Emotions and Disease

Balancing your Emotions for Health

“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

Emotions and disease are closely related. Mind and body medicine isn’t new nor is the knowledge that emotions, good and bad, affect our health. In the Emotional Pain Chartor as I call it, the Emotions and Disease Chart, is pictured below. You can read about the emotions that are associated with the various painful problem areas throughout the body. Take a minute right now and think about how you feel, and ask yourself if you have pain in any of the areas shown below. If you do, and please be honest with yourself, think of how your emotion may be related to your pain.

Emotional Balance Pain Chart

Basic Emotions

Even though we experience an array of emotions, there are really only two basic emotions – Love and Fear. Each of these emotions have varying degrees to them. You can like something or love something passionately or you can be not so fond about something and be downright scared to death of something else. Love and fear evoke different responses throughout our body due to the chemicals and/or hormones being released.

Emotions such as stress, which is one of the biggest culprits in the equation of how emotions affect our health, elicits a response similar to fear, which engages our nervous system to flee, fight, or freeze. Love on the other hand elicits a response from our nervous system to stay, enjoy, smile. Since our body functions as a whole, these two distinct emotions have very different consequences due to the chain of events that occur when these emotions are experienced or felt.

Our experiences (positive or negative) affects the release of certain chemicals and/or hormones throughout our body. Our emotions are made up of actual energy and not only does it effect our body, this emotional energy is actually stored by our body in our cellular memory. If you experienced something long ago, the perception or past beliefs actually weighs in on how we react to current situations and whether we respond with fear or with love to handle the situation. So remember, whether you are moving toward love or toward fear, your body will adapt and produce the chemicals and/or hormones it needs.

Stressful Events and their Impact on Emotions and Disease

Back in the late 60’s and early 70’s, two psychiatrists, Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a Life’s Event chart and studied the impact certain life’s events had on our health. They discovered that a correlation existed between stressful life events and the health of individuals. Below you will find their chart showing how certain life’s events can impact your health. the SOQI Bed!

Risk Results for Emotions and Disease

Score of 300+: At risk of illness.
Score of 150-299: Risk of illness is moderate (reduced by 30% from the above risk).
Score <150: Only have a slight risk of illness.

There is actually a lot of scientific evidence that exists on how emotions and feelings influence our body. Emotions on the negative or fear scale, often referred to as stress, actually damages our immune system and can over time decrease our lifespan. Chronic stress is caused by fear or negative emotions and has been proven to be a major culprit in inflammation, high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Emotions on the positive or love scale trigger an overall healthier immune system which leads to a speedier recovery from illnesses. Over time, these emotions do shape our perceptions which drastically influences our health.

It would be nice to believe that we tend to choose the positive or love side, however, research shows us that it is more natural for the majority of people to think about the down side of things. People want to prepare and be ready just in case something happens. Doing this as a temporary review is tolerable for a brief time, dwelling on that type of thinking is what leads to many of today’s chronic health problems. Instead, try to dwell on love, forgiving others – letting go of past negative perceptions, and being grateful for what we do have! Remember, it is your emotions or past perceptions that could be affecting your health. Remember emotions and disease tend to go hand in hand.

Emotional Balance Naturally

If you are one of those stuck on the fear side, there are many great books and various tools to help you remain more loving than fearful, I have listed them below.

The SOQI Wellness Products promote a feeling of well-being by helping to open up the energy blockages throughout our body, relaxing the mind, and deepening the breath.

Aromatherapy and Bach Flower Remedies can assist in helping to balance or influence your emotions. We specialize in creating custom blends of both.

Deep Breathing and Meditation have been used since ancient times to manage stress and promote well-being. The Chi Machine is a machine that helps the body balance these energies. You may also want to check out our Newsletter on Emotional Freedom Technique.

Books like the The Healing Code or Emotion Code can help you release those stored emotions.

I believe we should try to approach everything year round with the love of the Holiday Season, leave the past in the past (deal with it and let it go), take a deep breath and hop on the SOQI Bed!