We’ve heard all our lives that a balanced diet and regular physical activity are essential for a healthy body. Following such recommendations is really important, but it is not enough. Today, we already know that we should not leave the emotional in the background. Taking care of emotional health, as well as favoring healthy food and not having a sedentary life make up the tripod to stay healthy.
When we do not take care of our psychology, we end up allowing not only diseases such as depression, anxiety, paranoia and many other so-called mental diseases to find space, but also the physical part begins to be affected and more days. fewer days, it gives its own signs.
Therefore, we must clean the “garbage” of our inner world, eliminating everything that disturbs our mind, that unbalances us, demotivates us, that prevents us from being happy.
Research shows that the most emotionally affected are women.
We know that they accumulate many duties, outside the home, at work and have their own obligations with home and family, even so, however, they follow them more naturally than men. But this resistance does not prevent diseases from becoming frequent and they have been increasing. According to the National Cancer Institute, the incidence of breast disease has increased by 22% annually, as well as migraines, fibromyalgia, among others.
So it’s not because you have a stronger immune system that will resist anything. Understand, it is science that proves it, scientific articles that bring studies, uncontrolled emotions also lead to the development of physical diseases.
So treat your emotions like visitors, yes visitors. You are not what you think and feel at a certain moment in your life. Emotions are supernatural reactions such as anger, sadness, fear, joy and of course they bring you a great contribution to your evolution, but you should know that they have an impact on your health, or rather, it is not them, but the way. deal with them.
Just as there are emotions that we allow to make us happy and cause well-being, there are those that we allow to make us sick, that prevent us from living fully and end up causing not only depression, anxiety, escapism, but also many physical ones. diseases and there are many examples that can be cited, autoimmune diseases, gastritis, tremors, tachycardia, muscle tension.
Understand that everything passes, feelings change and do not define us. For this, you need to be aware and clear everything that is toxic. Remember that emotional maladjustments feed physical pain!
