I wanted to report my own clinical experience of treating people with lumps in their throats or thyroid issues but was waiting for someone else to mention the stress reaction!! Thank you!!

Tying mind and body together is unpopular, but in my opinion, essential if we are to understand the full reason for an illness being with us.  I say 'full' not the 'only'.  Body and mind working together in symphony as an organic whole is an important consideration in holistic treatment and wellbeing.

Thyroid or throat problems in my experience as a therapist, working with all levels of the conscious and unconscious, are to do with emotions that we censor ourselves from having.  Often there are problems in this area when a person is unable to express themselves clearly or unable to admit they have emotions that are unacceptable to them.

This might happen in times of great stress when we are experiencing a range of feelings that are unacceptable to us.  In order to maintain our composure, we lock those emotions away safely in the body.  The throat represents the bottle neck (literally) to those emotions!!

I have come across lumps in the throat with people who are grieving, who cannot, but more often will not be public about their feelings. And I have come across many thyroid problems where a person has become headbound (analytical and so on) and, rather than express a (perceived) unacceptable emotion, it is suppressed in the body.

I wonder what unconscious pressures your daughter might be feeling?  What is different about her life recently?  What had happened around the time it started? Kids are like radar....they pick up stuff adults can't see......did something happen to you that you have kept from her for her wellbeing? She could be reacting to an event that you have reacted to in the subtle energies that surround you.

This is my experience and obviously is not a medical opinion.  I work closely with the mind and the body with most of my clients. The throat I  have found quite difficult to work with.....it feels that by the time it's become a throat problem, the body has been storing up emotions for a long time.  Hopefully, the younger a client, the more easily they can release trapped emotions in the body through the neck and mouth.

Best wishes

Jenny Lynn
www.openmindtherapy.co.uk
www.theopenmindguide.com