No problem! Not annoyed in the slightest, I enjoy exploring this subject. However, since you mentioned the phrase &quot;miraculous healing&quot; I get the feeling that you&#x27;re ascribing an opinion to me that I do not have. You probably think most people who talk about the mind&#x2F;body connection to be miracle-believing nut-bags, but that&#x27;s not me. To me - a miracle is just a misunderstood event.<p>Saying that things heal in time&#x2F;nature is just another way of affirming that &quot;your body indeed has the ability to heal itself&quot;. But also consider the fact that placebos statistically quicken healing faster than nothing at all (e.g. just the passing of time). There&#x27;s just no way that placebos would be used as a reliable control measure without having tested them against the theory that the passage of time is enough. I believe that most clinical trials also include or are compared against groups of people that take no placebo and no drug.<p>It&#x27;s also been proven that the emotional pain in the mind can cause physical pain. And it&#x27;s been proven that depression can cause you to actually get sick. So, I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s a far leap to imagine that the mind can directly and significantly affect things in the opposite direction.