Self-Acceptance and Emotional Health Impact

Introduction

Problem statement

Human beings are often faced with challenging tasks each day which require critical decisions to be made. The decisions can be life changing ones in that the lives of other people will be affected as well. The decisions made can have both positive and negative impacts on the public. This later affects the people who executed the plans to be in an unrelaxed mood when their actions turn to hurt them as well as other people. This, therefore, makes the study necessary as it will address the correlations between a person’s general life and self-acceptance.

Background theory

Self-acceptance is the act of recognizing one’s own faults and forming the necessary improvements relating to the identified factors (Michael, 2014). When one evaluates and identifies their main undoing and recognizes them as a problem, they are in the path of self-acceptance and forgiveness. People living in self-denial always face health related problems since their emotional health is never stable. This can even lead to the victims developing serious mental illnesses and even chronic diseases such as blood pressure. A person who is not mentally stable will start experiencing loss of appetite will eventually result in loss of body weight and the normal body size. After practicing self-acceptance, the general health will be good as the affected person will be able to carry out the normal activities hence live a normal life (Jimenez et al., 2010). The key elements which will be evident in these people include high self-esteem, improved moods, being social among others. Self-forgiveness brings a sense of belonging where a person can engage in the positive development of the society as well as help others who are living in denial of themselves.

The rationale for the study

With so many cases of depression, mental disorders, and stress-related deaths, there is a need to evaluate the relationship between self-acceptance and forgiveness to the health benefits of a person. Forgiveness has to start with one’s mind before it can be extended to the third parties such as those people affected by their decisions (Garcia et al., 2014). The study is therefore timely in order to address the current crisis in the world and save the young population from experiencing premature deaths.

The aim of the study

The study seeks to investigate the relationship between a person’s self-acceptance regarding some crucial matters which often make people face self-denial and the impacts on the general well-being of the victims. Self-forgiveness relates much to self-acceptance as they both involve a person’s self-realization of the weaknesses and strengths. The study will, therefore, focus on the two aspects and the impacts on the affected people. Both the positive and the negative aspects will be evaluated before reaching a conclusion on the possible ways of living a healthier life .

Hypothesis

It is predicted that the general well-being is affected by physical and emotional factors. With the identification of the key factors affecting the normal lifestyle of a person, various recommendations can be made in order to help the victim live a healthy life (Henriques, 2014). With the successful completion of the research, the negative factors will be discussed and countermeasures advised on the better methods of ensuring smooth life processes.

The research will be helpful to the world bodies such as the United Nations (UN), World Health Organizations (WHO), Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other independent national bodies for different countries in coming up with good policies of addressing the challenges. Since the growth of a country depends on the productivity force of the working class, it is, therefore, necessary for the government bodies to be mindful of the health of the employees in both the public and the private sector. With the statistics of the causes of the various mental illnesses, the relevant bodies will find an easy time in addressing the problems. This process is hence a cost-effective method as it will be less time consuming, low cost of carrying out the research and accurate results are guaranteed.

The study will thereby highlight the need for always forgiving self and others towards a peaceful reconciliation with the body and the community at large. Once an individual’s strengths and weaknesses have been discovered, the only way to living a quality, depression-free life is through acceptance. The necessary programs can eventually be rolled out to the people in order to help them concentrate their energy on the positive side of life.

Method of carrying out the research

The research will involve trips in various health facilities in order to assess the number and conditions of the people who visit the facilities due to emotional problems brought about by self-denial. The number of health facilities to be visited will be ten within different localities in order to find good approximate in the whole geographic area. Correctional facilities will be visited in order to establish the trend in the people administered there and the reasons which have resulted in them being taken there. The population trends will help establish whether there is a decline in such cases or increase in such cases and the actions to be taken.

There will be a random interview on doctors and nurses, governmental health agencies and citizens. The interview questions will touch on gender, age bracket, and geographical locations. The responses will include their personal experiences with stress, depression or living in self-denial and they will be provided with an opportunity to explain the possible causes of such conditions. Their recommendations on how to tackle the challenges will be highlighted so that amicable solutions can be reached to tame the problem.

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Another platform for response collection will be through online websites where the public will be provided with an opportunity to express their views on how they have handled such cases in the past and how they overcame it. This will enable the survey to reach as many respondents as possible.

References

Garcia, Danilo; Al Nima, Ali; Kjell, Oscar N.E. (13 February 2014). "The affective profiles, psychological well-being, and harmony: environmental mastery and self-acceptance predict the sense of a harmonious life". PeerJ. 2: e259.

Henriques, Gregg (15 May 2014). "Six Domains of Psychological Well-being". Psychology Today. Sussex Publishers. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

Jimenez, Sherlyn S.; Niles, Barbara L.; Park, Crystal L. (October 2010). "A mindfulness model of affect regulation and depressive symptoms: Positive emotions, mood regulation expectancies, and self-acceptance as regulatory mechanisms". Personality and Individual Differences. 49 (6): 645–650.

Michael E. Bernard (8 July 2014). The Strength of Self-Acceptance: Theory, Practice and Research. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 15.