Life becomes painful whenever two cultures, two generations, or two religions clash. This paper centers mainly on the psychosomatic and personality changes appearing in men who had lived at five or six thousand meters above sea level, but the author also notes the amenorrhea that was present in women in concentration camps which he considers a manifestation of the tremendous emotional impact of impending death. According to Zapata, the syndromes that occur depend on the individual's ability to handle his own magic beliefs and primitive way of thinking, as well as masochistic elements involved in the forced