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Emotion is the core of psychological activities and has great influence on physical and mental health. Therefore, learning to consciously regulate and control emotions is an important part of mental health care. In our daily life and study, everything we do is emotional: when we get good grades in the exam, we will feel happy; When you lose something precious, you will feel sorry; If the desire is blocked again and again and cannot be achieved, it will be disappointed and even angry; When you enter a strange environment, you will feel embarrassed and even afraid. These emotional activities, such as joy, sadness, anger and fear, will cause a series of physiological changes in the body. According to scientific research, positive and healthy emotions, such as pleasure, joy and moderate tension, are beneficial to the human body. It can increase cardiac output, promote blood circulation, cheer up the spirit and enhance the working ability of the brain. The physiological changes caused by negative emotions such as sadness, grief, anger and anxiety are not good for people's health. If the body is under the influence of these bad emotions for a long time, it will often lead to a variety of diseases, such as hypertension, gastric ulcer, psychological disorders and so on. Negative emotions will bring serious adverse consequences to physical and mental health, and will also cause serious losses to personal study, work and life. It is very important to keep a healthy mood. So what should we do?
● Develop a sense of humor
A sense of humor can often lighten an originally tense atmosphere. It is found that people who often use humor as a coping mechanism have fewer health problems when facing problems; Those who often use crying as a coping mechanism have more health problems.
● Increase the pleasant life experience.
We should try our best to make life more interesting and enjoyable. In this way, even if you encounter unpleasant things occasionally, you won't have too strong emotional reactions. It is found that increasing pleasant experience can weaken negative emotional state, increase type A immunoglobulin and improve the level of immune response.
● Get the opportunity to express emotions appropriately.
Everyone has worldly desires, and emotion is an indispensable part of life. We don't have to and can't completely suppress the ups and downs of emotions, but we should choose appropriate ways, such as exercise, travel and conversation. Give them a proper opportunity to vent. Studies have found that having the opportunity to talk about your own pain and get comfort from others can greatly improve your health function and enhance your immune system activities.
● Learn to look at things from the bright side.
Many seemingly irritating or sad events, if viewed from another angle, can often find some positive things.
● Have your own career and pursuit.
Without the pursuit of life, people will lose the direction of progress, be at a loss in study and work, and be very negative. With their own career and pursuit, and work hard for it, people will experience a kind of heartfelt satisfaction, which will produce positive emotions.
● Actively participate in social activities.
The best way to maintain a healthy mood and physical and mental health is to actively participate in social activities, communicate with people more, and make contributions to society while reflecting self-worth. Studies have proved that social interaction can make people have a positive emotional experience, which in turn will make people interact with people more actively, better adapt to the environment and cope with stress events, thus forming a virtuous circle.
● Make decisive decisions on problems.
Hesitation can cause a bad mood and damage physical and mental health. Don't pursue perfection too much. You'd rather make some small mistakes occasionally than think about some problems.
● Cherish time.
Many people live in expectation, always focusing on the future and ignoring the good times in front of them. Only by making good use of the precious time in front of us can we ensure a full life and full emotions.