When someone has an autoimmune disease, their brain is sending electrical waves to tell the immune system to attack what it believes to be bad cells. So why can’t you just tell your brain to stop sending those messages, since it’s the one sending them in the first place?
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First, the brain doesn’t communicate using electrical waves. It communicates via chemical signals. These signals are released through an electrochemical reaction in individual synapses, but that doesn’t travel through the body.
Second, and more important, the brain doesn’t directly control the immune system.
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