Is it even true that someone who is determined to overcome an illness has more chance than someone who is passive, or even indifferent? If so how? Isn’t it the immune system and/or the medications and drugs that are doing the work?
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It is true that someone with a positive mindset will recover better than someone who is stressed. The placebo effect works towards symptoms regulated by the brain like pain or fatigue. In clinical trails, sometimes people who unknowingly take the “fake” medicine start experiencing health improvements too, as if they were taking a real medicine. There is a reason it’s called an effect. The brain has more control over symptoms than you would think, and the expectation of feeling better leads to better outcomes.
The placebo effect is an excellent subject to read about, it shows soo well how strong our minds actually are, and just how much can we change with the right focus. After all it’s the basis of meditating.
When we start to feel hopeful and actually start feeling like we are doing something to get over a illness, our brain release alot of chemicals that encourage us to keep that behavior going, making us happier, with a bit of anesthesia for our pain and actually boosting slightly our immune system.
Therefor, when someone has a great mental they will overall feel better during the hard times of the illness, they will be more open to take the meds on the right time/doses, they will be open to new procedures to try and solve it, they will start having healthier habits, all this from their own mental
I see people talking about the placebo effect, which is indeed very strong, but also, physically, if you have a more positive mindset and aren’t as stressed, your immune system is LITERALLY stronger. Something else to note
Lots of people have touched on the placebo effect. The other key part is that having a negative outlook causes the release of stress hormones like cortisol which reduce immune function. As others have said, the reverse is true if positive mindset – lower stress hormones PLUS extra pain relievers and other helpful hormones.
It’s important to note that positive attitude is not a replacement for medical treatment, just an extra bit that helps you heal a bit faster and feel less awful while you’re unwell. More importantly, not having a negative attitude prevents the physiological damage caused by stress. If you can’t be positive, finding a way to be neutral is still going to be better for your immune system than being negative.
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