As parents, it can be difficult to know what the best course of action is for our children with autism. We often look for anything that could be helpful in improving their health and wellbeing. That's why so many people are curious to hear more about energy healing as a potential option. The body is a complex machine made up of electrical, chemical and mechanical components, so it makes sense that electrical energy, chemicals and movement all work together to affect our health. Investigating energy healing may provide some new useful insights as you search for ways to help your child with autism improve their mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
Furthermore, there is more to human beings than simply being machines. We are emotional creatures with the capacity for thought and learning. Energy healing may provide an additional approach for supporting the development of children on the autism spectrum, as well as bringing comfort, care and compassion to those who require it.
Do you feel sceptical about energy healing as a potential therapy for autism? If so, you are not alone. There is a wide range of opinions surrounding the effectiveness of energy healing, and this can make it difficult for parents to decide if it is worth pursuing. Many people swear by the benefits of energy healing and have had positive experiences, while other people believe it does not work at all.
I'm sure that not all energy healing techniques work. If there are energy therapies that do work, not every practitioner of that technique has success. For those reasons, I'm not going to get caught up in the weeds debating each case and each person's opinion. I'm just going to keep it simple and explore if there's evidence of energy healing working at all. If there's at least one technique and one person that uses the technique with success, then it's possible. If it's possible, we need to improve the use and access of energy healing.
Whether you believe in the possibility of energy healing, or complete deny the possibility exists, we need to keep the conversation intelligent. The modern way of the sceptic is to use less scientific arguments and emotionally degrade the other side.
With that in mind, I'm going to list some common arguments against energy healing, that just deserve rolling of the eyes. These aren't helpful, unless you're just trying to confuse people and steer them away from exploring alternative ways to improve health.
- People that believe in energy healing are just tin-foil hat-wearing idiots.
- My friend had 5 Reiki sessions, and didn't have any improvement, so energy healing doesn't work.
- Energy healing can't work, therefore it doesn't work.
- If people think energy healing works, then it's just the placebo effect, because energy healing does nothing.
- There's no evidence that energy healing works.
None of the arguments above arguments hold any weight. Some people have the view that science is settled, so if it did work, we would know for sure and have clinical trials to back it up. The reality is, clinical trials are expensive, so they will probably never be done for any form of energy healing. Clinical trials are worth the investment if there's a multi-million dollar market and the product is patentable, so that the manufacturer has exclusivity of the product.
A true scientist remains curious, asks questions and investigates. Forming a conclusion before these steps are done holds no weight. If people believe that a molecule is needed to improve health, and electromagnetism or other forms of energy cannot, they lose their curiosity, don't ask questions or investigate.
There are many people that have reported health improvements after using energy healing. This doesn't mean the energy healing was directly responsible for this improvement, however. For example, the healing may be due to the placebo effect where the person had a positive expectation of the healing and this resulted in their improved health through the power of positive thought.
Whether it's the placebo effect or the healing energy, does it really matter? Isn't being healed the important bit?
As a parent, you want to do whatever you can to help your child live the best life they possibly can. While the debate of whether healing is caused by placebo effect or actual healing energy continues on, all that matters is that your child improves. Isn't this the most important part?
For the individual, it really doesn't matter, but for us trying to decide if energy healing is worth our time and money, it does matter. We want to know if we should try energy healing.
So, is there solid scientific evidence of positive effects of energy healing?