What illness might you be creating?

An interesting book that raises some questions about how your emotions can manifest into illness, is the Louise Hay book, 'Heal your body'. In it, she outlines various emotional distresses that are linked to a variety of common ailments. She also lists a variety of relevant affirmations that can assist with you clearing out the emotional stress and thus create self healing in the body.
The reason I bring the book up, is because recently I noticed something odd. Going for an eye test, I noticed that there were quite a lot of other people waiting to get glasses or tested. The shop also promoted hearing tests, and there seemed to be a reasonable amount of people waiting for this too.
I've also noticed an increase in the amount of people that are suffering from ear problems, myself included. The weather and various other factors can always be taken into consideration. However, what struck me is the following. What if, in the last number of months, with the various projections for the coming budget and doom and gloom, we simply don't want to see or hear about it any more? What if, after prolonged exposure to it all, listening to the forecast for employment and seeing the effects it has had on various people or yourself, you just want to stop listening and stop having it in your life.
Could it be that after many months of dealing with it, we are now seeing the emotional stress of our countries situation manifesting in everyone? It was interesting that there seemed to be a lot more people on crutches last year for some reason...quite possibly due to feeling ungrounded perhaps?
Either way there is something to consider in all of this. The biggest thing being that if such outside circumstances can take its toll on your health in any way, isn't it best to take control and release the dis-stress associated with it. In case you read this and find it resonating with something inside you, perhaps Louises book might be the best investment for a present this year!