Remember with pessimismthe vacations that have already passed can dodamage to your healthaccording to a recent research by the University of Granada (UGR). In a study published in the journalUniversity of Psychologica, Cristián Oyanadel and his colleagues conclude that when people have anegative attitude towards past events in your life, they perceiveMore painand they are more likely to get sick.
The researchers evaluated 50 men and women aged 20 to 70 years using questionnaires and time estimation tests. Applying the test called Zimbardo’s Time Orientation Inventory, designed in the United States and validated in Spain, they identified three time profiles among the study participants: predominantly negative, predominantly future-oriented, and balanced.
“As observed in our study, the most influential dimension is the perception of the past. A negative view of it is highly related to worse health indicators,” explains the researcher in statements to the SINC agency. People with thisnegative trend towards the pastreport difficulties to exert themselves physically in daily activities and physical limitations for performance at work, perceiveincreased body painand they have greaterpredisposition to get sick, to sufferdepressionYanxiety, and even suffer behavioral disturbances.
The balanced profile, on the other hand, is the ideal since it results from a healthy attitude in the three time zones (past, present, future). They are people whothey learn positively from past experiences, are oriented towards the fulfillment and self-demands of goals in the future, but do not neglect the possibility oflive pleasant and pleasant emotions and experiences in the present, according to Oyanadel. Likewise, these people have a higher score in physical effort capacities,better overall mental health, less tendency to get sick and less perception of body aches and pains.
On the other hand, “future-oriented people, that is, to leave everything to meet personal goals and demands, forgetting to live pleasant present experiences and with little connection to their positive past experiences, do not have poor physical and mental health, but this is of lower quality than the people in the balanced group “, concludes Oyanadel.
