I'm a believer in the influence of psychological state and emotion upon physical health. When people cite the power of prayer, they're only wrong in the attritbution, not the effectiveness it can have for a sufferer to have faith. Maybe even the positive vibes of those praying might do something, just judging by a wealth of.. Well, not evidence, but highly suggestive information that may, or may not be purely the product of wishful, evangelist imaginations.
With this stated, I found myself pondering the 'mystery' of immuno-disorders.
Take asthma, for example; what if the reason everyone is suddenly being crippled by their own respiratory systems - in their efforts to save us from things of little to absolutely no harm - is that we fear the air we breathe?
Certainly, there will always be respiratory problems as a result of purely medical concerns, and there always has/always will be 'asthma' for a given value of a rather catch-all term, but what if the massive apparent upsurge is not solely down to air quality, but partially down to our own hypochondrian/conditioned paranoia about what we're breathing?
What if our bodies are being trained from childhood to resent and distrust the air we breathe?
As I see it, this is no more far fetched than reversing the Placebo Effect.
Think on it, and let me know your own conclusions.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
This is one of the reasons I tend to avoid looking up disorders myself or trying to find out "what ill has befallen me." Generally I think I can get through, and when my possibly inherited kidney disease falls upon me, I will deal with it.
ReplyDeleteI myself seem to suffer more from stress, bouts of somber moods and annoyed, sleepless nights because of it.
My sleep pattern is probably none the healthier for the fact that I despise sleep and would rather not sleep at all, my subconcious instead rebelling against sleep.
We are trained to be far too worried by things that will only catch us if we play in sickly water for hours upon end, if we parade in a mosquito infested land. In general, our human body can survive most diseases not uncommon, and thus we should not be afraid of them.
Pixie: No, nothing new to me, but the response is appreciated =) I don't think specialising will ever benefit you. The people with a rounded experience and a soft focus tend to solve the great problems, because they have a basis of comparison; they see the larger patterns, and are inspired by another of the many interconnected systems to see the problem that occurs in the original.
ReplyDeleteNizer: Yes. Pretty much. But your psychological symptoms are simply a result of having a good mind. Can't stop thinking. You'll gain the willpower to increasingly shut down the bad mental processes while encouraging the good ones.