How empowered you felt? Just as ineffective complaining can damage our mental health, complaining effectively and getting results can be incredibly empowering and it can affect our mood and self-esteem for the better (read more about how to attain real personal empowerment here). How does complaining affect us? All theRead More →
Not only does complaining tend to not make us feel better, but also it catches on and makes our listeners feel worse. Complaining is bad for our mood and the mood of those around us listening, but that’s not all that’s wrong with complaining. It’s also bad for your brainRead More →
Frequent complaining can lead to heart disease and diabetes. But the more immediate effect is complaining’s ability to erode an otherwise healthy relationship, said Gwendolyn Seidman, associate professor of psychology at Albright College in Reading, Penn. How does complaining affect others? When you repeat a behavior, such as complaining, yourRead More →