Psyche and Health
Coined the expression “in a healthy body – healthy mind” still causes much controversy: Is there a physical key to a healthy mental health? Or vice versa healthy psyche and the corresponding reaction to the events – is the guarantee of a healthy body?
Given that the original meaning of the word “health” meant “integrity”, we can say that a healthy person – is a holistic person who maintains the balance in all areas: mental, physical spiritual. This does not mean that his life is in “pink” color that it does not comprehend the failures or troubles. This suggests that his life is balance, meaning and purpose.
Mentally healthy people – a whole person, within the framework of life which is all good, the bad, and most importantly – a healthy reaction to these events. A person can control themselves, a situation that their behavior and reactions to the situation, he finds support in the community and himself to try to help people who need it. In other words: people – mentally healthy.
To date, scientists have established a clear link between mental balance and health of the organism. The man largely assesses the situation himself and gives it a maximum negative value, while the events may be quite neutral. Negative, stiffness character and conduct, a pessimistic attitude and give color to most adverse events – the main causes of various diseases in humans.
People who look at life and situations occurring more optimistic, even after severe stresses are in equilibrium, retaining peaks that his physical health. Inside the personal attitude, which acts on the psyche – a decisive factor. After all, man himself builds his life and is responsible for it. If the choice is vital position imposed, and the person is under the pressure of someone’s opinion, it is fraught with disease. Researchers found that among people who impose solutions and suppress the will of morbidity and mortality two times higher than that of those people who are free to decide what and when they do.
Previously, it was thought that the man who brings a lot of requirements to yourself and others, gave himself wholly to the work of the most vulnerable to the disease and stress. Today this position has been refuted, on the contrary, a person who has a goal, there is a sense of life, active position and demanding attitude towards him may be more healthy than the man who always lend themselves to someone’s influence and has no proper facilities.
Reliably found that physical health affects emotional background, people who are angry, aggressively respond to all events may be seriously ill, because the emotions of aggression, fear, hostility toward the world is producing hormones that block many of the processes in the body, slow metabolism, then man is aggressive, primarily destroys itself from within, and then the other, its tough stance.
Aggressiveness – as the most destructive trait may be manifested in two ways:
- Clear – people who openly express their anger at the slightest pretext and removed from contact with people, because without aggression can not do anything;
- Hidden – a man suppress his aggression outwardly looks absolutely friendly and tends to all be in harmony, directing, on the whole destructive energy inward.
A healthy person mentally and physically, normally perceives any event, feels responsible for what happens in life, assesses the situation from the perspective of the life lessons and experiences, all of the events leading to some changes, which he did not resist. If a person is difficult to tolerate life’s difficulties can not accept them and “digest”, the risk of peptic ulcer had increased by several times. People who are too tense for some situations, caving in to pressure from the outside, give a negative assessment of the situation, prone to hypertension. People who have lost purpose and no meaning, are prone to depression.
What is the outcome? Positive attitude towards life, the responsibility for themselves and their actions, flexibility, and adequate response – and a guarantee for health. Many in this regard, so confidence in themselves and their power to develop their own position, express opinions, take responsibility for the acts themselves, act constructively and respect yourself and others.
Women are by nature more emotional, and therefore easier to carry various traumatic situations, they can express their emotions to others. In addition, traumatic situation causes different emotions in men and women, if men come to the excited state, the woman opposite point disappointment, sadness. In any case, the suppression of emotions in themselves pose to the health of both sexes.