Ali Milligan

The primary message of the movie is that stress and negative thinking cause illness and/or prevent recovery from illness. As a result I left feeling *incredibly* stressed..about my stress. There is a variety of evidence that suggests we will be better off if we believe stress is good for us since it serves as a motivator to change things in your life for the better. Additionally they kept referencing the fact that studies show that medicine is only slightly more effective than placebo..well yes exactly that’s why they do studies against a control group..to ensure the treatment is more effective than placebo. Did not make any sense. Overall though it shifted my thinking about modern western medicine, there really is so much more to learn about the human body and its relationship to the mind.