Alternative Medical Treatments Blog http://www.alternative-medical-treatments.info/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Your Personality and Your Disease Resistance http://www.alternative-medical-treatments.info/blog/your-personality-and-your-disease-resistance/ http://www.alternative-medical-treatments.info/blog/your-personality-and-your-disease-resistance/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:05:22 +0000 Andrew http://www.alternative-medical-treatments.info/blog/your-personality-and-your-disease-resistance/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Your Personality and Your Disease Resistance", url: "http://www.alternative-medical-treatments.info/blog/your-personality-and-your-disease-resistance/" });]]> Researchers have recently been looking into why some people succumb to different chronic illnesses while others retain their good health. There has been a lot of discussion about the possibilities of a type of personality that is, in a very real way, “disease resistant”.

So how is this possible? Researchers have found that the way a person deals with stress greatly affects their ability to deal with illness and, as a result, they can successfully ward off severe chronic illness. It is thought that just by changing the outlook on everyday stressors � such as having a sense of humor about backing the car out of the garage with the door open � can improve a person’s overall wellbeing. This also applies to people who already have chronic illnesses: there is a better survival rate among patients with positive attitudes than in patients with depression.

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