Optimism Can Boost Your Immune System

msn.com:

Optimism doesn't just boost your mood. According to new research, a glass-half-full attitude also strengthens the immune system.

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Comments

[Yinka Daniel - Elebute]

01:26 PM on 03/29/2010

Attitudes of optimism have been known through the ages to alleviate illness/diseases. It has been a source of both physiological and psychological well being, improving our mental health as well. Drugs taken to relieve depression or related illnesses are usually addictive and may on the long run do much damage to the physical body, but putting your mind to work positively can work wonders and prevent deterioration to a certain level. Therefore, we need to optimize the value of optimism to get the most out of life.

[Norge]

12:26 PM on 03/28/2010

Additudes of an optimistic nature in all areas of life does creat a more healthy sense of well being
and when problem solving, additudes focused with a sense of intuitive knowing one is going to solve the problem more often than not results in solutions to the problem one is dealing with.

It is the reverse of self defeating additudes which are only distructive and most often puts one on the failure list and primarily for "Not Trying". And to not try is the only true failure. The rest is just practice and training which always eventually results in solutions to problems.

So, "Just Do It".

[smilinggreenmom]

10:05 AM on 03/27/2010

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this link - I try so hard to have a positive attitude and it usually works pretty well except for the amount of worry I have. I am really trying to stop that!! I had no idea it could boost the immune system - so with that plus my Vidazorb probiotics, making I could live to be really really old and healthy...yay!!!!!!

[Social Construct]

06:05 PM on 03/26/2010

Blind optimism can boost your immunity to reality.