In an analysis piece, the Washington Post (8/10, Strauss) reports that “people who feel bad about feeling bad – that is, people who get sad about their own negativities and judge themselves harshly for having them – wind up with even more mental stress than people who learn to accept their emotions and thoughts,” according to a 1,300-adult study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The study was funded by the National Institute on Aging.
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— “Feeling bad about feeling bad can make you feel really, really bad. New research really says this.,” Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, August 10, 2017.