In mind/body medicine it's important to differentiate between the tangible brain and the intangible mind. Both the tangible and the intangible are energy, vibrating at a different rate, but both equally powerful....and each influencing the other.
Our brain/body chemistry influences our mind (the way we think and feel), and it is important to look at how to influence that chemistry to create balance so that our thoughts and feelings are calm.
The mind, the intangible energy we generally believe is housed in the brain (newer thinking is that it is housed within every cell in our body) is an energy that influences our brain/body chemistry. Just changing the tangible brain chemistry will only create a temporary change, as the intangible mind will re-influence it , and will go back to being out of balance.
Unresolved anger, hurt, shame, guilt and fear set off tangible biochemical reactions that suppress our immune system, raise our blood pressure and creates stress and fatigue that leads to opportunistic infections, cardiovascular failure, the degeneration of muscles and the random growth of unwanted cells, as well as anxiety, panic attacks and depression. When we face this pain rather than run from it we can come to peace, on both the tangible and intangible level.
As a psycho-spiritual psychotherapist I see everything as one - no separation. I see separation as the source of pain and illness. When a person is filled with unhappiness the base-line of that experience is their unhappiness with themselves. They are separated from the truth of who they are, they have separated from themselves. When this is resolved the symptoms (anxiety, depression, etc.) disappear. When the symptoms and their cause disappear their body can begin to heal.
If you or someone you know has symptoms that are mental, emotional or physical - they are experiencing signals that the mind/body is out of balance. Pharmaceuticals suppress symptoms - and though they might be necessary in some cases, many people who need to face the upsets that are at the bottom of their illness or unhappiness won't. For a cure I highly suggest that people take a non-pharmaceutical approach to healing, including micronutrients and psychotherapy.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
WHAT MAKES YOU...YOU.
You may have heard that certain mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia or bi-polar disorder (aka manic-depression) are caused by biochemical imbalances. Actually, when anyone is deficient in needed biochemical nutrients, that individual's moods and thinking process will be effected. I believe that is why so many Americans suffer from anxiety and depression.
There is a strong correlation between food and mood, primarily because foods are a very big part of influencing the biochemical soup within us. Being "out of balance" biochemically really means being undernourished in certain nutrients the human body and brain require.
But food isn't the only thing that effects our biochemistry.
It turns out that how we think and feel is a major contributor to our biochemical soup. Holding unresolved feelings of hurt, anger, fear, rage, etc. creates a chronic stress that drains our energy reserves, compromises our effectiveness and bathes our system with hormones that, over time, compromises our health and accelerates our aging process.
Here's the "kicker" -- our medical system is not doing anything to help us. Antidepressants and anti-anxiety pills merely mask the symptoms of our problem - our undernourished brain and body. The depression and anxiety is our body's call for help, for nutrients -- not for Prozac! We are not deficient in anti-depressants! Masking the pain means that we will not resolve what we need to resolve, and most likely continue to take these pills for years and years - maybe to find ourselves with an early case of Alzheimers. It's time to feed ourselves the nutrients we need. Not just the food and supplements, but the peace, self-love and self-respect needed for a relaxed and functioning mind and body.
Now, just let me add that I am not opposed to anti-depressants for a severe and disabling depression or an actively suicidal person, to keep them functioning until they get the real help they are needing and deserving. These pills can help, but need to be temporary. Take good care and be happy.
Carole
There is a strong correlation between food and mood, primarily because foods are a very big part of influencing the biochemical soup within us. Being "out of balance" biochemically really means being undernourished in certain nutrients the human body and brain require.
But food isn't the only thing that effects our biochemistry.
It turns out that how we think and feel is a major contributor to our biochemical soup. Holding unresolved feelings of hurt, anger, fear, rage, etc. creates a chronic stress that drains our energy reserves, compromises our effectiveness and bathes our system with hormones that, over time, compromises our health and accelerates our aging process.
Here's the "kicker" -- our medical system is not doing anything to help us. Antidepressants and anti-anxiety pills merely mask the symptoms of our problem - our undernourished brain and body. The depression and anxiety is our body's call for help, for nutrients -- not for Prozac! We are not deficient in anti-depressants! Masking the pain means that we will not resolve what we need to resolve, and most likely continue to take these pills for years and years - maybe to find ourselves with an early case of Alzheimers. It's time to feed ourselves the nutrients we need. Not just the food and supplements, but the peace, self-love and self-respect needed for a relaxed and functioning mind and body.
Now, just let me add that I am not opposed to anti-depressants for a severe and disabling depression or an actively suicidal person, to keep them functioning until they get the real help they are needing and deserving. These pills can help, but need to be temporary. Take good care and be happy.
Carole
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