Solve Mental Pain to Resolve Physical Pain

For humans, our mental state is the largest factor that influences our overall health. Sustained exposure to stress hormones can lead to increased inflammation and anger. Anger is powerful and self-destructive, and anger turned inward can be especially damaging. There’s a process known as the ironic effect which refers to how we cannot escape our own thoughts. Trying to consciously suppress thoughts just makes them more powerful in the unconscious. For example, there is research showing that if you seek happiness, you end up sad. The solution to this problem is to write down your thoughts, then destroy the paper.

Key Takeaways:

• Being imprisoned by pain can cause anger, which is self-destructive in nature.
• Because humans can’t escape their thoughts and emotions, they experience a sustained fight-or-flight response.
• Anger diverts blood supply from the thinking centers of your brain to lower parts of your nervous system.

“However, only humans possess language and consciousness, which create a unique set of threats.”

Read more: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-another-name-pain/202211/solve-mental-pain-resolve-physical-pain