A lot of writing is little thought, let's think of all the old and lonely

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Does the human brain mix truth and fantasy when remembering? even if they are the most improbable imaginings. This is what American psychologists report at the symposium of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. But people think you all know it, or have heard about it, write from : You feel sick, but your doctor can't find an organic cause? You don't want to be labeled as an "imaginary sick person" or as mentally vulnerable? The body can react to stress, anger and fear with anything from a headache to an irritable bowel syndrome. Each organ introduces itself in this book and explains why it reacts with complaints. If you listen to what your head, heart, stomach or back say, you come much closer to solving the problem. The researchers led by Elizabeth Loftus from the University of California had considered the following experiment: Study participants had to do everyday things together with rather unusual ones: for example, toss a coin and then crush a chocolate heart with a dental floss container. Later, the subjects were asked to use their imaginations to imagine what else they had done that day: kissing frogs and similar bizarre things. Some time later, the psychologists asked the participants what they did that day. 15 percent said they actually did what they imagined. With this, Loftus shows that even the most bizarre actions can be proven true ? and not just everyday things as has been proven in other studies. The psychologist has been investigating for thirty years how much "false truths" can solidify in our brain as reality. Such results are particularly important when it comes to false statements in court and people testifying to things that only happened in their imagination. Why am I writing about this topic? This morning I heard on the radio that a telephone had been set up for lonely people, which was not considered, whole old people and nursing home inmates are calling, everything is overloaded! What Fails? This is how it is in many areas in today's Germany. What you imagine in your imagination affects your body and its organs. The following experiment aims to illustrate this fact impressively. To run the experiment: Imagine that you have a beautiful yellow and juicy lemon in front of you. Imagine that you are holding it and smelling it. You can smell the sourness through the peel. Now imagine cutting the lemon in half. The lemon juice spills out. You pick up half and smell it again. Now you can smell the acid much more clearly. And now imagine you take a hearty bite of the lemon. Now please do this imagination exercise. Close your eyes and imagine the above. What self-awareness have you gained? If you have pictured this in your imagination, then you have noticed two things about yourself: 1. Your mouth has increased saliva production and 2. You made a face. This experiment shows you two things: 1. Your thoughts and fantasies are forces that cause your body to respond. Your body and facial muscles responded as if you had actually bitten into the lemon. You felt like you had done what you really only imagined!! Note: Every thought, every idea, whether positive or negative, has an impact on your mental and physical well-being. 2. You can also see that your brain cannot distinguish between what you are actually experiencing and what you are imagining you are experiencing! Even though you know full well that you imagined it all, your imagination was real to your brain. You can tell by this: Your brain cannot tell if you are imagining something or if something is real. Important to know: Your brain does its work mindlessly like a computer. It doesn't care if something is reality or imagination. It processes every piece of information as if it were real. In computer terms, they say: garbage in, garbage out - which means that if you put garbage in, nothing useful can come of it. What is the significance of this self-knowledge for everyday life? Pay attention to your thoughts and ideas. Since your brain doesn't care if something is real or imagined, you have to take on this task. You have to check whether your thoughts and ideas correspond to reality. You feel mentally and physically what you think and imagine. You either control your thoughts or your thoughts control you. If you a If you are afraid, it is because you are introducing yourself and telling yourself that you are in danger. Your brain processes your anxious thoughts and images as if you are actually in danger, when you are probably just imagining or pretending you are in danger. So since your brain can't decide if you're in danger or if you just think you're in danger, you need to give it the all-clear by saying, for example, "I'm sure. It's fine." Your brain is a trusty servant but a miserable master. You have to make him understand what is reality and what is imagination. So pay close attention to your thoughts and ideas. You can't avoid negative thoughts running through your head, but you can prevent them from taking root and causing you lasting negative feelings. But you can also use this self-knowledge for your own good. If you remember beautiful moments that you experienced together with your partner, then the memory of these moments triggers the same positive body reactions as it did back then. Happy hormones are released and you feel connected to your partner. Hope you can distinguish positive from negative, but even that is difficult for many. Have a nice day, mfg Nikita Noemi Rothenbächer