Optimism and Its Impact on Mental and Physical Well-Being

Positive attitude bills resilience. It allows us to keep our goal and dreams in play so wecan act on the motivation to keep working toward them. Optimism is that mental state inwhich is a person in is hopeful of the best outcome. Philosophically it is the opposite ofpessimism. Optimism often have a strong belief that events and people are basically goodhence in most circumstances only good results are achieved. Optimistic people activelypursue things that will improve their well-being and work to minimize or manage the impactsof stress in their lives. They are generally more hopeful about the future display traitsassociated with a growth mindset. Many studies have been carried about the effectiveness ofoptimism as a psychological phenomenon, lead-to various theoretical formulations of thesame concept conceptualized as “disposition”, attribution style “Cognibias” or “sharedillusion”. This overview is an attempt to explore the “optimism” concept and its relations withmental health, Physical health, coping, quality of life, and adaptation of purpose. Health, lifestyle and risk perception.A significant positive relation emerges between optimism and coping strategies focusedon social support and emphasis on positive aspects of stressful situations. Throughemployment of specific coping strategies, Optimism exerts an indirect influence also on thequality of life. There evidence that optimistic present a higher quality of life compare to thosewith low levels of optimism or even pessimists. Optimism may significantly influence mentaland physical well- being by the promotions of a healthy life style well as by adaptivebehaviors and cognitive responses, associated with greater flexibility, problem-solvingcapacity and more efficient elaboration of negative information