Your Emotions and Your Health

Emotions are part and parcel of being human beings; they come naturally to us because they are important features of our lives. Strong emotions come to us every now and then as reactions to things that happen to us. Often, these emotions are sudden and strong, and it’s as if we do not have control over them. These kinds of intense emotions, if given loose rein, could take over us and could bring forth functional disorders that affect our organs. Happiness, anger, sadness, anxiety and fear are some of the examples of strong emotions that could affect our health.

Doctors explain that when a person is angry his liver works twice as much as when his emotions are at bay because during bouts of anger his liver sends more blood upward. This is the reason why the face of an angry person is flushed; more blood is there than normal and the liver contributed much in sending it there. A person who is always angry and cannot control it has more risks of causing damage to his liver.

Sadness, which could be persistent and strong, could cause one’s energy to slug. It could lead to the weakening of the lungs. Prolonged sadness can lead to melancholy, which causes afflictions of the heart and premature aging.

Experts say that fear and anxiety may cause harm to the kidneys because these emotions can turn the direction of the flow of the water passage in the kidney.

Happiness, though a very positive emotion that can bring up the spirit, also may cause some harm if we allow too much of it and in a drawn-out way. Too much happiness causes the heart to beat faster in an irregular manner. A person who cannot contain too much happiness could also find it difficult to focus and concentrate and become unproductive.

Emotions are essential to human survival, but we should not allow them to control us; we should control them.