MAGNIFICENT MERCOLA: The Profound Health Benefits of Being Grateful
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- The ability to experience gratitude to others is a fundamental feature of human cognition
- Positive effects linked to gratitude include social, psychological and physical benefits, which increase the more you make gratitude a regular part of your daily routine
- Gratitude has a positive effect on psychopathology, especially depression, adaptive personality characteristics, positive social relationships, and physical health, including stress and sleep
- Those who are grateful have even been found to have a better sense of the meaning of life by being able to perceive good family function and peer relationships
- Two gratitude interventions that you can try in your daily life to promote gratitude include keeping a gratitude journal and expressing gratitude to others, such as by writing thank-you notes