THE P-TYPE WINDOW OF VULNERABILITY: NEGLECTING THE BODY

The p-type in the fast-food place was the one who ordered the milk shake. P-types are no different from other types in that they try to get their tranquil alertness through foods that stimulate their dominant gland. Dairy products are pituitary stimulants, and when you p-types are tired or stressed and want to feel better you usually reach for something that will give you the kind of energy you're most used to-the cool, detached energy of the pituitary gland. Your downfall are foods like yogurt and ice cream, for these foods act to overstimulate your pituitary and leave your other glands underactive. What happens when your dominant gland is overstimulated is that you become too pituitary, and this means that you don't take the care you should take of your body. A dangerous detachment is created, and you don't pay nearly the attention to your physical liabilities that you should. For example, if your digestion is weak( as it often is), you ignore it; you decide that probably everyone feels slightly nauseous or has gas after eating. Your sexual function may also be weak, but again, you think that everyone's really like you, just pretending to be interested in sex. Rather than doing something about these physical problems, you tend to ignore them and just 'think about something else'. Allergies are common in p-types-often extreme allergies, the sort of situation where almost anything can set off a reaction. This is partly a result of the weak adrenal function, and partly just an effect of p-type detachment. You can get so out of touch with the outside world that your body just doesn't know how to react. Allergy is a sort of furious rejection and denial of the world. Frequent colds are another result of your neglect of the body. Another related problem is mental obsession. Your mind goes round and round on some problem- and because there's rarely any action taken which might resolve the situation, the obsession just goes on and on. This can be a truly debilitating situation for many pituitary types. To con.