Optimists live healthier and longer, study says
People who have a rosy outlook on the world might live healthier, longer lives, because they have fewer stressful events to cope with, new research said. Scientists found that while optimists reacted to, and recovered from, stressful situations in much the same way as pessimists, the optimists fared better emotionally because they had fewer stressful events in their daily lives. How optimists minimize their dose of stress is unclear, but the researchers believe they either avoid arguments, lost keys, traffic jams and other irritations, or simply fail to perceive them as stressful in the first ...
Source: taipeitimes.com