Breathing difficulties and asthma
Breathing difficulties and asthma impair free breathing. Asthma is a serious, well-treatable illness that can be well managed with continuous and as-needed medication, avoiding individual triggers and an emergency plan – with a severe attack with persistent shortness of breath, call the emergency number at once (112 in the EU, or your local emergency number). At the Kyborg Institute we additionally read the theme on a soul-related level.
Our soul-related reading
In our reading, “the air runs out” has to do with pressure and tension – with the feeling of being able to assert oneself or “make air” only with difficulty. Such images can help to classify one’s own experience. They are no attribution of blame – with children especially, asthma is no “mistake in upbringing” and no means of pressure.
What does that mean in practice?
- Keep the emergency spray always at hand.
- Know your own triggers and avoid them.
- Relaxation and breathing exercises do many people good.
Frequently asked questions
What is asthma?
Asthma is a chronic illness of the airways in which the bronchi narrow in attacks. It is serious, but well treatable.
How does the Kyborg Institute read breathing difficulties?
We read them symbolically as 'the air runs out' – as an expression of pressure, tension or the feeling of not being able to assert oneself. It is no attribution of blame.
Change history · last updated on
- — Notes shortened, text tidied.
- — Address of this entry localised: it now carries the English term instead of the German one. The old address redirects.
- — First English version.
Sources
- D. Harald Alke: Gesundheitslexikon (Health Encyclopedia). A detailed account of health-relevant topics and therapeutic methods; bundled, overlapping experiences from around 30 years of life counselling with clients. Kyborg Institute.
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