Stress, sickness, and...the biology of belief...what if we can do something about it...?
Stress is everywhere. Better yet, it is and has been for some time now, chaos. Not 'stress', but a major environmental (as in everywhere around me, us, US, the World) influence. An influential factor in our moods, actions and especially, re-actions. No wonder so many people are visiting the anti-acid shelves looking for stuff. (If you don't believe that, just stand near the aisle, the shelves for anti-acid, reflux, GERD, etc., and note the traffic to it and from it: amazing! (And note the prices...20 to 30 cents per pill!). Well, this author - Dr. Gabor Maté - was commented on one day, and on his work with stress and how it relates to our development in early life...womb, birth thru 1 year, 1 year thru 3rd. birthday. And, there it gets simply complex, and complicated. We interpret what happened and what did not happen during those stages...and most of the time, we interpret...life after that...WRONG! As if those events were still happening, and so we react to "today...