Let's talk about something that might feel counterintuitive: the importance of making space for our difficult emotions. I often hear clients tell me they're trying their best to "stay positive" or ...

Participants exposed to images that generated positive emotions show enhanced memory of meaningless symbols the following day ...

Results suggested that happy emojis were often being used to mask negative emotions and “manage the expression” to make a message seem more positive. More negative emojis, such as any of the ...

After a 24-hour break, students were given a recognition memory test and the results revealed that students had better recall ...

However, they can have negative consequences for the person suppressing a negative emotion or opinion. As daily interactions become increasingly virtual, display rules are changing .

Food Can Trigger Positive and Negative Emotions — Here's How To Regulate It Learn more about how food impacts our mood and emotions as well as our physical health. By Allison Futterman. Feb 15, 2025 3 ...

Older people experience more positive and fewer negative emotions during the pandemic. Dec 15, 2021. Not all doom and gloom: Even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones.

One thing that all emotions have in common, both positive and negative, is they are very short-lived, Fredrickson noted. “We’re definitely targeting things the mind and body experience together,” she ...

Start by reframing negative thoughts. When you encounter setbacks, challenge yourself to see the situation from a different angle. ... Why cultivating positive emotions matters.

People with a history of childhood trauma tend to feel fewer positive emotions and more negative emotions when discussing sexual disagreements with their partners, according to new research published ...

Lean Into Negative Emotions. It’s the Healthy Thing to Do. Recent research suggests that while bad feelings can affect your well-being, your perspective on those feelings can play an even bigger ...

Positive and negative emotions are not an “either or.” They can coexist. I can be very grateful for things in my world and also very sad about some of the things in my world.