How can emotions or thoughts cause health problems?

The Mind Body link is one that is often overlooked in western medical belief systems.

The Western Medical (or Allopathic) system has only been in practice for a few hundred years, and in comparison to many other belief systems is very young and new.

MIndsets and psychological health are very important when looking at the overall health of an individual. Weight loss is a simple example. We all know how to lose weight - Eat less, exercise more! Simple really isn't it. In reality it is not that simple to lose weight. The difficulty a lot of people have with this challenge is that they are not working on the underlying reason why they eat too much or don't exercise.

There arenumerous cases reported of people who get miraculous cures from disease with the power of positive thought.

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There are growing number of healers who believe many illnesses or diseases are actually caused by our minds. The cells of the body are in constant communication with each other through nerves, hormones, energy, chemicals, blood and fluids.

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There is a link between thought patterns and physical postures which is fairly obvious but also between thought patterns and health states in the body. Louise L. Hay, a famous author, has been working in this field for many years. Her writings have now been used by health professionals for many years.

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Ayurvedic (Indian) Medical System of Beliefs & Chakras

According to traditional Indian medicine system around for thousands of years, there are 7 major energy centres or chakras in our bodies. Chakra is a concept referring to wheel-like vortices which are "force centers" or whorls of energy permeating, from a point on the physical body. Rotating vortices of subtle matter, they are considered the focal points for the reception and transmission of energies. It is the flow, balance and state of these chakras that determine your health, wellness and power.

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Sahasrara: The Crown Chakra

This is generally considered to be the chakra of pure consciousness. Sahasrara is represented by the colour white and it involves such issues as inner wisdom and the death of the body.

Ajna: The Brow Chakra

This chakra corresponds to the colors violet, indigo or deep blue. Ajna's key issues involve balancing the higher & lower selves and trusting inner guidance. Ajna's inner aspect relates to the access of intuition. Mentally, Ajna deals with visual consciousness. Emotionally, Ajna deals with clarity on an intuitive level.

Vishuddha: The Throat Chakra

This is depicted as a silver crescent within a white circle, with 16 light or pale blue, or turquoise petals. Physically, Vishuddha governs communication, emotionally it governs independence, mentally it governs fluent thought, and spiritually, it governs a sense of security.

Anahata: The Heart Chakra

Anahata is related to the colours green or pink. Key issues involving Anahata involve complex emotions, compassion, tenderness, unconditional love, equilibrium, rejection and well-being. Physically Anahata governs circulation, emotionally it governs unconditional love for the self and others, mentally it governs passion, and spiritually it governs devotion.

Manipura: The Solar Plexus Chakra

The colour that corresponds to Manipura is yellow. Key issues governed by Manipura are issues of personal power, fear, anxiety, opinion-formation, introversion, and transition from simple or base emotions to complex. Physically, Manipura governs digestion, mentally it governs personal power, emotionally it governs expansiveness, and spiritually, all matters of growth.

Swadhisthana: The Sacral Chakra

Orange is the colour associated with Swadisthana which is also considered to be related to, more generally, the genitourinary system and the adrenals. The key issues involving Swadisthana are relationships, violence, addictions, basic emotional needs, and pleasure. Physically, Swadisthana governs reproduction, mentally it governs creativity, emotionally it governs joy, and spiritually it governs enthusiasm.

Muladhara: The Base Chakra

Muladhara is related to instinct, security, survival and also to basic human potentiality. It is associated with the colour red and key issues involve sexuality, lust and obsession. Physically, Muladhara governs sexuality, mentally it governs stability, emotionally it governs sensuality, and spiritually it governs a sense of security.

 

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Metaphysical manifestations of emotional problems

There are a lot of healers who believe that we create every illness and disease in our body through our thoughts and feelings. Physical postures can be affected by our emotional states just like the lines on our face can be caused by our outward expression of our feelings.

It goes alot deeper than that. Our brain through our nervous system is in constant communication with every single cell in our body and controls everything that happens in our bodies. This is the work of the sub-concious brain. If we were conciously thinking about our bodily functions our concious mind would simply be overwhelmed with information.

It is the emotional state of our minds that alters the messages our sub-concious mind is sending to our bodies. have you ever noticed how we are more likely to get sick when we are stressed or depressed? This is due to our sub-concious mind.

Some examples of physical problems and the emotional or thought pattern that created them are listed below (Louise Hay - You can heal your life). These are just a small collection. For a complete list look at the book.

To effectively treat these concerns, the thought pattern that created them needs to be dealt with along side treatment of the physical issues. This is why problems become chronic, re-occur or never get better.

 

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Mind Body link and how Emotions affect Physiology.

Many of you will already be aware that there is a connection between your mind and body, and you may wonder exactly how what you perceive actually impacts your physiology. Your perceptions play a pivotal role in your well-being. When you perceive an event to be supportive to your highest values you will tend to open up to it; when you perceive an event to be challenging to your highest values you will tend to close down to it. This has an impact on your metabolism and your physiology which is then turned on or off accordingly depending on these initial interpretations of support or challenge.

 

If you feel depressed and you think that your daily events aren't working the way you expected and you don't feel like the world is supporting your highest values then your metabolic rate will tend to slow down. Your glucose can go down and you may end up with low blood sugar. There are psychological perceptions that correlate with high or low pancreatic function. Example: People with hypoglycemia have low blood sugar. Hypoglycemics tend to minimize themselves to others and can even think that they are wrong and other people are right. A hypoglycemic will often do what you tell them to do. People with diabetes on the other hand, have high blood sugar and they tend to maximize themselves to others and tend to think that they are right. They are not easy to tell what to do and they have their own way of doing things.

 

The same principle that applies for hypo and hyperglycemia can work the same for hyper and hypo thyroid. Your thyroid gland originates from your tongue embryologically. This is why its function has a direct correlation with your metabolic rate because the tongue deals with chewing, eating, swallowing and speaking. If you feel like you are saying something you wish you hadn't, your thyroid function tends to go up. If you are not saying something you wish you could, your thyroid function tends to go down. If you are repressing what you want to say, your thyroid function goes down and your metabolic rate drops. If you are saying something you wish you hadn't said, your thyroid function tends to go up. That is why hypothyroids are often listless, quiet and don't speak much. They tend to hold in a lot of resentment and they hold in what they really want to say. The hyper-thyroids tend to talk and speak, and are generally more outgoing and extroverted.

 

These physiological polarities are often a result of imbalanced perceptions. Because if you are minimizing yourself relative to somebody else, and live in fear of losing them, you will tend to repress what you want to say to them and if you are minimizing others relative to yourself you will have less, if any fear of saying what comes to your mind. Have you ever been infatuated with someone and been afraid of rocking the boat in the relationship? That tends to lower your metabolic rate because your thyroid function starts dropping. If all of a sudden you feel like 'the hell with it', 'I don't really need you', 'I don't have to do it', 'I can say what I want to do' and you say something tactless and basically not worry about it and then go 'oops I wish I hadn't said that', now your thyroid function goes kicking up. You are literally affecting your physiology with your thoughts, if you exaggerate or minimize things; you are automatically changing your physiology, changing the blood sugar levels, changing lipid levels and hormone levels.

 

If you are feeling passive and you feel that you are safe and secure in your higher values, your female hormones go up. If you have to deal with fight or flight your male hormones go up. If you are aggressive and you feel like you are angry and feel like you are not getting what you want and the world is challenging you, then your male hormones go up. If you are on the passive side, your feminine hormones go up. Your feminine hormones stimulate fat in the body and male hormones stimulate water and muscle levels in the body. So muscle and water tissue goes up with increased male hormones when your higher values are being challenged and fat tissue goes up when all of a sudden your higher values become perceived as being supported. On the one hand your body becomes 'harder' and on the other your body becomes 'softer'. Your hormone imbalances often have a lot to do with your perceptions of the world. If you bring your imbalanced awareness into perfect equilibrium by asking quality questions that reveal to you the hidden part, you can normalize your physiology and your body will do amazing things and return to wellness.

 

Every time your awareness is imbalanced and you experience polarized emotions, you also go into sympathetic or parasympathetic dominance. Your physiological responses provide you feedback in the form of symptoms at the cellular, genetic or enzymatic level to let you know whenever you have an imbalanced perspective. The many symptoms that you experience in your body are your body's way of trying to reveal the areas in your life where you have imbalanced perceptions. So disease is not necessarily a 'bad' thing. And it is wise to discover the underlying meaning. If you go out and eat a pineapple, cheesecake, steak, hamburger, pizza, a mango, boiled onions, chocolate cake, pickles and then on top of that a big bowl of beans. Would you agree that the next day you would not feel so great? If you went to a medical doctor the next day, you might be told that the symptoms are due to allergies, or stomach viruses, and they might prescribe an anti-histamine, antacid, anti-flatulent etc. And he or she could label all of your symptoms as due to various diseases. But if you were to go to a naturopath or a chiropractor, they might tell you that you have simply pigged out, and your body is trying to give you symptoms as a feedback to let you know to stop pigging out. So the same symptoms could be labelled as illness or they could be labelled as wellness.

 

What I am proposing is what you may label as illness may actually be wellness. The very thing you think may be causing your illness may simply be your body's response to misperceptions and the associated mis-actions. These lead to mis-actions; something you do too much or too little or you seek too much or too little. The second you bring your perceptions and actions into equilibrium, it is amazing what your physiology can do to return to wellness.

 

I define illness as the result of an imbalanced perspective and wellness as one of a balanced perspective. Wellness means wholeness. Illness means halfness. If you see more support than challenge or more challenge than support, you get illness. If you see a synchronicity of support and challenge simultaneously, you get wellness. Your mind, through its value system, filters your sensory reality and motor actions. Every time you go through life and exaggerate and minimize, you are creating physiology labelled as illness. Again, illness is a feedback system to your conscious mind to let you know that you have one or more lopsided perceptions. Your psyche and its misperceptions are creating symptomology and this symptomology is not something that is bad, evil or wrong. It is just your body's way of letting you know that you are imbalanced in your thoughts. The second you balance your mind, your physiology changes. Your psyche and your soma are working together and are designed to have homeostasis which is a negative feedback system to bring your mind back into equilibrium.

Source - Dr John DeMartini

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