4th Stage (Relationship). The definition refers to that cough for no apparent reason that occurs at certain times of the day or chronically (several or many times daily).
What emotional conflict am I experiencing?
If I cough, it necessarily means that something I have said or was told “has irritated me”. I am a very irritable person, very critical of myself, of others and of others. The cough tells me that I should be more tolerant with myself and with others. A present situation when the cough is chronic is the fact that I “am putting up with” someone who constantly irritates me: my partner, my mother, my father, my sister, my boss, my co-worker, etc. It can be a person who constantly makes fun of me, who constantly tells me what to do and how to do it, or a person who never does what I say or does it the way I want.
And that’s the big difference between sneezing and coughing. When something from the outside bothers me, I sneeze. When something from the outside bothers me and also makes me criticize myself, I cough.
Example: A wife wakes up her husband in the morning and tells him: “Remember to leave work early and pick up the child to his karate class.”
- If the husband gets upset by that reminder, he will sneeze.
- If the husband feels stupid, forgetful, in need of that order, he will cough. Because she will be berating herself that he is not or was not able to remember that she had to pass for her son.
resent:
“Something irritates me.” “This other person has entered my interior.” “I don’t have the right to express myself forcefully.” “What they have told me has made me feel stupid.”
Dry cough
When the cough is dry, it is always about external situations that have bothered me: An intruder, an unexpected visitor, an order, something I can’t bear to do, smelling something I can’t stand, being in a place I can’t stand, being with people I can’t stand
coughing up phlegm
When the cough presents phlegm, that is, moisture, it is always about external situations that, in addition to bothering me, make me sad, someone who criticized me, someone who hurt me, someone who offended me, something that I did not know how to solve, etc.
The cough itself could symbolically mean: “I bark at the world.” A dog barks when he wants to be heard, when he wants to be taken into account, valued. The cough is my way of saying to the world: “Hey, I deserve respect and attention, I am here and I am capable of thinking and deciding for myself”.
Every time you cough, stop for a second and notice what you were thinking the second before you coughed. Pay attention to how many times a day you criticize yourself or that you don’t accept yourself as you are. Recognize who or what circumstances make you criticize. Become aware of the emotional irritation within you, be tolerant of yourself the way you would like others to be.
Source: Akasha Integral Healing
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