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Your Mind’s Effect On Your Health
September 26, 2008 by Ray Baskerville
Our state of mind has a direct impact on our state of health. No news to most people in complementary health practice and hypnotherapy, but the allopathic types need clinical data, and why not. Three new reviews of the data relating to those with HIV say stress and depression ‘may’ make a great difference in the state of health. Dr Gail Ironson, lead author of one of the reviews said "the research strongly points to a link" and "we’ve got to study this over time (to show) that it’s not a fluke.
On the one hand I always feel pleased to see allopathic researchers venturing across the boundaries of their own speciality into the realm of interconnected systems (holism). On the other hand I think it’s 2008 and their still not
completely convinced… deear Lorrd! Anyway let’s stay positive and encourage the inevitable if slow death of the reductionist model.
Dr Ironson did further say "Psychological states do predict whether you’re going to stay healthy longer or whether your disease is going to progress faster" and that depressed people become susceptible to disease at twice the rate of other patients.
So what it looks to me is happening is this. While there are increasing numbers of allopathically oriented doctors who recognize a symbiotic relationship between body and mind (fewer stretch to include spirit), they just break out of their own area of specialization. Others then have to cover the same ground in their own area of specialization. Some break away altogether Deepak Chopra being the most famous. He like Candace Pert that I spoke of yesterday have then become darlings of the holistic and complementary health world.
A quick word on the use of complementary rather than alternative. Alternative seems to indicate one or the other while complementary indicates just that. If you are in a car accident where would you want to go, the emergency room or your homeopath? Not much of an alternative is it. Complementary indicates there is room for what is most appropriate. That really is Holisitc.
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Our mind and body are deeply connected. There is absolutely no doubt in that. I remember a very close friend of mine who felt really nervous on the times of big tests. He would get fever evry time there was any major tests. And evry time the doctor would say that it is the consequence of anxiety.