MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
I believe in the heart/mind/body connection. I like that a Doctor believes so strongly in it too, too many of them dismiss it as "psychobabble" and try to push mood altering drugs, etc on people ( I don't mean to sound like Tom Cruise, drugs are definitely needed in certain instances). Love issues, communication issues, unrequited love especially, can affect your health..I know that for sure. They all affect your self esteem and outlook, which affects your physical well being. Loneliness definitely does.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9466931/site/newsweek/
"Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs, microbes and molecules. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to prescribe it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study find that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and community. I'm not aware of any other factor in medicine—not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery—that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9466931/site/newsweek/
"Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs, microbes and molecules. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to prescribe it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study find that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and community. I'm not aware of any other factor in medicine—not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery—that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death."