What is meant by the mind-body connection?
Current scientific research provides confirmation of the profound connection between mind and body. A simplified explanation: A person who learns that they have a serious illness might become depressed as a result of this knowledge. Similarly, a person who is depressed (for a reason unrelated to physical illness) becomes more vulnerable to numerous bodily diseases by remaining depressed. Our thoughts and emotions can and do play a central role in many aspects of our physical health, particularly when considering human disease that is affected by the functioning of the autoimmune system. The thoughts and feelings that accompany many psychological disorders often provide a trigger effect that initiates a stress response within the body, commonly referred to as the flight, fight, or freeze response. This stress response prompts potentially toxic changes in: blood chemistry; brain chemistry; central nervous system functioning; heart rate; blood pressure; gastrointestinal functioning; and n
