{"id":1260,"date":"2020-07-19T22:35:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T22:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2020-07-19T22:35:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T22:35:49","slug":"overcoming-fear-especially-when-health-is-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/?p=1260","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Fear: Especially when health is involved"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I questioned if I felt well enough to go on my morning bike ride.\u00a0 I did fine taking it easy pedaling yesterday morning but it would be within 48 hours of uncomfortable chest tightness and\u00a0 severe headache that put me to bed early Friday night and I just felt fatigued.\u00a0 But I also knew that this feeling needed to be faced head on in order to be silenced otherwise I may cave into unnecessary rest from self-pity.\u00a0 There’s no fever, there never was.\u00a0 It’s best to just try.<\/p>\n

I took it easy.\u00a0 Before I realized I felt just fine and made my usual loop.\u00a0 In fact, I decided to press forward to a less shaded area.\u00a0 I’m so glad I did.\u00a0 Otherwise, I would have missed this treasure.<\/p>\n

\"butterfly2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In the field of uncut grass a natural butterfly habitat enjoyed full activity.\u00a0 I stopped to observe,\u00a0 listen, and snap a few photos.\u00a0 What joy filled my being as the sun beat from above.\u00a0 The heat did not phase me because a\u00a0 greater happiness and peace surpassed it.\u00a0 But, I did need to safely bike home so I remounted and pedaled back past this:<\/p>\n

\"churchmoto\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nice cliche, but actually spot on.\u00a0 Then why are so many church going people hiding in fear?\u00a0 Why are there so many Bible Studies and accompanying books on anxiety flying off the shelves?\u00a0 Could it be that fear is a great motivator and money maker?<\/p>\n

I remember hearing men talk at church in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s about how good journalism was dying, publishing houses were being dissolved, and marketing with corporate management were taking over as the new world order in churches and non-denominational organizations.<\/p>\n

Then in the mid 1990’s-early 2000 I landed a job in the pharmaceutical industry where I was taught to use fear of malpractice as a tool to convince doctors to write products that I represented.<\/p>\n

But as I listened to the many medical meetings that I attended from the most humble to the grandest in San Francisco’s Convention Center I also heard that fear also mimics many a symptom or exacerbates a real condition to be worse than it is.\u00a0 To add to this I also heard\u00a0about the prevalence of misdiagnosis<\/a>\u00a0complicated this further.\u00a0 Oh like that’s not a factor right now with this COVID-19 crisis???<\/p>\n

Also there are\u00a0 variables like\u00a0\u00a0placebo effect<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s well documented in asthma, depression, irritable bowl syndrome, pain, and sleep disorders all are known to have placebo effect.\u00a0 How is affecting COVID-19 patients?\u00a0 Especially when they are quarantined or treated with healthcare providers in stealth protective clothing.\u00a0 There are so many variables in why patients heal, stagnate, or worsen in their said conditions.\u00a0 So much so that a field of\u00a0psychoneuroimmunology<\/a>\u00a0has emerged to study how the effect of one’s state of mind affects one’s health.<\/p>\n

Balance is the key I believe.\u00a0 That’s why I wrote about it in my book<\/p>\n

Rojo, The Baby Red Panda At The Zoo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n