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  1. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    I am uneasy about the suppressive nature of conventional medicine. If you look at the names of the most popular categories of drugs in use today, you will find that most of them begin with the prefix "anti." We use antispasmodics and antihypertensives, antianxiety agents and antidepressants, antihistamines, antiarrhythmics, antitussives, antipyretics, and anti-inflammatories, as well as beta blockers and H2-receptor antagonists. This is truly antimedicine-medicine that is, in essence, counteractive and suppressive. What
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  2. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    I have always believed that the primary function of doctors should be to teach people how not to get sick in the first place. The word "doctor" comes from the Latin word for "teacher." Teaching prevention should be primary; treatment of existing disease, secondary. I
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  3. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    I do not claim to have attained optimum emotional well-being. Actually, I think that may be a lifetime goal. For me it's an ongoing process that requires awareness, knowledge, and practice. I do know what good emotional health feels like, and that motivates me to keep at the practice.
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  4. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    In my view, prescribing antidepressant drugs is too often a quick and easy substitute for developing treatment plans that address the totality of health concerns and lifestyle factors that have an impact on wellness, including emotional wellness.
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  5. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time.
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  6. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    People who are contented and serene sleep well. They fall asleep easily, stay asleep, and wake refreshed. Conversely, people who are anxious, stressed, or depressed do not sleep well, and chronic insomnia is strongly associated with mood disorders. These are clear correlations, but what is cause and what is effect is not clear. Most experts agree that sleep and mood are closely related, that healthy sleep can enhance emotional well-being, while insufficient quantity or quality of sleep can adversely affect it.
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  7. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn through repetition to play golf and basketball or master a musical instrument, and that such practice changes the activity and physical aspects of specific brain areas.
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  8. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum-what I called emotional sea level-is nothappiness but rather contentment and the calm acceptance that is the goal of many kinds of spiritual practice.
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  9. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    I believe that it may be normal, healthy, and even productive to experience mild to moderate depression from time to time as part of the variable emotional spectrum, either as an appropriate response to situations or as a way of turning inward and mentally chewing over problems to find solutions.
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  10. Andrew Weil _ Spontaneous Healing

    Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time."
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