Queen Mary I: A Psychological Analysis

One can see that emotional problems can influence human body and the end result will be severe physiological problems. To be specific, emotional imbalance originating from psychological stress can affect some women by forcing them to feel that they are pregnant. Within this scenario, women under the influence of this problem may feel all the symptoms of pregnancy, but there will be no child. For instance, the physiological problem faced by Queen Mary I, or her phantom pregnancies originate from the problems faced by her within her private and public domains. She was expected to bear a child a child without considering her age, poor health conditions, and emotional problems because she was the Queen. Thesis statement: The grass-root …show more content…
For instance, some are of the opinion that her physical tendency to pretend as pregnant originates from congenital syphilis, transferred from her mother. Besides, some people suspected that her mother got this disease from her father. Still, there is no evidence on her father’s role in the transference of this disease, but people believe the same with no proof. Similarly, some others believed that her false pregnancies are related to the God’s wrath upon her, based upon her misdeeds. To be specific, Mary I was not in favor of religious tolerance. Instead, she tried to suppress the influence and spread of Protestant belief among her people by executing the leaders. When she was forced to face several physiological problems including ovarian cyst and false pregnancy, conspirators began to spread false information that all the problems faced by her were based upon the God’s wrath. Similarly, some people believed that the misunderstandings and personal problems between the Queen and her husband were the end result of her wrong deeds. So, it is evident that conspiracy theories were mere fake theories based upon guesswork based upon certain problems in the Queen’s personal