A Model of Mind/Body Disease Development

Usually when we become ill, it is because our immune systems have been compromised. Often there has been a clustering of stressors 6-24 months prior to this.  A cluster of stressors may be more significant than one large one.  It may seem that there is a problem/s from which there is no escape.  This can lead to: 

Depression and Despair.

We all cope with stressors in a different way. The stressors may seem to pose unbelievable problems that we can’t deal with.  This causes changes in the:

Hypothalamus and the Pituitary Gland.

The part of the brain that responds to emotional stress also controls the immune system, and regulates the pituitary gland, which also controls the immune system.  This results in a hormonal imbalance, and affects the whole endocrine system, allowing disease, and abnormal cells (as in cancer) to increase.

The Immune System

The immune system in a healthy individual is our natural defense against illness and is very powerful and effective. It is composed of several kind of cells designed to attack and destroy foreign substances.  When certain types of stressors compromise the immune system, the body’s normal defenses become suppressed providing optimal conditions for serious diseases and cancers to start and flourish.

Reversing the cycle

By providing psychological interventions of how we see our problems and ourselves.  This creates:

Hope and Anticipation.

Hope and anticipation assist in allowing the belief that there is an opportunity for recovery.  This affects the:

Limbic System

This part of the brain records the altered feelings of hope and anticipation, and passes them on to the:

Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland.

Messages of hope sent from the limbic system are sent on to the pituitary (the master gland) and this alerts the whole endocrine system.  This helps to restore hormonal balance and strengthens the immune system.

The Immune System. 

When the immune system is strengthened, it can again attack and destroy foreign substances and abnormal cells, as the body’s defenses mobilize.

How Can This be Accomplished?

Energy work, guided visualizations, and hypnotherapy are some of the modalities that can strengthen your immune system to overcome diseases in a holistic way, allowing your body, mind, spirit to self-heal.

Remember, that complementary or alternative health care is never meant to replace traditional medicine.  It is meant to Complement traditional medicine and health care.

“The character of our lives is determined not by our genes but by our responses to the environmental signals that propel life.”  Dr. Bruce Lipton, Cell Biologist.