PSYCHONEUROINMUNOLOGY--HEART AND MIND

[maria angelica sassone]

Psychoneuroimmunology : What the heart wants , the mind shows This is an interview that he conducted La Vanguardia Digital Dr. Mario Alonso Puig , who is a Medical Specialist in General Surgery and Gastroenterology, Fellow of the Harvard University Medical School and member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

So far they said the enlightened , meditators and scholars , now science says : it is our thoughts that have largely created and are constantly creating our world. ' Today we know that self confidence , enthusiasm and excitement have the ability to promote higher brain functions . The prefrontal area of the brain, where it should place the most advanced thinking , which makes up our future, where we value and alternative strategies to solve problems and make decisions, is tremendously influenced by the limbic system , which is our emotional brain. So what the heart wants to feel , the mind will just show '. Must train the mind. I have 48 years . I was born and live in Madrid. I am married and I have three children. I'm a general surgeon and the digestive system in the Hospital de Madrid. We must exercise and develop the flexibility and tolerance. It can be very firm with the behaviors and kind people. I am Catholic. I have just published a leading Wood (Empresa Activa) IMA SANCHIS - 18 / 10 / 2004 - Over 25 years practicing as a surgeon. Bottom line? "I can attest that a person excited , committed and confident in itself can go far beyond what one would expect for his career. - Psiconeuroinmunobiología ? "Yes , it is the science that studies the connection between thoughts, words , attitudes and human physiology . A connection that challenges the traditional paradigm. Thought and speech are a form of vital energy that has the ability (and has been shown in a sustainable manner ) to interact with the body and produce physical changes deep. - What is it? " It has been shown in several studies than a minute left to entertain a negative thought the immune system in a delicate situation for six hours. The distress , the sense of permanent burden , produces some surprising changes in the functioning of the brain and hormonal constellation . - What kind of changes? "He has the ability to damage neurons in the memory and learning are located in the hippocampus. And it affects our intellectual capacity because it leaves no blood supply to those areas of the brain most needed to make sound decisions. - Do we have resources to fight the enemy within , or thing that is wise? "A valuable resource against the concern is to bring attention to abdominal breathing alone has the ability to produce changes in the brain . It promotes the secretion of hormones such as serotonin and endorphins and improves tuning of brain rhythms between the two hemispheres. - Change the mind through the body ? "Yes . You must remove the focus of those thoughts that we are changing , causing discouragement , anger, or concern, and make our decisions depart from an inadequate view . It is more intelligent, more reasonable , keeping the focus on breathing, which has the ability to calm our mental state. - You say you do not have to be reasonable ? "I always find reasons to justify our bad mood , stress or sadness, and that is a particular line of thought. But when we rely on how we live , ie, no sadness, another line . More important are the what and why to the how. What the heart wants to feel , the mind has just shown. - Pile . "When our brain gives meaning to something, we live as the absolute reality , without being aware that only one interpretation of reality. - More resources .... "The word is a form of vital energy. It has been photographed with positron emission tomography decided how people talk to themselves in a more positive , specifically people with mental disorders , managed to physically reshape their brain structure , specifically the circuits that generate these diseases. - Can we change our brain with good words? -Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Nobel prize for medicine in 1906 , said something extremely powerful that once thought it was a metaphor. Now we know that is literal : ' Every human being, if it proposes can be sculptor of his own brain . " - ¿ Seguro that the fuss? - No. Depending on how we talk to ourselves shape our emotions , which change our perceptions. The transformation of the observer ( us) alters the process observed. Do not see the world is that we see the world . - we talk about philosophy or science? "Words alone activated amygdaloid nuclei . They can activate, for example , the nuclei of fear that transform hormones and mental processes. Scientists at Harvard have shown that when the person is able to reduce the cacophony inside and enter the silence , migraines and pain can be reduced coronary 80%. - What is the effect of words unspoken ? " We often confuse our views with the truth , and that is transmitted : the perception goes beyond reason. According to studies by Albert Merhabian , University of California ( UCLA) , 93 % of the impact of a communication is below consciousness. - Why are we so hard to change? "Fear keeps us from leaving the comfort zone , we tend to the security of the known, and that attitude prevents us from realizing . To grow you must leave the area. - Most of the acts of our lives are governed by the unconscious. " We react according to some automation that we have incorporated . We believe that spontaneity is a value, but first there must be spontaneity preparation, but there are only automatic . I am increasingly convinced of the power of the mind training . - Give me a clue. Change - trained habits of thought and integrity to honor his own word. When we say 'I will do this' and we do not physically alter the brain. The greatest potential is consciousness. - See what is and accept it. "If we accept ourselves for who we are and what we are , we can change. What resists persists. Acceptance is the core of the transformation.