Science Discovers the Healing Power Inside Your Mind

Kajian terkini banyak mendapati bahawa kuasa minda memainkan peranan yang penting bagi penyembuhan sesuatu penyakit yang dihidapi. Ini menunjukkan betapa berkuasanya minda yang dianugerahkan Tuhan. Namun begitu, bagi menggunakan kuasa minda dengan berkesan ia perlukan latihan dengan cara yang betul. Anda adalah apa yang anda fikirkan.

Secara amnya terdapat 4 kuasa minda yang boleh digunakan untuk membantu mengawal rasa sakit dan seterusnya membantu mempercepatkan penyembuhan penyakit, tanpa perlu mengambil ubat yang mahal, iaitu pemikiran positif, ketenangan tanpa rasa tertekan (stres), rasa kasih sayang yang mendalam (jauhkan kebencian), dan melatih otak memikirkan perkara-perkara yang digemari, supaya fikiran tidak ditumpukan kepada sakit yang ditangggung.

Oleh itu, mari kita gunakan minda kita untuk kebaikan dan manfaat, bukan untuk memikirkan sesuatu yang negatif yang menjadikan kita rasa tertekan. Rasa tertekan (stres) hanya persepsi diminda, dan ini boleh diubah jika kita mahu mengubahnya. Apabila stres, banyak hormon kortisol dirembeskan oleh badan, dan hormon ini akan mengurangkan fungsi sistem imun badan, meningkatkan kandungan gula dalam darah dan menggalakkan pertambahan berat badan.

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Science Discovers the Healing Power Inside Your Mind

By Jane Symons / Source: The Express

Imagine how much better life would be if medicines were free, available around the clock and came with no unpleasant side effects. It may sound too good to be true but the reality is we can all tap into this 24-hour pharmacy because it’s literally all in our mind.

We sometimes talk of being “worried sick” but there is growing evidence that we can also harness the amazing power of the mind to think ourselves well.

A belly laugh can even help us cope with pain as researchers at Oxford University proved recently.

Professor Robin Dunbar, who led the study, believes uncontrollable laughter releases pain-killing chemicals called endorphins.

“Things that worked well were slapstick comedies such as Mr Bean,” he says.

The Power of Positive Thinking

Doctors have long recognised the importance of positive thinking. They call it the power of placebo which is a phenomenon that sees patients improve after taking a dummy pill or treatment.

Some reports found that placebo works in 90 per cent of cases.

Meta-analysis, which is a review of all existing studies, suggests that half the effectiveness of prescription antidepressants is down to the placebo effect.

Meanwhile half the rheumatologists who responded to a survey reported in the British Medical Journal admitted prescribing placebos on a regular basis to patients with chronic arthritis.

In most cases mind power is not a replacement for modern medicine but it can enhance its impact and reduce the risk of getting ill in the first place.

Here are some scientifically proven ways to rewrite the proverb and make it: “Patient, heal thyself.”

Opt For Optimism

A sunny outlook can help head off a heart attack, revealed a study of almost 100,000 women which was published by the American Heart Association.

Healthy volunteers were given personality tests and then tracked to see who went on to develop medical problems.

Pessimists were 50 per cent more likely to die from cardiovascular disease with the highest incidence among women who scored highly for “cynical hostility”.

A similar but smaller study of men found optimists had the lowest cardiac risks and pessimists had the highest incidence of artery disease.

One clue to the connection between outlook and health outcomes emerged from researchers at Hong Kong City University who measured levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the saliva of volunteers who were also asked to complete psychological tests.

Cortisol is a hormone released in response to stress originally as part of our fight or reaction. It’s helpful in short bursts but when levels remain raised it suppresses the immune system, raises blood sugar and encourages weight gain.

Love is a Drug

Brain scans show that love helps us withstand pain, revealed a study at Stanford University in America.

When volunteers were asked to hold a heated device until it became too hot to handle they could withstand more pain if they were distracted by a picture of the person they loved.

Dr Sean Mackey, a pain specialist who headed the study, said: “The amount of pain we experience may be modulated by a large number of factors and now we know that love is one of those factors.”

Pill-Free Pain Relief

Another study by Dr Mackey showed brain training can help patients with chronic pain reduce their symptoms.

Volunteers who suffered from long-term pain were hooked up to scans which showed them what was happening in their head and then asked to try different mind in an attempt to soothe the discomfort away.

One woman who took part in the trial said: “I imagined little people scooping away the pain trying to rescue me,” and “I thought about water or snowflakes putting the fire out.”

She had endured eight years of almost constant pain after a riding accident but said: “I think the most incredible thing was to see that scan of my brain constantly producing pain. Then to gain control over the pain, to see that I had that power, even when I was making myself feel worse, was amazing.”

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