so it seems the natural state of the human body is to want to heal and be healthy. for example, the hole in my back is completely healed and looked like a small scar from a bug bite, you'd never know there were 2" of depth cut out of it. how did that happen in such a short amount of time? i told the nurse that really we're the same as lizards- when their tails get chopped off it grows back at an incredible speed and you would never know that days ago they were tail-less. she said in many ways we are liek lizards because our bodies are smart and they want to heal quickly to keep us functioning at the best level.
i thought this was interesting because our minds are part of our bodies but those often don't heal as fast. what controls this part?! are our minds stronger than our bodies innate power to heal?! i'm just dumbfounded by this.
Your observation about how sometimes the mind is slow to heal is very good. I think so too, sometimes a person might thought that he had forgotten about a past incident, but that thing is in his subconscious all the time and will influence his future likings and dislikings without his knowledge.
Posted by: EL | January 25, 2006 at 12:39 PM
Interesting thoughts.
I have to have a similar procedure Tuesday and I'm totally totally freaked out. Good to know how fast it healed!!! Thanks for being brave and sharing your thoughts and feelings on this, it's helped me get through this. I'm not good with this stuff at all. Yuck! I don't wanna go!
Posted by: irene | January 27, 2006 at 06:47 AM