Therapist’s Belching: A Unique Extrasensory Response to Patient’s Pathologic Condition – An Observational Case Report
R.M. Alfian, Yelini Fan Hardi, Sunaryo Madhadi, Lismin Dirwanto and Willie Japaries
Abstract
Background: Belching is an audible escape of air from the esophagus or the stomach into the pharynx. It can occur in various pathologic conditions and in otherwise healthy person.
Aim: This article shares a unique phenomenon of spontaneous belching experienced by a therapist every time he encounters disorder of his patient’s body.
Case description: Two patients are described. One is a male patient with hemiparesis due to stroke. Another one is a female patient with excessive anxiety disorder. Spontaneous belching occurs when the therapist touches the patient’s body area where organ disorder exists.
Conclusion: The phenomenon of spontaneous belching experienced by the otherwise healthy therapist might be a form of embodied mind or somatization of his physiological resonance.