Yu ɔndastand di sayn dɛn we de kɔmɔt insay yu bɔdi? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt interosepshɔn!

Tide wi go tɔk bɔt di sayn dɛm we de kam to wi frɔm insay wi bɔdi. Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil angri, taya, ɔ fred? Sɔntɛnde yu kin fil lɛk se yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo, ɔ yu chɛst kin de bit. Tide wi de tɔk bɔt wan spɛshal abiliti we de ɛp wi fɔ fil tin lɛk dat, we de tɛl wi bɔt di insay kɔndishɔn na wi bɔdi. I tan lɛk pɔsin we sidɔm insay wi bɔdi ɛn gi wi infɔmeshɔn.

Wetin na (Intɛrosɛpshɔn)? Lɛ wi ɔndastand am simpul wan!

fכ simpul wan, `(Interoception)` na yu awareness fכ di sens dεm, dat na di sכm sכm signal dεm we de kכmכt insay yu bכdi. I de sho mɔ aw yu de fil. I de wok lɛk wan sɛns sistɛm insay yu bɔdi. Yu kin fil dɛn sayn ya we yu no ɔ we yu nɔ no, ɛn yu kin ansa dɛn bak. Imajin dis, yu bɛlɛ de mek sawnd we de rɔm. Den yu rialize, "Oh, a angri." Dɔn yu go it sɔntin. We yu it ɛn yu angri nɔ de igen, yu bɔdi kin balans bak. Dat min se we di bɔdi gɛt wetin i nid, i kin stɔp fɔ gi da angri de. dat stet fכ bεlε dεn kכl am `(Homeostasis)`. as wi de gro frכm pikin, dis `(Interoception)` abiliti de divεlכp sכmtεm. fכ egzampl, di sens we yu de fil fכ pis , di sens fכ fכ poop, εn di ebul fכ no we fכ go na tכylεt na כl di skil dεm we wi de lan we dεn kכl ``Interoception''. Dis abiliti kin gɛt big impak pan yu bihayvya ɛn yu filin. Imajin, yu de na dak rum ɛn wantɛm wantɛm yu at bigin fɔ bit fast fast. Dɔn yu go fil se yu de fred. ``Interoception'' na wetin de mek yu ɔndastand da filin de fɔ "scary". Dɔn yu kin disayd fɔ du sɔntin, sɔntɛm yu kin ɔn di layt. sכm pipul dεn kin gεt tranga tεm fכ no εn כndastand dεn ``Interoception'' signal dεm pas כda wan dεm. Bɔt di gud nyus na dat wi kin tren ɛn divɛlɔp dis abiliti. If nid de, dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu fɔ du dis.

Wetin na ɛgzampul dɛn bɔt intarosepshɔn?

Naw lɛ wi luk wetin wi kin fil, we de pan ``Interoception'':

• Fɔ fil lɛk se yu blad ful (we min se yu urine de fil ebi) .
• Fɔ fil fɔ frayd, wɔri, ɔr prɛshɔn (lɛk ``Wanxiety``) .
• Fɔ fil wam ɔ kol
• Fɔ de angri
• Di filin we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de skrach
• Mɔsul tɛnsiɔn (fɔ fil lɛk pen) .
• Fɔ fil nɔs ɔ vɔmit (`(Nɔs)`) .
• Tɔsti fɔ wata
• Fɔ fil pen sɔmsay (e.g., bɛlɛ we de at, ed we de at) .
• Yu atFɔ fil di bit, di ritm

Tin dɛm lɛk dis na aw wi bɔdi de "tɔk" to wi.

aw di prכsεs fכ intarosεpshכn de apin?

Okay, naw lɛ wi si aw ɛksaktɔli dis `(Interoception)` de wok insay wi bɔdi. Tri men tin dɛn de we wi fɔ du fɔ dis, lɛk wan stori. 1. Sɛns: Fɔs, yu gɛt sɛns, dat na, yu "fil" sɔntin. Imajin, yu bɛlɛ de grɔmbul bak. Yu no aw dis kin apin? spεshal sεns dεm we dεn kכl `(Interoceptor)` (Interoceptor)` (dεn na rili sכm sכm sεns pat dεm na wan `(Nyuron / Nεv sεl)`) insay yu bכdi in intanεt כgan dεm de no di signal we riliyt to dis bεlε sawnd. Dɔn, dis mɛsej de travul along wan nerve wit wan patikyula spid to yu bren. fכ bi prεsis, dis mεsej de land na wan pat pan di bren we dεn kכl `(Thalamus)` (Thalamus) . 2. Fɔ ɛksplen: Sɛkɔn, yu bren de ɔndastand wetin yu bin fil. di mεsej we de go to di `(Thalamus)` dεn de sεnd am to כda rili imכtant pat na di bren, di `(Insula)` . Dis `(Insula)` na wetin de "dikɔd" da kɔmpleks mɛsej de, dat na, i de dikɔd am, ɛn tɔn am to simpul langwej we yu ɔndastand. Fɔ ɛgzampul, di `(Insula)` na wetin de tɛl yu se yu bɛlɛ de grɔmbul se, "A rili angri, a nid it." 3. Integrating: Di las tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ rid da mɛsej de wit yu maynd ɛn disayd if yu fɔ du sɔntin bɔt am ɔ nɔ fɔ du am. We yu fil angri, yu kin go it sɔm it. We yu fil tɔsti, yu kin drink sɔm wata. Na dat.

Bɔku we dɛn de we yu bren kin ɔndastand dɛn tin ya we yu de fil:

* Benign: Dis min se i nɔ bad ɛn i nɔmal.

* Sɔntin we nɔ klia klia wan, we de mek pipul dɛn nɔ gɛt wanwɔd (Ambiguous): Dat min se, i nɔ klia wetin de apin, if i gud ɔ i bad.

* Sɔmtin wae kin denja ɔr kin ambɔg yu (Threatening): Dat min se e kin mek yu gɛt trɔbul ɔr pen.

Fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt sɔm kayn maynd wɛl bɔdi prɔblɛm, lɛk wae dɛn kin wɔri , ivin wae i kin tan lɛk se nɔr bad, dɛn kin ɛksplen nɔrmal sɛns (lɛk at wae de rɔn) as tin wae rili denja. Dis kin mek yu frayd ɛn wɔri ɔltɛm, we kin mek yu gɛt ɔda sayn dɛn ɛn strɛs mɔ ɛn mɔ. Bɔt pan dis sik lɛk pwɛl hat, di kɔmɔn tin kin apin. Dat min se, ivin if di tin we pɔsin kin fil rili denja, lɛk di pen we pɔsin kin fil we i wund, i kin at fɔ no klia wan ɛn ɔndastand aw i rili bad.

Wetin na di men kayn intarosepshɔn?

We wi de tɔk bɔt wi ebul fɔ ``Interoception'', wi kin pe atɛnshɔn pan tu men tin dɛn. Dɛn tin ya de tɔk bɔt aw yu ebul fɔ no di sayn dɛn we de kɔmɔt insay yu bɔdi.

• Atɛnshɔn: Aw ɔltɛm yu kin pe atɛnshɔn to di sayn dɛm we de kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin notis kwik kwik wan ivin di smɔl chenj dɛn we de apin na dɛn bɔdi.
• Akkurayt: Aw yu ɔndastand di signal dɛn we de kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi kɔrɛkt wan. Lɛk fɔ ebul fɔ no kɔrɛkt wan if yu bɛlɛ de at bikɔs yu angri ɔ if na ɔda tin.

Dɛn abiliti ya kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin rili fil bɔt dɛn sayn ya, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn nɔ kin fil so. Dɔktɔ kin yuz difrɛn we fɔ mɛzhɔ yu ``Interoception'' wok:

• Aks kwɛstyɔn bɔt wetin yu de fil. Fɔ ɛgzampul, "Yu kin fil yu at de bit rayt naw?"
• Fɔ gi wan wok. Fɔ ɛgzampul, "Kɔnt ɔmɔs tɛm yu fil se yu at de bit insay wan minit" ɔ "Si if yu at de bit insay di tɛm wit di bit we dis siŋ de bit."
• Fɔ du wan wok wit di ɛp fɔ wan divays. Fɔ ɛgzampul, we yu wɛr tin fɔ wach aw yu at de bit ɛn chɛk ɔmɔs tɛm pan minit yu fil se yu at de bit (dis kin ɛp fɔ mek shɔ se i de bit kɔrɛkt wan).

Wetin na di kכntribyushכn dεm fכ intarosεpshכn?

Yu bɔdi de tray fɔ tɛl yu dɛn intanɛnt signal ya tru sɔm sayn ɛn simptom dɛm. Na sɔm kɔmɔn sayn dɛm we gɛt fɔ du wit ``Interoception``:

• Di pupil dɛn we dɔn dilayt
• Fɔ blo kwik kwik wan
• Di at we de blo
• Fɔ mek yu flash
• Gɔs bɔmp dɛn
• We pɔsin de swet

Na sɔm kɔmɔn simptom dɛm wae gɛt fɔ du wit intarosepshɔn:

• Diskɔmfɔt ɛn pen afta injuri (e.g., ``Nociceptive pain'' - dis de tɔk bɔt pen we di tisu dɛn dɔn pwɛl)
• Dray mɔt
• Mɔsul dɛn stiff, tayt
• Vɔmit
• Bɛlɛ de pen

Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se di intaosepshɔn nɔ de wok fayn?

Yu kin fil lɛk se yu intaosepshɔn skil nɔ de wok fayn lɛk aw yu go want, mɔ if yu gɛt dɛn kɔmɔn sayn ya:

• i at fכ no we di blad fulכp (i.e., fכ nכ no εksεkshכn we f כ pis ) .
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ kɔntrol di filin dɛn (fɔ vɛks kwik kwik wan pan smɔl smɔl tin dɛn, fil bad, ɔ nɔr kin fil bad atɔl) .
• Fɔ vɛks izi wan ɛn fɔ fred
• Bɔrku bɔrku bɔrku bɔrku ɔr nɔr kin ebul fɔ bia wit pen (sɔm pipul kin fil smɔl injury lɛk se na big tin, ɔda wan kin fil big injury lɛk se i nɔr so big) .
• Nɔ fil angri ɔ tɔsti, ɔ nɔ fil ful ivin afta yu dɔn it

difrεn mεdikal kכndishכn dεm kin afekt di fכnshכn fכ `(Interoception)`. insay sɔm kes dεm, di `(Interoception)` skil dεm kin nכ de divεlכp kכmplit wan.

Wetin na di kכndishכn dεm we de afekt intarosεpshכn?

Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin afɛkt yu ebul fɔ ɔndastand ɛn ansa to ``Interoception'' signal dɛm:

• `(Ansiety disorders)` (Kɔndishɔn dɛm wae gɛt fɔ du wit wɔri)
• Atɛnshɔn-Dɛfisit/Haypa Aktiviti Disɔda (ADHD) .
• `(Otizm Spɛktrum Disɔda - ASD)` (Ɔtizm Spɛktrum Disɔda)
• `(Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder)` (Sik wae de mek pɔrsin nɔr de fil lɛk insɛf ɛn di envayrɔmɛnt)
• `(Dipreshɔn)` (Dipreshɔn)
• `(Eating disorders)` (Disɔda fɔ it)
• `(Panik dizayd)` (Panik dizayd)
• `(Post-Traumatik Strɛs Disɔda - PTSD)` (Post-Traumatik Strɛs Disɔda)
• `(Somatic symptom disorder)` (Somatic symptom disorder - di kכmכt we di fyzikal simptom dεm de kכmכt bikoz fכ di saykolojik kכz dεm)
• `(Sɔbstans yus disɔda)` (Drug yus rilayt disɔda)

Insay dɛn kayn tin ya, i kin at fɔ ɔndastand di sayn dɛn we yu bɔdi de gi yu fayn fayn wan, ɛn dis kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ du sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du ɛvride.

Di rilayshɔn bitwin (Interoception) ɛn (Neurodivergence) .

Naw lɛ wi luk di rilayshɔn bitwin `(Interoception)` ɛn `(Neurodivergence)` . `(Neurodivergence)` na, simpul wan, di we aw sɔm pipul dɛn bren de wok, di we aw dɛn de prosɛs infɔmeshɔn, difrɛn smɔl frɔm di we aw wi go nɔmal fɔ ɛkspɛkt am fɔ bi, di mɔtalman we bɔku pipul dɛn de. Dis nɔto sik, bɔt naw dɛn kin tek am se na difrɛn kayn bren. so, we dεn kayn `(Neurodivergence)` kכndishכn dεm de, di abiliti fכ no di intanεt signal dεm na di bכdi, dat na, `(Interoception),` kin tu shap, כ i nכ kin wok fayn lεk aw dεn bin de εkspεkt. Lɛ wi tek tu `(Neurodivergence)` kɔndishɔn dɛn as ɛgzampul ɛn si aw dɛn de afɛkt `(Interoception):

• `(Otizm)` (Otizm): .Sɔm pipul dɛm wae gɛt ɔtizm kin dɔn ridyus intarosepshɔn (di ebul fɔ no kɔrɛkt wan aw dɛn de fil ɛn aw dɛn de fil). Fɔ ɛgzampul, i nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn fɔ kɔntrol ɔ fɔ sho aw dɛn de fil. Dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm bak fɔ no wetin dɛn nid na dɛn bɔdi, lɛk angri ɛn tɔsti.
• ADHD: Sɔm pipul dɛm wae gɛt ADHD kin gɛt strɔng interoceptive attention (di ebul fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to signal dɛm frɔm di bɔdi), bɔt dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ akt pan dɛn signal dɛm. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin fil tɔsti bɔt i nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn fɔ disayd wetin fɔ drink ɔ aw fɔ gɛt drink.

Aw fɔ divɛlɔp intarosepshɔn?

Okay, naw yu go mɔs de wɔnda if dis ``Interoception'' abiliti, dat na di abiliti fɔ lisin to wi bɔdi, kin impɔtant. Na tru se i kin ebul! Na sɔntin we pɔsin kin impruv wit prɛktis. Yu kin tray dɛn tin ya:

• Dip brith eksasaiz: Tink bɔt tin dɛm lɛk ``Diaphragmatic breathing'' ɔ ``Box breathing'' . Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp yu fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan di we aw yu de blo ɛn di tin dɛn we yu de fil na yu bɔdi.
• Praktis fɔ tink gud wan: ``Mayndfulness`` min fɔ jɔs pe atɛnshɔn to wetin de apin na yu prɛsɛn mɔnt – yu tink, yu filin, yu bɔdi sɛnseshɔn – we yu nɔ jɔj. Dis kin mek yu fil mɔ bɔt wetin de apin insay yu bɔdi.
• Praktis yoga: We yu de praktis yoga, yu de divɛlɔp bɛtɛ ɔndastandin ɛn kɔnekshɔn wit di sɛns dɛm na yu bɔdi as yu de ol difrɛn pozishɔn dɛm ɛn kɔntrol aw yu de blo.
• Fɔ tink gud wan: Fɔ tink gud wan na ɔda fayn we fɔ kɔnɛkt di bɔdi wit di maynd ɛn ɛp yu fɔ no di tin dɛn we yu de fil insay yu bɔdi.
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): CBT na wan kayn tritmɛnt we rili fayn ɛn we spɛshal pɔsin kin gi am, lɛk saykayatrist ɔ advaysa. I de ɛp yu fɔ ɔndastand di rilayshɔn bitwin yu tink, filin, ɛn bihayvya ɛn ɛp yu fɔ manej dɛn fayn fayn wan. I kin ɛp bak fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt intarosepshɔn disɔda.

Pɔsin we de gi advays bɔt yu maynd ɔ yu dɔktɔ kin tɔk to yu ɛn ɛp yu fɔ disayd us we fɔ du tin we go mek yu ebul fɔ du wetin yu dɔn plan fɔ du. Dɛn we ya nɔr kin bi di sem fɔ ɔlman ɛn dɛn kin difrɛn difrɛn wan fɔ yu sityueshɔn ɛn wetin yu nid. fכ egzampl, insay sכm kes dεm, ilektrikal stimulashכn tεknik dεm lεk ``Vagus nerve stimulation`` kin stimulate sכm pat dεm na yu bren, we de mek i izi fכ kכmyunikeshn bitwin yu bכdi εn yu bren.

Fɔ dɔn, wetin fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

So, di `(Interoception)` we wi bin de tok boht so tide na, simpul wan, na we fכ "tok" to yu frכm insay yu bכdi. Dis na abiliti we rili impɔtant. Sɔntɛm yu nɔ bin dɔn tink bɛtɛ bɔt di sawnd we yu at de bit ɔ di ritm we yu de blo te yu rid dis atikul. Ɔ, we yu tink bɔt wetin fɔ it fɔ dina, yu go dɔn fil se yu bɛlɛ de grɔmbul bikɔs yu angri. dis na כl sכm sכm εgzampl dεm fכ `(Interoception)` we de wok insay wi bכdi. Bɔt as wi dɔn tɔk, bikɔs ɔf sɔm mɛdikal kɔndishɔn ɔ ɔda rizin, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ yuz dis `(Interoception)` abiliti fayn ɛn ɔndastand di signal dɛm we yu bɔdi de gi yu. If yusɛf want fɔ impɔtant yu `(Interoception)` skil dɛm, dat na if yu want fɔ lan fɔ lisin to yu bɔdi bɛtɛ, nɔr ɛva fred fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ ɔr mental hεlth kɔlnɔ bɔt am.

We yu de lan nyu we dɛn, we yu de tray fɔ gɛt dɛn skil ya, peshɛnt wit yusɛf. Dis na sɔntin we wi nid fɔ lan, i nɔ jɔs de apin to ɔlman. I kin tek tɛm, i kin tek fɔ praktis. So, tray am sloslo. We yu bigin fɔ lisin to wetin yu bɔdi de tɛl yu, yu go sɔprayz!

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` Intarosεpshכn, bכdi sεns dεm, intanεt signal dεm, imyushכn rεkכgnishכn, mεntal hεlth, sεlf-awareness, bren fכnshכn