Focus on the picture. It depicts the electro-chemical activities in our brain cells. Billions of such events occur daily. As a result, your body can act as per the instructions by your mind. Brain is the bridge.
One of my chest surgeon friends’ 10 years practice experience in 1 sentence.
“Not sure if someone has done the study or not but majority of my patients with TB or chest problems have some sort of family stress in recent times. Many of them have personal family member loss. Trauma is in roots of infections.”
I thought to explore it further Today morning. He is so right. Lung’s wear and tear is highest during trauma! And this testifies existence of Mind as separate bodily layer which can affect the physical body (panchakosha system of upanishad). Mind is not the outcome, it is the controller! Come out of modern way of looking body as machine and finding solution in chemicals!
As per WebMd, chronic stress (like of personal loss by death or accident), can affect many organs including lungs. Stress can worsen the symptoms of asthma and chronic lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema and chronic bronchitis. [1] [2] [3]
But as usual, science succumbed to data, won’t really accept by saying correlation is causation. But there is latest research mice which suggests that
“Stress alters brain function and produces lasting changes in human behavior and physiology,” Liu adds. “The experience of traumatic events can lead to neuropsychiatric disorders including anxiety, depression and drug addiction. Investigation of the neurobiology of stress can reveal how stress affects neuronal connections and hence brain function. This knowledge is necessary for developing strategies to prevent or treat these common stress-related neurological disorders.” [4]
Once the neural circuits are altered, relevant organ will be get affected too.
Good part is, one can work on mind. There are several tools provided by Hindu scriptures. Some of them popular too. Use them. Don’t let the anxiety or depression overpower you during lock-down.
[1] https://lunginstitute.com/blog/impact-of-stress/
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2104758/
[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7551414
[4] https://www.lsuhsc.edu/newsroom/LSU%20Health%20New%20Orleans%20Research%20Shows%20How%20Stress%20Remodels%20the%20Brain.html
