Emotion, therefore, is not just a feeling in the mind; it also affects the body. Fear and anger make the heart beat faster, raise blood pressure and cause changes in the metabolism. There is the case of a prize-fighter who was regularly awakened by angina pains because he used to dream of his fights, blow by below, and this caused great stress to him even in his sleep.
Some doctors believe that illnesses caused by tension and stress amount to well over 50 percent of all illness. Anxiety and tension appearing at frequent intervals wear away the nervous system. Similarly, illness, or death in a family, or the loss of a job, brings on a sense of neurosis which ultimately results in physical illness.
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