7 unexpected reasons as often as possible to say thank you

Enumerating the components of a healthy lifestyle, we refer to many things: brush your teeth in the mornings and evenings, eat right, exercise... but few people think that along with the physical component is important and moral.

Even the usual thanks, which takes much less time and effort than, for example, exercise, can affect the health.

What makes you thank you

1. It helps build relationships

Thanks plays a key roleGratitude: prompting behaviours that build relationships in building and maintaining relationships with others. On the fingers: the more you give thanks, the more attractive look in the eyes of other people. You will have more confidence, feel more clever, Generous and negotiability. And this opens up great prospects for both personal and business life, because these qualities are important in a long-term partnership.

2. adds optimism

When you say thank you, you're doing it is not in the void. Most likely, your gratitude for a reason. And the reason you have noticed, isolated from other events and now marks a word. From the perspective of psychology, so you get used to focus on positive things. And this is the basis of psychological well-being

Gratitude and well-being: a review and theoretical integration.

Anyone who has learned to see the good in life, perceives the world in a more positive way than other people. It's called optimism.

3. It makes it less aggressive

Thanks - an antidote to excessive aggressivenessGratitude as an Antidote to Aggression. If emotions are raging daily with or without, just train yourself as often as possible to tell people thank you. You will not notice how to begin to better understand others. And where there is empathy, aggression becomes less.

4. improves sleep

Often because of - sleep tight. And fall asleep easier and better enough sleep. The researchers suggestHow Gratitude Helps You Sleep at NightThat during the day who can thank a person receives a lot of positive emotions, so it becomes more balanced. A calm - just what you need for healthy sleep.

By the way, to get a "lullaby" is not necessarily all day to communicate with people and try to discover reasons for gratitude. It is possible to do otherwise. Get into the habit every night before going to bed 4-5 enumerate the events of the day for which you are grateful. It can be a smile toddler accidentally encountered, addressed to you. Or rain after sweltering heat. In general, write: "I want to say thank you for ..." - it's really calming.

5. Reduces the risk of overeating

Ability to thank closely associated with the patient, including those with the ability to not succumb to the temptations of food. To such conclusion the American psychologist Susan Pierce Thompson (Susan Peirce Thompson), which specializes in eating disorders.

In his book, Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free expert recommends the following: if you get to the event, which serves too high-calorie meals for you, or just in a situation when the body urgently requires the cake, which you can not stop and thank.

It does not matter who or what: a friend who invited you to the party, the waiter, who brought the menu, or just a life that has thrown you into this wonderfully friendly place.

Thank you to help shift the focus from what you want (yes though and cake), the fact that you already have. This will make it more conscious approach to the selection of food.

6. It increases self-esteem

Wishing to grow from a child's strong, man knows his own worth, it is important not only to admire his achievements, but also learn to thank. Saying thank you, children learn to focus on the positive traits of others, appreciate others. And further in case it enters the transfer mechanism psychologicalImpact of self-esteem and gratitude disposition on happiness in preservice early childhood teachers own relationship to the people themselves, "If valuable those around me, so valuable and I am."

7. Can improve the condition in diseases

The ability to say thank you and the associated psychological well-being - an effective way to improvePsychological Well-Being and Type 2 Diabetes state at diabetes the second type. Ephemeral (at first sight) thanks addressed to other people, it actually lowers blood sugar.

The same applies to cardiovascularPositive psychological well-being and health in patients with heart disease: a brief review and some other diseases. So thanks - will be healthier.

How to learn to say thank you

The ability to say thank you very amenable to training (and, by contrast, languishes without regular exercise). This is what is recommendedIn Praise of Gratitude researchers from Harvard Medical School.

1. Get into the habit of writing thank-you letters. At least one a month. Select a person who played a role in your life, and write it as it is important for you, what influenced you and how grateful to him for that. And, of course, send the message to the addressee way you want. From time to time write the same letter for yourself. Your actions, too, are sometimes worthy of gratitude, right?
2. Thank people mentally. No time to write? Just think about who helped you or did something nice, imagine his face, and say thank you.
3. Keep a journal of thanks. Every evening there share those meetings, situations, words for which you are grateful. Be diligent: let every day blog there is at least 2-3 new records. Be sure to explain what kind of emotions and feelings aroused in you is what you want to say thank you.
4. Meditate. Take a few minutes every day to just focus on the present. Close your eyes, feel your heart beating, listen to the breath. This is a good way to experience how beautiful and precious life. Exhale and thank the world for what it is you have.