Combats depression

Pessimistic thinking is one of the factors in depression, so thinking positively can help combat depression. Cognitive therapy, in which changing thought patterns to help improve people’s moods, has become a major part of treating depression.

Ups your immunity

Negative thinking may cause certain areas of the brain to weaken your immune response to and your immune system’s ability to fight off common infections like the common cold and flu.

Lowers cholesterol

One of the main causes of cholesterol is an unhealthy lifestyle and one of the best ways to combat this is to live positively and to use positive affirmations. Positive affirmations can be as easy as making short optimistic statements that you repeat on a daily basis to change your pessimistic thoughts to healthy ones. In time, your behaviour will change for the better.

Helps you to cope with diseases

Research has discovered that a positive attitude can help you to recover faster and cope better with serious diseases like heart diseases and cancer. This is because you are more open to treatment and living in a healthy way, which will improve your coping mechanisms.

Helps with stressors

Thinking positively can help you to cope better during difficult times and help reduce stress. It is important to evaluate any negative thoughts and try to counteract them with positive and logical thinking.

Protects your heart

Stress and an unhealthy lifestyle, which is associated with pessimistic thinking, are major contributors to heart disease. If you are a positive thinker, you may lower your chances of heart failure, as being positive may help you to cope better with stress and motivate you to lead a healthy lifestyle with a good diet and regular exercise.

Pauses the clock

Keeping your brain active and your thoughts positive, are very important in ageing gracefully and slowing down the process. If you have a negative attitude towards ageing, then the lifestyle you lead may cause early ageing. If you think positively about ageing, you will lead a healthy lifestyle by keeping your mind and body active.