Positive Thinking - Help to Heal yourself

To those of us who view medicine as the only course of treatment for illness or disease would be amazed at claims that you can help to heal youself by positive thinking.

Our parents, friends, doctors and media have programmed our minds to think that what our bodies need are pills to pop that fix practically anything from a bum stomach to depression.

But there is an alternative and perhaps stronger method of healing that does not involve taking medicines. And it starts with your mind.

The mind is a powerful source of energy. Because it isn't visible, many people are unaware of this. But there are many things that the eyes cannot see yet we are sure of their existence.

Gravity, radio frequency and magnetic force are examples. Quantum physicists confirm the energy that the human brain emits. When we think and feel, our brains give off energy at a particular frequency. Brain waves can be measured electronically.

In fact, brain activity is often used as an indication of life. Thus, doctors know that someone who is unconscious is still "alive" using a monitor for brain activity. When a person's brain registers a flat line, he may be pronounced "legally dead" in some jurisdictions. That is how important the mind is.

Placebo effect

Most of the time, you think automatically. You think as a result of how your mind has been programmed.

For example, if you think that the pill you are swallowing is a cure for migraine, chances are that your headache will go away.

The cure may have been caused by the pharmacological effects of the medicine but there are studies that show how people experience healing after taking non-pharmacological substances or a placebo. This is the famous "placebo effect."

The placebo effect confirms that the human body can heal itself without medicine, and by simply using the mind's thinking power.

To use positive thinking to heal yourself you need to start believing that you are healed.

Positive thinking

Notice how more and more illnesses are closely linked to stress or are referred to as stress-related diseases? Heart attack, stroke, migraine, allergies, chronic illnesses and even cancer has been related to stress.

Stress is the product of negative thinking. It starts with a negative thought that goes unchecked. Someone who tends to linger on the negatives leaves himself susceptible to stress.

Eventually, stress is manifested by headaches, an upset stomach or worse, by a fatal illness. If stress starts with a negative thought, then to eliminate it, you need to replace those thoughts with more positive ones.

Read an inspiring book, listen to music you enjoy - that makes you sing along, or master techniques that change your thoughts to happy ones.

Laughter is still the best medicine

Most of us find it hard to get past our personal problems that are sources of stress.

Instead of letting negative thoughts sink our bodies deeper into sickness, try turning your attention to something funny and laugh at it. Watch funny movies and share jokes with friends.

Laughter is the easiest way to get rid of negative thoughts. When you laugh, your mind is distracted from your problems and focused on more positive thoughts. When you laugh, you not only feel good but you help yourself heal.

So lots of people include laughter as an important component of their healing regime. When someone you know is feeling poorly or down, offer something to make that person laugh. By doing so, you might just help them get well.