Remember (see here) the Tel Aviv University study that showed positive thinking helped increase antibodies from vaccination? Now Bar-Ilan University scientists have found that 90% of people heal faster from skin inflammation injury by focusing on their pain. It increases the body’s immune response.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/feel-the-burn-90-of-people-heal-faster-by-focusing-on-their-pain-israeli-study/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02541-1