Duodenitis (Inflammation of the Duodenum)

The duodenum is read as the place of receiving and integrating - the balance between giving and taking. Trouble there reflects being confronted with something new while quietly doubting oneself and one's ability to adapt: a relationship or family situation in which one feels contradicted or unjustly treated, a dispute left unresolved, a sense of being torn and of sacrificing oneself. Deeper inflammation is read as great insecurity and mistrust of others. The short explanation's "self-loathing due to feelings of guilt and/or shame" sits in that self-doubt turned inward. Relief is described as trusting one's own ability to take things in and adapt, and resolving the contradiction rather than swallowing it.

Example from the findings: the duodenum is read as the balance of give-and-take, inflamed by self-doubt and an unresolved dispute one cannot stomach.