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| Elorac |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 08:52:45
I thought this article was very interesting. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081112/thl-your-favorite-music-happy-heart-stud-0b0437e.html
The above link that I posted doesn't seem to exist now.
Mcone, I'm sorry that the article caused you worry.
I thought it was interesting because it showed scientific proof that something that was emotionally pleasing ie. listening to music that you like, can have a beneficial effect by increasing blood flow. |
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| mcone |
Posted - 11/13/2008 : 10:48:35
These days, reading stuff like this causes me even MORE worry and panic. Why? Because I've already accepted the idea of emotions causing physiological effects in the body - and I know my emotions have been very volatile these last few years. So I interpret information like this to mean that my emotions have damaged my body.
This is quite a paradox. Yes, I believe that emotions and mental states affect the physical, but I struggle with the notion of whether the effects on the physical are really remediable or reversible. Of course, it is also true that the full implications of these types of things, thier impact in the overall health equation, and the extent of corresponding resilience and healing in the face of more positive emotional states isn't fully established and I definitely don't have any reliable means of determining how or what applies to me specifically.
And yet my bias towards catastrophic thinking and hopelessness can be fed (generously) by this type of information. And then again, many of the extraordinary TMS recoveries being reported here and elsewhere - from long term issues - do seem to support resiliency. Sometimes, it seems that the only real way to deal with this is to somehow cultivate hopefulness and optimisim in the face of inevitable uncertainty. |
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