You know about neurosis? Wow, Lain. You’re going to have to start counseling me. |
I know the word, not its meaning. |
What kind of image? |
The mind changes and becomes distorted? |
Yes. You’ve got the general idea. |
That’s awful. You won’t teach me anymore? |
No. |
I’m really telling you that you got the general idea. |
Neurosis is a state in which there is nothing wrong with a person physically, yet the person has irrational fears and perceives threats. |
This places a lot of stress on the person and makes her feel sick. |
It’s only inside of their heads? |
We used to think so. |
But after a lot of research, we think that an imbalance of the autonomic nerves in the brain is related to it. |
What I mean is, something is wrong in the body, too. |
We used to categorize physical symptoms as psychosomatic. |
But we’ve been finding more and more that conditions we thought were only of the mind involve the body itself. |
Psychosomatic? |
Oh, Lain, if you ask so many questions, your head is going to explode! |
You’ve heard about people who lose a lot of weight because of stress, or go bald? |
That’s psychosomatic. |
Lain, you don’t, by any chance... |
No, I don’t have that kind of problem. |
Oh, I’m relieved. That was hasty of me! |