The power of positive emotions

There are two kinds of emotions in life, positive emotions and negative emotions. You can feel that when you are in a good mood, your work efficiency will be greatly improved, and you will not feel tired easily. When you are in a bad mood, you will be listless and unable to improve your work efficiency or concentrate. You will feel tired very easily, and it will take you a long time to complete a simple task. So do positive emotions have a special power? The answer is yes. Below we will introduce in detail the power of positive emotions.

Positive emotions can improve subjective well-being

Positive emotions expand the space of psychological activities and expand the individual's momentary thinking activity sequence. The expansion of the space of psychological activities increases the individual's receptivity to subsequent meaningful events, thereby increasing the opportunity and possibility of experiencing positive emotions. Positive emotional experiences not only promote the coping with challenges and alleviate negative emotions, but the repeated experience of positive emotions also increases the individual's psychological resilience, improves the quality of social relationships, and can enhance the individual's subjective sense of well-being. A large number of studies on stress and coping have found that positive emotions promote the use of problem-centered coping strategies, and problem-centered coping strategies can promote the effective resolution of stress, further improve the level of positive emotions, and promote subjective well-being. Studies using the "emotional experience sampling method" also show that individuals who report more positive emotions or moods than negative emotions or moods in their daily lives have higher psychological resilience, are more energetic, and live happier lives.

Positive emotions are good for physical recovery

Research shows that optimism and hope are important for health; positive expectations predict better health after a heart transplant. Optimists have also been found to recover faster than pessimists after surgery and other illnesses. In a study of people who had lost a spouse, it was found that those who were able to find meaning in life and have positive emotions were better able to overcome subsequent difficulties and live longer.

Positive emotions promote physical health

Positive emotions promote physical health mainly because positive emotions can improve the function of the human immune system, which is mainly reflected in the research on subjective well-being, laughter and humor. Numerous studies have shown that a person's subjective happiness experience can affect his or her physical health by affecting his or her immune system. Compared with those who lack subjective happiness, a person with a stronger sense of subjective happiness has a more effective immune system and can better ensure his or her physical health. Research on laughter and humor shows that laughter can increase a person's positive emotions and improve immune system function.

Above, we have introduced in detail the power of positive emotions. Everyone should pay attention to maintaining positive emotions in life and make full use of the power of positive emotions. Only in this way can you improve work efficiency and enhance your sense of happiness.