How Can Spirituality Help Us When Facing Health Issues?
Recent studies have shown that spirituality could be as important as fitness or nutrition for your health. Stretching this point even further some scientists believe that not having any spiritual beliefs could be a potential risk factor for a person. Researchers have found that in general, people who are spiritual have a more positive outlook on life and look at disease or illness in a different way than a non spiritual person.
But, what do we mean by the term spirituality? We understand that spirituality is not religion and that it is different for each person. Possibly some of the points listed below could define spirituality;
1. A metaphysical reality greater than oneself.
2. A higher power, whether it is religion, nature, a higher consciousness, or the essence of something else.
3. A connection to yourself and others as well as the world and environment.
4. A sense of meaning and purpose in your life.
5. An awareness of ourselves and who we are.
We know for a fact that spirituality gives us a more positive outlook and a belief in a brighter feature. When people suffer ill health spiritualism helps patients because their beliefs comfort them, help them to be more optimistic and they are more likely to achieve health goals, as well as believe that they will get better. Because of this it has been shown that patients recover from surgeries faster, their sense of hope and optimism is better, they have less depression, and they experience less anxiety and fear and overall have a general sense of well-being.
Another point about spirituality is that we now know that prayer, meditation,
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