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Common Cold
9 min read
Also known as: viral upper respiratory infection · runny nose · rhinitis · chill · cough and cold · cold illness · common cold · sore throat and runny nose · stuffed up · coming down with a cold
Your Body Is Speaking
The nose runs, the throat scratches, the head feels packed in cotton wool. Everything slows down. Energy drops, the limbs grow heavy, and at some point you are on the sofa — wrapped in a blanket, cut off from your daily life. Medicine says: viruses. Your immune system fights, the mucous membranes react, the body needs rest.
That is true. But it does not explain why it happens right now. Why your immune system gives way at precisely this moment. Why it is exactly this week that your body decides to take you out of circulation. The psychosomatic perspective asks an uncomfortable question: what if the cold is not simply bad luck — but a retreat maneuver? What if your body is not putting the brakes on you, but calling you back?
A cold is not a catastrophe — it is a forced pause. And the question is: from what.
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