Wish I had just this very basic understanding how healing works a year or two ago when I got interested in healing and started taking classes and doing web research.
Emotional upset appears to reduce the activity of compounds important to the healing process.
This finding may help explain why greater fear or distress before surgical procedures is associated with poorer results. The researchers measured concentrations of the stress hormone cortisol in the saliva of each subject. Women with the highest reported stress levels also had the highest cortisol levels. The findings may have important implications for the treatment of wounds and for patients undergoing surgery. The immune system may be extremely sensitive to even subtle changes in emotional health.