How to improve your health through emotional management

Experiencing painful emotions is not the problem, as long as you know how to manage them.

Every second of every day we feel emotions. We are emotional beings and, therefore, we are constantly emotional.

Your emotions affect you not only in your mood, but also in your behavior, decisions, interpretations, points of view, the way you communicate, the way you feel, the way you behave, the way you feel and the way you feel.How are your emotions related to your health? And above all, how to improve your health thanks to the management of emotions?

Today, in times when we are living the coronavirus crisis, we are facing the first global pandemic in an era in which we are constantly exposed to information (which also affects us emotionally), and which influences our health both directly, if we contract the virus, and indirectly, due to how we understand and manage fear, panic, news or semi-confinement.

As a psychologist and coach, I accompany people in processes of change and I know from experience that whatever the personal or professional situation, working with emotions is always a necessary step. Therefore, here I am going to explain how emotions are related to health and, above all, how you can start improving your wellbeing, how you can start to improve your well-being (instead of worsening it) precisely thanks to your emotion management..

The impact of emotions on your immune system

Everything that happens to you, that you interpret, that you decide, etc., depends on your emotional state. All the emotions we feel are actually positive and necessary, as they have a specific function.. Fear, for example, helps us to protect our life. The problem is not fear itself, but how we understand and manage our fears and insecurities, as well as how we perceive how many fears we have, what they lead us to, whether they help us live the life we deserve or whether they paralyze us.

In this pandemic we have experienced numerous fears: fear of contagion, fear of spreading, fear of the behavior of the other, fear of the economy, etc.. We have been exposed to a disproportionate amount of information (and even figures of dead people that were increasing) totally inadvisable by psychology, not only because of the psychological impact and the discomfort they can cause, but also because they produce a pernicious effect on your own health.

Every emotion you feel involves a secretion of hormones and chemicals in your body, since the main mission of the emotion is to give you information about yourself, about what you interpret of what is happening, and above all to mobilize you towards action or flight. Feeling fear, anger, insecurity, adrenaline, illusion, sadness, joy, confidence or peace, is necessary and helps you to know yourself and to grow..

The long-term effects of painful emotions.

But... what are the effects if we live for too long in fear, insecurity and distress?

When we feel anger, stress, or fear, We secrete a hormone called cortisol, which helps us to vasodilate, among other functions.. Studies have confirmed that one minute of repressed anger can cause you to secrete so much cortisol that it remains in your Blood for up to 48 hours.

Cortisol in these quantities can cause skin rashes, irritation, bad temper, difficulty falling asleep, and above all weakens the capacity of our immune system, making us weaker to infections.making us weaker to contagions, infections, tiredness. In the same way, feelings of peace and tranquility have been associated with the hormone DHEA, which increases the effectiveness of the immune system, improves the antioxidant capacity of the cells, the skin and the functioning of the circulation.

What to do?

If emotions cause all this, the solution is not to stop feeling fear, anger or insecurity, but to learn to understand and manage them. through a process of change that not only improves your health, but your life, relationships and experiences. It is also especially useful to approach your work life in a more positive and focused way.

If this is what you want to achieve, I make you a very special proposal: at empoderamientohumano.com you have the possibility to schedule a first free exploratory session to start this process or even take a first step for free with Emociónate, an emotion management program.

In this time of quarantine and in the rest of your life: take care of yourself, generate health, have your emotions on your side (instead of against you). (instead of against you), improve your personal relationships, inform yourself with awareness and curiosity, and above all, do not watch too much TV... Your health will thank you.