8) Keep hope alive. Positive emotions create positive reactions in the body, and negative emotions create negative reactions. While the biology of this is in dispute, the fact of it is not: hope is an enormous factor in healing. There is always reason to hope, and it is a central factor in successful procovery—both as a broadly underlying condition and as an active strategy.
Clearly, hope is a life force in and of itself. A little hope —a remote chance for survival or a small improvement in one’s condition—can give the strength to carry on.—Ernest H. Rosenbaum, M.D. and Isadora R. Rosenbaum, M.A.
from The Power of Procovery in Healing Mental Illness: Just Start Anywhere, by Kathleen Crowley (c) Copyright 2000. Used with permission.
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