Do emotions affect us even at a cellular level?
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Dr. Dean Ornish answered:According to Dr. Candace B. Pert, “Yes. And they do. They affect us even at a cellular level and also run every system in our bodies. ... The research I've been involved in for the last twenty years suggests that our emotions are intertwined with every aspect of our physiology. People in the conventional medical paradigm are currently talking about serotonin and neurons, and little tiny control centers for the emotions in the brain. But, in fact, the emotions originate as a field that flows all around and through the brain, glands, immune system, heart, and intestines, making up a complete informational network. So, the first thing is to not think about emotions as being isolated in the brain, and this gives us a paradigm for seeing how emotional health or emotional disease could impact on every aspect of our physiology.
"There are over a hundred different substances in the organism which we call informational substances. Many, but not all , are peptides - short strings of amino acids - that act at receptors on the surface of cells all over the body."
According to Dr. Candace B. Pert, “Yes. And they do. They affect us even at a cellular level and also run every system in our bodies. ... The research I've been involved in for the last twenty years suggests that our emotions are intertwined... More
