Gratitude can help you heal

Two decades ago, a landmark study led by Professor Robert A. Emmons, a renowned American psychologist, explored the benefits of gratitude for people and found that it can improve mental health.

To date, numerous studies have found that having gratitude—being thankful for the good things in life and expressing gratitude to others—has a positive impact on what you think and feel, according to Live Well.

Gratitude can help you heal and change your life for the better.

Dr. Emmons says that gratitude helps heal, energize, and transform lives in a positive way.

Gratitude is an emotion that arises when you realize you have good things in life. But Dr. Philip Watkins, a psychology professor at Eastern Washington University, notes that this emotion is only half the story. He says that expressing gratitude is just as important to reaping the real benefits.

Many studies have asked participants to write thank-you letters or list positive things in their lives, and then measured the impact of these actions.

The results show that performing such acts of gratitude benefits mental health, reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety, increases self-esteem, and improves daily life satisfaction, according to Live Well.

Gratitude also helps lower blood pressure and brings you happiness.

And gratitude not only improves the happiness of both the giver and the receiver, but it can also be good for those who witness it. Witnessing an act of gratitude between two people will make you feel warmer and more appreciative of life.

Dr. Emmons said: "What impressed me was the objective, biologically verifiable results. For example, the research showed that gratitude also helps lower blood pressure and exhibits higher heart rate variability – a sign of happiness."

Dr. Sara Algoe, an American professor of social psychology, says that gratitude is "a gift that is constantly being given," continuing to yield benefits over the long term.

To make gratitude a lasting habit, try linking your gratitude practice to an already ingrained routine, for example, thinking about things you're grateful for in the morning.

Dr. Gretchen Schmelzer, a psychologist in Philadelphia, advises being grateful for what you can have and not focusing on what you cannot.

Dr. Schmelzer added: Gratitude allows us to look at what we have and feel content.

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