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uroscience</a> at the University of North Carolina said,</p><blockquote id="7b56"><p>“Our day-to-day positive emotions function as nutrients for our overall well-being. Today’s positive emotions do not simply exemplify today’s well-being, they also help to create next month’s increases in well-being.”</p></blockquote><h1 id="f022">Positive emotions promote resilience</h1><p id="ed87">Positive emotions build your inner strength and your ability to fight stress.</p><p id="ab94">The research conducted by<a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_power_of_positive_emotions"> psychologist Michael Cohn at the University of California </a>studied 86 students for a month. They tracked their emotions daily for a month and asked them how often they experienced positive emotions. They also measured their resilience and their general life satisfaction at the beginning and the end.</p><p id="7377">The study showed that participants who felt more positive emotions showed greater resilience. Higher levels of resilience also helped them experience more positive emotions during the month.</p><h1 id="70e9">Positive emotions reduce the effects of negative emotions</h1><p id="c1fd">You can still reap the benefits of positive emotions while feeling negative emotions. That’s because positive emotions neutralize the effects of negative emotions, thus building resilience.</p><p id="ca23">So the key here is not to take away your negative emotions — sadness or frustration — we are all human and can still feel a range of simultaneous emotions. But try to feel <i>more</i> of positive emotions, which will protect you against the effects of negative emotions.</p><p id="e873">Happy people differ from unhappy people in how they’ve developed their resources in overcoming life’s challenges. Over time, as you build more resilience, you’ll be able to deal with negative situations more effectively and more likely to sustain positive emotions later on.</p><

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p id="801c">If all you do in this pandemic is worry about what’s missing or complain about things you <i>wish</i> you had and experience no positive emotions, you’ll be more depressed. To get out of such a state of unhappiness, shift your mind towards positive thinking.</p><h2 id="e50f">Ways to bring positive emotions into your life</h2><ul><li>Take a nature walk and observe the beauty of nature</li><li>Free-write in a journal</li><li>Meditate</li><li>Practice gratitude</li><li>Spread words of kindness — send a heartfelt message to your friend or loved one, or surprise someone with an e-card</li><li>Help someone in need</li></ul><h1 id="0edb">Positive emotions improve your health</h1><p id="740a">Another benefit of feeling positive emotions is better physical health.</p><p id="26b9">Research points out that positive emotions <a href="https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2015/08/positive-emotions-your-health">lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.</a></p><p id="08bb">Negative emotions, in contrast, activate a<a href="https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2015/08/positive-emotions-your-health"> brain region known as the amygdala</a>, which plays a role in fear and anxiety. Too much negative thinking can add more stress to your life and contribute to depression and other health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart attack.</p><p id="ff69">Anyone can experience emotional states of anger, frustration, and resentment. But when you feel more positive emotions, it will help you to keep your negative emotions in check.</p><h1 id="0f78">The bottom line</h1><p id="2209">Positive emotions help you thrive and keep you safe. We can all benefit from positive emotions, especially during the pandemic. Tapping into positive emotions will help you stay upbeat and build the resilience you need to balance the effects of negative emotions. Having more pleasant experiences will help you achieve physical and mental well-being.</p></article></body>

The Power of Tapping Into Positive Emotions

Positive emotions help you build strength and resilience

We all experience a range of emotions, from positive to negative. In general, the more positive emotions you experience, the happier you are in life. Positive emotions are good for your mind and body. They can help you fight stress and increase your mental well-being.

Examples of positive emotions are gratitude, hope, compassion, awe, amusement. Combined, they can make you happier. And the way to feel more positive is to make a conscious effort to feel those positive emotions.

Research points out that people who can self-generate more positive emotions from everyday pleasant activities — social interactions, mindful activities, etc. — can flourish.

We all could benefit from feeling more positive emotions, especially during this pandemic. Feeling more positive emotions will help you maintain psychological balance and promote well-being.

The key to feeling positive emotions is in the things we do every day. It’s the routine activities we engage in that promote flourishing. Those micro-moments of positivity, however fleeting they are, can help you have a long-term positive outlook.

As Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, Professor at the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina said,

“Our day-to-day positive emotions function as nutrients for our overall well-being. Today’s positive emotions do not simply exemplify today’s well-being, they also help to create next month’s increases in well-being.”

Positive emotions promote resilience

Positive emotions build your inner strength and your ability to fight stress.

The research conducted by psychologist Michael Cohn at the University of California studied 86 students for a month. They tracked their emotions daily for a month and asked them how often they experienced positive emotions. They also measured their resilience and their general life satisfaction at the beginning and the end.

The study showed that participants who felt more positive emotions showed greater resilience. Higher levels of resilience also helped them experience more positive emotions during the month.

Positive emotions reduce the effects of negative emotions

You can still reap the benefits of positive emotions while feeling negative emotions. That’s because positive emotions neutralize the effects of negative emotions, thus building resilience.

So the key here is not to take away your negative emotions — sadness or frustration — we are all human and can still feel a range of simultaneous emotions. But try to feel more of positive emotions, which will protect you against the effects of negative emotions.

Happy people differ from unhappy people in how they’ve developed their resources in overcoming life’s challenges. Over time, as you build more resilience, you’ll be able to deal with negative situations more effectively and more likely to sustain positive emotions later on.

If all you do in this pandemic is worry about what’s missing or complain about things you wish you had and experience no positive emotions, you’ll be more depressed. To get out of such a state of unhappiness, shift your mind towards positive thinking.

Ways to bring positive emotions into your life

Take a nature walk and observe the beauty of nature
Free-write in a journal
Meditate
Practice gratitude
Spread words of kindness — send a heartfelt message to your friend or loved one, or surprise someone with an e-card
Help someone in need

Positive emotions improve your health

Another benefit of feeling positive emotions is better physical health.

Research points out that positive emotions lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Negative emotions, in contrast, activate a brain region known as the amygdala, which plays a role in fear and anxiety. Too much negative thinking can add more stress to your life and contribute to depression and other health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart attack.

Anyone can experience emotional states of anger, frustration, and resentment. But when you feel more positive emotions, it will help you to keep your negative emotions in check.

The bottom line

Positive emotions help you thrive and keep you safe. We can all benefit from positive emotions, especially during the pandemic. Tapping into positive emotions will help you stay upbeat and build the resilience you need to balance the effects of negative emotions. Having more pleasant experiences will help you achieve physical and mental well-being.