The Power of Positive Thinking - Can We Literally Will Ourselves to Become Well?
So, I started to research the connection between our thoughts and our health, and if what my friend was saying and what I had just experienced was backed by science. It didn’t take long to find multiple websites devoted to this phenomenon, as well as a name for it: mind-body medicine.
Basically, this branch of medicine looks at the effect our thoughts can have on our immune systems and our health. Additionally, some studies have shown how our psychological health can impact our physical health.
I was happy to see that some medical facilities are even using this approach with their patients. For example, here is a website to an organization in the Boston area that teaches people about mind-body medicine:
Cancer Treatment Centers of America also believes strongly in the mind-body connection. This is just so encouraging and amazing to me. I saw first-hand how it worked on my cold, and to think that staying positive can impact something as serious as cancer is incredible:
www.cancercenter.com/complementary-alternative-medicine/mind-body-medici...
And here is a center devoted to mind-body medicine. This one is in Washington, D.C:
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What you are reffering to it also known as the law of attraction.
It's principals are routed in the earliest teaching on karma etc.
Also known as the Master Key System (To which Bill Gates attributes all of his microsoft success)
Other earlier forms are found in Rosicrucianism - Of which many great thinkers have been part.
I have been "sick" one time in 15 years. Why because the body does what the mind sayes. I wake each morning in a good mood and looking forward for what ever may happen. I do not have time to be sick therfore I am not sick. If more people could understand that you control your mind your mind does not control you. I have been around many people that have had the "cold or flu" but I have never been sick.
there are a lot of reasons why you are not often sick, and positive thinking is probably the least important factor. how frequently are you exposed to pathogens? If you don't have little kids, chances are you get a lot less exposure. do you have a good diet? do you exercise? do you have good immunity genes? you should probably take into account all factors before you attribute cause to the factor you find most gratifying.
so, does that mean that negative ppl falls sick more often and die earlier?
We have to be careful that we don't cause many to feel more sick since the "cancer" does not go away by just thinking positive thoughts. As well, this line of thinking can cause us to believe that those in poverty are there due to their own "willing". There is a "happy" medium to everything and while positive thinking at the right time is good, the extrapolation of positive thinking to all areas of life at all times is very bad indeed.