“If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.” ~ Hippocrates
Your body reflects your emotional and psychological states. For example – your heart starts beating fast when you experience fear or shock, you get butterflies in your stomach when you feel nervous or excited, or get goosebumps when you are euphoric or fearful – it’s a result of the thoughts and emotions transferring to the physical body. Your mind and body are intimately connected.
When you have a healthy psychological and emotional state, it leads to a positive mental attitude and a powerful immune system. It is only when we ignore ourselves that illness is able to take control of our bodies’ natural defenses.
The effect of negative emotions can be harmful. Research says that repetitive negative thinking leads to cognitive decline and negative thoughts are linked to depression and anxiety disorders.
Even negative emotions like anger or sadness affect your physical health and the immune system. Negative emotions play an important role in our lives. Even though negative emotions are unpleasant and destructive, they help us grow and become a better version of ourselves. Becoming aware, not suppressing it but working towards it, would be the first step towards healing our negative emotions.
“Balance cannot be known unless you taste both extremes. You will dabble, struggle, even suffer until you muster up the the extraordinary courage necessary for embracing all of your humanity.” ~ Amy Larson
Negative Emotions and our Body
Louise Hay delves deeper and speaks about how your thoughts and feelings are linked to specific parts of the body and different illnesses. When you fall sick, the body is communicating that your thinking (unconscious) is out of sync with what is beneficial to your being. Your body is asking you to live in harmony and at peace with yourself and your surroundings.
Here’s an emotional chart that shows the thought patterns that form our daily experiences. It is also part of the book, “Heal Your Body” by Louise Hay – where she has listed all the common illnesses and diseases with possible metaphysical causes.
This is the effect of negative emotions on your health –
“If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.” ~ Louise Hay, Heal Your Body A-Z
If you maintain a negative attitude, that invariably attracts negative vibrations and feelings – which disrupts your body’s natural energy flow.
According to Davis Suzuki in ‘The Sacred Life’, condensed molecules from breath exhaled from verbal expressions of anger, hatred, and jealousy, contain toxins. Accumulated over 1 hr, these toxins are enough to kill 80 guinea pigs! Imagine the harm negative behavior does to your body.
I was quite astounded when I read in the chart some of the pain areas for my Mom and the related thought patterns – it was very appropriate. So if you become aware of your health problem, you can use the power of your mind and heart to heal the body. There are several ways to achieve that through Yoga, Meditation, Earthing, creative visualization, or relaxation to name a few. The power is in your mind; don’t forget, your thoughts have tremendous power!
Here’s an excerpt from the book, “Heal Your Body” by Louise L. Hay. It shows the physical symptoms are related to a prevailing mental or emotional state.
Imagine the power of your thoughts, when you are feeling some kind of pain, that can be aggravated or alleviated by your mind. If you think “I am in too much pain,” then you are going to be in pain, whereas if you think the opposite, it begins to subside. (Try it out)
The Effect of Negative Emotions on our Health
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