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Posted by kT on October 25, 2007, 10:25 pm
Please log in for more thread options Rick wrote:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7060072.stm
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>> Final drinks, Arthur, hurry!
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>> And eat these peanuts.
>
> You need to go out, get drink, have a friendly conversation with people,
> meet a girl, smoke a joint, or do something . Your attitude is self
> defeating.
>
> Optimists Report a Higher Quality of Life than Pessimists
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> ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Your outlook on life not only may help you live longer,
> but it appears to have an impact on your quality of life. Mayo Clinic
> researchers say that optimists report a higher level of physical and mental
> functioning than their pessimist counterparts.
>
> "The wellness of being is not just physical, but attitudinal," said
> Toshihiko Maruta, M.D., of the Mayo Clinic Department of Psychiatry and
> Psychology in Rochester and the principal author of the study, which appears
> in the August issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. "How you perceive what goes
> on around you and how you interpret it may have an impact on your longevity,
> and it could affect the quality of your later years."
>
> Patients originally assessed in the 1960s with a personality test completed
> a follow-up self-assessment of their health status 30 years later. In the
> health survey, pessimists reported poorer physical and mental functioning.
> The results come two years after a Mayo Clinic study of the data found that
> optimists live longer than pessimists.
Actually, I feel pretty great about the end of the world. It's well past
time for a little change here. I'm especially excited about the newly
discovered 'Dallas Abbott Effect'. That virtually seals your fate.
So drink up, and just ignore those bulldozers.
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