Our personality can say a lot about us. Events in life can lead to good and bad personalities in my opinion. Even though we are born with one path and destiny events throughout life will mark us for better or worse. There is enough evidence to prove that our personality is in fact related to our health. “More difficult than observing such phenomena is explaining them using modern scientific understanding” (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p.381). Our personality is related to our health on various ways however the first major link involves health behaviors which is basically what people do. “For instance, people with certain personalities take greater risks with their health and thus die sooner” (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p.381). The number of
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Reality is that we all have stress and responsibilities, how we handle that stress and those responsibilities is what will make the difference in the way we feel physically and mentally. People who are impulsive, depressed, isolated, angry, or otherwise psychologically impaired are more likely to put themselves into unhealthy situations. It is also established that smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol are related to a number of personality characteristics. “Hostile people eat and smoke more and exercise less than other personality types, says Redford Williams, head of behavioral medicine at Duke University Medical Center and author of Anger Kills” (Haupt, 2010).
Our personality can relate to certain illness because it all depends
Reality is that we all have stress and responsibilities, how we handle that stress and those responsibilities is what will make the difference in the way we feel physically and mentally. People who are impulsive, depressed, isolated, angry, or otherwise psychologically impaired are more likely to put themselves into unhealthy situations. It is also established that smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol are related to a number of personality characteristics. “Hostile people eat and smoke more and exercise less than other personality types, says Redford Williams, head of behavioral medicine at Duke University Medical Center and author of Anger Kills” (Haupt, 2010).
Our personality can relate to certain illness because it all depends