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Can pessimism make you more likely to get sick

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Your toxic negativity is taking out your white blood cells. Chronic pessimism and expecting the worst keeps your nervous system in a state of low-grade distress. This constant drip of stress hormones suppresses the production of lymphocytes, leaving cynical people significantly more vulnerable to viral infections than their annoyingly optimistic counterparts.

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