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Alternating unilateral lachrymation.

K E LePage1, D W Schafer, A Miller

  • 1Nurses Memorial Centre, Kent Town, S.A., Australia.

The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
|April 1, 1992
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A woman experienced alternating unilateral lachrymation, a rare psychosomatic symptom linked to childhood dissociative phenomena. Hypnotic age regression uncovered its origins and connection to family dynamics.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychosomatic Medicine

Background:

  • Case study of a 56-year-old woman with alternating unilateral lachrymation.
  • Symptom onset reported post-marriage, with childhood history revealed via hypnosis.

Observation:

  • Alternating unilateral lachrymation observed during psychotherapy.
  • Childhood history included mutism and catatonic trance-like states.

Findings:

  • Hypnotic age regression linked current symptoms to childhood dissociative phenomena.
  • Symptom connected to family constellation and reappeared in adulthood.

Implications:

  • Highlights the complex interplay between psychosomatic symptoms and dissociative disorders.

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  • Suggests the utility of hypnotic age regression in uncovering repressed trauma.
  • Underscores the importance of family dynamics in the manifestation of psychosomatic conditions.