Immune Power Personality Seven attributes you can work out in order to remain in good health Henry Dreher "The patient was the real thing, the disease not an entity, but a fluctuating condition of the patient's body, a battle between the substance of disease and the natural self-healing tendency of the body." Hippocrates on Holistic Medicine ACE Factor: Attend, Connect, Express Gary E. Schwartz, PhD, Univ. of Arizona, proved that people who recognize their mind-body signals like feeling of discomfort, pain, fatigue, impaired wellbeing, anger and pleasure have a better psychological attitude, better immune profile and healthy blood circulation system. Frankness James W. Pennebaker, PhD, Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas proved that individuals who disclose their secrets, resentments, feelings towards others and themselves have more vivid immune response, more healthy psychological profiles and less frequent cases of disease. Firm character - Commitment, Control, Challenge Suzanne Quellette, PhD, City Univ. N.Y. created a concept of 3C (Commitment, Control, Challenge) consisting in the control of value of own health and life, social contacts, firm involvement in work and creative activities and cooperation, perceiving stress as a challenge, not as a threat. People with the 3C personality have less chronic diseases, less symptoms, stronger immune system. Self-assurance G.F. Solomon, a pioneer of the psychoneuroimmunology proved that people certain of their needs and emotions have the stronger and more balanced immune system. They more efficiently resist or recover from conditions caused by improper function of the immune system from rheumatoid arthritis to AIDS. Their advantage is ability to discover significance of stressful life circumstances. Confidence in others David Mc Clelland, PhD, Boston Univ. found people firmly motivated in creating relations with others based on unconditional love and confidence, instead of frustrated force. They had more lively immune systems and less disease rate. Healthy helping - an attribute of altruism Allan Lurks, Institute for Advanced Health: the idea "move a helper" is advantageous for both the psyche and the body. Such people less frequently get ill. Diversified personality - "Healthy Hydra" Patricia Linville, Duke University. A personality with many interests better copes with stresses of life, is less depressive, have less disease symptoms, less flu attacks or other condtions.
The above attributes of personality, good for maintaining general health, may be of advantage for persons with MS and help them to win their battle for health.
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