self healing synonyms

There are three core synonyms for self-healing covering different usage scenarios. In the daily context of the public, it is "self-regulation", in the professional context of clinical psychology, it is "self-healing", and the universal equivalent expression in the field of physical, mental and spiritual practice is "inner reconstruction". In addition, there are similar expressions in subdivided scenarios such as "self-soothing" and "inner integration", which overlap with the core meaning of self-healing by more than 80%.

Some people may think that there is no point in picking synonyms. Let me tell you about a real case I encountered last week and you will understand. The little girl who came for public welfare consultation was an operator of a large Internet company. She had just finished the 618 big sale and slept only 4 hours a day for three consecutive weeks. When she walked to the door of her house after get off work, she suddenly squatted in the entrance hall and cried for ten minutes. After crying, she opened a cup of iced milk tea, read half of the comics placed at the door, and calmed down before opening the door and entering the house. She later told me, "I just completed ten minutes of self-healing downstairs." In the public context, this is actually the most typical form of self-regulation - actively mobilizing the resources at your disposal to bring your emotions that have reached critical levels back to normal. Of course, there are academic psychology researchers who do not agree with this classification. They feel that this can only be regarded as "short-term emotional relief" and cannot reach the level of "healing". However, in fact, the threshold of this word is not raised so high in the public context. As long as it is an act of actively taking care of one's own emotions, even if it is just for ten minutes, it is perfectly fine to be called self-healing. In essence, it is the same thing as "self-regulation."

Don’t think that these words are used casually by the people. When put into the professional framework of clinical psychology, the equivalent word for self-healing is actually “self-repair”. I was chatting with a psychiatrist at the Jingwei Center before. He said that many patients diagnosed with mild depression and post-traumatic stress can eventually return to normal social functions. Drugs account for half of this, and the remaining half depends on the patient's own self-healing - such as actively avoiding painful scenes, regularly writing emotional diaries to sort out feelings, and slowly re-establishing a sense of control over life. This process is the academic definition of "self-healing." What’s interesting is that different schools have completely different explanations for this process: Psychoanalytically oriented counselors believe that the core of self-repair is to repair unresolved conflicts in the subconscious, cognitive behavioral counselors believe that the essence is to correct irrational beliefs, and humanistic counselors believe that it is to allow individuals to rediscover their own growth. Although the explanation paths are very different, everyone agrees that "self-healing" is synonymous with self-healing in a professional context, and there is no controversy on this point.

If you usually read content related to body, mind and soul, you must be familiar with the term "inner reconstruction". This is the standard synonym for self-healing in this field. I once met a teacher who had been teaching and training for ten years. She was laid off when the industry changed last year. The down payment she had saved for five years to buy a house was lost in investments. She even broke up with her boyfriend of three years. In her words, "the belief in life established in the first thirty years was completely shattered." Later, she spent a year traveling around, learning pottery, and reorganizing her life priorities. Now she has opened a small studio to teach children to do handicrafts. Her income is not as high as before, but her overall condition is not good. She calls this process "inner reconstruction", which is actually to put the shattered self-perception back together and find a way of life that is more suitable for you. It is essentially a deep self-healing. Of course, there is considerable controversy over this term. Many academic researchers feel that this concept is too vague, has no quantifiable evaluation criteria, and can easily be used to cut leeks by pseudo-psychology. However, it is undeniable that many people who have not reached the level of clinical trauma but have been troubled by emotional internal friction for a long time have indeed completed state adjustment through this path. The actual effect is no different from self-healing.

As for other approximate expressions, the applicable scenarios are even narrower. For example, "self-soothing" generally refers to short-term, small-scale healing that targets current negative emotions. For example, hiding in the stairwell and breathing deeply for five minutes after being scolded by your boss, or making yourself a cup of hot milk when you have insomnia, are all self-soothing categories and are miniature versions of self-healing. 「"Inner integration" refers more to the acceptance of the multi-faceted self. For example, you used to hate your sensitive and cry-loving personality, but later found that sensitivity can make you more sensitive to capture the emotions of others, and slowly reconcile with these traits. This process is inner integration, which is a specific direction of self-healing.

I have been doing psychology-related work for almost five years, and I rarely ask my clients about the differences between these terms. To be honest, no matter what you call this process, whether it is self-regulation, self-repair or inner reconstruction, as long as you are taking the initiative to take care of your own feelings and not suppressing negative emotions in your heart, even if you just buy a bunch of flowers you like to make yourself happy, it is your self-healing. It's just a name, how can it be more important than your comfort?