Abstract

Illness, whether acute or chronic, often impacts much more than just our physical health and well-being. The mind and body both play a role in coping with, recovering from, and preventing a wide range of illnesses. This relationship between our psychological selves and physical selves is often complex and, in some cases, is poorly understood, but that doesn’t make it any less important or revelatory. The investigation was designed to study the impact of self-healing practices, such as meditation, yoga, exercises, etc., on individuals whose daily life functioning is hampered with some sort of illness on life orientation and Positive benefit of their illness. The sample was collected through purposive sampling technique and consisted of 30 individuals both males and females who have difficulty in normal functioning due to their illness. The sample was divided into two groups i.e. those who practiced self-healing and those who didn’t practice self-healing. The tests administered were life orientation test – revised and silver linings questionnaire (Samantha C. Sodergren and Michael E. Hyland). The data was analyzed through t-test and results showed significant difference among individuals who practice self-healing practices and who don’t with respect to life orientation, however no significant difference was found with respect to the extent to which people believe their illness has had a positive benefit despite the negative consequences of being ill.