The Brain Is an Important Organ

It is Monday and a new day and week. The past is gone and we should be focusing on today and not worrying about what is happening in the future. I have been working at living by these words of wisdom.  They will set you free if you can get your mind to focus on what is happening right now.  I think for a lot of people worrying about what will happen in the future causes them great anxiety.  I have been guilty of this.  We miss the beauty of the day when we worry about the future.  Even if we have a bad day let it go like throwing away the trash.  Replace the thoughts with something positive that happened.  We can not change the past but we can react differently to situations that may have caused us pain in the past.  We can not control what others say but we can control how we react.

We all know stories about patients that recover quickly and others with the same illness that never get well.  My conclusion on this subject is the mindset.  The brain is a powerful organ. It controls our other body organs and yet it is to me the most overlooked organ at the doctor's office visit.  It is our own computer in our head that is controlling our body.  We call the computer geek to fix our laptop.  We are more worried about our laptops and phones crashing than our own brains.  So the people that are getting well faster perhaps have a healthier brain.  Do we look at the brain when people are ill?  Think about it...could an unhealthy brain affect a patients recovery.

I have seen situations where a patient is being treated for cancer and they are not doing well and have unhealthy thoughts.  No one addressed the brain and the fact that it is controlling all the organs, the mind and thoughts.  Where is the geek who fixes the brain our control center.  The brain is the center that stores our thoughts, controls our impulses, controls the neurological system, and identifies who we are.  The brain  is affected by past experiences, drugs we take, food we eat and injuries to the head.  We need to look at the whole person and certainly acknowledge the brain that is controlling us.  It can be treated and addressed as the other organs of the body are.

There are some doctors that address unhealthy thoughts and neurological problems when treating a patients with long term illness.  Those patients are the lucky ones that will hopefully live a happy and positive life.  They are not just an illness treated with drugs.  They are humans with a brain controlling them that deserves to be healthy.

My thoughts changed after I was treated for a B12 deficiency.  The brain relied on the B12 to produce healthy neurotransmitters.  I thank God everyday for the doctor that didn't treat my symptoms but treated the cause.  He searched for the cause of an anxiety and the exhausted person I had become.


For beautiful eyes look for the good in others,
For beautiful lips speak only words of kindness,
For poise walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Audrey Hepburn


Life is beautiful!!
Elizabeth