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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1821" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/01/10/forgiving-others-to-help-improve-your-health/" target="_blank"><strong>Forgiving others to help improve your health - Stanford</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die, my partner often says. In some ways this isn't far from the truth. As a <em>Stanford Magazine</em> <a href="https://stanfordmag.org/contents/8-tips-for-forgiving-someone-who-hurt-you" target="_blank">story</a> explains, letting go of past hurts and vengeful feelings caused by others (or even yourself) can benefit your mental and physical health.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://vpge.stanford.edu/people/fred-luskin" target="_blank">Fred Luskin</a>, PhD, has been studying forgiveness and how it affects human health for decades. As he explains in the story by Charity Ferreira, when a past hurt is unresolved, thinking of it triggers stress chemicals that cause physical distress.</p><p></p><p>"When you remember it often, you are stressing your body on a chronic basis," Luskin says. "That has a physical cost," that multiplies the more you ruminate on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1821, member: 1"] [URL='https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/01/10/forgiving-others-to-help-improve-your-health/'][B]Forgiving others to help improve your health - Stanford[/B][/URL] Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die, my partner often says. In some ways this isn't far from the truth. As a [I]Stanford Magazine[/I] [URL='https://stanfordmag.org/contents/8-tips-for-forgiving-someone-who-hurt-you']story[/URL] explains, letting go of past hurts and vengeful feelings caused by others (or even yourself) can benefit your mental and physical health. [URL='https://vpge.stanford.edu/people/fred-luskin']Fred Luskin[/URL], PhD, has been studying forgiveness and how it affects human health for decades. As he explains in the story by Charity Ferreira, when a past hurt is unresolved, thinking of it triggers stress chemicals that cause physical distress. "When you remember it often, you are stressing your body on a chronic basis," Luskin says. "That has a physical cost," that multiplies the more you ruminate on it. [/QUOTE]
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