Depression, which is totally abstract (as far as i understand), has physical effects like increased chances of developing Alzheimer’s and brain aging faster and in some cases physical appearance aging faster too. How?
Edit: are people thinking this question is religious or pseudo scientific? Cuz its not
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The idea that the mind and the body are separate, and that consciousness exists, somehow, outside of physical reality is a peculiar one. Part of the blame belongs with religion, but some of the blame less with Descartes and his dualism.
The mind is the product of the brain and, conversely, what happens in the mind influences the brain, because what happens in the mind happens in the brain. The mind is physically real, not some metaphysical ‘ghost’ – how else would it be able to interact with physical reality?
Relinquish the Judeo-Christian idea that mind and body are separate, and you’ll have your answer.
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