"MY allergies are killing me this year.” “MY back pain is awful."
"MY chronic bronchitis is getting so much worse."
"MY cancer is in remission. I hope it stays that way."
Every time you utter the word “MY” attached to a pain, disease, or illness, you personalize an illness, the more power you give it to stick around.
Why it is so and what you should do instead?
Scientists have proven that reality is actually just waves coming together to create that which we experience as physical life. Research has shown that the specific frequency (wavelength) of words and beliefs manifests specific pain or illnesses.
Since every word has a unique frequency, word choice is critical to the healing process. When you personalize an illness by using words like “MY” or “I AM,” you take ownership of it; it is literally YOURS. The more you take ownership of it, the more entrenched it becomes in your body and your reality.
Do you really want a disease or pain to be yours? Not if you want to heal.
People spend tons of time on health boards devoted to “their” illness. When they sign each of their posts with their date of diagnosis, current medications, medical procedures done, and current statistics, they actually have made the illness their identity.
If you want to remain sick, that is fine. But if you actually want to heal from said illness, it is a problem.
Why? Your subconscious mind believes whatever you tell it, so whatever you decide IS your identity STAYS your identity until you decide to change it.
For instance, if you identify yourself as shy, you will stay shy until you take action to be outgoing. If you identify as angry, you will stay angry until you actively decide to be calm.
Likewise, if you identify yourself with a certain illness which your whole life revolves around, your subconscious has no reason to try to heal you; as far as it is concerned, you are happy being ill.
It is this very shift in thinking that inspires life-changing organizations to help their members use present-tense terms for who they are now. For instance, most smoking cessation programs encourage members to change from saying “I am trying to stop smoking” to “I am a non-smoker”
Notice the difference? The first sentence is still identifying with the problem and unsure of change, in the second, the change has already occurred. You are already a new identity, even in the midst of changing.
Try doing the same with any illness or pain. Shift from “I am trying to heal from…” to “I am healthy now.” Detach yourself completely from the “ill identity” or any question about your healing. You are simply healed.
Have you ever been around someone who seems to only talk about their illness? Or who seems to work their illness even into conversations with strangers?
This is not a person who has a high chance of healing!
Just as identifying with an illness does, talking incessantly about it anchors it into your system and empowers it. Basically, you are just tuning your frequency into the illness over and over again.
To shift to healing mode, choose to not discuss pain or illness in any interaction for the next week. Instead, focus on asking others about their lives and really listen. Take the focus of you and focus on your connection with others; you will be amazed how much better you feel.
If people are so used to identifying you with your illness that it is all they ask about, learn to change the topic with kindness. Use phrases like, "Well, I am getting there. Thanks for asking! And how is everything with you/your child/your job/whatever?” or “You know, thanks for asking, but I am trying to focus on the good things going on in my life. For instance, did you see my awesome rose bush/new car/funny pet/whatever?"
It is possible to talk about an illness without owning it. Let us change the four "owning" sentences at the start of this article to "healing" sentences: