Is your personality making you sick?

Could your personality be impacting your physical health? Research has shown that traits like perfectionism, people-pleasing and more, can contribute to chronic illness and a 35% higher risk of premature death.  In today’s episode, we explore the psychology and neuroscience behind how your personality shapes your health: how personality traits develop, affect your brain, trigger stress responses, and how you can reshape them. Plus, discover which traits can actually improve your health and longevity. Listen now! (00:00) Intro (01:23) What are personality traits, really? (02:14) Competing needs: attachment vs authenticity (03:01) How do personality traits get formed? (04:23) What’s happening in the brain? (06:04) How repressed emotions affect your health (08:23) Perfectionism (11:07) Signs perfectionism isn’t working for you (12:08) 4 ways to break free from perfectionism (14:55) Competitiveness (18:11) What competitiveness does to your brain (18:58) 3 ways to change our competitiveness  (21:08) Worrying (22:41) Worrying can be contagious (23:14) Worrying can cause cognitive decline (23:43) Worrying is more dangerous than smoking (25:03) Focus on what’s different, not just similar (25:51) Accepting the purpose of your worry (26:36) People pleasing (27:57) The brain’s role in people pleasing (28:35) Setting boundaries (29:32) Secondary gain from our symptoms (31:09) Overdependence (33:07) How over dependence affects your brain (34:15) Giving yourself the nod of reassurance (35:31) Toxic positivity (37:31) The antidote to toxic positivity (38:20) Tragic optimism (38:51) Personality traits linked to better health (40:32) Final takeaway Follow on Instagram: @thehiddenhealthcode For business enquiries: [email protected] Music by Magiksolo