Many times, we feel sick because of our living habits or eating habits. However, related research shows that personality is closely related to our health. What kind of personality you are, what kind of diseases you are prone to get. Doesn't that sound strange? If you want to know the mystery, please continue reading!
What is character?
Personality refers to a person's consistent and stable psychological characteristics, thinking and behavior. For example, we use "arrogance", "humility", "courage" and "cowardice" to describe people's character.
A word that is close to and easily confused with personality is "personality". In the strict psychological definition, personality and personality are not exactly the same. Hansji. The famous personality psychologist Eysenck defined personality as: "Personality is the sum of actual and potential behavior patterns determined by heredity and environment." Literally, the definition of personality is almost synonymous with personality. However, in strict psychological research, personality is a bigger concept, which consists of three parts: personality, temperament and ability. Personality is an important part of personality. Personality is the part of personality that involves social evaluation. It is more influenced by the environment and reflects the connotation of social culture. Another part of personality is temperament. Temperament refers to the dynamic attributes of psychological activities determined by physiology, especially the structure and function of nerves. For example, we often say that a person is quiet or impulsive, sensitive or slow, impatient or patient, and so on. More inclined to a person's temperament. Temperament is the foundation of personality formation, the natural basis and internal cause of personality development.
At present, there is a popular saying about personality, "Thought determines language, language determines action, action determines habit, habit determines character, and character determines fate." It is said that this passage was said by Mrs. Thatcher.
It can be seen from this passage that personality will directly affect a person's fate, which shows the importance of personality.
Personality and health
Personality plays a key role in a person's health. Common personality types and induced diseases are as follows.
Impulsive type: prone to gastric ulcer. Researchers from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health conducted a survey of 4,000 people, and found that the risk of gastric ulcer in people with impulsive personality is 2.4 times that of ordinary people.
Aggressive: A study in Scotland and a study in the United States found that aggressive people are more likely to suffer from chronic inflammation and atherosclerosis, thus increasing the risk of heart disease. In addition, the risk of periodic depression is also great.
Anxiety type: high risk of hypertension. Studies have shown that anxiety can triple the risk of hypertension. A study in northern arizona university found that this may be related to the secretion of stress hormones during anxiety. In addition, women with fear and anxiety such as acrophobia are at greater risk of heart disease, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
Shy type: susceptible to virus infection. A study by the University of California found that people who are shy about socializing are more likely to be infected with the virus.
Optimism: A study by the University of California found that the average life expectancy of optimistic people is 7.5 years. Optimists have less psychological stress, less organic diseases and less chronic pain.
Sad type: People with this personality are prone to emotional problems. They suppress their emotions, so they are prone to cancer and heart disease. A study by Harvard University found that people with depressed personality are more likely to die of coronary heart disease.
Conscientious type: This kind of person is good at avoiding risks and maintaining healthy behavior, so he has a long life. A study by the University of Nottingham found that such people can maintain healthy blood pressure and blood lipids.
Neurotic type: A study by the University of California found that such people are prone to asthma, headache, gastric ulcer and heart disease.
Extroverts: A study by the University of Milan in Italy found that such people are very similar to optimists. The incidence of heart disease is lower than that of ordinary people 15%, so it is not easy to be infected and recover faster after illness. However, a study by Yamagata University School of Medicine in Japan found that such people are more likely to be obese than neurotic people.
Pessimism: This character has always been considered as the most unhealthy. Compared with optimism, pessimism has a high risk of premature death 19%.
Happiness: A study by the University of California is shocking. Cheerful people are more likely to live short. One theoretical explanation is that such people underestimate the risk of life, and they may be at a loss in case of emergency.