Compassion and Love = Health
In this article you will see the importance of Compassion and Love for others that somehow influences for each and every one of us on this planet can have a better life and plays an important role in our health.
Compassion is a human emotion that manifests from the suffering of another person. More intense empathy, compassion describes the understanding of the emotional state of another, and is combined with a desire to alleviate or reduce the suffering. I’m pretty sure that if humans use the principle of compassion things would change in the way we relate. In a way not to treat a person like you would very likely feel sadness, rejection and low self-esteem, leading him to a level of anxiety and stress which in many cases ends in depression. How wonderful it would be if every person in the world treat others in a compassionate way and with respect. This video shows an example of how to live a better world.
Love is a virtue representing all the love, kindness and compassion of the human being. They are actions directed toward others and based on compassion, or action toward self and based on affection. Due to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts film music, and literature. The diversity of uses and meanings covering this feeling cause love is notoriously hard to define, but basically love is interpreted in two ways: on an altruistic conception, based on compassion and collaboration, and under another selfish, based on individual interest and rivalry. Selfishness is usually associated with the body and the material world, altruism, with the soul and the spirit world.
Some ways love affect your health:
- Stress: disagreements over money and who does the housework increase stress levels in couples.
- Anxiety: New research suggests that marital problems encourage the development of anxiety disorders such as agoraphobia and social phobia.
- Overweight: A study suggests that people tend to gain weight when they marry, while those who are divorced or separated reduce those extra pounds, psychologist Maryann Troiani, co-author of “Spontaneous Optimism”ensures that a happy couple is a motivator to set goals, while dissatisfaction may cause unhealthy eating habits.
- Painful separation: Researchers detail to think of a former partner generates sensations in the brain that simulate physical pain. Can even record symptoms of a heart attack caused by stress and extreme emotion.
- Hypertension: A detailed investigation than unhappy people in a relationship have a higher blood pressure than those who are happy or singles.
What are other ways you think Love affect your health?
What are other ways you can prevent this for happening?
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That is a really good question. I think that if you do not have love or show love for others then it could lead to depression and a low self esteem. As human beings we need to be loved and feel loved. Great post! Have a terrific Tuesday!
I believe this article sums it up pretty well. I think the world needs more love and compassion. Everyone is so hateful, and vindictive. I think more compassion for others would take us a long way.
In my opinion, I believe that love affects your health in that it facilitates in helping people to be more joyful, more open to life, and easier to receive goodness. I have noticed that when people are uptight and stressed all the time that they tend to age quicker, and tend to always worry and complain. People who choose to walk in love, just seem more youthful to me!
Love is so powerful… I think it helps to remember that love is a verb and if we focus on being loving, rather than feeling loving, we will be happier and less stressed.
I’m curious about your study resources – especially the one on married people gaining weight!
Compassion for others is vital to our communities. Because of empathy for unexpected situations, we are able to show God’s love to those who are hurting and help them through a tough time. We can also show love to those who make choices that lead to hard situations by helping them see there is another path.
Love for yourself is vital in having the self confidence to fulfill your dreams. The love from others helps remind you to love yourself as well.
I believe that love can affect one’s health. When I was in a troubled relationship, I have neglected my health by engaging in various vices such as smoking, drinking alcohol and staying up late. I had to make a tough decision to leave my troubled relationship to save myself. Eventually, I have given up smoking and I took my last puff 8 years ago.
Love can have such a positive effect on a married persons life too. I saw one study that showed how married couples live longer! Great post.
I think love is really understood by others when it’s backed up with action. I may say I love my family….but do I prove that by really getting into their lives? Focusing on the things THEY love…even if those topics aren’t near and dear to my heart? I’m always reminded of this….and thankful for it!
I can see how lack of self-love can lead to all of these health conditions, too. A negative mindset (lack of love) can breed disease. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!
Love for others really does cover the imperfections we all carry. When I find that my children are getting on my last nerve, I take time to interact and concentrate on them. Usually this activity softens my mood, gives me time to love on them, and calms my frustration. Thanks for the reminder to love more.
Love can be very healing. I LOVE that MJ song. SO moving. I think we make choices everyday that can change the world just by decided to treat others well.
My experiences in life have led me to believe when we love someone we are better able to see past ourself to their needs – it is what enables parents of newborns to keep going day after day without enough sleep. :-) We can have compassion, but I don’t think it has the same staying power love does. However, I do believe we need to exercise both love and compassion lots in life, this is how we can get through our own hardships – by looking past our own circumstances.
One way love can affect your health is if one person in a relationship is too intensely focussed on the other in a controlling way. There is love but there is also a smothering effect.
Another problem if there is an imbalance in the degree to which one partner values and respects the other.
I think I could come up with other examples -but these are the two strongest that come to mind.
Ironic that I was just thinking about this this morning. Hmmm…I didn’t realize that Love can affect your health!
Our emotions and feelings are definitely directly linked to our health.Since love is such an intense emotion, it’s going to have a huge effect on our health as you pointed out in your examples.
I firmly believe that our emotional health directly impacts our physical health and that the two are intertwined. Interesting studies that you note above, I would love to read them!
This is a reminder that most of us, if not all of us need. I totally agree with you.. compassion and love for the people around us will not only make us healthier but will help us live happier lives.. Two thumbs up!
Great points. God created us all to receive and need Love and Compassion. I find your research on the statistics very enlightening. This puts me in a place of responsibility to love and have compassion on people, particularly my husband and children, even more. Thank you!
Interesting thoughts on the relationship of love and compassion to health. I think they definitely affect our health. If we feel loved and experience compassion from others it builds us up and we feel better about ourselves. The same goes for others when we show love and compassion to them. When we feel better about ourselves we tend to take better care of ourselves too.
It’s easy to sabotage your own health when you’re stressed or unhappy. I saw it happen to myself and to other people. In a way, it stems from the lack of self-love, which is just as important as loving the other people around you.
We definitely need more unconditional love and compassion evidenced in the world :) Not having a sense of being unconditionally loved has extremely negative consequences in someone’s life. Unworthiness, striving, perfectionism, stress, performance-acceptance-syndrome to name a few.
Being on the receiving end of both love and compassion definitely contributes to one’s health and overall well being really. I can definitely see how certain relationships can cause the ills that you listed.
I agree that love and compassion for one’s self and others is critical and yes, the world would be a different, better place if more people practiced both.
For me Love and Compassion are two of the most important emotions or capacities or qualities of a good person. When you love and have compassion for others, you are not judgemental or arrogant or jealous or any of the other qualities that are just not attractive. This is a great post and I love this song by Michael Jackson…
I think we have to remember the Golden Rule–to treat and love others as we want to be treated. I can only imagine what the world would be like if we did just a fraction of this. Yes, we would all be healthier beyond reason.
What a powerful video! I wish more people treated each other with love and compassion.