[Andrew]

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Despre acel subiect am vorbit cu duhovnicul și m.am lămurit. Aici fac mai mult un studiu pentru curiozitatea mea . Legătura dintre păcat, suflet și creier.
Dar da, sunt totuși curios si pe acel subiect sa va aud părerea,e vorba de ipohondrie (nu asa în gluma) care te face sa crezi ca la orice mica boala sau durere ai cancer, și sa fi convins de asta pana nu ți se confirma de un doctor contrariul. E clar un dereglaj bio chimic și subt curios dacă duhovnicescul poate acționa asupra bio chimicului.

Cat despre cum poate acționa duhovnicescul asupra bio-chimicului, ei bine se poate acționa intr-o mare capacitate. Las aici cateva studii asa, ca să te convingi:

Prayer is a special form of meditation and may therefore convey all the health benefits that have been associated with meditation
Different types of meditation have been shown to result in psychological and biological changes that are actually or potentially associated with improved health. Meditation has been found to produce a clinically significant reduction in resting as well as ambulatory blood pressure,[2,3] to reduce heart rate,[4] to result in cardiorespiratory synchronization,[5] to alter levels of melatonin and serotonin,[6] to suppress corticostriatal glutamatergic neurotransmission,[7] to boost the immune response,[8] to decrease the levels of reactive oxygen species as measured by ultraweak photon emission,[9] to reduce stress and promote positive mood states,[10] to reduce anxiety and pain and enhance self-esteem[11] and to have a favorable influence on overall and spiritual quality of life in late-stage disease.[12] Interestingly, spiritual meditation has been found to be superior to secular meditation and relaxation in terms of decrease in anxiety and improvement in positive mood, spiritual health, spiritual experiences and tolerance to pain.[13]

Prayer may be supported by varying degrees of faith and may therefore be associated with all the benefits that have been associated with the placebo response
Clinically significant treatment gains have been observed with placebo in numerous disorders, including anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, tardive dyskinesia, ischemic heart disease, cardiac failure, Parkinson's disease and even cancer, among a host of other conditions.[14–20] Relevant to the context of prayer and healing, the placebo response is influenced by personality traits and behaviors such as optimism,[21,22] response expectancy,[23] motivational concordance (i.e., the degree to which the behavioral rituals of the therapy are congruent with the motivational system of the subject)[24] and degree of engagement with a ritual.[25]

Rezumat din: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2802370/

Sau asta:

Newberg identified several things he discovered about the effect of religious contemplation on the human brain. First, engaging in 12 minutes of personal reflection and prayer each day makes a profound impact on our brain. It strengthens a unique neural circuit that specifically enhances our social awareness and empathy and helps us love our neighbor by developing a heightened sense of compassion and subduing negative emotions.

Rezumat din: https://www.westmont.edu/how-faith-a...ive%20emotions.