Most of us know that only physical activities, genes and lifestyle affects our health. What many people still don't know is that our emotional experiences also affect our health.
One research called the ACE Study was conducted to find the link between emotions and adult health. Researchers found out that this study “…documents the conversion of traumatic emotional experiences in childhood into organic disease later in life.”
According to Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP, "The truth is that all emotional experience affects our health, whether positive or negative, and whether it occurs in the past or the present. But negative experiences appear to have more lasting health effects, perhaps because we don’t deal with them."
Stress triggers the adrenals to produce cortisol and adrenaline. High levels of cortisol have destructive effects on the body such as hypertension, high cholesterol, weight gain.
Unresolved emotional issues affect systemic inflammation and contribute to diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's. Emotions also affect certain organs. Type A personalities, for example, have much greater risks of heart disease.
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