your mind can heal our body
Everyone 's heard the old line thatvwe only use 10% of our brain if we would only unlock other 90% we allsuddenly be super beings running around bending spoons embracing the true universal conciousness thisbof course is nonsensw but science suggests that with a little efforts we can unlock at least one mental super power the healing power of the mind you don't have to be a happie to beleive the mind can have a big effect on the body the mind arises naturally from the brain which just like any other body part has evolved be adapted to our environmentbone way to look at it is that the brains job is nonsense our surroundings and the minds jobs is to sort it all and tell the body how to respond look at stress if our mind beleives we're in danger the brain starts a whole chain of physical reactions like releasing adrenaline the cortisol and spending up our heart rate this is helpfulll for short term fight or fight but long tern stress is bad news reserch shows that chronically stressed people get sick more often and die younger but changing your health could be as simple as just switching your mindset take the placebo effect to find out if a drug actually works reserchers usually give some fraction of patients a sugar pill and tell them it will help with their condition the thing is a lot of the time it does work for everything from depression to arthrities one study showed that even if people knew the pill was just sugar if the reserches explained how it was supposed to help the subjects notice an improvement for those not into sugar pills having a satisfying social life can also have postive health effects studies have shown that people with good relationships with others sleep better age more more slowly and respond better to vaccinr but it's not like you have to go out and get a million friends studies have shown that a person's gernal attitude towards others warm or paranoid may be the key but for the loness out meditation might be a better idea one nine year study showed that regular transcendental meditation cut participants risk of heart disease and stroke in half another study found that meditation may even slow down again at the biochemical level if you find meditation too boring you could always try hypnotizing yourself hypnosis has a less an extensive scientific track record but what data there are suggests that putting patients into highly rare and suggestible states may allow them to dircetly influence their uncious mind and in turn their health you may not have to bother with any of that though as cliche as it sounds just thinking positively can make you healthier studies have shown that optimists recover better form medical procedures have stronger immune system and gernerally live longer and finally believing your belief in region for example has been associated with lower rates of heart disease and cancer but other studies have found similar effects in people who find purpose in other ways it may be that finding a sense of purpose helps us to fell in control of our lives and not so stressed out all the time all in all this just geos to show that thoughts and beliefs have a bigger impact on our physical health and we might think so it pays to mind your thoughts that could just save your life
Everyone 's heard the old line thatvwe only use 10% of our brain if we would only unlock other 90% we allsuddenly be super beings running around bending spoons embracing the true universal conciousness thisbof course is nonsensw but science suggests that with a little efforts we can unlock at least one mental super power the healing power of the mind you don't have to be a happie to beleive the mind can have a big effect on the body the mind arises naturally from the brain which just like any other body part has evolved be adapted to our environmentbone way to look at it is that the brains job is nonsense our surroundings and the minds jobs is to sort it all and tell the body how to respond look at stress if our mind beleives we're in danger the brain starts a whole chain of physical reactions like releasing adrenaline the cortisol and spending up our heart rate this is helpfulll for short term fight or fight but long tern stress is bad news reserch shows that chronically stressed people get sick more often and die younger but changing your health could be as simple as just switching your mindset take the placebo effect to find out if a drug actually works reserchers usually give some fraction of patients a sugar pill and tell them it will help with their condition the thing is a lot of the time it does work for everything from depression to arthrities one study showed that even if people knew the pill was just sugar if the reserches explained how it was supposed to help the subjects notice an improvement for those not into sugar pills having a satisfying social life can also have postive health effects studies have shown that people with good relationships with others sleep better age more more slowly and respond better to vaccinr but it's not like you have to go out and get a million friends studies have shown that a person's gernal attitude towards others warm or paranoid may be the key but for the loness out meditation might be a better idea one nine year study showed that regular transcendental meditation cut participants risk of heart disease and stroke in half another study found that meditation may even slow down again at the biochemical level if you find meditation too boring you could always try hypnotizing yourself hypnosis has a less an extensive scientific track record but what data there are suggests that putting patients into highly rare and suggestible states may allow them to dircetly influence their uncious mind and in turn their health you may not have to bother with any of that though as cliche as it sounds just thinking positively can make you healthier studies have shown that optimists recover better form medical procedures have stronger immune system and gernerally live longer and finally believing your belief in region for example has been associated with lower rates of heart disease and cancer but other studies have found similar effects in people who find purpose in other ways it may be that finding a sense of purpose helps us to fell in control of our lives and not so stressed out all the time all in all this just geos to show that thoughts and beliefs have a bigger impact on our physical health and we might think so it pays to mind your thoughts that could just save your life
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