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Accentuate the Positive to Keep Your Brain Healthy

Research has shown that negative thinking: holding grudges, resentments and negative thoughts can lead to a decline in cognitive thinking in adults 55 years of age and older.

Research has shown that those who engage in prolonged negative thinking have more amyloid and tau deposits in their brain. Those happen to be the biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease.

Of course, we all have negative thoughts from time to time, but here are some ways to make sure they don’t hang around very long:

    1. Make a list of all the things you’re grateful for. Can you still see? Can you still walk? Do you have a roof over your head and know where your next meal is coming from? If necessary, write the list out on paper or your computer.
    2. Take some deep breaths. Believe it or not, that can elevate your mood.
    3. Watch a comedy, be it a movie, TV show or stand-up special.
    4. Don’t beat yourself up for having a bad thought. Simply acknowledge it and move on.
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