over reactive immune response is a TMS equivalent
I think we can train our immune response. Our mind have great power, with practice and enough exposure and time we can train our body and mind to accept just about anything life throw at us.
I remember the first sip of Budweiser taste terrible. Bitter and disgusting. The feeling of being drunk, the hangover... With enough time and exposure to alcohol one can raise one's alcohol tolerance from one can of beer to 10 in no time.
If you ask, all smoker will tell you their first cigarette doesn't taste very good. It burn their throat, they are gasping for air... with enough practice and time they can go from one cig. to a pack in a few weeks.
I read that some snake expert in Florida (everything happen in Florida) would deliberately inject his body with snake poison. Little by little his body is immune to snake poison. To the point that hospital can sometime use his blood to make anti-venom.
people in Thailand and Korea ate lots of hot peppers. The red pepper release the same burning chemical in everyone's mouth that eat it. Why then Thai love it and many western people would cry with running nose and watery eyes? Exposure, practice, acceptance... that's why.
During and after the Vietnam war, there is a big shortage of medical supplies. People would have surgery and tooth canal... without any anesthesia (I had one, never forget it). Our tolerance to pain are amazing. The following I copy from a blog of an American living in rural Thailand. He talked about his bee sting to a Thai man:
"I gained street cred at the local market, but quickly lost it when stung by a bee on the family porch. Of course a bee sting sounds sore to most, but yowing in front of a man who’s been stung by pretty much everything, makes me a bit of a sissy. “Have you ever been stung before Ta?” Fanfan translates his reply “Bees, spiders, centipedes, scorpions, a lot of scorpions”. “Y*** me! Ever been bitten by a snake?” Note, I was joking here. “Twice, green ones with brown tails, they’re dangerous”. “Crazy, so which one hurt the most?” “The rabid dog maybe. No, the catfish”. I had no idea catfish could even sting but apparently they have venomous barbs on their dorsal fins ( I Googled it). Ta continues “But none hurt as much as falling under the wheel of a buffalo cart. I shattered my upper arm”. Amazing, rural life sounds awesome fun."
We are much more powerful than we think. Most of the time if we Just accept our situation, let sometime past, keep on living and we will be able to handle just about anything throw at us.
