the body and diseases of internal organs with emotions. So, itching can be described as irritation on the skin. Irritation is an angry feeling. Anger is associated in Chinese medicine with the elements of Wood, Spring, the channel of the Liver and Gallbladder. Suppressed anger will lead to itchy skin. Stagnation of bile will cause irritation on the skin. Heat of the Liver will manifest itself as itchy red rashes on the upper part body on the skin. So, anger, as a result of disruption of the Liver meridian, is the cause of skin itching. Since the Liver channel is active from 1 o’clock to 3 am, it is during this period of time of day that the itching intensifies. Whatever causes it. Psychosomatics of skin itching and elimination of its causes using Gestalt methods. Gestalt, leading to enlightenment, not only enlightens the eyes, which in Chinese Medicine are considered the gateway to the Liver channel, but can also easily cope with skin itching. Listen to the story that happened to me , when I checked into the hotel and they gave me a mattress infected with scabies mites. A few days later I started having scabies itching, but I didn’t know about it. At that time I was studying Gestalt therapy methods at the school of Integrative Psychotherapy and associated the itchy skin with suppressed , not accepted by anger. I began to work with skin irritation as with increased irritability using the projection method. Schematically, this work with the psychosomatics of itchy skin looked like this: A symptom in the body. Skin itching. Skin irritation. Itchy surface. Scratching arms and belly. Skin inflammation. Mental symptoms. Irritability. Itchy contacts and handshakes with unpleasant people. Inflamed consciousness. Itchy dialogues about hidden conflicts. Attribution of symptoms to the Self. I am an irritable person. I itch, I criticize. I comb through topics, reveal conflicts. I get inflamed easily, combustible. The thing is that I suppress the fire of anger inside, it breaks out through the skin. People irritate me, I irritate myself. This is, of course, an approximate scheme for working with a symptom in the spirit of Gestalt therapy - experienced readers will correct me now. The main result is that I practically did not experience itching for 4 weeks, until a hotel neighbor with whom we shared a bathroom became infected through a towel. She did not know Gestalt methods of working with symptoms and sent me to the doctor. The dermatologist did not believe that I had scabies for almost a month, since there were scabies mites on my body, but there were no scratches. Conclusion: if you have itchy skin that a dermatologist cannot cure, turn your gaze towards the psychosomatics of itchy skin .Recommendations: Contact an experienced psychologist who knows how to work with symptoms in the spirit of Gestalt or process therapy. Perhaps you have had intense physical and mental stress for a long time, which caused symptoms of damage to the Liver channel - here you need to consult a doctor of Chinese Medicine or a person who knows its basics. Do not try to cope with itchy skin on your own - contact the author of this article. By the way, I want to strengthen my qualifications in this matter, since a lot of clients now come to me with symptoms of irritability and itchy skin. Closed training "Psychosomatics skin diseases" May 15, 19:00 Tatyana Rozhkova - I’ll go, and you with me? Do you know how to work?