Alegoria da destruição: retroflexão e o surgimento de doenças autoimunes

Abstract

The human is a being of relationship, both with himself and with the world that surrounds him. Therefore, to understand the subject's illness process, it is necessary to be aware of their relationships and the way they are in Contact, observing their blockages and fluidity. Contact blockade, specifically retroflexion, can be a triggering factor for the physical body to become ill, whereas faced with an imbalance, the body seeks a way to demonstrate its need to restore homeostasis, presenting symptoms as a means of communicating their claim for a change. Thereby, Gestalt therapy proposes a holistic approach at this individual, comprehending their way of being-in-the-world and how their Contact relationships may result in the development of an autoimmune disease, specifically Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)