November 18, 2016
(TheTruthAboutCancer.com) If you have been diagnosed with cancer, receiving real support from people who care is as important for your healing as good nutrition, eliminating toxins, and plugging in to the right cancer-healing modalities and protocols. In fact, being a part of a network of caring family members, friends, neighbors, community members, and health care professionals can turn on the “relaxation response.” The healing power of the relaxation response is backed by both psychological and physiological research.
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The Relaxation Response is the Opposite of the “Stress Response”
There are tangible biological and hormonal shifts that happen in the body when a person feels supported on their journey with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. You have probably heard of the “stress response” (also called the “fight or flight” response).
This is a cascade of stress-related hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol that the brain puts out when the limbic system (the primal part of the brain) is triggered by a real or “imagined” threat. When stress becomes chronic, cortisol levels stay…
