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Question: Hello Doctor, please read the question carefully and try to understand the situation exactely. I know that you will recommend that i see a psychologist. But i wanna know the answer of this question. Please answer the question that i asked related to your speciality. I listened to a sad music through headphones. And bad memories popped up in my head. I tried to avoid them and just focus on the song and by doing that i was doing an effort and a pressure on my mind. So i felt a physical pain in my brain due to the effort and the pressure that i did to avoid the bad memories and just focusing on the song. My stress level and anxiety were very high. And suddenly an idea that i will develop brain cancer popped up in my head, because of that physical pain that i felt because of the overthinking and pressure on my mind that i did to avoid the bad memories and focusing just on the song. I know that it is an OCD thought but i want you to answer me on this question: When i listen to a sad song ; (my sadness level is high - my stress level is high - my anxiety level is high - bad memories - overthinking and pressure on my mind to forget the bad memories and this causes me to feel pain in my brain ) can this situation causes me brain cancer in the future??? i.e can this pressure on my brain to forget the bad memories and overthinking that i did when i was listening to that song (and caused me to feel a physical pain in my brain) ; can this be sufficient to damage the DNA or cause mutation in some or one cell in the brain and causes brain cancer?? Can this situation above that i did spontaneously be enough or so fatal to cause DNA to change or causes genes mutation? Or brain cancer just need more complicated process to occur more than just this situation???? ( overthinking and try to avoid bad memories while listening to a sad music with a high stress and anxiety levels and feeling physical pain in the brain due to that) Please Doctor i know that my question and my situation are a little complicated, take your time to answer me and please please try to understand my situation and my question and answer me a scientific answer! What can happen in brain and cells and DNA and genes when exposed to this situation ! Your answer will help me a lot because i can't do anything in my life anymore ! I know that the idea is so stupid and it is an OCD thought but i need to know the answer scientifically what happens at the cells level like i mentionned above! Thanks and waiting for your answer and sorry for making this to long.
Hello Doctor, please read the question carefully and try to understand the situation exactely. I know that you will recommend that i see a psychologist. But i wanna know the answer of this question. Please answer the question that i asked related to your speciality. I listened to a sad music through headphones. And bad memories popped up in my head. I tried to avoid them and just focus on the song and by doing that i was doing an effort and a pressure on my mind. So i felt a physical pain in my brain due to the effort and the pressure that i did to avoid the bad memories and just focusing on the song. My stress level and anxiety were very high. And suddenly an idea that i will develop brain cancer popped up in my head, because of that physical pain that i felt because of the overthinking and pressure on my mind that i did to avoid the bad memories and focusing just on the song. I know that it is an OCD thought but i want you to answer me on this question: When i listen to a sad song ; (my sadness level is high - my stress level is high - my anxiety level is high - bad memories - overthinking and pressure on my mind to forget the bad memories and this causes me to feel pain in my brain ) can this situation causes me brain cancer in the future??? i.e can this pressure on my brain to forget the bad memories and overthinking that i did when i was listening to that song (and caused me to feel a physical pain in my brain) ; can this be sufficient to damage the DNA or cause mutation in some or one cell in the brain and causes brain cancer?? Can this situation above that i did spontaneously be enough or so fatal to cause DNA to change or causes genes mutation? Or brain cancer just need more complicated process to occur more than just this situation???? ( overthinking and try to avoid bad memories while listening to a sad music with a high stress and anxiety levels and feeling physical pain in the brain due to that) Please Doctor i know that my question and my situation are a little complicated, take your time to answer me and please please try to understand my situation and my question and answer me a scientific answer! What can happen in brain and cells and DNA and genes when exposed to this situation ! Your answer will help me a lot because i can't do anything in my life anymore ! I know that the idea is so stupid and it is an OCD thought but i need to know the answer scientifically what happens at the cells level like i mentionned above! Thanks and waiting for your answer and sorry for making this to long.
Brief Answer:
No direct relationship is proven, but chronic long term anxiety may play a role
Detailed Answer:
Hello there!
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern!
Stress is known to be a possible contributor to several health issues. While there aren't studies linking it directly to cancer it has been hypothesized to increase the risk. It doesn't necessarily happen due to damage to the DNA, but it is thought to be due to stress weakening the immune system.
The immune system doesn't only help us fight infections, but it also recognizes cells with faulty DNA which may develop into tumors (our body creates such cells all the time, but the immune system identifies and destroys them).
Of course, it is not a question of a direct and identifiable effect, separated events like the ones you describe do not cause such immediate effect. But chronic stress and anxiety over the long term do affect the immune system. It is a minor effect, but it slightly increases the risk.
I hope to have been of help.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
No direct relationship is proven, but chronic long term anxiety may play a role
Detailed Answer:
Hello there!
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern!
Stress is known to be a possible contributor to several health issues. While there aren't studies linking it directly to cancer it has been hypothesized to increase the risk. It doesn't necessarily happen due to damage to the DNA, but it is thought to be due to stress weakening the immune system.
The immune system doesn't only help us fight infections, but it also recognizes cells with faulty DNA which may develop into tumors (our body creates such cells all the time, but the immune system identifies and destroys them).
Of course, it is not a question of a direct and identifiable effect, separated events like the ones you describe do not cause such immediate effect. But chronic stress and anxiety over the long term do affect the immune system. It is a minor effect, but it slightly increases the risk.
I hope to have been of help.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
Brief Answer:
No direct relationship is proven, but chronic long term anxiety may play a role
Detailed Answer:
Hello there!
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern!
Stress is known to be a possible contributor to several health issues. While there aren't studies linking it directly to cancer it has been hypothesized to increase the risk. It doesn't necessarily happen due to damage to the DNA, but it is thought to be due to stress weakening the immune system.
The immune system doesn't only help us fight infections, but it also recognizes cells with faulty DNA which may develop into tumors (our body creates such cells all the time, but the immune system identifies and destroys them).
Of course, it is not a question of a direct and identifiable effect, separated events like the ones you describe do not cause such immediate effect. But chronic stress and anxiety over the long term do affect the immune system. It is a minor effect, but it slightly increases the risk.
I hope to have been of help.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
No direct relationship is proven, but chronic long term anxiety may play a role
Detailed Answer:
Hello there!
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern!
Stress is known to be a possible contributor to several health issues. While there aren't studies linking it directly to cancer it has been hypothesized to increase the risk. It doesn't necessarily happen due to damage to the DNA, but it is thought to be due to stress weakening the immune system.
The immune system doesn't only help us fight infections, but it also recognizes cells with faulty DNA which may develop into tumors (our body creates such cells all the time, but the immune system identifies and destroys them).
Of course, it is not a question of a direct and identifiable effect, separated events like the ones you describe do not cause such immediate effect. But chronic stress and anxiety over the long term do affect the immune system. It is a minor effect, but it slightly increases the risk.
I hope to have been of help.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
Hi Doctor, thanks for your answer, so you say that this kind of situations that occur for a few minutes (regardless their feelings or the obsessions about them) can weaken the immune system but it is not enough to cause directly DNA or genes errors is it right??? And assuming that during this situation where the stress level and anxiety have weakened the immune system for a while and same errors occured in DNA or genes: when the immune system return to its normal status does it repair the errors???
Hi Doctor, thanks for your answer, so you say that this kind of situations that occur for a few minutes (regardless their feelings or the obsessions about them) can weaken the immune system but it is not enough to cause directly DNA or genes errors is it right??? And assuming that during this situation where the stress level and anxiety have weakened the immune system for a while and same errors occured in DNA or genes: when the immune system return to its normal status does it repair the errors???
Brief Answer:
Read below
Detailed Answer:
Hello again!
Regarding your first question, no those transitory situations do not cause any direct DNA errors, no, have no worry about that. Isolated episodes like that are harmless (apart from the momentary distress you experienced), no relation to malignancies.
As for the second question, there's no clear cut answer to that. As I said at the beginning it is a hypothesis which hasn't been proven by studies. There is always the possibility of immune system not being able to remove all tumoral cells, it is not a perfect response (with or without the issue of stress and anxiety) otherwise tumors wouldn't exist. But naturally addressing anxiety issues would help in restoring immune function to its best performance.
Read below
Detailed Answer:
Hello again!
Regarding your first question, no those transitory situations do not cause any direct DNA errors, no, have no worry about that. Isolated episodes like that are harmless (apart from the momentary distress you experienced), no relation to malignancies.
As for the second question, there's no clear cut answer to that. As I said at the beginning it is a hypothesis which hasn't been proven by studies. There is always the possibility of immune system not being able to remove all tumoral cells, it is not a perfect response (with or without the issue of stress and anxiety) otherwise tumors wouldn't exist. But naturally addressing anxiety issues would help in restoring immune function to its best performance.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
Brief Answer:
Read below
Detailed Answer:
Hello again!
Regarding your first question, no those transitory situations do not cause any direct DNA errors, no, have no worry about that. Isolated episodes like that are harmless (apart from the momentary distress you experienced), no relation to malignancies.
As for the second question, there's no clear cut answer to that. As I said at the beginning it is a hypothesis which hasn't been proven by studies. There is always the possibility of immune system not being able to remove all tumoral cells, it is not a perfect response (with or without the issue of stress and anxiety) otherwise tumors wouldn't exist. But naturally addressing anxiety issues would help in restoring immune function to its best performance.
Read below
Detailed Answer:
Hello again!
Regarding your first question, no those transitory situations do not cause any direct DNA errors, no, have no worry about that. Isolated episodes like that are harmless (apart from the momentary distress you experienced), no relation to malignancies.
As for the second question, there's no clear cut answer to that. As I said at the beginning it is a hypothesis which hasn't been proven by studies. There is always the possibility of immune system not being able to remove all tumoral cells, it is not a perfect response (with or without the issue of stress and anxiety) otherwise tumors wouldn't exist. But naturally addressing anxiety issues would help in restoring immune function to its best performance.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
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