China had a deep understanding of the relationship between mental health and physical health in ancient times, and regarded mental health as the master of physical health. Ji Kang, a famous thinker in the Three Kingdoms period, has such an incisive exposition in his theory of health preservation: "Spirit is to bones, and Judah has a monarch." God is in the middle, the shape is lost outside, the monarch is in a coma, and the country is in chaos. "This means that the mind is like a country with a monarch to the body. If there is anxiety in the heart, the body will show a negative side of depression, just as the monarch is fatuous and the country will be in chaos.
Psychological factors can lead to diseases, and mental health can prevent and treat diseases. Chinese medicine believes that happiness hurts the liver, anger hurts the spleen, and sadness hurts the lungs, which may hurt the kidneys. "Huangdi Neijing" said: "Nothing is indifferent, and the true qi will follow; The spirit is inside, and the disease is safe? " Mental health can prevent physical diseases. Louise, a contemporary American psychologist and author of Rebuilding Life? After years of research, Hai discovered the psychological factors of hundreds of diseases, revealed the psychological patterns hidden behind the diseases, and treated his own cancer with self-psychological repair, which verified the great role of mental health in disease rehabilitation.
How does mental health affect physical health? Zhong Nanshan, a medical expert, said in a speech that scientific research shows that normal people produce 3,000 cancer cells every day, and there are many "natural killer cells" in the human body to deal with cancer cells and nip them in the bud. When people are troubled by various negative emotions such as anxiety, fear, jealousy and anger, the role of these "natural killer cells" will be reduced by more than 20%, and the ability to resist tumor cells will be greatly reduced.
"If you are not quiet, you will be far away. If you are not indifferent, you will have no ambition." Mental health plays a great role in a person's career development. Traditional Confucian culture attaches great importance to a person's psychological cultivation, and holds that mental health has a decisive influence on a person's career development. The growth ladder of intellectuals put forward by Confucianism-"self-cultivation, governing the country and leveling the world" is based on self-cultivation. The premise of self-cultivation is "positive". Book of rites? The university said, "If you want to cultivate yourself, you should be upright", "If you are upright, you should cultivate yourself" and "If you are upright, you will be unhealthy". If you are afraid, you may be wrong; What is fun can't be right; If you are worried, you are wrong. "Righteousness" is essentially to achieve mental health.
Liu Xie believes that psychology has an important influence on people's writing ability. "Wen Xin Diao Long? There is a saying in Nourishing Qi: "When the water stops, the fire will be quiet and bright". Only when water is still can it be used as a mirror, and only when fire is still can we see the surrounding scenery clearly in the dark. Use "water" and "fire" to compare people's psychology and explain the importance of maintaining peace of mind. " Wen Xin Diao Long? "Shensi Pian" also said: "Tao Jun's literary thought lies in the spirit of quietness, sparseness, hiding and bathing in snow." It means, cultivate literary thoughts, have inner peace, eliminate distractions, clear obstacles in the heart, and wash and purify the spirit. In fact, psychology has an influence on everyone's creative ability. Inner peace and calmness can improve work efficiency and do a good job.
On March 24th, 20 15, a "wings of Germany" passenger plane crashed in the south of France, killing all 150 people on board. From 2065438 to March 2006, the French Civil Aviation Safety Investigation and Analysis Bureau released the final investigation report, which confirmed that the plane crash was caused by the intentional operation of Andreas Lubitz, a co-pilot with mental illness, and suggested strengthening the management of the health status of pilots to better ensure aviation safety. It is reported that Andreas Lubitz began to suffer from depression from 20 14 to 12, accompanied by psychotic symptoms, and consulted many doctors. The German newspaper Le Monde once commented that passengers and crew members "died not because of technical failures, but because a person's soul had a problem."
Therefore, mental health has become a social and international problem. Without the mental health of the members of the whole society, there will be no harmony of the social family. Therefore, everyone should attach importance to mental health and work together to improve the mental health level of the whole society.
Mental health is so important, so how can we get mental health?
The theory of health preservation says: "Form depends on God, and God must form to exist". Body and mind are interactive, and physical health is the material basis of mental health. To be healthy, besides quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, we should also do the following:
-Moderate exercise: Life lies in exercise. So be sure to pay attention to exercise. Walking is the best exercise in the world. According to the survey, compared with the elderly who walk less than 1 hour per week, the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality of the elderly over 65 years old who walk more than 4 hours per week decrease by 69% and 73%. Exercise is not only beneficial to health, but also helps to improve people's mood. Exercise stimulates the body to produce a hormone called endorphin, which can enhance pleasure and happiness.
-Reasonable diet: ensure that the disease enters the mouth. In addition to food hygiene, we should also pay attention to a reasonable diet structure. First, the structure of staple food and non-staple food is reasonable. Diet composition is closely related to the occurrence of many diseases. It is popular to eat less staple food and more vegetables. This is unscientific. Sugar, protein and fat, the three major nutrients of human body, are found in whole grains (soybean, wheat, rice, millet and sorghum). Therefore, Huangdi Neijing puts forward: "Five grains are for nourishment, five fruits are for help, five livestock are for benefit, and five vegetables are for supplement." This is actually an important dietary compatibility principle. Second, the structure of meat and vegetables is reasonable. Studies have shown that the length of the small intestine is one of the differences between carnivores and herbivores. Tigers and lions have short intestines, so they are carnivores. But people's small intestine is much longer, so people are not born with meat, but omnivores who eat grass. It's like a car. It's just right to add 93 gasoline. You have to add 97 and 90 gasoline. Is it good for the car?
Zhong Nanshan said: "People with goals in life tend to live longer and healthier lives than those without goals. Everyone should pursue something. People who are pursuing health are in your hands. "
Last year, a resignation letter swept the internet: "The world is so big, I want to see it." This is the spiritual pursuit of Gu Shaoqiang, a female psychology teacher. For many people, although the world is so big and they want to see it, their wallets are so small that they can't go. In fact, we can understand the world in a broad sense. The earth is the world, which is a macroscopic material world. There is also a microscopic material world and an intangible spiritual world. Every subject is a world, every industry is a world, every technology is a world, and every hobby is a world. Think about it, is there a spiritual world in your heart? Do you have a goal in this spiritual world?
-change the cognitive angle. There is an ABC theory in psychology: A is the event that triggers your emotions, B is your belief or explanation of the event, and C is the result (your negative emotions). Generally speaking, when people meet C, they will look for A ... In fact, A exists objectively and is difficult to change. B is the only factor that you can completely control and change, and it is the direct cause of C. You can use this theory to improve your mood when you encounter angry things. This is what people often say: the wind direction cannot be changed, but the sails can be adjusted; Can't control the weather, but can adjust the mood; You can't change things, but you can change your mind.
-cultivate a peaceful mind. China's way of keeping in good health thinks that keeping in good health is dynamic, and keeping one's heart is static. If your heart is unclean, you will be born in vain. Peace of mind, where did the disease come from? Zeng Guofan put forward a concept of health preservation: "old", "gentleman" refers to psychology, and "minister" refers to body. Zhang Qun, a veteran of the Kuomintang, once gave Song Meiling a copy of Wings of a Thousand Girls, in which Song Meiling benefited a lot: "It is difficult to keep in good health, if fame and fortune do not go, if affection does not go, if affection does not go, if interest does not stop, if distraction does not stop." She condensed this sentence into, If you want to live long, you must be calm! Song Meiling got rid of the real secularism in her later years, and regarded status, authority, material, money and glory as fleeting clouds, which is considered to be an important reason for her psychological foundation of longevity.
-cultivate a broad mind. The troubles in life are like a handful of salt. If your mind is like a cup, the water in this cup must be bitter, but if you put salt in a lake, you won't feel the taste of salt. So, if you feel upset, you may feel that your mind is not open enough because you are in so much trouble. When this trouble cannot be changed, you can only change your mind. With an open mind, there will be less trouble.
Starting from the source of psychological stress and mental health, controlling the causes of psychological stress and mental health problems is also an important method to solve psychological problems.
For example, some people are often criticized by leaders because of their professional ability, thus forming their own psychological pressure. Then we can start with improving our business ability, and through the improvement of our business ability, we can turn the criticism of the leaders into the praise of the leaders. Then the cause of stress will disappear, the pressure will naturally disappear, and the psychology will naturally be fine. For example, some people have influenced their talents because of their own shortcomings, thus forming a kind of pressure. Because how much water a bucket can hold is determined by its short board. Then we can make up for this shortcoming and turn it into a lever. When the shortcomings are filled, the causes of stress are eliminated, and psychological problems can be solved.
There is also the psychological pressure caused by family disharmony or tension between husband and wife. You should carefully analyze whether it is your own reason or the other's. What is the reason? Is there a solution? If this problem is solved, then the source of stress will be gone, and the pressure will naturally be reduced. Everything goes well at home, which means that a harmonious family relationship will make people feel comfortable, thus providing a strong spiritual motivation for doing a good job.
Psychology talks about a method of adjusting psychology-reasonable catharsis. Zhong Aimin, Song Meiling's personal assistant, said that the key to Song Meiling's longevity was that he was never "angry". When something goes wrong, he can lose his temper whenever he wants, and never stays in his stomach.
If the psychological problems are not serious, they can be solved by learning psychological knowledge and self-decompression. Now is the era of great development of psychology, which has produced many branches of psychology. If you have procrastination, you can look at procrastination; If you have depression, you can look at the psychology of depression; If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder, you can look at obsessive-compulsive disorder psychology. By learning these related psychological knowledge, you can enhance your psychological adjustment ability and solve general psychological problems. Reading some psychological bestsellers, such as "The Power of the Present" and "Reconstruction of Life", is also helpful to improve psychological quality.
For more serious mental illness, if you can't solve it yourself, you should seek the help of a doctor. Speaking of mental illness, if you need outpatient intervention, don't be afraid of medical treatment. We should boldly enter the psychological clinic and solve it through psychological counseling and drug treatment.
"There are flowers in spring, months in autumn, cool breeze in summer and snow in winter. If you have nothing to worry about, it is a great time in life. " Achieving mental health is like dispelling the heavy smog in your heart and creating a clear blue sky. You can have better health, see your goals clearly, drive your dream car faster, reach your goals smoothly and realize happiness in life.