Why Positive Thinking is Bad for You

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Positive thinking has been an omnipresent buzzword in the last few years with the growth of the self-help niche but is it really all it's cracked up to be? In this video we'll take a look at the science behind positive thinking and whether it pays to explore negative thinking as an alternative.

Studies and resources:
Rethinking Positive Thinking: https://geni.us/LBAy
https://woopmylife.org/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005796715300814
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002210311100031X
https://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/psyifp/aeechterhoff/wintersemester2011-12/seminarthemenfelderdersozialpsychologie/04_wood_etal_selfstatements_psychscience2009.pdf
http://wexler.free.fr/library/files/wegner%20(1994)%20ironic%20processes%20of%20mental%20control.pdf
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0022-3514.65.4.822
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146167296224003
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/pag-28-1-249.pdf

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