emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness
A term utilized by the inventors of Rebirthing (Leonard Orr, Sondra Ray) to describe the intense panic that comes upon an infant when he or she is removed from the save surroundings of mother's womb. When the umbilical cord is cut, the infant gets the clear feeling that he is going to die. Through the assistance of medical personnel he lives, but he forms what is called a "mucous block" that contains all the pre-verbal emotions that existed at the moment the cord was cut. It is believed that this blockage is responsible for much of our anxiety and inhibition today.
Mechanical injury that occurs to the baby during the birth process
Injury caused to an infant's musculoskeletal system during birth. A baby's nervous system can incur damage while traveling through the birth canal. Often, this damage manifests itself in the form of mild "subluxations," or misalignments of the tiny vertebrae.