This weekend, as I read Maya Tiwari’s story of how she fought and ultimately won over terminal cancer, I came upon an interesting statement. She said that through her ten surgeries, she had full faith in the doctors, and trusted that they would cure her. During her tenth surgery, she realised that unless she went away from the medical establishments, she would certainly die. She realised that her fate was in her hands.

It is a mistake most of us often make. A lot of the people I know, believe that doctors can always be counted on, to solve one’s health problem. I wish that were true. Allopathy doctors are here to numb our symptoms – but the cause still remains.

Nevertheless, the point I’m trying to make here is, that your health is your responsibility. You are not a victim of a disease. You only fall sick when you subconsciously/ consciously want to, and the moment you realise it, you will either stop falling sick, or your sickness will stop affecting you as much it now does.

Sickness is not a problem, it is just an indication that something is wrong, either in your mind, or in your lifestyle. Often, an illness is your body’s way of begging you to pay attention to certain aspects. What do you do? You pop a pill and forget about it. And what does your body do? It finds another disease.

It is time we owned up to our health problems and took the initiative to cure ourselves. In most occasions, a simple determination to get alright, works. In other cases, we can let our bodies guide us towards the right kind of foods. I have seen many worry about their health, resist their disease too, but never take any action towards eliminating it. That is what I call a pseudo-concern. Your worry is your way of convincing yourself that you’re trying to become ok. A balanced approach would be to accept the disease or the pain, and take proactive steps to improve the condition.

I usually discourage the use of antibiotics because they weaken the body by doing its fighting for it. Painkillers work by simply numbing the pain signals to the brain. After all, no one can cure you but yourself, and if you have to take help, you might as well turn to a wholistic system of healing which will strengthen your body in the long and short run.