Seeking true happiness? Harness the power of negative thinking | Andr é Spicer

There are limits to being relentlessly upbeat. Embrace pessimism – accepting it will all end in ruin releases us to liveEarly on New Year ’s Day, I began scrolling through the messages people had left on social media. Usually you find a note of hope among popping corks and exploding fireworks. Not this year. All I found were posts like “2018 was a terrible year. Don’t expect more from 2019” or “I dread the year to come”.I started to suspect that those I followed on social media were all just a bit depressing. But that theory evaporated when a new batch of articles trying to capture the spirit of our age appeared. “It’s all over,”one piece declared. “All that’s left to us is making the best of a bad situation,”another announced. A fascinating new book bore the titleThe Worst is Yet to Come.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 14, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Andr é Spicer Tags: Psychology Mental health Science Society UK news Source Type: news