- Good news about the current economic crisis can have a beneficial effect on your health.
- Good news and positive thinking can lead to a stronger immune system to keep you healthy.
- With the economy starting to recover, signs such as increased housing sales and jobs can be a reason for optimism, which has health benefits.
The current economic crisis has an impact on your health, both positive and negative, and so does good news about this crisis. It is a proven scientific fact that positive emotions have a beneficial effect on both your health and your stress levels. This research has been noted in medical journals, such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and many psychiatric publications. With the economic crisis negative emotions and disorders have become far more frequent, in part due to bad news that concerns the economic crisis. Medical research at many university hospitals, such as the University of Michigan Medical School and New York University Medical School all have research which shows the beneficial effects of good news and positive emotions.
The economic crisis has many people understandably worried, and this leads to an increase in stress which puts you at higher risks for stress, strokes, heart conditions, high blood pressure, and many other health problems. When good news is released about the current economic crisis and you hear it, this causes your stress levels and hormones to lower. Your blood pressure lowers, your heart rate and breathing slow some, your immune systems comes back up, and you feel much better. Good news can cause depression to lift, making you feel better than you have in days or weeks. As the economy worsened, there were higher incidences of suicide due to depression, heart attacks, and mental disorders including depression and many fears or phobias. The uncertainty of the economic future is a frightening thing, and if you have watched your retirement investments shrink substantially or you are in the process of losing your home or you were laid off due to lack of work it can be a crippling blow emotionally. Hearing good news about the economic crisis gives hope, and this is an important factor for humans. When you have hope you feel better, and this causes your body to work more effectively and efficiently. Your systems will function at their optimum level, and your brain is flooded with feel neurotransmitters which help you stay happier and healthier.
Recent signs which show the economy is improving include higher housing sales, a slight loosening of credit by the banks and mortgage companies, credit card offers which have started flowing again, and domestic spending which is slowly climbing. The crisis may not be over yet, but these signs of improvement show that the incline is starting and the downward slide is ending. This shows the American people that the worst is over, and the end may be in the future but it is in sight. This optimism helps to eliminate stress and keep you physically and emotionally healthy. Your blood pressure level and heart will stay in great shape, and your mental fitness will be sharper than ever. Depression, which can be caused by the constant dreaded bad news about the condition of the economy, the number of jobs lost, and the sad stories of people losing homes can cause your immune system and natural defenses to drop substantially. The reverse is true when you hear good news, such as the increase of jobs available or the federal program which can help prevent the loss of your home. Staying positive has a big effect on your health and the way you feel, and good news about the economic recovery can be a big boost in that direction. This good news can help you live a longer and healthier life by allowing you to dwell on the positive instead of the negative. When it comes to the economic crisis it really does pay to dwell on the positive, which are the signs of recovery that the economy is making, for the sake of your own health.
I am so thankful that it looks like the economy might be making a recovery sometime in the near future. I can only imagine the amount of stress that will be lifted off so many people around the world.