Do constant negative messages affect ones health?

Question

ie. If told over and over you will die from cancer will this make a person more likely to develop cancer?

if told over and over you will get gangrene will this make the person more likely to develop the condition?

What are your thoughts on such negative messages about health?

If the message is a written message does it increase or decrease the liklihood of the condition developing?

If the written message is accompanied by graphic pictures of the condition does that increase or decrease the liklihood of the condition developing...

Just how affected is our health by the messages we receive?

Answer 1

since positive affirmation can go a long way towards healing.... I can see the relationship between negative affirmation and ilness.

Answer 2

It will certainly affect mental health, but will not cause a disease;