Negative thinking could be bad for your health. It could lead to physiological changes in the body such as releasing high levels of cortisol in the blood, increasing blood pressure, increasing fatty build up in arteries along with other physiological changes in the body that could compromise one's health. Also, people who are prone to negative thinking are less likely to exercise regularly and eat healthily; so they are likely to experience a double whammy from negative automatic physiological responses and decreased motivation to live a healthy lifestyle. So is it enough to just think more positive thoughts to reduce the risk of getting or worsening diseases? I'm pretty sure that may help a bit, but there's probably more to it than that. Exercising, eating healthily, meditating, living mindfully, yoga, achieving moderately difficult cognitive tasks with great meaning and having close meaningful relationships all help to assist people to think more positively, which could then lower their risk for certain diseases. If you are interested in the potential impacts of negative thinking on health, check out the links below:
Psychological Stress Impairs Early Wound Repair Following SurgeryStudy: Negative Outlook Appears to Raise Risk of Heart Disease, DeathThe Health Hazards of PessimismSkip the Vitamins, Use Optimism to Lift Immune SystemLIFELONG HEALTH Unhappiness Is a Disease That Often Shortens Life
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