Cancer Is Linked To Unexpressed Anger
"When we think about cancer, we think of the disease and how it affects someone. The focus is generally on the numerous types of cancers and a variety of genetic and environmental factors that have been identified as potential causes."
Did you know that cancer also has emotional roots? There is
one major contributor to the disease that is almost always overlooked:
repressed emotions and unexpressed anger.
The stress hormone (Cortisol) can be caused by emotional
triggers. Suppression of this hormone can decrease a person’s level of immune
response.
Elevated levels of cortisol have been found to directly suppress
the immune system. When the immune system is not functioning properly, normal
cells can mutate into cancer cells. The more you suppress your negative
emotions, the more susceptible you are to cancer manifesting in your body.
A number of studies have been done on the subject and Alternative
Cancer Care notes the link between repressed anger and cancer. Another study
from the King’s College Hospital in London found “a significant
association between the diagnosis of breast cancer and a behavior pattern,
persisting throughout adult life, of an abnormal release of emotions.”
Other researchers from the University of Rochester and
Harvard School of Public Health found that people who suppress anger have a 70
percent higher risk of dying from cancer. A University of Michigan
study found that suppression of anger predicted earlier mortality in
men and women.
The University of Tennessee showed that suppressed
anger was a precursor to developing cancer, while the California Department of
Health Services and NHI showed an increase in death from cancer for
those who suppressed their anger.
Research at California Breast Cancer Research Program at
Stanford University showed that powerful emotions cause a flood of cortisol
that predicted early death in women with breast cancer.
How Emotional Stress Causes Cancer At The Cellular Level
Phase 1: Inescapable shock
In this phase, a person experiences a severe emotional
trauma or shock 18-24 months prior to the cancer diagnosis. The trauma affects
deep sleep and the production of melatonin in the body. Melatonin inhibits
cancer cell growth. When this part of the emotional reflex center of the brain
is damaged as a result of the emotional trauma, the organs begin to break down,
which can lead to cancer.
Phase 2: Adrenalin depletion
Elevated stress hormones deplete adrenaline levels in the
adrenal glands. The body already has limited reserves of adrenaline, and
emotional stress depletes those reserves rapidly. This can start phase three,
the spreading of cancer-fungus, causing cell mutation.
Phase 3: The Cancer Fungus
During this phase, tiny microorganisms necessary for life
(called somatics) that live in our body change into a yeast-like fungus to
ferment excess glucose and lactic acid in cells. The fungus then migrates
to the cell nucleus to reproduce, releasing acidic waste products called
“mycotoxins,” which inhibit cell DNA repair and the production of all-important
tumor suppressor genes. Without the tumor suppressor genes to regulate cell
death, the cells then mutate into cancer cells.
Phase 4: Niacin Deficiency
The depleted adrenaline levels cause a depletion of dopamine
in the brain. Dopamine creates adrenaline and, as more dopamine is used during
prolonged stress, amino acids create serotonin to offset a person’s mood. The
problem is that this results in a depletion of tryptophan which is needed to
synthesize niacin for cell respiration. Normally tryptophan converts niacin
into enzymes that are used for cell respiration, glucose conversion, and the
creation of ATP energy. Without niacin, the cell will ferment glucose instead,
resulting in cell mutation and the formation of cancer.
Phase 5: Vitamin C depletion
During chronic stress, the adrenal glands also release
Vitamin C into the body to diminish the stressful impact on the heart and blood
pressure systems. Vitamin C is essential for preventing cell DNA converting oxygen
waste products into oxygen and water within the cell. The continual loss of
Vitamin C during stress increases cell mitochondrial DNA damage and mutation,
causing normal cells to mutate into cancer cells.
Phase 6: Immune Suppression
The immune system is suppressed by elevated cortisol levels.
An individual experiencing severe prolonged emotional stress is exhausted, and
therefore their adrenals and thyroid are fatigued. Mineral levels are depleted
as stress decreases the amount of minerals in the body. Minerals are needed for
the immune system to function. The immune system begins to weaken and stop
production of interleukin-2-producing T cells, B cells, natural killer cells,
macrophages, and neutrophils. Without immune system cells,
viral-bacterial-yeast-like fungus that are pleomorphic within cells continue to
grow and newly created cancer cells continue to multiply.
There is no question as to the role of negative emotions on
health, especially when they are repressed. The research leads us to come to
what could be a life-saving conclusion. If you are angry, find a healthy way to
express it. Holding onto it really could be deadly.
Some healthy ways to express anger include:
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