Why does mentality directly affect physical and mental health?

Numerous scientific experiments have proved that people's mentality really affects people's health and happiness.

During World War II, the German Nazis conducted a shocking psychological experiment, claiming that they would execute people in a special way, that is, drain their blood. On the day of the experiment, they selected two people from the concentration camp, one was a priest and the other was an ordinary worker. Nazi soldiers tied them to beds, covered their eyes with black cloth, and then put needles in their arms, telling them from time to time: "Now, how many liters of blood have you been pumped, and how long will your blood be drained!" In fact, Nazi soldiers didn't really want to bleed, just inserted an empty needle in their arm. As a result, the faces of ordinary workers kept twitching, turned pale and gradually died in panic. Obviously, the ordinary worker was full of fear, which caused his heart failure and led to his death. But the priest always looks calm. Death didn't take his life, but he survived. Afterwards, people asked him what he was thinking. He said, "My heart is calm. I'm not afraid. I have a clear conscience. Even if I die, my soul will go to heaven. "

Although the Nazi experiment is cruel, it tells us a truth: the power of mentality is infinite. If you have a good attitude, you can choose to live; If you have a bad mentality, you can only choose to die.

Western psychologists have repeatedly confirmed the view that no matter how absurd the suggestion is, the mind will accept it, and once it is accepted, the mind will respond to it. In other words, human reason accepts facts, while human mind accepts hints. If people give positive hints to the mind, the mind will present a positive state; If people give negative hints to the brain, then the brain will show a negative state.

Russian writer Chekhov once wrote a novel-the death of a small civil servant. According to the novel, a young civil servant accidentally sneezed when he went to the theatre, and saliva splashed on the head of an official in the front row. The young civil servant was very scared and quickly apologized to the officials. The official said nothing. The young civil servant didn't know whether the officials forgave him, and apologized after the play. The official said, "Forget it, that's it." This makes the hearts of small civil servants even more insecure. He didn't sleep well all night and went to make amends the next day. The official was impatient. Tell him to shut up and get out. The young civil servant thought that this time he really offended the official and he wanted to apologize. In this way, young civil servants have a heavy psychological burden because of a sneeze. Finally, he died.

Chekhov's description of the cause of death of young civil servants is somewhat exaggerated, but it shows that a person's mentality plays an extremely important role in his physical and mental health.

A psychologist in the west told us a story-one of his relatives asked an Indian crystal ball soothsayer for good or ill luck. The soothsayer told him that he had a serious heart disease and predicted that he would die on the next new moon night.

This negative suggestion entered his mind, and he completely believed the result of this divination. He died as predicted, but he had no idea that his mentality was the real cause of death. This is a very stupid and ridiculous superstitious story.

Let's look at the real cause of his death: when the relatives of the psychologist went to see the fortune-telling witch, they were all happy, healthy, strong and energetic, but the witch gave him a very negative hint and he accepted it. There is an old saying in China: "Faith is spirit, but unbelief is invalid." Negative hints made his thoughts negative. He was so scared that he kept pondering the prediction that he would die in extreme fear and anxiety. He told everyone and was ready for a final settlement. This mortal mentality finally led him to end his life.

There is no doubt that different people will react differently to the same hint. For example, if you go to a crew member on a ship, say to him in a sympathetic tone, "Dear buddy, you look sick. Don't you feel bad? I think you are going to get seasick. "

According to his temperament, he either smiled at your "joke" or showed a slight impatience. Your hint didn't work this time, because the hint of seasickness didn't resonate in the crew's mind. How can weather-beaten sailors get seasick? Therefore, it is not fear and worry that is awakened by suggestion, but self-confidence.

For another passenger, if he lacks self-confidence, the hint of seasickness will awaken the inherent seasickness fear in his mind. He received a hint that he would really turn pale and really get dizzy. Each of us has our own beliefs and ideas in our hearts, and these inner ideas dominate and control our lives. Hint is generally invalid unless you accept it in spirit.

Therefore, we must use a positive and healthy attitude to stimulate a positive and healthy attitude, because only a healthy attitude can have a healthy body.