Emotional changes are often manifested in some of our neurophysiological activities. For example, when you hear that you have lost a promotion opportunity that you should have got, your brain and nerves will immediately stimulate your body to produce a lot of exciting "norepinephrine". In this way, you will be angry and restless, ready to find someone to judge or "discuss".
Of course, this does not mean that you should suppress all these emotional reactions. Actually, there are two kinds of emotions: negative and positive. We can't live without emotion. It is our normal psychological reaction to the outside world. What we need is not to make us slaves of emotions, and not to let those negative emotions control our lives.
Negative emotions are very harmful to our health. Scientists have found that people who are often angry and hostile are likely to suffer from heart disease. Harvard University surveyed 1600 patients with heart disease and found that those who are often anxious, depressed and grumpy are three times higher than ordinary people.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that learning to control your emotions is a vital event in life. Here are some latest suggestions from experts:
find out the cause
When you are unhappy or worried, the first step you have to do is to find out the reason.
Respect the law
Robert Thayer, a professor of psychology at the University of California, said: "Many of us just attribute our emotional changes to external events, but ignore that they are probably related to your internal' biological rhythm'. The food we eat, the level of health and energy, and even different times of the day will affect our mood. "
A study by Professor Searle found that those who sleep late are more likely to be in a bad mood. Besides, our energy tends to peak at the beginning of the day, but it drops in the afternoon. "A bad thing doesn't always bother you," said Sese. "It often affects you when your energy is at its worst." Thayer himself strictly follows the law of this "biological rhythm".
Get enough sleep
A recent survey shows that American adults sleep less than 7 hours a night on average.
So, how long does an adult sleep enough? Professor Dahl did an experiment. For a month, he kept 14 subjects in the dark for 14 hours every night. On the first night, each of them almost slept 1 1 hour, as if to make up for the lack of sleep before. Since then, their sleep time has been completely stable at about 8 hours a night. During this period, Professor Dahl also asked the subjects to record their mental state twice a day. They all said that they feel most comfortable and look at things more optimistically after getting enough sleep.
get closer to nature
Many experts believe that being close to nature helps you feel happy and happy. The famous singer F. Lacast said, "Whenever I feel depressed and depressed, I go to work in the garden and stay with those flowers and plants."