“The more one can laugh when happy, cry when sad, use anger to set firm limits, make love passionately, and give and receive tenderness fully and openly, the further one is from suffering.” (McCullough-Valliant, l997)
When we think of emotions, strong feelings such as joy, anger and sadness comes to mind. These emotions can cause bodily responses such as facial expressions. Furthermore, our emotions can affect our health and well being; you might ask how? Well my friends there are a lot of evidence linking emotion to health.
A research conducted by Pennebaker et al. (1997) has suggested that those who repress their emotions simultaneously suppress their immune response; therefore, they become more vulnerable to illnesses such as colds and even cancer. Another study was carried out by Danner et al. (2002) their research was on longevity looking at 180 Catholic nuns’ autobiographies’ were examined. They found that nuns who writing and expressed positive emotions and positive experiences lived longer.
Well all experience good and bad emotions but to be able to express some emotions at time can be challenging especially when we are ill. However, being positive during sickness can help us to recover. As our mind and body are connected each one of us has the power through faith in God and positive thinking to heal our body. I know this may seem unreal but let me highlight some facts our immune system is influence by our mind. Also words we used can also help us, so as we talk to our friend and family let us use more positive words, let us look at our selves each morning say you well done, look great to day this positive start will help you through out your day and do it for one week and see how healthy you feel.
According to Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
