When you experience love for someone, your body produces adrenaline and norepinephrine, which makes your heart race, plus dopamine, which makes you feel euphoric. PHOTO: REUTERS
You may have heard this before. Being optimistic helps you steer clear of heart diseases, reduces stress and keeps blood pressure low.
Here is how these five positive emotions - love, hope, empathy, gratitude and happiness - benefit your body.
- WHEN YOU ARE IN LOVE
- WHEN YOU FEEL HOPEFUL
- WHEN YOU FEEL EMPATHETIC
- WHEN YOU FEEL GRATEFUL
- WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY
