One the other hand, there are various benefits from forgiveness. An individual who is more opt to forgiving is more likely to have better mental, physical, and emotional health. When an individual grants forgiveness, it is seen to build on the core of empathy which involves positive emotional, behavioral, and cognitive responses (Witvliet et al., 2001). Bringing upon a more positive and healthy mental, physical, and emotional well-being. When an individual forgives another, they release themselves from a prison of hurt and vengeful emotion, which has been seen to reduce stress, negative emotions, have fewer cardiovascular problems, and improves their immune system (Witvliet et al., 2001). There are many important benefits to …show more content…
Individuals who were more likely to forgive were also seen to have higher levels of empathy. Empathy involves the thinking of the offender as a human and trying to understand what influenced their behavior. While also offering the offender compassion is seen to reduce the intense arousal and negative grudges while offering a more positive emotion towards the offender (Witvliet et al., 2001). This is seen to decrease the negative emotions that one feels towards another which will help them develop more positive emotions. With forgiveness there is also the connection of decreased chronic blaming, anger, hostility, increase in optimistic thinking, an increase in social support, and transcendent consciousness with forgiveness (Lawler et al., 2005). Forgiveness has a lot of benefits to an individual overall emotional well-being.
Mental/ Physical Health Benefits
Has also been proven to be various mental and physical health benefits from forgiveness. Forgiveness is seen to be an important positive antidote for hostility, which is seen to improve coronary health by reducing the physical effects that anger and hostility inflict (Lawler-Row et al., 2008). Most of the negative consequences of un-forgiveness, are seen to be reserved from the benefit of forgiveness. An individual who is seen to
In the book As I Lay Dying by William Falkner. The mother, Addie, is dying and she wants to make sure her dying request is fulfilled. She wants to be buried with her family in a nearby town called Jefferson. She also want her coffin to be well built so Cash, her son, builds the coffin right outside her window. When she dies the family starts their expedition to bury her.
The article "Self-forgiveness: The forgotten stepchild of forgiveness research" is a qualitative rather than a quantitative study of the phenomenon of self-forgiveness. The authors distinguish self-forgiveness versus forgiveness of an 'other' in an outwardly-directed fashion. They state that self-forgiveness has been under-studied in the existing literature. The beginning of the article is devoted to a literature review of existing writings upon the subject, with using a working definition of self forgiveness "as a set of motivational changes whereby one becomes decreasingly motivated to avoid stimuli associated with the offense, decreasingly motivated to retaliate against the self 地nd increasingly motivated to act benevolently toward the self" (Hall & Fincham 2005: 622).
Thematic Statement: Forgiving someone for their mistake can make yourself free of anger and bitterness.
interventions that are being utilized are effective when it comes to forgiveness. In the early case
Forgiveness is significant to a client because it helps to get relief psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually. "Before getting into forgiveness in counseling, there are concepts that are related to it and should be analyzed (McMinn, 1996)". Forgiveness is viewed in three perspectives which include opposition, technique, or an obligation. These perspectives included in counseling are a healthy method for forgiving.
Forgiveness is the excuse of an offense.But it never denies the offense, the hurt and damage still exists for years.When integrity is not justified, justice restores individuals and the society to show virtuousness.Justice is all about restoration, not revenge.Revenge is a retreat.But the society does it different from what most people do in personal relationships.Through the journey of individuals life, forgiveness is a special thing.It can be a choice or an emotional spirit.Some people tend to hold bitterness and injustice for years, while others can sweep away the situation.Some people might argue that forgiving with justice makes everything so much easier however, it is obvious that sometimes justice does not help with anything.Often there
The general topic of forgiveness has received a magnitude of attention and research on a conceptual level in recent years. Hall and Fincham consistently noted, however, that self-forgiveness had little to no empirical study or research documented and believe this is a critical piece to an individual’s overall emotional health. In an effort to stimulate additional research on the
The shift in thinking forgiveness enables you to have is vital in saving relationships. When someone hurts you bad enough it’s almost like there is a craving to do something ill willed towards that person. You want revenge on that
To begin with, forgiving people who wronged you comes in handy since it helps you live a longer and healthier life. According to the informational text “Understanding Forgiveness” written by PBS, it states that people who forgive have “ [f]ewer stress-related health issues” and their
2. According to the article, forgiveness is granting unconditionally grace to those who have cause suffering and pain and accepting what they did and not letting that affect the love they show to that person. Forgiveness is central for racial reconciliation because forgiveness is the first step of mending the relationship with others. It also allows God to do a work between the two groups. When there is forgiveness God can change hearts and create amazing things to happen out of tragedies.
They use the rhetorical strategy of cause and effect in order to have the audience see the advantages and disadvantages when it comes to possessing the virtue of forgiveness. They explain that “forgiveness can lead to, healthier relationships, improved mental health, lower blood pressure, improved self-esteem and heart rates.” It seems that the list of advantages just keeps continuing to grow. They show the opposing side by explaining how if you hold a grudge or do not forgive you may “become depressed, [...] bring anger and bitterness into every new relationship that you enter, and more.” When anyone looks at these symptoms and compare and contrast the results no one is going to want to be sad. Any average human would say “I don't want to be depressed and sad, I want to feel better and be healthier.” By using the rhetorical devices of comparing and contrasting and cause and effect, it allows the reader to evaluate their beliefs. It forces them to think about the consequences of holding a grudge and how much you benefit from letting
It enables us to be compassionate towards others even when they cause pain towards us. One life experience that really impacted me then and continues to this day is when a friend of mine committed suicide in 6th grade. To keep it short, he was dealing with severe depression for a couple of months on account of being bullied for a long time.The problem with suicide of a loved one or friend is that it has a powerful, lasting effect on those who they leave behind. I was one of those people who was angry towards his decision to end his life. He had caused me so much pain by his abrupt exit, but eventually I forgave him for what he did to me because I knew that I had to remember him for who he was and not for what he did to himself. This was an incredible accomplishment on my part because after that I felt so relieved to have that weight taken off of me. Lastly, one recent experience of my forgiveness and compassion towards others is when someone broke my trust and betrayed me. This happened when I had texted someone who I thought was my friend with some private information. The next day, I found out that a rumor had started around school about me. It didn't take long for me to realize who had started the rumor. When I confronted my friend about this rumor, at first he denied this as anyone would, but soon he confessed to having betrayed me. He asked for my forgiveness and at first, I was in disbelief of what he was asking me. I initially thought that no friend does that to another friend, but eventually I realized that even if I couldn't mend the broken friendship, I could still make myself feel better about the situation by forgiving
Throughout life everyone has been in a situation where they were offended or they have offended someone else. Therefore, forgiving someone is therapeutic for the victim, and the offended. However, when someone is wronged, justice is what they seek. On the contrary, when people feel pain from being wronged, they experience an “injustice gap.” Worthington defines “injustice gap” as, “the difference between the way the person would like a transgression to be resolved, and the way things are perceived to be currently” (Worthington Jr, 2005, pg. 121).
Forgiveness have important medicinal effect on health. Researchers and study have shown that people who forgive have less chances of health issues like heart attack and brain tumor. “People who hold tolerance views of human nature and don’t seem to nurse grieveness unduly tend to have blood pressures in the normal range” (Callwood, J. 2007, p. 153). Writer in the above findings tells her readers the medicinal effect of tolerance. She beautifully explains the positive effect of forgiveness in contrast with unforgiveness where her contrasting finding says “Unforgiving people, some studies show, are three times more likely to have heart diseases as people who don’t carry grudges”(Callwood, J. 2007, p.153). Writer here is addressed to people who cannot or do not forgive and tells them how harmful holding grudges are to their health. She beautifully explains the finding by telling first the negative effect of not forgiving in comparison to
The motivation and tendency of people to forgive others remains an important topic of discussion. In today’s society most people at some period have experienced feeling of un forgiveness towards friend, or relatives. “Forgiveness was defined as the ability to relinquish of resentment towards others” (Baskin & Enright, 2004, p. 80).