mental healing

noun

1. the healing of a physical ailment or disorder by mental concentration or suggestion.

mental healing

noun

1. the healing of a disorder by mental concentration or suggestion

Other Word Forms

• mental healer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mental healing¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

I had mental healing of my own to do, and I didn’t have the energy.

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Described as a family man and observant Jew, Rosenberg had launched a young adult center for mental healing at a hospital in Israel in memory of his late wife, Anna Rosenberg.

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Lotts is best know for his song “Mental Healing,” which has over 23 million views on YouTube.

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“I think we are dealing with an unprecedented level of emotional and mental healing that needs to happen as well.”

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On the 10th day, the shingles rash seemed to move to the left side, an erroneous conclusion disproved when doctors at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tomah discovered that it was Lyme disease, resulting from a deer tick bite - a downside to living in a rural wooded area for mental healing, he observed wryly.

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