• April 25, 2024

Optimism is the ability we have as people to visualize the positive aspects of life, whether from a situation, from experiences or from people, says the psychologist. Miriam Hernánde z.

The specialist of the Patient Assistance Clinic of the Psychoanalytic Society of Mexico (SPM) He details that optimism implies the possibility of feeling able to face the challenges of the day.

Having positive thoughts allows us to have a good attitude to any challenge that comes our way and gives us the necessary and sufficient drive to be able to overcome it successfully and achieve our goals.

To stimulate optimism and improve your quality of life, psychologist Miriam Hernández shares the following steps:

1. Identify your skills and strengths
2. Do things that make you feel good
3. Find personal motivators
4. Find your personal satisfaction
5. Exercise to stimulate endorphins

Think and see things in a positive way!

People who tend to see only the negative parts of life get sicker, that is, they somatize their emotions; Those who are more positive "do not have the need to take stress, fatigue, gastritis or colitis to their body," he says.

"Optimism is related to having a good self-esteem and having a good conformation and integration of our personality, which means realizing who we are and what we want to do in life", clarifies Miriam Hernández.

"Many times when we do not know what the rhythm of our life is and we feel exhausted, it can be due to other emotional factors; If we can not identify them, it is best to ask for professional help such as psychotherapy, "he concludes.