The expression of feelings as a promoter of subjective well-being in a cancer patient

Abstract

The present investigation was based on the expression of feelings as a promoter of subjective well-being in a cancer patient, at the Oncology Hospital in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. The research was framed with a type of qualitative study and the phenomenological method was used through the strategy of a case study. For the case study, a series of data collection techniques and instruments were used, specifically the in-depth interview, narrative and direct observation. The objective under which we worked was to analyze the way in which the expression of feelings regarding her illness, in a patient with cancer, promotes her subjective well-being, through a psycho-corporeal intervention. In this way, it was possible to conclude that the feelings present in the patient regarding the disease were anger, sadness and fear. It was found that repression is the management that the participant gives to her emotions, since when she is in a chronic degenerative disease, emotions from the past are presented. The intervention gave the participant the opportunity to talk about her feelings regarding her illness, to express and identify them. Allowing yourself to express your feelings has given you the opportunity to function better in the face of the disease, emerging positive feelings, expressing satisfaction with your life, and wanting to overcome cancer.