According to Germanic Healing Knowledge (GHK), also known as German New Medicine (GNM), weight gain is not a disease, but rather a meaningful biological process that can be linked to unresolved conflict shocks, particularly those associated with self-devaluation, abandonment, and existential survival. Here’s a breakdown of how GHK understands the issue of weight gain:
⚖️ Weight Gain from a GHK Perspective
🧠 Root Biological Conflicts
- Water Retention (Kidney Collecting Tubules – KCT Program)
- Conflict: Existential conflict – fear for one’s life, abandonment, isolation, or feeling like a “refugee”.
- Biological Purpose: To retain fluids as a survival mechanism.
- Result: General swelling and weight gain from water retention.
- Note: Often seen during hospital stays, after diagnosis shocks (e.g. “You have cancer”), or major life upheavals (divorce, job loss, eviction).
- Self-Devaluation Conflict (especially in muscles, fat tissue, or bones)
- Conflict: Feeling “not good enough,” “useless,” or “less-than” in physical or personal capacity.
- Active Phase: Tissue degeneration or fat breakdown (you may actually lose weight).
- Healing Phase: Tissue restoration and swelling, including water retention — resulting in weight gain.
- Insulin Conflicts (Pancreatic Islet Cells)
- Conflict: Fear-disgust or resistance conflict (e.g., “This situation is unbearable!”)
- Healing Phase: Overproduction of insulin can cause increased fat storage and cravings for food, especially carbs.
- Digestive Tract Conflicts
- Conflict: Indigestible anger or ugly conflicts (“can’t stomach this”).
- These can affect metabolism, digestion, and absorption, leading indirectly to weight changes.
- Hording Programs – “Starvation Conflicts” (Liver, Fat Tissue, etc.)
- Conflict: Fear of running out of food/resources (real or symbolic).
- Biological Response: Increased fat storage to survive scarcity — this can be literal (post-war children, famines) or symbolic (loss of money, job insecurity).
💡 Key Points from GHK
- Weight gain is not a standalone “disease” but part of a broader biological response.
- If the original conflict is chronic or retriggered, weight gain persists.
- If the conflict is resolved and healing completes, water retention and fat storage may normalize.
🔄 Common Triggers for Weight Gain (GHK Style)
| Trigger | Possible Biological Program |
|---|---|
| Divorce/Breakup | Abandonment conflict → Water retention |
| Cancer diagnosis | Fear of death → Kidney CT program (water weight) |
| Body shaming | Self-devaluation → Fat/muscle recovery swelling |
| Trauma involving food scarcity | Starvation conflict → Fat storage |
| Feeling rejected | Skin or fat-related self-devaluation |
🧘♀️ Healing Approach in GHK
- Identify the Conflict: When did the weight gain start? What happened then?
- Resolve the Conflict: Conscious processing, release of fear, or acceptance.
- Avoid Retriggers (Tracks): Smells, places, or memories that reactivate the conflict.
- Support the Healing Phase: Through rest, awareness, emotional release, and gentle detox.
🛑 Note
GHK sees edema, obesity, or fat deposits as temporary phases of meaningful biological programs — not errors. Weight is seen as the body’s wisdom, responding to emotional shocks in precise, biological ways.
