rePost: The Phrase You Say Every Day That's Making You More Negative | Shape Magazine

TLDR: Make it a choice rather than an obligation

Here’s something that’ll make you think twice: “The majority of American conversations are characterized by a complaint,” says Scott Bea, Psy.D., a psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic. It makes sense. Human brains have what’s called a negative bias. “We tend to notice things that are threatening in our condition,” says Bea. It goes back to our ancestors’ time when being able to spot threats was crucial to survival.

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