Ptomaine Poisoning

Your body has taken in something that was spoiled — and reacts with full force: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps. Everything in you switches to expulsion. The organism wants to get rid of what is toxic, as quickly and as thoroughly as possible.

Medically this is clear: spoiled food contains decomposition poisons that the body does not tolerate. The reaction is severe, but sensible — a protective mechanism that works.

But why you? Why now? Not everyone who eats the same thing falls ill. Not every carelessness leads to poisoning. And some people eat heedlessly for years — until it happens at a particular point. The psychosomatic perspective does not ask about the pathogen. It asks about the breeding ground. What in your inner life has created a state in which you are literally swallowing poison?