Flu / Influenza

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Likely buried feelings

Fear, pessimistic outlook, family conflict, toxic buildup.

Possible buried beliefs

—“Everything is going wrong.”
—“The conflict at home never stops.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: the flu is often linked with fear, a pessimistic outlook, family conflict and toxic emotional buildup. Possible purpose or secondary gain: permission to rest, recover and eliminate waste.

Hard to go places

Admitting the family conflict you have been absorbing.

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Common Cold

Entry 02 · 34

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Likely buried feelings

Family conflict, chaos, confusion, unrelenting pressure.

Possible buried beliefs

—“There is too much going on.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: a cold is often linked with family conflict, chaos, confusion and unrelenting pressure. Possible purpose or secondary gain: permission to stop and let things settle.

Hard to go places

Letting the chaos be someone else’s to solve for a day.

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Fever Blister / Cold Sore

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Likely buried feelings

Held-back rage, feeling small, inability to speak your truth, subconscious anxiety surfacing.

Possible buried beliefs

—“I cannot say what I really feel.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: cold sores are often linked with held-back rage, feeling small and an inability to speak your truth, with subconscious anxiety surfacing. Possible purpose or secondary gain: a visible reason to stay quiet and out of sight.

Hard to go places

Speaking the truth you swallowed.

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Pink Eye / Conjunctivitis

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Likely buried feelings

Anger and resentment.

Possible buried beliefs

—“I do not want to look at this.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: conjunctivitis is often linked with anger and resentment. Possible purpose or secondary gain: a reason not to look at what angers you.

Hard to go places

Looking directly at what you resent.

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Food Poisoning

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Likely buried feelings

Being hurt by other people's judgments.

Possible buried beliefs

—“What they think of me got inside.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: food poisoning is often linked with being hurt by other people's judgments. Possible purpose or secondary gain: a reason to expel something that should never have been taken in.

Hard to go places

Letting a judgment pass through you instead of swallowing it.

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Warts

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Likely buried feelings

Feeling that things are dirty or messy.

Possible buried beliefs

—“Something here is unclean.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: warts are often linked with things feeling dirty or messy. Possible purpose or secondary gain: attention drawn to what has not been cleaned up.

Hard to go places

Naming the mess you have been ignoring.

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Yeast Infection

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Likely buried feelings

Anger toward a partner; imbalance between work and pleasure.

Possible buried beliefs

—“There is no room for pleasure in my life.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: a yeast infection is often linked with anger toward a partner and with imbalance between work and pleasure. Possible purpose or secondary gain: a reason to avoid intimacy while anger remains unspoken.

Hard to go places

Saying the anger out loud instead of carrying it in the body.

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Thrush

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Likely buried feelings

Allowing the wrong people or things in and not changing course.

Possible buried beliefs

—“I keep letting this in.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: thrush is often linked with allowing the wrong people or things in and not changing course. Possible purpose or secondary gain: a signal to change direction rather than tolerate more.

Hard to go places

Changing course instead of tolerating what keeps harming you.

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HIV

Entry 09 · 34

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Likely buried feelings

Self-rejection, not fitting in, feeling misunderstood, deep rage or self-hate.

Possible buried beliefs

—“I do not belong anywhere.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: HIV is often linked with self-rejection, not fitting in, feeling misunderstood, and deep rage or self-hate. This is an emotional association to explore alongside full medical care, never a cause or a diagnosis. Possible purpose or secondary gain: protection from further rejection by withdrawing first.

Hard to go places

Meeting the part of you that you have rejected.

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AIDS

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Likely buried feelings

Rejection, loss of hope.

Possible buried beliefs

—“There is no hope for me.”

Healing note

From the 2023 Emotion Link Reference Guide — possible emotional associations: AIDS is often linked with rejection and loss of hope. This is an emotional association to explore alongside full medical care, never a cause or a diagnosis. Possible purpose or secondary gain: permission to stop fighting.

Hard to go places

Allowing hope back in while receiving proper care.

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