A person close to me keeps telling me that he will not get sick because he tells himself so. I keep hearing 'it is all in your head', not aimed towards me in particular when I am sick, but in general. Can a person keep him/herself from getting sick by their thoughts alone? Since he has started saying that about a month ago, he has not been ill whereas usually if I get sick, so does he and vice versa. Also, my oldest child truly very very rarely is sick. I cannot remember the last time he had even a runny nose. Hmmmm...
2006-12-30 17:41:20 · 6 answers · asked by my2cents 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
you can make yourself sick by thinking about being sick all the time. so i suppose if you think yourself healthy maybe your body will produce more of what it takes to ward off germs.
2006-12-30 18:01:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not ALL in your mind, but yes, you can think yourself sick or make yourself not feel well. There is definately a science to being sick~micro bacterias,etc. but there is also a thing called being a hypochondriac. This means making yourself have something wrong, like if you know someone who has the flu, all of a sudden you have to have it too but 10 times worse. People like that are just crazy.
2006-12-30 18:11:34 · answer #2 · answered by jennafisch1285 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has not been proven, but is possible. It's calld reika (rye-ka). You tell yourself that you are getting better or you are staying healthy, you heal or , in your friends case, never get sick. My uncle has had a foot ulcer for 2+ years. This year he started trying reika, and he is making more progress healing than the last few years.
2006-12-30 17:51:30 · answer #3 · answered by Alphamale626 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you can think your sick all of the time and be sick all of the time so i guess if you kept saying i'm not sick it might work for somethings i just can't see it working for a really bad stomach thing
2006-12-30 18:05:27 · answer #4 · answered by W2D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea it possible to an exent. I mean a person cant will themselves not to get aids but as far as small stuff yea I believe so. but then again some people have higher immunity levels than others
2006-12-30 17:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by eazy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called mind over matter. if you mind, it won't matter. and yes, it works. not always, and not with all people, but it does work.
2006-12-30 17:44:08 · answer #6 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋