If you have faith, hold onto it tightly; if not, it can make a world of difference so I recommend seeking it out.
I second this advice whole-heartedly.
Counseling/medication may be needed at times to stabilize certain people, but as far as a long-term solution, religious faith is a uniquely effective mechanism for providing perspective/purpose, when there might otherwise be a perceived lack of meaning in life.
In particular, Christianity teaches that God loves us so passionately, that he took human form as Jesus Christ, and died for our sake, before resurrecting back to life, and offering us eternal life.
Scientific studies have found that religious faith or "spirituality" leads to better drug addiction and mental health outcomes. Prayer/meditation has been shown to have an effect on physical healing in many studies.
Breathing techniques are known to have many physical effects, and of course there is what has been described in Western medicine as the "placebo effect." Despite the common assumption, the "placebo effect" is a real physical effect, despite not having a known, concrete cause. Thus, it is quite real, not "fake."
This is related to the idea of "neural top–down control of physiology," or "brain over body," which has only been proven to be real in recent years.
Here is a video of the "Iceman" Wim Hof, a Dutch breath/temperature meditation expert, who submitted to a medical study where he was injected with dead bacteria, and intentionally altered his immune system and avoided becoming ill, through breathing techniques. The attending researchers recorded that Hof voluntarily increased his cortisol level and suppressed his inflammatory cells.
If you have faith, hold onto it tightly; if not, it can make a world of difference so I recommend seeking it out.
I second this advice whole-heartedly.
Counseling/medication may be needed at times to stabilize certain people, but as far as a long-term solution, religious faith is a uniquely effective mechanism for providing perspective/purpose, when there might otherwise be a perceived lack of meaning in life.
In particular, Christianity teaches that we are so important, that God took human form as Jesus Christ, and died for our sake, before resurrecting back to life, and offering us eternal life.
Scientific studies have found that religious faith or "spirituality" leads to better drug addiction and mental health outcomes. Prayer/meditation has been shown to have an effect on physical healing in many studies.
Breathing techniques are known to have many physical effects, and of course there is what has been described in Western medicine as the "placebo effect." Despite the common assumption, the "placebo effect" is a real physical effect, despite not having a known, concrete cause. Thus, it is quite real, not "fake."
This is related to the idea of "neural top–down control of physiology," or "brain over body," which has only been proven to be real in recent years.
Here is a video of the "Iceman" Wim Hof, a Dutch breath/temperature meditation expert, who submitted to a medical study where he was injected with dead bacteria, and intentionally altered his immune system and avoided becoming ill, through breathing techniques. The attending researchers recorded that Hof voluntarily increased his cortisol level and suppressed his inflammatory cells.
If you have faith, hold onto it tightly; if not, it can make a world of difference so I recommend seeking it out.
I second this advice whole-heartedly.
Counseling/medication may be needed at times to stabilize certain people, but as far as a long-term solution, religious faith is a uniquely effective mechanism for providing perspective/purpose, when there might otherwise be a perceived lack of meaning in life.
Scientific studies have found that religious faith or "spirituality" leads to better drug addiction and mental health outcomes. Prayer/meditation has been shown to have an effect on physical healing in many studies.
Breathing techniques are known to have many physical effects, and of course there is what has been described in Western medicine as the "placebo effect." Despite the common assumption, the "placebo effect" is a real physical effect, despite not having a known, concrete cause. Thus, it is quite real, not "fake."
This is related to the idea of "neural top–down control of physiology," or "brain over body," which has only been proven to be real in recent years.
Here is a video of the "Iceman" Wim Hof, a Dutch breath/temperature meditation expert, who submitted to a medical study where he was injected with dead bacteria, and intentionally altered his immune system and avoided becoming ill, through breathing techniques. The attending researchers recorded that Hof voluntarily increased his cortisol level and suppressed his inflammatory cells.