Did you know your thoughts and emotions can affect your health.
Repressed emotions (especially fearful or negative ones) can zap mental energy, negatively affect the body, and can lead to health problems.
"The brain and peripheral nervous system, the endocrine and immune systems, and indeed, all the organs of our body and all the emotional responses we have, share a common chemical language and are constantly communicating with one another." – Dr. James Gordon (founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine)
Negative attitudes and feelings can create chronic stress, upset our bodies hormones and deplete brain chemicals required for our happiness, which can in turn lead to damage in our immune system. (Science has now identified that stress shortens our telomeres, the “end caps” of our DNA strands, which causes us to age more quickly.)
The good news is that positive attitudes—such as playfulness, gratitude, awe, love, interest, serenity, and feeling connected to others can have a direct impact on health and wellbeing and we can develop them ourselves with practice.
In the below article scientist Dr Barbara Friedrickson explains the physical and emotional benefits of positivity, including faster recovery from cardiovascular stress, better sleep, fewer colds, and a greater sense of overall happiness.
https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/living-positivity…
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