Healing Metaphors A-Z - Influenza (Flu)

Influenza (Flu)
The flu is a systemic viral infection, which reflects a strong feeling of being victimized. Sometimes there is a strong feeling that something is ending, and we don’t see a new beginning. We feel assaulted, exhausted emotionally and physically, and want to shrink away. We are knotting ourselves up over something and feeling a bit overwhelmed. As with all illnesses, but especially with the flu, we need to rest or slowdown, to reintegrate and re-center, and once more become willing to move forward. The flu represents how we are trying to escape the present situation and fly away.

Chuck Spezzano and Janie Ticehurst, Healing the Body Through Mind and Metaphor