How Emotions Affect the Body & The Healing and Prevention of Disease
Pathways to Wholeness
"Even relatively short periods of stress may cause changes that leave brain cells hypersensitive for weeks, reports from scientists trying to uncover the molecular root of post-traumatic stress disorder". Washington (Associated Press) September 2001.
"Pregnant women who often feel stressed out could be programming their fetuses' nervous systems for heightened reactions to stress and a greater lifetime risk of heart attacks, scientists reported." San Diego (USA Today) March 1999.
We all know by now the negative effects of fear, stress and anxiety to our bodies. Angina, arrhythmias, asthma, allergies, high blood pressure, irritable bowel, tension headaches, strokes, impotence, insomnia, diabetes, prostatitis, malabsorption and eczema are but a few of the many diseases known to be stress-related. There are now studies of the mind/body connection, calling this new field Psychoneuro-immunology. The airm of these researchers is to nail down the physical and molecular underpinnings of emotions and disease, using the latest medical technology, looking inside the brain, at hormones and at the immune system for answers.
In order for our bodies to maintain all of its systems, the hypothalamus gland in the brain works to regulate factors so that we remain at a state of homeostasis. For instance, our blood pressure should normally be 120/80, our resting heart rate should be around 60 to 80 beats per minute and our body temperature should be around 98.6. Everything is at a remarkable set point and does not vary much from day to day. To achieve this homeostasis, the hypothalamus must receive input about the state of the body and make compensatory changes if anything goes out of whack.
The autonomic nervous system regulates the activity of cardiac muscles, smooth muscles and glands. When a fearful thought triggers the hypothalamus, it signals the autonomic nervous system, which in turn affects our heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, sweating, etc. The body is ready for fight or flight. This is why our hearts may race, our hands may get sweaty and our knees might buckle when a test, a bully or an equally stressful situation confronts us.
There is a time for rest and a time for action. Fight or flight is normally a short-term response. But if a stressor is not removed and this fight or flight mechanism is extended beyond its normal time frame, the body will start breaking down. This is called the General Adaptation Syndrome.
When a person is continually not feeling safe and having fearful thoughts, the body will be in continuous state of fight or flight, leaving no time for rest, recovery and bodily repair. When the body can no longer maintain its homeostasis, sickness will result.
Yes, people will tell you that stress kills, but what do they offer to counter it? Perhaps you may have been prescribed anti-anxiety medication or have been suggested stress management courses. It may have been other alternatives or various other relaxation responses. But, are these the right solutions?
You may have received a false peace through some alternative, one that might have a slight healing effect, but is this permanent? We will help you bring your body back to homeostasis.
Healthy thinking may eventually become an integral aspect of treatment for everything.
Behind much of these diseases we have found there is a root cause. The efforts spent on traditional understanding of health and disease merely amount to disease management and do not address the underlying cause.
Topics covered in the course are:
- Roots of disease
- Blocks to healing
- Disease prevention
- Why mankind has disease
- Many diseases discussed
- Pathways to wholeness and health
The future of medicine lies not in treating illness but in preventing it!
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