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Ask Louanne
For almost six months now, I have been seeing a girl from Behrend. She's
really special to me. I feel really comfortable around her, although every time
we go out to a nice restaurant, I have trouble eating. I feel sick to my stomach,
and it feels like I'll get sick if I eat or look at food. I almost always get through
the salad, but after that is when it starts. Is this a psychological problem
(nerves) or could there be something wrong with the salad?
Signed,
Hungry
Dear Hungry,
Actually your problem is psychophysiological, anxiety most likely.
Anxiety is a common response to stressful situations, both good and bad. The
primitive brain responds to perceived stress by sending messages to both the
nervous system and the endocrine system. The hormones start flowing. The
thyroid gland, among others, pours out thyroxin which causes butterflies in the
stomach. In days of old, the caveman could just drag his woman back to the
cave by her hair, thereby utilizing the body's physiological response.
Unfortunately, in today's society we just have to sit and stew in our juices.
I would suggest you practice relaxation to dampen down the system. This
can be done by taking long, slow, deep breaths and letting go of all the muscles
in your body. Now as you're sprawled out across the table, start counteracting
any negative, anxious thoughts such as, "How am I going to pay the bill?" with
a positive affirmation like, "I am calm, cool, and relaxed. lam truly a great
guy, and any girl would be lucky to be here with me tonight."
• On the other hand, maybe I've gotten too carried away with this
psychological analysis. Your nausea could be just a simple conditioned response
lice Pavlov's dog, only you don't salivate. Maybe you had a bad experience in a
nice restaurant when you were a child. Maybe the salad itself is the stimulus.
Did you ever get sick on ca ad? Why not try soup instead?
Anytime,
Louanne.
raicollegian Advicr, Column
by Dr: Louanne Barton,
Psychologist
The Collegian Wednesday, November 8, 1989
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4 Fear
9 Chinese pagoda
12 Guido's high
note
13 Kind of foot
race
14 Succor
15 Hot, violent
wind
17 Summary
19 Armadillo
21 Roman gods
22 Quarrel
25 Electrified
particle
27 Indicate
31 Make into
leather
32 Brings into peril
34 Forward
35 Mournful
36 Female ruff
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38 Contrition
41 High card
42 Skidded
43 Unit of
Portuguese
currency
44 Matured
45 Teutonic deity
47 Former Russian
ruler
49 Land of the
Soviets
53 Scoffs
57 Anger
58 Mock
60 Pedal digit
61 Fruit seed
62 Brief
63 Devoured
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1 Footlike part
2 Former boxer
3 Scottish cap
4 Let fall
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9 Type of cross
10 Goal
11 Fruit drink
16 Grain
18 Scorch
20 Land measure
22 Halts
23 Jury list
24 Article
26 Garden flower
28 Faeroe Islands
Rest
Spanish article
Swiss river
Changed color
of
whirlwind
29 Delineate
30 Ancient chariot
32 Dine
33 Born
35 Takes one's
part
39 Symbol for
nickel
40 Snare
41 Symbol for
silver
44 Exist
46 Fissure
48 Poker stake
49 Tear
50 Swiss canton
51 Deposit
52 Sudsy brew
54 Japanese
outcast
55 Decay
56 Diocese
59 Either