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Optimistic Heart
Depression, social isolation, anxiety, hostility, emotional stress.
When it comes to heart disease, the negative aspects of psychological functioning have gotten most of the attention. They have been shown to increase the chances of developing various sorts of cardiovascular disease, and that can make existing conditions worse. What about the flip side! Can happiness or an upbeat approach to life protect the heart and blood vessels? Folk wisdom says yes. But there's precious little hard data to back up this notion. A small number of studies have demonstrated that positive thoughts or an; optimistic outlook confer some protection. The latest contribution in this area looks at positive feelings.During the 15-year period following the health survey, far fewer people in the high emotional vitality group had a heart attack, developed angina or another form of coronary artery disease, or died of heart disease, compared with individuals in the low vitality group. The difference amounted to as much as three percent, which could translate into thousands of fewer cases of heart disease or deaths each year. Greater emotional vitality wasn't just a stand-in for less depression - its benefits remained after the researchers took depression into account. Instead, it seemed to exert its own special effect.
How could feeling energetic, having a sense of well-being, or being on an even emotional keel guard the heart? By counteracting stress, emotional vitality could calm the stress-induced arousal of the nervous system that boosts heart rate, elevates blood pressure, and activates inflammation and other heart disease-promoting processes. Positive emotions might contribute to an individual's
sense of control over his or her destiny, which has been associated with protection against heart disease. It might make it easier to make or use social connections. Then again, it could be that people with high emotional vitality are less likely to develop heart disease because they have healthier behaviors, like smoking less, exercising more, or controlling their weight.Half-glass-full Attitude
Your genes, early learning, and family and social environments set the stage for whether your outlook on life is essentially positive or negative. If yours is a bit on the negative side, don't despair. It isn't set in stone and working to improve it is actually one of the hottest trends in mental health. This goes beyond the "power of positive thinking." It involves several different approaches. Here are a few.
* Deliberately focus on events or activities
that give you pleasure and take a mental snapshot to recall later.* Maintain a "gratitude journal" where you can jot down the things that you enjoyed doing, so you can relive those events/activities every time you read it. Or share the experiences with others.
* Engage in activities that call on your inherent strengths, either at work, home, or play. For instance, if you have a talent for managing people, and you're stuck in Accounts ask for a transfer to HRD.
* Apply your strengths to something outside yourself that helps you create meaning in your life. It could be religion, nature, art, volunteering, or something else. Legendary songwriters Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer had it right 60 years ago when they wrote: "You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative."