1. the aspect being or substance.
2.the aspect of thought with the subdivisions of reason, feeling, emotion, desire, will.
3.the aspect of acting.
The mind has 3 divisions:
1.The conscious mind - the center of human thoughts, emotions,feelings, sensations, behaviours.
2.The subconscious mind - the center of habits, skills, behaviours, reflexes, conditional responses,
emotional reactions.
3.The higher conscious mind / universal mind - it controls the 'awareness of awareness.'
Definitions
Emotional well-being is defined as the ability to feel and
express the entire range of human emotions from anger to love and to control
them, not to be controlled by them.
Mental well-being is the ‘psychological state of someone who
is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioural adjustment.’
Physical well-being is defined as the optimal condition of
each of the body’s physiological systems.
The mind - body concept
The mind body concept is defined as the interaction that takes place between our thoughts, our body and our external world. A new science that studies this link is called psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) seeks to understand the complex communications between and among the nervous system, the psyche and the immune system and their implications for health. PNI describes ways in which our emotions and attitude, can affect our health and also the outcome of medical treatment.
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Psychosomatics
The term ‘psychosomatic’ refers to the connection or interaction between the body and mind. The terms psychosomatics (meaning that the mind can influence the health of the body) and psychogenic (meaning that mind can causes diseases in the body) interchangeably. Well-being integrates mental health (mind) and physical health (body) resulting in more holistic approaches to disease prevention and health promotion. In terms of health and wellness, the whole is made up of four components: mind, body, spirit and emotions. The holistic wellness is composed of the integration, balance and harmony of these four components.Power of emotions
Emotions are very strong feelings within the human mind. Emotions are
states of mind that arise as a result of specific life experiences. Emotions
are critical to our survival. There are 5 basic emotions: anger, fear, gladness,
sorrow and shame. These main emotions branch into secondary emotions, and then
branch into a third set, called tertiary emotions. Emotions have many facets: they involve
feelings and experience, they involve physiology and behaviour and they involve
cognitions and conceptualizations. Emotions change the way the human mind
solves problems. The emotional system changes how the cognitive system
operates. The emotions are neuropeptides that affect the functioning, reproduction
and health of the cell. Positive
emotions tend to open us up to our environment for exploration and discovery.
They encourage us to discover a purpose and seek intimacy. They help us to understand
others through empathy and compassion. They teach us our beliefs, desires and
values. Negative emotions can cause disease. Negative emotions can cause disease. Anxiety, depression, anger and frustration are some of the mind’s negative emotions that greatly affect the body’s health. Chronic stress may prevent body’s homeostasis and lead
to ill health.
Stressà FatigueàExhaustionà Lowered immunityà Ill health.
Mind –body medicine
The intimate connection between mental and physical health
has long been recognized; mental health can affect illness and disease while illness
may affect mental health. The mind-body medicine has provided evidence that
psychological factors can play a major role in reducing the risk of most major
diseases. There are four interacting information processing systems in humans:
the mind (the functioning of the brain), the endocrine system, the nervous
system and the immune system. These information processing systems become the
part of the mind-body network—nervous, hormonal, digestive, and immune— and
they communicate with one another via peptides and their receptors. The mind-body
network is composed of neuropeptides, short chains of amino acids that extend
“to every molecular corner of the body” and transmit messages across organs,
cells, tissues, and DNA. Over 100
molecules of neuropeptides have been identified that carry messages between the
brain, the endocrine system and the immune system. Neuropeptides therefore act
as a type of informational molecules that units and coordinates all the cells,
tissues, glands, organs and systems of the body. Their unique ability to modulate chemical and
physical responses in the body has earned them the title ‘healing molecule’. Peptide rich areas are not only present in the
brain, but also in the gut, that is why many of us experience emotions there as
“gut reactions.” Since there is undoubtedly bidirectional communication between
the brain and the body, thoughts and feelings may manifest as physical
symptoms. Our mind and emotions play a critical role in our health. Mind-body
therapies can help to improve psychological functioning and quality of life and
may help to ease symptoms of diseases. Mind-body medicine focuses on treatments
that promote health including relaxation, hypnosis, visual imagery, meditation,
yoga and biofeedback.
"There is no illness of the body apart from the mind." -SOCRATES
“Mind moves matter.” –VIRGIL, the Roman poet.
"A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full
description of a happy state in this world." - JOHN LOCKE,
Philosopher, 1693.
“Mind moves matter.” –VIRGIL, the Roman poet.
"A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full
description of a happy state in this world." - JOHN LOCKE,
Philosopher, 1693.
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