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The Power Of Negative Thinking.(Brief article)
The Power of Negative Thinking
Chirp "Have a great day!" to Barbara Held, a psychology professor at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and she just might challenge you on it. "Positivity can put a lot of pressure on some people," she says. "If I'm not having a great day, I now have the added stress of feeling like I should be." Held and some other psychologists believe that while optimism may have its benefits, natural-born pessimists are often taxed by what she calls "the tyranny of the positive attitude." When people struggle and fail to overcome their worries, they can become even more anxious. In one study, optimists and pessimists participated in a dart-throwing exercise. When the pessimists listened to a relaxing motivational tape beforehand, they ...
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