想要身心健康 從改變情緒做起.

　　我們的情感世界有一種強(qiáng)大的力量，不僅決定我們的精神健康，還決定我們的身體健康。所以，想要身心健康，從改變情緒做起。

　　Here are five positive emotions that have been shown to improve physical health and preventdisease。

　　以下這5種積極的情緒都表明能改善身體健康，預(yù)防疾病。

　　Optimism may protect the heart。

　　樂觀能保護(hù)心臟。

　　A growing body of research has suggested that cultivating this quality can have a protectivefect on the heart. According to a 2012 review of literature, a number of studies have shownthat people with optimistic personalities are at a reduced risk of cardiovascular events.Optimism's benits for physical health also extend beyond heart health. Here are a few otherways that a sunny disposition may improve health outcomes, including improved immunesystem function and increased longevity。

　　越來越多的身體方面的研究表明，培養(yǎng)樂觀的心態(tài)對(duì)心臟有保護(hù)作用。回顧2012年的文獻(xiàn)，很多研究都表明具有樂觀性格的人患心血管疾病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)降低了。樂觀對(duì)身體健康的好處也不僅限于心臟健康，開朗的性情能改善幾種健康狀況，包括提高免疫機(jī)能，延長壽命。

　　Experiencing awe reduces inflammatory markers associated with autoimmune disease。

　　敬畏的心態(tài)能有助于減少與自身免疫疾病有關(guān)的炎癥因子。

　　Research has shown that experiences of art, religion and philosophy are the most commonexperiences that evoke a sense of awe -- that sense of wonder and connection to somethinglarger than ourselves。

　　研究表明，藝術(shù)、宗教和哲學(xué)的體驗(yàn)是最常見的能喚起敬畏感的體驗(yàn)——也就是驚奇感和與比自己更強(qiáng)大的事物的聯(lián)系。

　　According to new research from the University of California at Berkeley, awe is not onlypleasurable but also enormously benicial for one's physical and mental health. The Berkeleystudy found that those who had recently experienced awe had lower levels of cytokines,inflammatory markers that, in chronically high levels, have been implicated in the development ofautoimmune diseases, as well as other health problems including heart disease, Alzheimer's anddepression. This suggests that awe promotes healthier levels of cytokines and may preventdisease。

　　根據(jù)加利福尼亞大學(xué)伯克利分校的新研究，敬畏不僅使人身心舒暢，而且對(duì)人的身心健康大有裨益。伯克利的這項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，近期產(chǎn)生過敬畏心理的人細(xì)胞生長抑制素，也就是炎癥因子的水平更低，炎癥因子水平長期較高的話，就會(huì)造成自身免疫疾病和其他健康問題，包括心臟病、阿茲海默癥和抑郁癥。這表明敬畏可以促使細(xì)胞生長抑制素達(dá)到更健康的水平，以及預(yù)防疾病。

　　Compassion and care for others can improve vagus nerve function。

　　同情關(guān)心別人能改善迷走神經(jīng)功能。

　　Positive psychologist Barbara Frederickson has conducted research on the fects oflovingkindness meditation (LKM)， a traditional Buddhist practice that involves meditating onlove and extending compassion to oneself and a progressively large group of others.Frederickson found just six weeks of LKM training to have a positive impact on the vagusnerve, which extends from the brain stem to the heart, helping to regulate emotions as well asbodily systems including the cardiovascular and digestive systems。

　　積極心理學(xué)家巴巴拉弗雷德里克森研究了仁愛冥想(LKM)的效果，這是一種傳統(tǒng)的佛教練習(xí)，是對(duì)愛的冥想，把同情延伸到自己身上，再逐漸擴(kuò)展到更多其他人身上。弗雷德里克森發(fā)現(xiàn)僅6周的仁愛冥想訓(xùn)練就對(duì)迷走神經(jīng)有積極影響，能從腦干傳到心臟，有助于調(diào)節(jié)情緒和包括心血管和消化系統(tǒng)在內(nèi)的身體系統(tǒng)。

　　Gratitude may also benit heart health and immune system function。

　　感恩也有利于心臟健康和免疫系統(tǒng)功能。

　　Like optimism, an "attitude of gratitude" -- an appreciation and feeling of thankfulness forthe blessings one has in life -- carries significant mental and physical health benits.Gratulness, like optimism, has been linked with improved immune health, and has also beenshown to improve sleep quality. Gratitude may also improve health and well-being in a varietyof ways insofar as it lowers stress levels -- stress being one of the main contributing factorsto many chronic diseases。

　　像樂觀的心態(tài)一樣，“感恩的態(tài)度”——對(duì)生活中所擁有的眷顧的欣賞和感謝——對(duì)身心健康大有好處。感恩像樂觀一樣，可以改善免疫系統(tǒng)健康，也表明能提高睡眠質(zhì)量。感恩還能在很多方面改善健康和幸福，因?yàn)樗軒椭鷾p壓——壓力是導(dǎo)致很多慢性病的主要因素之一。

　　Self-compassion improves health-related behaviors。

　　自我憐憫有助于改善與健康有關(guān)的行為。

　　People who cultivate kindness towards themselves are also kinder to their bodies, potentiallyhelping them to prevent or manage a range of negative physical and mental healthoutcomes. A 2013 study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin examinedthe relationship between self-compassion, reactions to illness, and a range of health-relatedbehaviors, finding that self-compassionate people sought medical attention sooner forsymptoms that they were experiencing than people who were lacking in self-compassion. Self-compassionate people also tended to be less depressed about health problems they wereexperiencing, and also to take a more proactive approach towards their own health。

　　對(duì)自己仁慈的人對(duì)自己的身體更仁慈，對(duì)預(yù)防或控制一系列消極的身心健康狀況有潛在的幫助。2013年刊登在《個(gè)性與社會(huì)心理學(xué)公報(bào)》的一項(xiàng)研究測(cè)試了自我憐憫、對(duì)疾病的反應(yīng)和一系列與健康有關(guān)的行為之間的關(guān)系，發(fā)現(xiàn)自我憐憫的人出現(xiàn)病癥時(shí)會(huì)比缺乏自我憐憫的人更早地去看醫(yī)生。自我憐憫的人對(duì)正遭受的健康問題也不那么沮喪，也會(huì)更積極地面對(duì)自己的健康。