Cover of the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9 - The power of the mind for the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Read the rest of the article. Find out how the following can affect health.

Answer

  • emotional reactions: we can train ourselves to react calmly rather than emotionally to pain
  • exercise in old age: if we decide that we want to exercise or do sport, we can continue to do it well into old age
  • hypnotherapy: it can save you from using drugs in operations and help you to recover quickly
  • meditation: can have a positive effect, e.g. stops monks getting cold
  • nocebos: they cause illness because you think they will
  • placebos: you get better because you believe the pills will make you better