Distress Plays a Significant Role In Getting Diseases
This can be both an empowering and liberating thing knowing we have so much influence. Here’s how.
It’s a fairly recent thing in modern, Westernized medicine that we have come to view the mind and body as separate entities in terms of illness. Doctors now typically diagnose people in terms of symptoms. What physical issues do they have, and what disease does this then correspond with? But what they rarely do nowadays is ask their patients things like:
Do you like your job?
How do you feel about your boss and colleagues?
Can you generally afford to be semi-comfortable in your life in terms of finances?
What is your romantic relationship like, if applicable?
What is your social life like?
Do you have healthy and happy relationships in your life that bring you a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment?
Do you feel high levels of stress on a daily or weekly basis?
Do you often feel resentful or bitter?
What brings you joy in your life?
In tandem with eating right, getting daily exercise, and sleeping enough, all of the above questions and…
