Hope and humor are the bane of fear. They can make you follow the established indicators. We can get a clear example from the following story. It is about a person who holds a positive attitude and thus wins the greatest victory in life.
Norman Cousins is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCLA School of Medicine. He served as the editor-in-chief of Weekend Review for 35 years and wrote 15 books, including The Choice of Human Behavior, Autobiographical Notes and Analysis of a Disease.
Twenty-five years ago, the doctor told Cousins that he had only a few days to live. Perhaps most people will be devastated after listening to it, and they will be discouraged from now on. But Cousins, with persistent hope and determination, ignored the doctor's advice and denied the prediction that he was about to die. A few years later, he created a prescription to treat the body, combining vitamin C, positive thoughts, joy, faith, humor and hope.
He first noticed his health problems in 1954. He was refused life insurance because his electrocardiogram showed that he had coronary artery embolism. The doctor of the insurance company told the 39-year-old editor that he had only 18 months to live, and told him to give up his job and all kinds of sports activities and rest at home.
Cousins didn't want to give up his active lifestyle. He would rather be excited to restore his heart health. In order to survive, he decided to study ways to change.
Seven years later, he was still alive, but at that time he suffered from another fatal disease-ankylosing spondylitis, which led to the gradual decomposition of the related tissues of the spine and joints. Cousins once again made a plan to save himself. He took a lot of vitamin C and used "humor therapy". He is going to watch funny movies of Max Brothers and talk about the comedies of James Chabbert and Robert Bankley. Later, he said, "I'm glad to find that 10 minutes of laughter has anesthetic effect, because it can give me two hours of painless sleep."
Cousins is convinced that negativity (such as tension and oppression) will make the body weak, while positivity (such as joy, love, faith, laughter and hope) will bring the opposite effect.
"No one can tell me that the ability to overcome depression will not produce beneficial biochemical reactions in our bodies." Cousins said, "We can live by faith."
His third fatal blow was at 198 1, when he had a heart attack. He knows that panic is the biggest killer in an emergency, so he must try his best to stay calm. "The first thing you have to do is to calm down your inner excitement, so whenever I have a heart attack, I tell myself,' Cousins, keep the status quo, the hospital will arrive soon, and they will handle this calmly.' "
"I am confident that I can handle this matter well. I know whether I have faith or not in an emergency is a matter of life and death. The price of fear is too great, and I will pull myself back from fear. "
"When I arrived at the hospital, the dean and cardiologist were already waiting for me. I said,' All right, everybody, relax. I want you to know that you are facing the most healing machine pushed into this hospital. "
Cousins' experience convinced him that the mind is more powerful than medicine, and the facts he said are more noteworthy than what health experts can provide. If the human brain can produce the drugs it needs, then this is not only something that should not be ignored, but also should be included in the scope of all medical methods.
What impressed me most was Cousins' conclusion about fear. Maybe he only thinks about the impact of fear on health, but his words can be used to interpret all aspects of life:
"I can't think of anything more likely to hinder human behavior than fear. When they are in panic and fear, they often only pay attention to those fatal troubles, but they can't see the turning point to solve them.
"Fear can lead to some things (such as a pause in understanding), and you don't know what to choose. People's physiology is deeply influenced by psychology, and inner fear will cause many physiological conditions to prove its existence. "
Norman Cousins faced his fears with optimism and confidence, and finally brought the healing power inside his body to the extreme. Follow the index of faith, and you can also play an extraordinary role and become a winner. You can explore your potential by taking a new road and trying new ways of doing things. Endure anxiety and go all out to take risks, and you will achieve unexpected results. If you react to fear and run away like a loser, you will have to endure another related depression in life-you will never succeed.
Mike Todd, a film-making entrepreneur, said more than 60 years ago, "If you don't take the first step, you can't take the second step."