When talking about the influence of anxiety on people, a doctor said that as long as 70% people can eliminate their fears and worries, their illness will naturally get better. These diseases are real diseases, such as gastric ulcer. Fear makes you anxious, anxiety makes you nervous, and affects the nerves in your stomach, making the gastric juice in your stomach change from normal to abnormal, so it is easy to produce gastric ulcers.
Worry can also easily lead to neurological and mental problems. More than half of the people with mental illness examined their nerves with the most modern methods under a high-power microscope, and found that most of them were very healthy. Their "neurological problems" are not caused by any abnormality in their nerves, but by pessimism, irritability, anxiety, anxiety, fear, depression and other emotions.
With the progress of modern medicine, those terrible diseases caused by bacteria have been basically eliminated. However, the medical community has been unable to treat mental and physical diseases that are not caused by bacteria, but by emotional anxiety, fear, hatred, irritability and despair. The disasters caused by this emotional disease are increasing day by day, and the speed is amazing. What are the causes of mental disorders? No one knows all the answers. But in most cases, it is probably caused by fear and anxiety. Most anxious people can't adapt to real life, but cut off all relations with the surrounding environment and shrink into their own dream world to solve their worries.
Worry can also easily lead to arthritis and other diseases. Dr. Russell Cecil of Cornell University School of Medicine is a world-renowned authority on arthritis treatment. He listed four situations that are most prone to arthritis: marital breakdown, economic misfortune and difficulties, loneliness and anxiety, and long-term anger.
William, the father of applied psychology. Professor James once told his students: "Willing to undertake and accept what has been done is the first step to overcome any misfortune that comes with it." Mr. Lin Yutang also talked about the same idea in The Art of Life: "Accepting the worst will enable you to exert your new abilities psychologically."
When we accept the worst, we won't lose anything, that is, everything can be recovered.
But in reality, there are still thousands of people who ruin their lives because of worry. Because they refuse to accept the worst, make improvements and save as much as possible in the disaster, they are not only unwilling to rebuild their wealth, but also immersed in the memory of past failures. Finally, let themselves be victims of anxiety, and they destroy the last cornerstone of their success-health.
Life should be psychologically prepared to accept the worst, and greet every sunrise and sunset with a calm mood. This is the true meaning of life.
John rockefeller, the world oil giant, has done an excellent job in overcoming anxiety. Rockefeller earned his first 1 10,000 when he was 33 years old. At the age of 43, he established the world's largest monopoly-American Standard Oil Company.
So, what has he achieved at the age of 53?
Unfortunately, at the age of 53, he became a prisoner of anxiety. A life full of anxiety and stress has destroyed his health. Vingler, his biographer, said that at the age of 53, he looked like a stiff mummy.
When Rockefeller was 53 years old, his hair kept falling off because of inexplicable digestive system diseases, and even his eyelashes were not spared, leaving only a few sparse eyebrows.
Wengler said: "His situation is very bad. He had to live on yogurt for a while." The doctor diagnosed him with a neurological disease, and later, he had to wear a flat hat. Soon after, he ordered a wig for $500 and never took it off in his life.
Rockefeller used to be strong. He grew up on a farm with broad shoulders and steady steps.
However, at the peak of most people's lives-at the age of 53, his shoulders drooped and he faltered. Another biographer said: "When he looked in the mirror, he saw an old man. Endless work, overwork, physical exhaustion, insomnia all night, lack of exercise and rest finally cost him a heavy price. "
He is the richest man in the world, but he can only rely on a simple diet. He earns tens of thousands of dollars a week-but he can eat less than two dollars a week. The doctor only allowed him to drink yogurt and eat some soda cookies. His skin is bloodless, just a skin bag wrapped in bones. He can only buy the best medical care with money so that he won't die at the age of 53.
Later, the doctor told him an amazing fact. He either chose wealth and trouble or chose life. They warned him that he would die if he didn't retire.
He finally retired, but before he retired, worries had destroyed his health.
When Ida Tabell, a famous American woman writer, saw him, she was shocked. She wrote, "His face is full of worries. He is the oldest person I have ever seen. "
Old? How can it be?
Rockefeller was a few years younger than MacArthur when he counterattacked the Philippines! However, his physical condition is so poor that Ida Tabell sympathizes with him. At that time, she was writing an article against Standard Oil Company. She has no reason to sympathize with the head that created the octopus. However, when she met Rockefeller in church on Sunday, she was eager for sympathy. She said, "I feel a feeling that I have never felt before. That feeling is very strong, that is, I am doing it for him.
Doctors tried their best to save Rockefeller's life. They asked him to abide by three principles, which he will remember all his life. These three principles are:
(1) Avoid worrying, and don't worry about anything under any circumstances.
(2) Relax and do more slow exercise.
(3) Pay attention to diet, and only eat seven points full.
Rockefeller strictly abided by these principles and overcame his worries, so he regained his life and lived a long life. He was 98 when he died.
Anxiety is a kind of emotional depression when people face unfavorable environment and conditions. It is a heavy mental stress, which makes people depressed and tired. Those who are worried always frown and sigh all day and look lifeless. They are not interested in anything, and life has become a torture. As Gorky said, worry is like a millstone, which grinds everything beautiful and bright in life and everything endowed by the fantasy of life into boring, monotonous and pungent smoke.
An anxious person can't concentrate on his work. Worry can also make people think in a trance, slow to respond, and reduce their intelligence level. Worried about unpleasant things all day, I am very sad and wise, and my brain is at a low ebb for a long time. Work and labor will naturally have no results. Worry can also make people sick. Chinese medicine has long pointed out the "sad god". Long-term bad mood, bad appetite and weak constitution. Severe anxiety can also lead to suicide.
Worried people often have this mentality:
(1) Avoid the question. Because the problem is difficult to solve, I simply take an evasive attitude, but in fact, the problem still exists. I just escape on the surface, but I still can't let it go, and the problem becomes a heavy burden in my heart.
(2) Too persistent and too serious about the problem. This is actually adding unnecessary mental pressure to yourself.
(3) I dare not face up to my heart and dare not close myself. The so-called "hate, leave me alone" is a reflection of such a mentality.
Whether it is to avoid the problem or to be too persistent about it, there are actually only two situations. One is that the problem is not as bad as we thought, at least it is not irreversible. As long as we adopt a positive and correct attitude, the problem will be solved. So, we have nothing to worry about. In another case, the problem is really beyond our ability to solve. In this case, we need to be optimistic, just as willow trees bear the wind and rain, so we also have to bear the inevitable facts. Philosopher william james said, "If you are willing to admit that this is the case. Accepting what happened is the first step to overcome any misfortune that comes with it. " Keller, general manager of Chrysler, said: "If I encounter a very difficult situation, I will do it as long as I can figure out a solution. If I can't do it, I'll forget it. I never worry about the future, because no one can know what will happen in the future, there are too many factors affecting the future, and no one can tell where these influences come from, so why worry? "
Worry is like a ubiquitous germ, always ready to invade your body. Therefore, we must be vigilant.
Indeed, we will encounter many low tides in our lives, and troubles will become an unbearable weight in our lives. To get rid of this heavy, philosophical attitude is a good prescription. Another good prescription is action, which can effectively divert your attention. Therefore, when people are worried, they will go to the boxing gym or the football field to exercise hard. Action will make you regain your confidence and strength, and action will directly produce practical results, thus inspiring you more.
-Quoted from "Inspirational Package" by Yanbian People's Publishing House