A Powerful Toxic Emotion That Will Make You Sick
A Powerful Toxic Emotion That Will Make You Sick
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New research suggests constant bitterness can make a person ill.
What is bitterness? It is anger, resentment, and disappointment at being treated unfairly. Bitterness can be based on one incident or life circumstances.
According to psychologist Dr. Carsten Wrosch, persistent bitterness when strong enough could affect a person's physical health.
Carsten Wrosch is a professor in Montreal's Concordia University Department of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Research in Human Development.
“When harbored for a long time,” Wrosch said, “bitterness may forecast patterns of biological dysregulation (a physiological impairment that can affect metabolism, immune response or organ function) and physical disease.”
“In order to deal with bitter emotions there is something required to enable a person to overcome the negative emotion — that something is forgiveness,” said Wrosch.
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The One Emotion that Extends Your Life
The One Emotion that Extends Your Life
Based on progressive research we find that what we think about and what we feel have far-ranging effects on our immune system.
One important part of our immune system includes the natural killer cell or NK cells. These are a type of lymphocyte and an important player in the war on invading bad microbes and mounting an immune attack to combat these bad microbes. NK cells are known to be protective against cancer. Some studies have documented that the less active your NK cells are the more rapid cancer progression and the more it spreads throughout the body.
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And guess what?
These important NK cells actually respond to your mood.
The most important emotion to boost these NK cells is laughter.
When you are feeling good, optimistic and happy your NK cells multiply exponentially!
If you are known pessimist, there is still hope for you.
A study done at the University of California showed th...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Blood Pressure
CBT and blood pressure
CBT stands for Cognitive behavioral therapy.
Is it possible that simply changing the way you think can have a positive effect on lowering blood pressure?Â
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The research appears to agree that CBT can lower blood pressure.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave. It's most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but can be useful for other mental and physical health problems (HBP).
Cognitive and behavior therapy can be used as an adjunct to medications to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
In one study, there was a significant reduction from baseline to the second post test assessment, in systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels from 134+/-9 to 123+/-8 mmHg and from 87+/-5 to 73+/-6 mmHg, respectively.
We live in a stressed world and it only makes sense that addressing those stressors via...
