Post Date December, 03 2023
Researchers at Ohio State University in the United States installed an air extraction device (simulated wound) that can produce blisters on the arm of married couples and tested them: when they were asked about the issue that they had different opinions and had heated arguments, the "wound" was 40% slower than the normal recovery rate. This is because emotion will cause changes in human immune cytokines. If the level of cytokines is high for a long time, it will lead to inflammation, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. How much does emotion affect health?
Effects of seven emotions:
1. Falling in love improves memory. Falling in love will increase the level of nerve growth factor within one year, stimulate the growth of new brain cells, help the recovery of the nervous system and improve memory.
2. 100 times of laughter is equivalent to 15 minutes of aerobic exercise on a bicycle. Laughter can help people remove excess pressure, protect the inner wall of blood vessels, and reduce the risk of heart attack. When people laugh, they need to mobilize more than 400 muscles in the body, which can effectively consume calories.
3. Gratitude is like rehabilitation. Emotions such as love, gratitude and satisfaction will stimulate the secretion of hormone in the posterior pituitary gland, which will relax the nervous system, reduce depression, and significantly increase the oxygen content of various tissues in the body.
4. Emotional crying releases internal pressure. Crying with emotion will secrete more hormones and neurotransmitters, which may lead to hypotension and slower pulse, so the purpose of crying with emotion is to remove the repressed chemical components in the body.
5. Inhibit and raise cholesterol all the year round. Being depressed all the year round, glucose and fatty acids in the blood will rise, which will naturally increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. In addition, stress can also increase the cholesterol level of the body.
6. Depression magnifies pain. When people are in a state of depression, pessimism and apathy, both serotonin and dopamine in the body will be low, and serotonin can regulate people's perception of pain.
7. Jealousy is a mixture of fear, worry and anger. These three emotions can make people feel at the touch. People who are jealous often have high blood pressure, faster heartbeat, increased adrenaline secretion, weakened immunity, anxiety and even insomnia.
(Intern editor: Huang Qianyi)
