Mental and emotional causes of a cold | Causes of a cold

Mental and emotional causes of a cold

A cold can be promoted by psychological stress and especially by emotional stress. Stress at work or at school as well as stress in the family or relationship can lead to a weakening of the immune system. Thus, psychological and emotional stress often leads to frequent colds, as a sign of the body’s defensive weakness.

In addition, mental and emotional stress often leads to an unhealthier lifestyle, for example, physical exercise and a balanced diet are less considered due to lack of time. This also makes the body more susceptible to disease. In bronchial asthma and allergies it is also known that psychological factors are a cause of the disease.

Psychological stress can intensify the symptoms in allergy sufferers and emotional factors are involved in about half of all asthma attacks as possible triggers. However, similar to the so-called “nervous coughing”, there seems to be a psychological cause for frequent sneezing without any apparent physical reason or accompanying cold. This phenomenon belongs to the group of so-called psychosomatic disorders and should be clarified psychiatrically.