William Reich

Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian psychoanalyst and scientist known for his work on the connection between emotional health and physical well-being. He proposed that unresolved emotional conflicts can lead to muscular tension and emotional "armoring," affecting overall health. Reich believed that sexual energy, or libido, plays a vital role in mental and physical vitality and developed the concept of "orgone" energy—an invisible life force. His ideas were controversial and critiqued by mainstream science, but he influenced alternative health practices and ideas about the mind-body connection.