Reframing trauma and hardship may help heal your body and mind.
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Being able to see an opportunity for growth and improvement from a negative experience not only reduces depression but also has health benefits, a new study suggests.
A Stanford study found that people who lived through COVID-19 and reframed their experience as an opportunity for personal growth showed measurably lower levels of inflammation in their blood three months after making this mental change. The findings provide some of the strongest evidence yet that mindset can directly alter human biology.
