Emotions and Health
Increasingly, medical practitioners are beginning to recognize that the mind plays a vital role in the health and aging of the body. The exact connection is unclear, but in a lot of severe illnesses, research shows that people are literally “thinking / feeling” themselves into sickness.Have you ever noticed how someone suddenly starts to look very old after a traumatic incident in their life, or after undergoing a period of grief.On the other hand, the glow of someone who is deeply in love, is unmistakable. Isn’t the company of someone who is usually happy and cheerful more desirable than someone otherwise.Grief, hysteria, love, joy are emotions, yet their physical impact is very noticeable externally. However, these emotions, especially the negative ones when harbored over a long period of time, don’t just affect the body externally but gradually begin to take their toll on the body internally as well. They begin to affect the sufferers organs, his immunity and energy levels and lead to an overall decrease in the cellular functioning and regeneration response of the body. Very rarely do people have pure thoughts which are devoid of feelings and pure feelings not associated with thoughts. For example: when you “think” of an ice cream, it’s usually associated with either a “desire” for it or a “dislike” for it. Both desire and dislike falling in the realms of feelings.