Why Complaining May Be Dangerous To Your Health
Fast Company Why Complaining May Be Dangerous To Your Health Need to get something off your chest? Choose your words wisely; complaining might not make you feel better. Quit whining. The truth is nobody likes to hear it, and it's bad for you. A half hour of complaining every day physically damages a person's brain, according to research from Stanford University. Whether you're the one griping or you're the one listening, exposure to negativity peels back neurons in the hippocampus--the part of the brain used for problem solving and cognitive function. Over time, complaining becomes a habit. If you're surrounded by complainers, then you're more likely become one. "As a society, we complain too much, but more importantly we don't complain effectively," says Guy Winch , PhD and author of The Squeaky Wheel . "We've lost a sense of what complaining is for; instead, we use it as an exercise for venting and that has consequences.Read full article from Why Complaining May Be Dangerous To Your Health
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