How do emotions affect physicality?

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The human mind and body are closely linked. Studies show that both positive and negative emotions affect not only the mental state but also the physical health of the body. Therefore, understanding the impact of emotions will help you take measures to manage it effectively.

1. What is emotional health?

Emotional health is part of mental health, which is considered the body's ability to cope with positive and negative emotions, including your perception of them. People with good emotional health often have effective coping strategies and don't let negative emotions affect their mental and physical health.
Emotional health is tied to physical health. Therefore, in people who are under a lot of stress, stress or negative emotions are at high risk of developing bad physical health problems. Because these types of emotions are the cause of negative and unhealthy behaviors. For example, some people like to smoke or drink alcohol to relieve stress, stress and this habit increases the risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
Emotional health has a lot to do with emotional regulation, awareness, and skills to deal with negative emotions. This is the same strategy used to improve emotional health in people with mental illness, depression, and stress. Some of the warning signs of emotional health that need attention are as follows:
Isolate yourself from family, friends and co-workers; Active energy per day is lower than usual; Too much or too little sleep; Eating too much or too little; Presence of paranoid, unrealistic thoughts; Reduced working efficiency; Frequent feelings of guilt, hopelessness, or worthlessness; Not taking care of yourself.

2. How do emotions affect physical and mental health?

There are many types of emotions in the emotional health system that affect physical and mental health. Among them, there are 5 common emotions as follows:
Happiness: Happiness index and good health always go hand in hand. Accordingly, happy emotions help your heart be healthier, strengthen the immune system and prolong life. Happiness also helps people overcome stress, which is the culprit of many dangerous diseases. Sadness: It is the cause of depression, weakens the immune system and gives rise to other diseases. People with depression also often experience insomnia, memory problems, and a reduced ability to make important decisions. Combined with stress or stress, depression can also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Anger : One of the human emotions that is related to frustration and discomfort in the body and is the cause of headaches, insomnia and digestive problems, skin and heart diseases. pulse or even a stroke. Anger can also worsen generalized anxiety disorder because it can cause you to fall into unhealthy thoughts. Fear: Is one of the types of emotions that affect the physical. When you are afraid, it can cause blood vessels to increase blood flow to the extremities, change the heart rate and blood circulation in the body, increase stress and anxiety. Disgust: One of the most difficult emotions to control. Unlike fear or anger, which can increase your heart rate, feelings of disgust lower your heart rate and even cause nausea and other digestive problems. Through this, it can be seen that emotions affect physicality in a positive or negative way. So being aware of your emotions and how they affect your body will help you figure out how to deal with these negative emotions and not let them affect your physical and mental health.

3. Some measures to help improve emotional health

There are many ways to help maintain, improve and enhance emotional health as follows:
Build a healthy and balanced lifestyle: You should build yourself a lifestyle that has a good balance between work and personal life. personnel, between resting and working, ensuring that everything is arranged in moderation and rationally; Stay in touch and create relationships with people: Community and relationships are important. Keeping in touch and building relationships will help you communicate and share with many people, especially with family and friends. This will help you reduce the pressure or tension in your heart because you don't know who to talk to; Mindfulness meditation: Meditation helps you to be more attentive to your thoughts and feelings, and that is key to emotional well-being; Watch how you talk about yourself: Psychology has shown that telling yourself negative things is seen as a prophecy about yourself or it just puts you in negative thoughts. So try to build a positive self-image with your words that will help your thoughts soon follow; Set goals and celebrate your achievements: Setting performance goals and creating a reward for yourself when you achieve them will help keep you motivated, and celebrate or celebrate your achievements when you complete them. setting a goal will help you feel positive about yourself and increase your confidence and positive energy; Limit the use of stimulants: Stimulants such as alcohol and beer are considered a way to numb emotions, so they are often used when there are negative emotions. However, they have adverse effects on health such as leading to liver, stomach, mental disorders...; Developing a recovery strategy: It means developing strategies to help you get through periods of negative emotions, stress or stress, thereby improving your body's emotional health; Get enough sleep: Studies show that lack of sleep reduces your ability to sense other people's emotions and your ability to process emotions; Exercise: Staying physically active for at least 30 minutes a day can help you improve your overall emotional health. The exercises do not need to be too difficult or at high intensity, instead some exercises such as walking, dancing around the house also bring many benefits; Find meaning in your life: Doing a job you love is one of the ways to help you find meaning in life. Besides, some simple activities such as taking care of pets, volunteering for passion... are also activities that give you a sense of meaning in life. So it is important to identify your passion, pursuing your passion and doing what you love is one of the factors that help you find meaning in life; Get help: In many cases, negative emotions are too great and you can't control and handle them on your own, it is extremely necessary to get help from a doctor or psychologist. set. You should consult your doctor for the most effective treatment. In summary, emotions have a connection with and affect physical health, so keeping your emotions happy, happy and mentally healthy will help improve the physical health of the body.

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Reference sources: webmd.com,, medicinenet.com, healthline.com