How psychological factors like stress influence immunity and their potential implications are discussed in this video. What they have found or what they believe is that when the body has a cold or infection, the release of proinflammatory cytokines by the immune system takes place to fight the intruder and this fight is what causes the symptoms we feel. However if the body is under a state of stress then these symptoms are in overdrive. Which also means that if you are fighting something like allergies and have a skin condition where the body is constantly trying to heal itself and couple that with you are in a stressful state, then recovery process will take place, but at a significantly slower pace then it may otherwise. This seems to make sense, while I have not heard this stated in this manner. I experience this first hand, as I have allergies, and eczema, when I am stressed they do worsen and fairly quickly it seems. Also when I am in a state of high stress and a cold comes on I have noticed that it takes me significantly longer to recover than it used to. The whole mind body connection is very fascinating and is always intriguing especially being a body worker and seeing how much interconnectedness there truly is.
Interconnectedness, indeed, Buck. It seems clear that, given the context of this course, the video suggests that the immune system and psychology have an interplay. How are psychologists pursuing this relationship in current research?
In an aside: TA's: I'm relatively sure you read these, which is nice. Sometimes these internet readings bring up more questions than they answer. Is the point of commenting on them simply to prove that we've read them?
We most definitely read these postings. As a student we want you to think critically and that is the point of your comment. I personally want to know who is truly involved and thinking critically in the class versus who is "simply proving they have read them". The latter does not receive the higher grade. Keep being critical, we cannot prove anything. As scientists we only look to falsify (Broida, 2011)!
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How psychological factors like stress influence immunity and their potential implications are discussed in this video. What they have found or what they believe is that when the body has a cold or infection, the release of proinflammatory cytokines by the immune system takes place to fight the intruder and this fight is what causes the symptoms we feel. However if the body is under a state of stress then these symptoms are in overdrive. Which also means that if you are fighting something like allergies and have a skin condition where the body is constantly trying to heal itself and couple that with you are in a stressful state, then recovery process will take place, but at a significantly slower pace then it may otherwise.
This seems to make sense, while I have not heard this stated in this manner. I experience this first hand, as I have allergies, and eczema, when I am stressed they do worsen and fairly quickly it seems. Also when I am in a state of high stress and a cold comes on I have noticed that it takes me significantly longer to recover than it used to. The whole mind body connection is very fascinating and is always intriguing especially being a body worker and seeing how much interconnectedness there truly is.
Interconnectedness, indeed, Buck. It seems clear that, given the context of this course, the video suggests that the immune system and psychology have an interplay. How are psychologists pursuing this relationship in current research?
In an aside: TA's: I'm relatively sure you read these, which is nice. Sometimes these internet readings bring up more questions than they answer. Is the point of commenting on them simply to prove that we've read them?
Hi Josieda!
We most definitely read these postings. As a student we want you to think critically and that is the point of your comment. I personally want to know who is truly involved and thinking critically in the class versus who is "simply proving they have read them". The latter does not receive the higher grade. Keep being critical, we cannot prove anything. As scientists we only look to falsify (Broida, 2011)!
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