If you were asked what causes poor health, you’d probably say things like eating “bad” foods, being overweight, not exercising, smoking, etc. You would also know that conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar can cut your life short.
What you may not think of as a malady is being unhappy.
According to research, happiness plays a key role in good health. If someone is unhappy in their job or socioeconomic status, it could cut seven years off their life. If they are happy, they could live longer and have a greater chance of avoiding disease.
Happy people also have stronger resistance to colds and flu, and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Those with anxiety suffer more chronic physical illness and worse symptoms.
Though good nutrition and regular exercise are the backbone to a healthy body, your mental attitude plays a huge role in your health. I’ve also noticed that people who are positive are better equipped to make lasting, lifestyle changes.
If you’re not happy, examine why. Is there something you can do about your situation? Can your outlook be changed to inspire more gratefulness?
As Martha Washington said, “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.”
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