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WHY DO WE GET SICK?
— Is it a form of punishment or karma?

— Is
it a call to action for personal growth and
spiritual development?

— Why do some people get sick while

others don¶t?

— Where does illness comes from?

— Am I creating my illness?
ILLNESS, BENEFITS & SECONDARY GAINS
— Get sympathy

— Avoid work and responsibilities

— Avoid arguments and personal conflicts

—A way to get attention and care

— Illness as means of holding on to someone

— Illness as means of pushing others away

— Illness as means to avoid intimacy

ILLNESS & CHANGE IN IDENTITY
— From Healthy to Sick

— From future oriented mind

to present oriented

— From Earning to Depended

— From Productive to Disabled

— From Contributing to Need of Care

— From a social being to isolation

ASK & LEARN ABOUT YOUR ILLNESS
— What do you gain by being sick?
‡Comfort
‡Sympathy
‡Attention

— What do you avoid by being sick?

‡Responsibility
‡Conflicts
‡Making decisions

— What do I control by being sick?

‡Personal level
‡Work level
‡Social level
 ILLNESS & OUR EMOTIONS
— Theterm Psychoneuroimmunology (
m0 was
coined by Dr. Robert Ader in 1975.

— PNIis the study of the interaction between

psychological processes (primarily stress0 and ! 
! of the human
body.

— PNI = Y
Y
is an approach to

healing that harnesses the power of thoughts,
beliefs, and emotions to affect health positively
(Cassileth 19980
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, SELF-BLAME & GUILT
— PNI or Mind-body approach may
unintentionally create the notion that people
are responsible for their illnesses because
they lack the proper mental attitude; aside
from being scientifically inaccurate, such
blame can induce feelings of distress and guilt
(Castleman 19960.

— Moreover, if this is so, then they should easily

be able to change this negative behavior.
EMOTIONS & ILLNESS (CONT0
— Whichemotions create actual physiological
change and disease?

— EmotionalPatterns and Psychological Factors

such as hopelessness, grief over deprivation,
anger, resentment, shame and guilt reveal the
areas in which we need healing the most.

— Which emotions should we avoid?

EMOTIONS = REACTION
— Stress or anxiety ± (Shortness of breath, heart
palpitation, dizziness0

— Intense Fear & Anger ± (Frequent urination or

diarrhea, sweating, tremors and twitches0

— Sadness & Hopelessness ± (Fatigue,

Insomnia0

— Guilt, Shame & Embarrassment ± (stomach

upset, nausea, blushing, hot flashes0
CONCLUSION (A0
— Chronic illness and
especially cancer is
an invitation to choose
between making a
stand for our lives,
grow and evolve as
people or succumb to
Illness and vanish.
CONCLUSION (B0
— Bylistening to the conditions illness created
within the body we are given a rare
opportunity to learn our personal internal
language, the way your soul speaks to us
through the body.

— Listen and you shell heal.

YOUR BODY'S SECRET LANGUAGE
— Stomach and digestion are your physical
assimilation process. Digestive problems occur when
you have an inability to 'digest' or absorb what is
going on in your environment or inside your head or
heart.
(Excerpt from Louis Hey ± Heal Your Body0
YOUR BODY'S SECRET LANGUAGE
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— Chronic pain: Resentment and bitterness
cause inflammation and pain. Stubborn,
inflexible resentment goes to the knees and
joints--the parts of your body designed to be
flexible. Arthritis is bottled-up hurt.

(Excerpt from Louis Hey ± Heal Your Body0

YOUR BODY'S SECRET LANGUAGE
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— Cancer is a deep secret, hatred, guilt, or
grief 'eating away' at you. Breast and
uterine cancer reveals a lack of nurturing or
self-nurturing in your life, or an inability to
nurture others.

(Excerpt from Louis Hey ± Heal Your Body0

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With joy,
Avinoam Lerner, CH