If you have a goal of getting healthier this year, one of the best places to start is with how you think. It may be surprising but studies have shown that staying positive can have several benefits. In addition to reducing stress and anxiety, it can also increase your immunity helping you to fight off sickness or disease.
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Positive thinking can help you in nearly every aspect of your life from your job to your overall health. The Mayo Clinic suggests that people begin by “stopping negative self-talk.” Thinking positively can help you manage stress, therefore, reducing the impact it has on your health.
According to the Mayo Clinic, positive thinking can help:
If you tend to be pessimistic or always think the worst is going to happen, it may be challenging to change your outlook all at once. However, if you work at reframing the way you think each day, tackling one situation at a time you will get better at thinking positively.
Negative self-talk is an inner voice that tells you, you aren’t good enough or that you can’t do something. Instead of seeing something as a new opportunity, you may see it as too much of a challenge. Negative thinking can make it difficult to get through everyday issues.
An article by Verywell Mind discusses how positive thinking can improve your mind and body. Similar to the Mayo Clinic, the team at Verywell believes that ending negative self-talk is imperative.
Positive thinking has the power to:
Individuals who focus on the positive instead of the negative tend to be able to handle difficult situations better, but this doesn’t mean that they ignore the problem. Positive thinking simply helps them avoid catastrophizing.
Positive thinking can also help you if you struggle with chronic pain and discomfort. Instead of assuming that there is nothing that can be done, staying positive can help you seek solutions. Changing the way you think is often part of an all-encompassing treatment plan.
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