Depression in young people affects the stomach, anxiety the skin
Both frightening and amazing what our mind can do to our body...
"The researchers noted that some physical diseases tend to occur more frequently in children and adolescents if they have previously suffered from certain mental disorders. Likewise, certain mental disorders tend to occur more frequently after the onset of particular physical diseases. Affective disorders such as depression were frequently followed by arthritis and diseases of the digestive system, while the same relationship existed between anxiety disorders and skin diseases. Anxiety disorders were more common if the person had already suffered from heart disease. A close association was also established for the first time between epileptic disorders and subsequent eating disorders."
Depression in young people affects the stomach, anxiety the skin: https://brutalist.press/posts/903/depression-in-young-people-affects-stomach-anxiety-skin?cab741=16b2378e-b776-4b22-9d2f-933c3770c589
