Title: Mapping How Emotions Manifest in Your Body | EFT Benefits
Headings: Imaging Technology Finally Reveals How Emotions Manifest in Your Body
Imaging Technology Finally Reveals How Emotions Manifest in Your Body
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By Dr. Mercola
Mapping How Emotions Manifest in Your Body
The Mind-Body Connection
EFT Can Be Used to Counter Effects of Negative Emotions
Stress Takes a Heavy Toll on Your Gut
Make Stress Management Part of Your Lifestyle
Syncing Your Body and Mind

Content: Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences3)
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The Mind-Body Connection
It’s interesting to note that certain emotions are known to be associated with pain in certain regions of your body, even though science cannot give an explanation for why. For example, those suffering from depression will often experience chest pains, even when there’s nothing physically wrong with their heart. Extreme grief (or any other extremely stressful event) can also have a devastating impact—not for nothing is the saying that someone “died from a broken heart .” In the days after losing a loved one, your risk of suffering a heart attack shoots up by 21 times! While the mechanics of these mind-body links are still being unraveled, what is known is that your brain, and consequently, your thoughts and emotions, do play a role in your experience of physical pain, and can play a significant role in the development of chronic disease. For example, previous studies have linked stress to lowered immune system function, increased blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and altered brain chemistry, blood sugar levels, and hormonal balance. It has also been found to increase the rate at which tumors grow. 4 One of the reasons for this has to do with the way the biological stress response promotes inflammation in your body. When you're stressed, your body releases stress hormones like cortisol, which prepare your body to fight or flee the stressful event. Your heart rate increases, your lungs take in more oxygen, your blood flow increases, and parts of your immune system become temporarily suppressed, which reduces your inflammatory response to pathogens and other foreign invaders.