News of medical breakthroughs are announced every day. It astounds me how simple things like making procedures more efficient or improved screening for disorders qualifies as a “medical breakthrough”. I suppose that when journalist attach the term ‘medical breakthrough’ to a story, it gets greater traction and attention.
Another observation on medical breakthroughs is that fascination with pills, cures and procedures requiring no effort. This tells me that many people want maximum health with minimum effort on their part.
What if I told you that one simple life change can reduce the risk of coronary disease by 50%? Would news like that get your attention? The reality is that the reduction in coronary disease is greater than 50%.
A longitudinal study lasting over 25 years studied the records of 275 physicians. In analyzing the results, the researchers found that one type of behavioral trait in men made the six times more likely to experience coronary disease. That’s more than double, triple or quadruple. Think about the impact of six times.
What was this trait? That trait was hostility (anger). When anger makes you six times more likely to experience disease, it makes sense that doing the opposite will reduce your risk.
If instead of ‘blowing up’, getting angry or downright hostile, a man did the opposite, imagine the benefit. What is the opposite of anger and hostility?
A natural initial response to an affair is anger. Your spouse broke your heart, I understand that. That anger strains your heart and your emotions. Imagine one doing thing that improves your relationship and reduces the risk of disease.
When you’re are facing an affair, you have a good reason for your anger. Although you have a reason to be angry, you don’t need to put your health at risk.
Rather than stuff your reactions inside, you can start doing things different by having a conversation about it rather than raging about it. If you need a safe place to talk, consider joining the support community at Restored Lifestyle.
There you can start talking about what’s going on rather than exploding over it.
Keeping It Real,
Jeff
