30.12.2021
Forgiveness as therapeutic strategy
Psychosomatic medicine and the virtues
When we talk about disease causes, we usually think about external factors like viruses, bacteria, microbes, poor diet, etc. However, our emotions and spiritual state are crucial for our health, often playing a critical role, as studies in psychosomatics and neuroscience are increasingly confirming. The immune system can fight microbes and viruses, but affects, emotions, and motivations attack us from within, where we should have a different type of defense. There, we fight with ourselves, and as long as we haven't developed a spiritual "immune system," we will end up sabotaging ourselves, allowing negative emotions to overwhelm us mentally and, as a result, physically.