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I would love to see some links to that scientific evidence especially about the developing an illness from negative outlook. It seems almost an accepted wisdom

by sireat 11y ago

I would love to see some links to that scientific evidence especially about the developing an illness from negative outlook. It seems almost an accepted wisdom that mental outlook would play some part in recovery process. Think positive and you will recover/improve somewhat faster(this has been in popular press many times in last 20-30 years). However, I have a hard time finding evidence that negative outlook makes you get a serious illness. This is something that I see in magazines of dubious nature("The seven all-natural cures to dementia that your doctor is hiding from you!") Are there publications with peer-review behind that?

tomhoward 11y ago
Here's a couple of links: http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2013/Emotional_Stress_Reduces_Effectiveness_of_Prostate_Cancer_Therapies_in_Animal_Model.htm http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2013/Emotional_Stres... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18190880/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18190880/ The process of stress leading to disease is fairly well-established and uncontroversial: 1) Any stress puts the body into fight or flight mode 2) When the body is in fight/flight, energy/nutrients are devoted to short-term survival, not long-term needs like immunity, cell-repair, digestion 3) After long enough in this state (chronic fight/flight) infections take over, cells break down, tumors form, etc.
agumonkey 11y ago
Personal anecdote: grief struck me last year => repeated heart failures. If, for the sake of fond memories I allow my mind to wander, I feel my heart weaken in a second. There's a connection between some emotions and your organs. It's not far fetched that constant negativity could trigger this (I believe it's close to takotsubo syndrom, pain => bad hormones => change in heart tissue) and lead to very bad health overall.

by sireat 11y ago

tomhoward 11y ago

Here's a couple of links: http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2013/Emotional_Stress_Reduces_Effectiveness_of_Prostate_Cancer_Therapies_in_Animal_Model.htm http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2013/Emotional_Stres... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18190880/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18190880/ The process of stress leading to disease is fairly well-established and uncontroversial: 1) Any stress puts the body into fight or flight mode 2) When the body is in fight/flight, energy/nutrients are devoted to short-term survival, not long-term needs like immunity, cell-repair, digestion 3) After long enough in this state (chronic fight/flight) infections take over, cells break down, tumors form, etc.

agumonkey 11y ago

Personal anecdote: grief struck me last year => repeated heart failures. If, for the sake of fond memories I allow my mind to wander, I feel my heart weaken in a second. There's a connection between some emotions and your organs. It's not far fetched that constant negativity could trigger this (I believe it's close to takotsubo syndrom, pain => bad hormones => change in heart tissue) and lead to very bad health overall.