DDHK. ORG – Apparently, being grateful is not only good for health mental, but also beneficial in maintaining physical health.
Reported KompasResearch has shown that gratitude can help increase happiness, improve relationships, reduce stress levels and lower blood pressure. Therefore, taking time every day to always be grateful can bring many positive benefits to us.
There are many positive things if we make it a habit to express gratitude every day. Saying gratitude in general can cancel or neutralize negative emotions related to physical health.
The following are some of the benefits of being grateful every day for physical health.
- Improve Overall Well-Being
Being grateful involves a lot of positive feelings to be grateful for everything we already have. This can help us realize more that we have many good things to be grateful for, thus making our lives run more optimistically.
Directly this can also increase the feeling of happiness and more prosperous in living life.
"Studies found that a month later people who always said thank you or were grateful had better control conditions."
So says Amit Kumar, PhD, assistant professor at the faculty of marketing and psychology, University of Texas, in Austin, United States of America.
- Improving Relationships
Being grateful includes being aware of what other people are doing and the people around us. So being grateful for the presence of good people in life can also help improve strong relationships, make us closer and enveloped in high love, love and care.
In this case, establishing relationships for the people we care about in life can help us not be isolated and lonely. So that we avoid stress and depression because we have strong relationships with one another, encouraging more positive behavior and relationships. This benefit also has a positive effect on overall physical health.
There are two ways that have been most researched on gratitude activities, namely writing thank-you letters and writing gratitude journals. Especially for the grateful way of keeping a journal, people usually write down three things they are grateful for each day.
Over time, the journal becomes a collection of positive memories that can foster positive energy growth as well. Then a thank you letter is also made as a form of appreciation to someone for being the best friend and helping us so far.
Actually we don't have to send this letter, just write kindness and say thank you to the person addressed. Such habits can spread gratitude and give positive feelings to ourselves and others.
It's like a good prayer that we go to that person. If you don't like writing, experts suggest saying it in person. This can be done when we are alone, saying three things for which we should be grateful to ourselves or expressing our gratitude verbally to people who have contributed to our lives. [DDHK News]
