Our thoughts, feelings and emotions play a big part in our health…. you can actually think yourself well. A healing attitude can sometimes be more powerful than your illness. As a research team of psychologist at the Ohio State University, had demostrated with 227 women whom were recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
The researchers discovered psychological therapies could reduce the rate of recurrence. However, they also wanted to take the study one step further; they wanted to learn “if ” this same procedure worked on 62 women whose cancer had returned to live longer with the disease. It was not surprisingly, that all the women were feeling distressed that the cancer might come back.
However, it was noted the immune system responses rose rapidly in the women whom undergone psychological therapy, and by the end of the 12 month follow up period. Most of them were still alive, although these results may be perplexing. They’re sure not surprising…. that the body and mind has a connection.
These findings are the latest in along tradition starting in the 1960s, demonstrating our mind and especially our moods, thoughts, feelings and belief are every bit as powerful as prescription drugs. In the 1960s psychiatrist George Solomon, monitored patients whom were suffering from rheumatoid arthritis; and noted their condition worsening when they were depressed.
Being it seems difficult to understand how our thoughts and feelings can affect our body. It’s even more incomprehensible how other peoples thoughts can influence our decisions. Its a given that thoughts, feelings and efficacy through prayer can influence our health. In a study by the late Jeanne Achterburg, which takes us a little closer to understanding this belief.
While recruiting eleven faith healers: the eleven recipients were also hooked up to be scanned by functional magnetic reasonance imaginery ( fMRI.) When they were isolated from any contact with the faith healer, the healers sent healing thoughts at two minute intervals, although the recipients brains were activated at exactly the moment the healers were sending prayers through a engaged mind.
With response being rated at 10,000 to 1, research has demonstrated our thoughts — whether they are mood states, beliefs, emotions, anxiety or depression — can directly affect the immune system. Specifically these thoughts seem to lie at the heart of a complex interplay between immune system, endocrine system and central and peripheral nervous system.
Neurotransmitter, hormones and neuropeptides acting as transport mechanisms across these systems and deliver actual negative and positive thoughts while believing in self toward the various systems, especially to the immune system. In what looks like a supportive inter — relationship by immune cells communicating with nerve tissues… through the secretion of various signaling molecules called cytokines.
That said, in other words…. “how does the brain impact the centralize nervous system in the first place?” When researchers at the Veterans Affair Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri, believe that the physical and also the physiological effect meet the blood brain barrier (BBB.) Which is the gates keeper between the immune and central nervous systems.
Professor J. Edwin Blalock, at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, believes that the complicated process is more easily understood if we think of the immune and nervous systems as the body’s ‘sixth sense.’ Dr. Blalock, believes this can explain the placebo effect, whereas, the brain triggers a low level reaction in the hypothalamus. That impacts the susceptibility to health even when the pill is a sugar pill, although research needs to answer ‘why?’
While my friend Angel Howeron was put on a past roller coaster ride, bedridden from painful injuries and a severe accident. Through experience of using massage therapy, positive thoughts, yoga, and meditation. She also shared this list of the supplements she thought best for pain:
Curcumin, MSM, Wobenzym, Magnesium, Zyflamend, Capsicum, Omega 3, SAMe, DMSO, Silica, Valerian and Ginger. Also Homeopathic Remedies Arnica, Rhus Tox, Magnesium Phosphate, Hylands Homeopathic Great Pain Relief Remedies. And also Essential Oils: Helichrysum, Birch Oil, Peppermint & Frankincense. With the ointments working best: Magnesium Gel, Arnica Gel, MSM Gel, Traumeel Cream. Lady Slipper and Flower Essence for nerve pain when you want to avoid the harsh side effects of pain medicine. As always Angel Howeron is easily made accessible on her Facebook Page…