He considered that "orgone physics reduces the emotional functions of humans even much further, to the forms of movement of molluscs and protozoa".
[5] The practice of vegetotherapy involves the analyst enabling the patient to physically simulate the bodily effects of strong emotions.
In this technique, the patient is asked to remove his or her outer clothing, lie down on a sheet-covered bed in the doctor's office, and breathe deeply and rhythmically.
This tension can be seen in shallow or restricted breathing, posture, facial expression, muscular stress (particularly in the circular muscles[10]), and low libido.
First, the possibility of psychological splitting that prevents changes in the body from affecting the mind[14] and second, the need for subsequent working through to integrate the abreacted material into the psyche.