Aging is a topic that everyone is reluctant to mention, as the so-called "years urge people to get old", the passage of time is the main reason for our aging, in addition to natural factors, environmental factors, pathological factors, etc., will lead to the acceleration of aging, but you may not know that negative emotions will also urge people to age.
8 Negative Emotions Accelerate Aging
Aging is not only related to physical factors, but also to psychological states. Studies have found that negative emotions have an even higher impact on aging than smoking32! Anxiety, lack of concentration, depression, hopelessness, fear, difficulty sleeping, sadness, and loneliness are the eight negative emotions that can lead to the acceleration of aging.
However, the impact of negative emotions is not only this, 8 major health problems can be caused by negative emotions!
How do negative emotions hurt our bodies?
Hurt the heart: Anger and agitation are potential triggers for myocardial infarction, and long-term excitement and tension can damage the blood vessels and heart, increasing the risk of angina, acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death.
Hurt digestion: I believe everyone has been unable to eat because of sadness, why does this happen? This is because, when there is an abnormality in mood, the brain will secrete some substances that will affect the gastrointestinal tract, causing a disturbance of its normal function, which can cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
Damage to the mammary glands: If a woman is always in a bad mood, ovulation will be inhibited, resulting in a decrease in progesterone, which will increase estrogen and cause breast hyperplasia.
Injury to the thyroid gland: The thyroid gland is also an organ that is obviously affected by emotions, and bad emotions will have a huge impact on the endocrine glands including the thyroid gland through the central nervous system, causing endocrine diseases.
Injury**: Anxious emotions will lead to stagnation of liver qi, resulting in poor flow of qi and blood throughout the body, making blood stasis on the face, and more likely to appear pigmentation and other problems.
Hurt the liver: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver is the main anger, and when people are excited and angry, the qi and blood surge, which will damage the liver qi.
Increased risk of cancer: Negative emotions are also one of the causes of cancer, such as stomach cancer, liver cancer, and intracranial malignant tumors, which are all related to emotional irritability or excessive repression.
Susceptibility to diseases: breast hyperplasia, ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, urinary tract infections, chronic inflammation and the occurrence of diseases are closely related to bad mood.
It can be seen that bad emotions can have a great impact on our whole body and endanger our physical health. However, people will inevitably experience ups and downs in life, and we cannot avoid the occurrence of negative emotions, so learning to alleviate bad emotions is especially important for health!
Learn these 8 tricks to self-regulate and get rid of negative emotions
1.Learn to transfer.
When negative emotions start to spread, deliberately diverting the topic or doing something else to distract you can be very helpful in alleviating the negative emotions.
2.Learn to vent.
The best way to face negative emotions is to vent it, whether it is playing a game, K songs, talking to the people around you, or even finding an open place to shout loudly, KTV howl, even if it is a big cry, it will help release the inner pressure and vent the unhappiness and grievances in your heart
3.Learn to soothe yourself.
Since childhood, our parents have taught us not to make excuses for failure, but in fact, when we can't ask for something, it is better to find a high-sounding excuse, which can effectively get rid of negative emotions. Only by getting rid of negative emotions can we climb the peak better next time.
4.Autosuggestion.
When tension and anxiety arise, it can be relieved by autosuggestion, reminding yourself by repeatedly using positive words or sentences to help build a positive self-image and attitude.
5.Pleasant memories.
When life now makes us feel fear, dissatisfaction, anxiety and uncertainty, reminiscing about those beautiful and certain days will fill our minds with pleasant memories, get rid of negative emotions, and bring peace of mind back.
6.Environment Transformation.
Negative emotions often occur in relation to events, circumstances, and people, and when we are in a violent emotional state, it is not a bad thing to escape. Temporarily leaving away from people and things that cause negative emotions and staying away from external stimuli is a great help in regulating emotions.
7.Inference comparison.
When difficulties occur, we can learn from the experience of others, and then combine ourselves with comparison, strengthen the confidence of success in the comparison, eliminate the fear of difficulties, and find a way to succeed.
8.Improves cognition.
As the saying goes, self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world! The improvement of self-cultivation can make us calmer and more calm, which is very helpful for emotional control!
Human emotions are like a flat boat in the sea, with the ups and downs of the magnificent waves, we must be like a helmsman, control our boat, be the master of the boat, until we successfully reach the other side ......